Resources from Dr. Tyra

Learn the whole story. For good.

Clear, compassionate education on eating behaviors, menopause, metabolic health, GLP-1 care, strength, and the places health concerns are too often overlooked.

Eating behaviors

Move from judgment to understanding

Foundations

Binge eating vs. emotional eating

Binge-eating disorder involves recurrent episodes of eating unusually large amounts with a sense of loss of control and significant distress. Emotional eating can describe eating in response to feelings without necessarily meeting criteria for an eating disorder. A qualified clinician can assess the full pattern rather than relying on a label alone.

Takeaway: frequency, loss of control, distress, restriction, and health context all matter.

National Institute of Mental Health source

Recognition

Signs of atypical anorexia

Serious restrictive eating disorders can occur at any body size. Weight alone cannot show the medical or psychological severity of restriction, rapid weight loss, fear, compulsive behaviors, or malnutrition risk.

Takeaway: do not wait for someone to “look sick” before taking symptoms seriously.

Clinical review

Advocacy

Weight stigma in healthcare

Weight stigma can affect communication, trust, care-seeking, and health. Respectful care focuses on symptoms, behaviors, risks, and patient priorities without making body size a moral judgment.

Takeaway: clinically useful conversations do not require shame.

International consensus statement

Midlife health

Midlife deserves more context

Menopause

Menopause and metabolic change

The menopause transition can affect sleep, mood, body composition, sexual health, and daily functioning. Weight or energy changes deserve an assessment that considers symptoms, medications, health history, nutrition, movement, and cardiometabolic risk.

Takeaway: midlife care should not reduce every concern to “eat less.”

National Institute on Aging source

Strength

Why muscle matters after 40

Muscle supports function, mobility, strength, and metabolic health. Adults benefit from regular aerobic activity and muscle-strengthening work, adapted for ability, medical history, and recovery needs.

Takeaway: a sustainable health plan protects what your body can do, not only what it weighs.

U.S. Physical Activity Guidelines

Energy availability

What is RED-S?

Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport can occur when energy intake is insufficient for health and activity demands. It can affect multiple body systems and is relevant beyond elite athletes.

Takeaway: more exercise and less food are not automatically healthier.

IOC consensus statement

Metabolic health

Treatment is bigger than a prescription

GLP-1 care

Support beyond the medication

GLP-1 treatment should be prescribed and monitored by a qualified clinician. A complete plan also considers medication sourcing, side effects, hydration, food intake, strength, other conditions and medicines, and what happens if treatment changes.

Takeaway: use only an appropriate, legitimate medication source and seek individualized care.

FDA safety information

Nutrition

Protein goals after 40

Protein needs are individual and can be influenced by body size, activity, health conditions, kidney function, food access, and treatment goals. Rather than chasing a universal number, build a plan that supports adequate nourishment and strength.

Takeaway: the right target is personal, practical, and clinically appropriate.

U.S. Dietary Guidelines

Blood sugar

Understanding insulin resistance

Insulin resistance means cells do not respond to insulin as effectively. Prediabetes can develop when blood glucose is higher than normal but not yet in the diabetes range. Assessment and management should consider the full health picture.

Takeaway: this is a medical condition, not a character flaw.

NIDDK source

Better information creates better questions.

Use the free Midlife Metabolic Guide to prepare for your next health conversation, then choose education or clinical care based on what you need.

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Primary and authoritative references

National Institute of Mental Health: Eating Disorders
National Institute on Aging: What Is Menopause?
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases: Insulin Resistance & Prediabetes
U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Concerns with Unapproved GLP-1 Drugs
U.S. Physical Activity Guidelines
International Olympic Committee RED-S Consensus
International Consensus Statement on Ending Obesity Stigma
Peer-reviewed clinical review of atypical anorexia nervosa