Dr. Laura Pipher, Naturopathic Doctor

Dr. Laura Pipher, Naturopathic Doctor Creator of the HER method, helping taking HER hormones from chaos to calm Helping you to achieve your goals and put your BEST HEALTH forward!

05/29/2026

40 lbs ago, I never would’ve eaten this for lunch.
Salmon, rice, broccoli, sweet potato - for years I would’ve looked at this plate and seen “too many carbs.”
Rice was off the table. Bread was the enemy. Potatoes? Forget it. So I’d “be good” all day on a sad little salad — and then wonder why I was raiding the pantry by 9pm.

Here’s what I actually figured out:
- it was never about cutting the carbs. It was about the portion and the combo.
- A plate like this works because of how it’s built. Protein and fiber are what actually keep you full, slow down digestion, and keep your blood sugar steady so you’re not starving two hours later. The fiber from the broccoli and sweet potato does a lot of the heavy lifting. The carbs fuel my brain, my hormones, and my energy.
Nothing is “off limits” — it’s just balanced.

When you undereat all day, your blood sugar tanks, your hunger hormones scream, and your brain goes hunting for the fastest, most calorie-dense fix it can find (usually at night, usually the stuff that’s less filling and lower in nutrition)

More calories, less satisfaction, and the cycle repeats tomorrow.

The right amount of the right carbs, paired with protein and fiber, is how I finally stopped feeling controlled by food. More food, more freedom, 40 lbs down — not despite the carbs, but because I stopped fearing them.

If you’re tired of white-knuckling your way through sad lunches and bingeing at night, and you finally want food freedom — book a free alignment call with me (link in bio).
Let’s figure out what your plate should actually look like.

Save this for the next time you’re tempted to “be good” with a lettuce lunch. 💛

05/28/2026

Your doctor said your iron is “fine” , but you’re still exhausted, foggy, and watching your hair collect in the shower drain.

Here’s the thing : when most women are told their iron is “normal,” the number being checked is hemoglobin , your standard blood count.

That’s not a measure of your iron stores. That’s a different number called ferritin. And ferritin is the part that empties FIRST.
Think of it like a bank account. Ferritin is your savings. Hemoglobin is your checking.

When iron runs low, your body doesn’t touch checking — it quietly drains your savings to protect it. So you can run your reserves all the way to empty , feeling awful the whole time while your bloodwork still reads “normal.”

The twist? Ferritin can ALSO rise with inflammation, so it can read falsely high and hide a real deficiency hiding underneath.
And heavy or irregular perimenopausal periods? They empty that account even faster.

“Normal” hemoglobin does not mean healthy iron. At your next appointment, ask about your ferritin , and whether inflammation could be skewing it.

Tag a friend who’s always tired but “totally normal” on paper .

Eating the same as you did at 35 and gaining weight anyway? Your metabolism didn’t ‘break’ , it’s a smaller, less effici...
05/28/2026

Eating the same as you did at 35 and gaining weight anyway? Your metabolism didn’t ‘break’ , it’s a smaller, less efficient engine. Your mitochondria (the energy factories in your cells) shrink and run less cleanly with age, so energy gets stored as fat instead of burned. Eating even less makes it worse.

The fix is a bigger, cleaner engine: muscle and movement. Save this, and follow for midlife metabolism that makes sense. 👏

05/27/2026

Before you blame perimenopause for the exhaustion, the weight gain, and the hair loss ,rule this out.
Low thyroid looks almost identical, and here’s the part nobody explains: your thyroid controls how fast your liver clears cholesterol. So when it dips, your cholesterol can quietly climb.
Follow for the stuff your doctor doesn’t have time to explain.

05/26/2026

Doing everything right and the scale won’t move in perimenopause? Grab your last bloodwork. This 5-second calculation can tell you more about your blood sugar than your glucose test did , and it’s already on the page. Save this before you check. 👀

05/19/2026

For a long time I didn’t value myself enough to put myself first. And I told myself it was because I was a mom, because I was busy, because other people needed me more.

But here’s what actually happened when I started prioritizing my health. I chased my kids at the park without being winded. I went on bike rides without feeling embarrassed. I showed up after workouts feeling energized instead of depleted.

Putting yourself first isn’t taking something away from your family. It’s showing them what it looks like to value yourself.
That’s the kind of mom I want to be.

Perimenopause DrLauraND

05/15/2026

Gut health absolutely plays a role in the bigger picture.
It can influence inflammation, it can impact how estrogen is processed and recycled, and there is emerging research showing that the microbiome shifts during this stage of life. We also see that hormone therapy itself may influence the microbiome.
So yes, it matters.
But it doesn’t determine whether you should start HRT or how it should be prescribed.
That decision is still based on your symptoms, your history, and your overall risk profile.
Gut health is something we support alongside the plan, not something that blocks access to care.

05/14/2026

This is the part that really bothers me.
A woman finally advocates for herself, has the conversation, and starts HRT… and then she goes online and sees a post telling her she missed something. That she should have done a $500 test first. That maybe she made the wrong decision.
So now she’s questioning everything.
And the problem is, a lot of these women were already hesitant. They were already unsure. It likely took a lot for them to even get to that point.
Adding more fear and more barriers doesn’t improve care. It delays it.
And that’s where I have a real issue with this narrative.

05/13/2026

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