GLP-1 medications, such as Ozempic, Trulicity, Wegovy, and Mounjaro, are rapidly gaining attention as effective tools to help manage weight and control blood sugar levels. These drugs work by mimicking the naturally occurring hormone glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), which is produced in the gut after eating. GLP-1 plays a crucial role in regulating appetite, slowing gastric emptying, and enhancing insulin secretion to manage blood glucose. Essentially, these medications help users feel fuller faster, reduce cravings, and…

Turning 40 is a turning point for how your body responds to food. Metabolism slows, muscle mass gradually declines, and recovery is not as quick as it once was. Habits that felt harmless in your 20s and 30s, like frequent sugary snacks or heavy processed meals, can start affecting energy levels, weight, and overall health. This stage of life is less about restriction and more about awareness. Certain foods can place extra strain on digestion,…

Malnutrition is the main risk of hospitalization of the elderly at home. But it concerns everyone. Contrary to popular belief, you can be overweight and malnourished! In France, 2 million people suffer from malnutrition according to the Francophone Society of Clinical and Metabolic Nutrition. It concerns 1 in 10 elderly people who live at home and 4 in 10 people with Alzheimer’s disease, according to the High Authority of Health.  When can we talk about…

Cardiovascular diseases include various conditions affecting the heart and blood circulation. Among these, we find coronary heart disease, which causes angina and heart attacks, is the most common. The main challenge of cardiovascular diseases lies in their often silent nature. Indeed, without apparent symptoms such as a heart attack or angina, it is difficult to detect their presence. The origins can be hereditary or linked to inexplicable feelings of fatigue. If we do not pay…

Understanding Naturopathy Naturopathy uses natural means to balance the functioning of the body. By focusing on health prevention and healthy living, it aims to strengthen the body’s defenses. A naturopath can intervene in one-off or chronic disorders, such as stress management, anxiety, fatigue, or weight. Their role is to guide the patient towards better physical and mental well-being: and bingo, we need more than both as we age. Difference between Naturotherapy and Naturopathy Naturopathy and naturopathic medicine may seem similar, but they have important…

What should you eat to stay slim and healthy? The answer lies in The Best Way to Eat, a book written by the editorial staff of LaNutrition.fr in which our recommendations are included. These recommendations can be summarized in the form of a food pyramid that integrates the latest knowledge on the relationship between diet and health. If we were to give them a score from 0 to 10, the official recommendations of France (and also…

What is dysmenorrhea? Painful periods  ,” recalls Dr. Jean-Michel Morel, “are also called dysmenorrhea, which indicates a dysfunction of menstruation. To be even more precise, we could talk about oligomenorrhea, which adds the notion of algia, of pain. We can differentiate two types of dysmenorrhea: Primary dysmenorrhea: which appears in young girls from the first menstruation and which most of the time tends to improve over the years, after the first sexual intercourse or pregnancy.…

Cooking food makes it more digestible and makes chewing easier ( 1 ). Raw, certain foods have anti-nutritional factors that cooking will destroy. For example, explains Dr. Juliette Pouyat in the guide The Right Choice for Cooking, “The starch of pasta or rice becomes digestible after cooking in water thanks to a modification of its structure more favorable to the action of the amylase which breaks starch into glucose molecules. The temperature will also denature proteins, open their folded structure, and…

How to distribute fats, carbohydrates, and proteins in your diet? What proportions should be respected? Which ones to choose? LaNutrition.fr has issued detailed nutritional recommendations in the book The Best Way to Eat. The following advice is taken from The Best Way to Eat (MFM) and is given as a guide. We believe that quality is more important than quantity: the main thing is to choose the right food sources. Carbohydrates Carbohydrate foods are those that…