Real Food for Every Phase of Your Life with May Simpkin - Episode 55 | English

This episode's guest doesn't just have a wealth of knowledge on
all things related to nutrition, she's also an inspirational
example of how it’s never too late to start something new. May
Simpkin is a qualified UK Registered nutritionist who describes
herself as a real woman with a busy family life. May believes
that eating well doesn’t mean only broccoli and berries. Instead,
she recommends a diet of real food that is achievable, realistic,
and practical, advocating for cooking from scratch and producing
meals of color, taste, and nutritional balance. In this episode,
May discusses some of the most common challenges that her clients
face, from busy moms trying to feed their children nutritious
meals to older women trying to use diet and exercise to navigate
menopause. Tuning in, you’ll hear about the link between blood
sugar balance and overall wellness, how to avoid that afternoon
energy low, tips to introduce variety into your child’s diet,
May’s views on hormone replacement therapy to treat the symptoms
of menopause, and much much more! To hear all of this useful
advice as well as the story of how May stumbled into this career
in her fifties through following her passion, tune in now!


Key Points:


What May Simpkin means by “real food”.

Insight into some of the most common challenges that May’s
clients, especially moms, face.

How to introduce variety in your child’s diet.

The benefits of ‘eating the rainbow’ or adding color to your
plate.

The link between blood sugar balance and our overall
wellness.

The afternoon energy low and how to avoid it.

Insight into the elements of menopause that younger women are
often unaware of.

How you can use nutrition to navigate through the years of
menopause or peri-menopause.

The role of exercise in your menopause years.

May’s views on hormone replacement therapy to treat the
symptoms of menopause.

How alcohol can worsen the symptoms of menopause.

How your diet and lifestyle during menopause set you up for
your later years.

The story of how May stumbled into this career later on in
life through following her passion.

May’s advice to anyone considering a career in nutrition.

May’s chateaux in France and how you can find out about the
health retreats she runs there.

May’s one message to all the women in the world: It’s never
too late to start something new!



Quotes:


“You’ve got to just think about your lifestyle, think about your
goals, think about your current health and situation, and make
sure that anything that you embark on is a real way of living,
that is going to be true to yourself, and you are going to be
able to be consistent with it.” — May Simpkin [0:02:40]


“Is that lifestyle not only achieving your goals but are you
happy doing it? Do you feel good? Do you feel content? Do you
feel energised? Do you feel inspired, motivated? And you will
feel all of those things if you are achieving what you want to
achieve and if you feel good doing it.” — May Simpkin [0:03:12]


“When you add color, you also add nutrients. It’s actually that
simple!” — May Simpkin [0:07:29]


“What is really important and what you gain by studying nutrition
is not whether something is good or bad for you but what is going
on in your body to make it good for you or to make it bad for
you?” — May Simpkin [0:32:38]


Links: 


May's website: https://maysimpkin.com


The New Healthy programme:
https://maysimpkin.com/the-new-healthy/


May on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maysimpkinnutrition/


Show on Heidi's website: https://heidihauer.com/podcast/