Aging Powerfully with Melissa Grelo

Protein. Fasting. Seed oils. Cortisol. Supplements. Who do you even trust anymore? This week, outspoken Canadian Registered Dietitian Abby Langer joins me to cut through the noise. After more than 25 years in hospitals, ICUs and primary care, Abby took to Instagram to call out the grift, and she hasn’t stopped. She gives us the real science behind nutrition in midlife, perimenopause and beyond. She explains what actually moves the dial, what deserves our focus and what we can safely ignore. In

Last week, four powerhouse women joined me for the first ever Aging Powerfully Power Panel, and you told us loud and clear that you wanted more. So we're back for Part 2. In this episode, a neuroscientist, a family physician who specializes in menopause, a fitness and menopause expert and a registered dietitian take on the hot topics you ask me about most. I put a bold statement on the table, and each expert weighs in from her own area of expertise. Sometimes they agree, and sometimes they don'

Why are so many women leaving their doctor's office with more questions than answers? For the first time on Aging Powerfully, I'm bringing together four powerhouse experts for one no holds barred conversation: a neuroscientist, a family physician and menopause specialist, a fitness and menopause expert, and a registered dietitian. Four lenses, one mission: helping you understand what is really happening in your body at midlife. In Part 1, the panel takes on the hottest and most hotly debated to

One year ago, Dr. Omolayo Famuyide sat down with me to talk about why menopause is not the same for all of us. In the menoverse, a year is an eternity. Since then, the U.S. FDA has stripped most of the 20 year old black box warning off hormone therapy, a major new review has weighed in on hormones and dementia, Health Canada has authorized a new nonhormonal option for hot flashes, and social media has served up a fresh wave of miracle cures and scare stories. So Dr. Famuyide is back for Menopau

It's Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and this is one conversation every woman needs to hear. One in eight Canadian women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. Chances are, it has already touched someone you love. But how much do we really know about where breast cancer stands in Canada today? In this episode, I sit down with two powerhouse voices in the breast cancer community. MJ DeCoteau founded Rethink Breast Cancer in 2001 after losing her mother to metastatic breast cancer

She Doesn't Care About Your Excuses (And That's Why We Love Her) October is Menopause Awareness Month! Welcome to it! Fair warning: this episode comes with a swear jar, and Beth Feraco filled it before we hit the ten minute mark. Beth is the personal trainer who built a following of 1.3 million people across social media by doing something wildly radical in the wellness world: telling the truth. No filters, no fluff, no gentle whispers about "honouring your journey." Beth is brash, raw, hilar