In this episode, I discuss the effects of alcohol, caffeine, and sugar on our bodies. Many stream media tells us to give it up in order to achieve optimal wellness and combat disease. Well, it's not simple. Listen in as I discuss the pros and cons of each, talk about determining what may be safe limits for all three, and when it's time to give them up.  To read my complete article on analyzing the effects of alcohol, sugar, and caffeine on your body, you can find the post on Grace, Grit & Wit.  You can also grab a copy of my book Love Food, Love Yourself and explore how simple it ..read more

In this episode, we discuss how to fix your broken relationship with food. I've created a series of questions to help explore your eating habits and identify where the disconnection between you and your food lies. This is an activity that you can do over the course of several days, writing it down in a journal or in a moble note. The questions in the podcast and the full episode transcript is available at Grace, Grit & Wit.  In our last episode, we talked about how our relationship with food became so fragmented and broken, especially for multi-ethnic women over 40, like myself. In t ..read more

Welcome to Love Food, Love Yourself. I’m your host, Macala Wright. This podcast is designed to help women over  40+ develop better relationships with food. My goal is to help you fall in love with food and even more with yourself.  So, about me. I’m Macala Wright. I’m the founder of Grace, Grit, and Wit, an online wellness site and ranch in Washington. I’m a food writer and researcher. I’m also a beginning farmer and horse rehabilitation. At this point, I can confidently say that I’ve found what I was meant to do with the rest of my life. And it all began with a journey towards my ow ..read more

Somewhere in our mid-30s, our bodies begin to go through a big set of changes;  your hormones change and our metabolism shifts. These changes are subtle at first; we begin to experience weight gain, loss of lean muscle mass, bone density can decrease, we might sleep less, and strange things begin happening in our menstrual cycles. The list goes on.  Cellular level changes cause you to store more fat and the ability to burn fat diminishes in return. Your estrogen begins to decline as our bodies begin to transition to menopause, somewhat erratically, and it keeps decreasing (along with ..read more

Find Out If You Have Food Allergies In this episode, we discuss how to know if you have food sensitivities or allergies. As you get older, food sensitivities you’ve had since you were younger can start to build, making your body more reactionary to something that it’s had a hard time processing. By 40, you can actually become partially intolerant of certain things you could eat when you were younger. Before you believe you’re allergic to something, I think you should understand what a food allergy actually is.  According to the Mayo Clinic, a food allergy is a reaction that occurs in you ..read more

In this episode, I explore how our relationships with food, and our bodies, has become so broken and disconnected. It’s  2020, and we, as women, we’re taking our health into our own hands. We’re trying to make more informed decisions; we’re ditching healthcare for self-care, we’re trading in prescription drugs for CBD. When it comes to our food we’re eating better, for the most part. Yeah, we’re eating more vegetables and we know wholesome food is good for us, but many of us are still eating too many processed foods due to time and cost constraints.  And despite an increased focus o ..read more

In this episode of Love Food, Love Yourself, I take a look at if you really need to take supplements. The long story short: There is a time and place for supplements, but you probably don’t need to take as many as you currently do. There are vitamins and minerals found in the food you eat every day. So if you’ve been wanting to rethink your supplement routine and/or stop taking them altogether.  Your daily requirements depend on activity, lifestyle, and other health factors. The way to get them is simply by eating real food. Food is nutrient-dense and packed with vitamins and minerals. T ..read more

Find Out If You Have Food Allergies In this episode, we discuss how to know if you have food sensitivities or allergies. As you get older, food sensitivities you’ve had since you were younger can start to build, making your body more reactionary to something that it’s had a hard time processing. By 40, you can actually become partially intolerant of certain things you could eat when you were younger. Before you believe you’re allergic to something, I think you should understand what a food allergy actually is.  According to the Mayo Clinic, a food allergy is a reaction that occurs in you ..read more

In this episode of Love Food, Love Yourself, I take a look at if you really need to take supplements. The long story short: There is a time and place for supplements, but you probably don’t need to take as many as you currently do. There are vitamins and minerals found in the food you eat every day. So if you’ve been wanting to rethink your supplement routine and/or stop taking them altogether.  Your daily requirements depend on activity, lifestyle, and other health factors. The way to get them is simply by eating real food. Food is nutrient-dense and packed with vitamins and minerals. T ..read more

In this episode, I discuss the effects of alcohol, caffeine, and sugar on our bodies. Many stream media tells us to give it up in order to achieve optimal wellness and combat disease. Well, it's not simple. Listen in as I discuss the pros and cons of each, talk about determining what may be safe limits for all three, and when it's time to give them up.  To read my complete article on analyzing the effects of alcohol, sugar, and caffeine on your body, you can find the post on Grace, Grit & Wit.  You can also grab a copy of my book Love Food, Love Yourself and explore how simple it ..read more