A Simple Guide to Feeding Your San Fernando Valley Garden Without Loving It to Death Stephanie Larmour Sanders, MS, RDN, CDE, FNLPClinical Dietitian, Certified Diabetes Educator, and Functional Nutritionist Gardening has a funny way of making us want to do something. The tomato looks a little tired? Fertilize it. The zucchini isn’t growing fast enough? […]

Stephanie Larmour Sanders MSRDN,CDE, FNLP Amateur Gardener, and Anti-inflammatory Dietitian and Nutritionist A vegetable garden isn’t only about vegetables. Look closely on a summer morning and you may discover an entire neighborhood at work—bees moving between flowers, butterflies stopping for nectar and other beneficial insects quietly visiting the garden. Many of the foods we grow […]

When the Tomatoes Are Thriving, the Lettuce Is Complaining, and Fall Is Waiting in the Wings Stephanie Larmour Sanders, MS, RDN, CDE, FNLP**Clinical Dietitian, Certified Diabetes Educator, and Functional Nutritionist ** August in a San Fernando Valley garden has a personality. It is hot. The tomatoes may be sprawling across their cages as if they own […]

Stephanie Larmour Sanders, MS, RDN, CDE, FNLPClinical Dietitian, Certified Diabetes Educator, and Functional Nutritionist Menopause is often discussed as though it ends when the hot flashes settle down. But menopause is actually a transition into another important stage of life. Postmenopause begins after a woman has gone 12 consecutive months without a menstrual period. From […]

Stephanie Larmour Sanders, MS, RDN, CDE, FNLPClinical Dietitian, Certified Diabetes Educator, and Functional Nutritionist Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS), also called Willis-Ekbom disease, is much more than simply having restless legs at bedtime. It is a neurological sensorimotor disorder that produces an uncomfortable urge to move the legs. Symptoms typically appear or become worse while sitting […]

Stephanie Larmour Sanders, MS, RDN, CDE, FNLPClinical Dietitian, Certified Diabetes Educator, and Functional Nutritionist Menopause can bring changes that seem to appear all at once: hot flashes, disrupted sleep, changes in body composition, fatigue, mood changes, brain fog, or a different response to foods and exercise. It can be tempting to blame every new symptom […]

Hormones, Perimenopause, and Midlife Health Stephanie Larmour Sanders, MS, RDN, CDE, FNLPClinical Dietitian, Certified Diabetes Educator, and Functional Nutritionist In Articles 1 and 2, we looked at what happens to hormones during the menopause transition and why changes in sleep, body composition, blood sugar, mood, temperature regulation, and other symptoms may appear. Now let’s make […]

Stephanie Larmour Sanders, MS, RDN, CDE, FNLPClinical Dietitian, Certified Diabetes Educator, and Functional Nutritionist If you read Article 1, you learned that perimenopause is a natural hormonal transition—and that estrogen and progesterone do not simply decline in a predictable straight line. They fluctuate. That can help explain why one month may feel very different from […]

What Every Woman Should Know About This Natural Life Stage Stephanie Larmour Sanders, MS, RDN, CDE, FNLP Clinical Dietitian • Certified Diabetes Educator • Functional Nutritionist Womens Reproductive Journey Perimenopause is a natural transition. Understanding what’s happening can help you navigate it with confidence. 🌿 Stephanie Says Symptoms are signals—not random. Your body is constantly […]

“Symptoms are signals. Patterns are information. Better questions can lead to better care.“ By Stephanie Larmour Sanders, MS, RDN, CDE, FNLPClinical Dietitian, Certified Diabetes Educator, and Functional Nutritionist Alzheimer’s disease is becoming more common, but it rarely appears overnight. The changes that affect the brain often begin years-sometimes decades-before memory loss or confusion show up. […]