Smart Mouth Nutrition

08/25/2026

📚 Almost every major stage of life comes with instructions.

🏫 School gives you a syllabus.
💼 New jobs have onboarding.
🤰 Pregnancy has What to Expect When You’re Expecting.
👶 New parenthood has approximately nine million books—plus strangers mysteriously eager to tell you what you’re doing wrong.

But perimenopause and menopause?

🔥 You might get a pamphlet about hot flashes, a recommendation to carry a portable fan and a vague shrug suggesting this is simply what happens when women get older.

Meanwhile, your hormones, body composition, sleep and nervous system are undergoing one of the biggest curriculum changes of your adult life—and nobody handed you the reading list.

So when the habits that worked ten years ago stop working quite the same way, you assume you’re the problem.

But what if you are not failing a body you used to understand?

✨ What if your body has simply entered a new course—and nobody gave you the damn syllabus?

🎙️ In Episode 16 of Elegantly Unhinged, we’re covering the midlife curriculum you should have received:
🧠 Nervous-system safety
💪 Protein and muscle
🥗 Fiber and steadier blood sugar
😴 Sleep and recovery
💛 Permission to stop trying to become the valedictorian of menopause

The Syllabus You Never Got: What Your Midlife Body Is Trying to Teach You is available now.

📲 Instagram: Listen at the link in my bio👆 and comments below.👇

08/21/2026

Three easy breakfast ideas that pack in protein and nutrients that help keep kids full, focused and fueled longer. Plus, all contain eggs, which have been linked to higher intakes of choline, vitamin D, lutein and zeaxanthin that help support growing bodies and developing brains. Which one would your family try first?

Catch the recipes and live segment FOX8 WGHP with all the tips in the comments below! NC Egg Association

https://youtu.be/aHXAX6fh_mM

08/21/2026

Three easy breakfast ideas that pack in protein and nutrients that help keep kids full, focused and fueled longer. Plus, all contain eggs, which have been linked to higher intakes of choline, vitamin D, lutein and zeaxanthin that help support growing bodies and developing brains. Which one would your family try first?

Catch the recipes and live segment FOX8 WGHP with all the tips in the comments below! NC Egg Association

https://youtu.be/gYbnBpuUB4E

08/14/2026

You know I love to dish about food, esp with Men's Health! Check out my + other takes on healthy eating patterns for men. Lots of good stuff in here!
Dish on Fish

08/13/2026

You can eat the vegetables. Take the magnesium. Hit your protein goal. Sprinkle chia seeds on every damn thing.

But if your body is living like a tiger is chasing it through the kitchen—it may not be able to fully use any of it.

Safety is a nutrient.

Episode 15 of Elegantly Unhinged — out now. 🎙️ Links in bio☝️ and comments 👇.

And would love to know: Do you feel like you’re living in low-grade (or maybe high-stress) mode a lot these days!

08/11/2026

Your nervous system has a priority list. And I need you to hear this: you are not at the top of it. Your body’s first job—always, no exceptions—is to keep you alive. Full stop.✋

Digesting efficiently. Building muscle. Regulating blood sugar beautifully. Absorbing all those nutrients you’re carefully feeding it. That all comes after. It comes when your nervous system decides the coast is clear.

So when you feel like you’re doing everything right and your body still isn’t cooperating? It’s not broken. It’s not lazy. It’s not hormonally possessed.

It’s following the rules of its own priority list. And “hit my macros and reach my goal by September” is not on page one.

This is the episode I needed to make—because I’ve been living it. Episode 15 of Elegantly Unhinged is out now. Safety is a nutrient. Link in bio. 🎙️

07/14/2026

Creatine isn’t just a muscle supplement. It’s an energy supplement.

In today’s episode, we’re talking about why one of the most researched supplements in nutrition might be one of the most overlooked tools for midlife.

Spoiler: this conversation goes WAY beyond muscle. 💪🧠

🎧 New episode is live! Links below.👇

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5EL8oAIBM9J8qCoHJW6gvf

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/creatine-isnt-just-for-gym-bros-why-i-take-it-every/id1873101323?i=1000776728277

Substack video: https://open.substack.com/pub/rimakleiner/p/creatine-isnt-just-for-gym-bros?r=fcucn&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

06/30/2026

Most people think muscle is about appearance. And, yes, it is for many of us, but it’s also about physiology.

Muscle plays a central role in:
✔️ glucose disposal
✔️ insulin sensitivity
✔️ resting metabolic rate
✔️ healthy aging
✔️ bone health
✔️ mobility and independence

Which is why preserving muscle becomes increasingly important as estrogen declines during midlife.💪

In this week’s podcast, fitness expert Cindy Barbour and I discuss why strength training is one of the highest-return investments you can make for your long-term metabolic health—and that yes you can do too much of a certain kind of exercise.

One of my favorite reminders from Cindy:
💬 “You invest in your financial future. It’s time to invest in your healthy future.”

🎧 Listen or watch wherever you get your podcasts. Links in bio 👆 or comments 👇.

06/24/2026

🧠 June is Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month. The same habits that support your metabolism and nervous system also support your brain. And it starts with the choices we make today. New Substack below ⬇️

The daily habits that support cognitive health decades before memory problems appear

06/17/2026

If you’ve ever thought “I’m doing everything right, and nothing is working”—consider this instead:

What if your body isn’t resisting you? What if it’s just responding exactly the way it was designed to?

Your body is a sophisticated system that is constantly reading the signals you send it. When those signals say stress, scarcity or unpredictability, the body adapts. Even when those signals come from good intentions.

🧠But here’s the good news: It can adapt in the other direction too. New piece is live on Substack—link in bio 👆 and comments👇.

https://open.substack.com/pub/rimakleiner/p/why-your-body-isnt-brokenits-adapting?r=fcucn&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web