You Are What Your Grandparents Ate

In this episode of Ask a Nutritionist, Britni Vincent, RD, unpacks the science behind women’s increased risk for Alzheimer’s. She explores the role of estrogen, blood sugar, inflammation, gut health, and even common foods and oils that could either protect or harm the brain. You’ ... Show More

In this episode of Dishing Up Nutrition, Britni and Kara tackle the most-Googled calcium questions: What are the best food sources? How do you know if you’re deficient? Are your supplements actually helping — or hurting? They also dig into surprising calcium connections to PMS, s ... Show More

Do you ever feel like you know exactly what you should be doing for your health, but just can’t seem to make it happen day after day? You’re not alone! In this special Ask a Nutritionist episode, Teresa Wagner, RD, shares why habit stacking is a favorite strategy at Nutritional W ... Show More

Here are some interesting stories about our grandparents 

We managed to somehow convince Abby's grandparents to join us on our sectional and share the stories from their lives. They told us what is was like growing up in a small town, how they met, life before modern luxuries and Terry's polio diagnosis as a child. Make sure to rate our ... Show More

Liz O’Donnell is an author and the founder of Working Daughter, a community for women navigating eldercare, career, family, relationships, and everything else in life. She joins cohost Erica Chidi to talk about being part of the sandwich generation that is caring for aging parent ... Show More

Join our limited newsletter, The Science of Habits, to get curated, science-backed tips to help make your New Year's resolution stick in 2024. https://ggsc.berkeley.edu/podcasts/habits We explore how contemplating our heritage can make us feel more belonging, gratitude, and confi ... Show More

Living with your parents is so hot right now, with more adults doing it now than at any other time in the modern era. First, we hang out with a member of Gen Z who’s moved back in with the folks. Then, a closer look at the trend with Donna Butts of Generations United.This episode ... Show More

If you have an Italian grandma or grandpa, learning how to talk about your family in Italian will help you connect with your heritage on a deeper level. Learn about our Online Italian School and get a free mini lesson every week: https://joyoflanguages.online/italian-school Subsc ... Show More

How to give advice people will actually listen to. When Anna in Switzerland was younger, her grandmothers used to give her advice – but she dismissed it. She thought they were old-fashioned and didn’t understand her life. Now she’s a grandmother herself, and when she looks at her ... Show More

Did you know that we should repay our parents and grandparents for what they have done for us? Today on Bold Steps Minute, Pastor Mark teaches from 1 Timothy 5:4-8 about taking care of and repaying our parents and grandparents. Repaying can be in the form of physically taking car ... Show More

Laura and Sarah discuss their latest favorite podcasts and are then joined by Emily Oster, a Ph.D. in economics and a professor at Brown University.  She is the author of recent release Crib Sheets: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, and she was inspired to di ... Show More

"Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.” -  Anne Frank In this episode, I talk about: Understanding the fundamental shift in your role from leading a child to co-creating with that c ... Show More