Wendy Wesley Nutrition

03/08/2026

Take home your own jar of kimchi. Saturday, March 28 at 10 am. $15 https://web.charityengine.net/DaystarKimchiClass

03/06/2026

Wendy Wesley here’s the amazing lineup of food for Daystar Life’s Empty Bowls event.

02/09/2026

I am announcing my first book, "Hot Flash Kitchen - A Menopause Nutrition Plan" available in Summer 2026. Gleaned over her 10-plus years working with peri- and post-menopausal women, I share my unique weight loss strategies and explain nutrition's profound impact on heart disease, diabetes cancer and dementia prevention. Read an excerpt here:

Excerpt from “Hot Flash Kitchen” by Wendy Wesley, RDN “It’s like the perfect storm for weight gain.”  -- Amy’s story “Now that I look at the last 15 years from a 1000-yard view I can see the weight gain clearly and because I see how and why it happened and I feel like I’m ready to c...

02/03/2026

I purchased this spinach in a bag at ALDI on Thursday and immediately put it into my vegetable humidor which is a used salad mix box with a damp paper towel tucked in the corner. Put the lid on it and store it AT EYE LEVEL in the fridge. For reference, today is Tuesday. Still looking good!!

01/29/2026

Interesting excerpt from NPR oN "obesity subtypes" and genetic testing for best pharmaceutical interventions.
I'm currently working with over 50 patients in my private practice who are taking weight loss medications.
Obesity subtypes
"There are many types of obesity, and each type of obesity has a unique genetic predisposition," says Andres Acosta, a gastroenterologist and hepatologist at the Mayo Clinic.
Acosta says early research indicates genetic markers might be measured to predict, for example, whether a person might not respond well to GLP-1 medicines.
Acosta is also co-founder of Phenomix Sciences, a company selling genetic testing through some doctors' offices; the testing is not covered by insurance.
The cheek-swab genetic test groups people into four basic obesity phenotypes (meaning observable traits): Hungry Gut, Hungry Brain, Emotional Hunger, and Slow Burn. (A person might belong to more than one of these groups.)
Each category has different hormonal or lifestyle factors that drive obesity. For example, someone with emotionally driven eating habits might not benefit as much from GLP-1 drugs.
Acosta says also, those with abnormalities in their gut hormones tend to lose more weight on GLP-1 medicines, while some people with "Hungry Brain" genetic markers may have a broken neural pathway that prevents the drug from being as effective for that group. For those people, Acosta says, often earlier generations of weight-loss medicines — or a combination of new and old drugs — work best

01/26/2026

Loved being on with Great Day Live’s newest host, Allison Godlove!
We made potatoes 3 ways for healthy weeknight meals. I endorse them for their fiber and potassium.

01/26/2026

I started working with a patient last June whose A1C was 8.2 mg/dL. We identified "fast carbs and slow carbs," got them off of juice and protein shakes, increased their intake of fiber to 25 grams per day and decreased their added sugar intake to less than 25 grams per day (WHO recommendations not US recommendations which is 50 grams per day - too much IMO).
Yesterday they reported an A1c of 5.8 mg/dL and weight loss of 23 pounds. This made my day! MADE MY DAY!

01/26/2026

I'm grateful to Rochelle A. Reback and WMNF Community Radio for having me on MidPoint yesterday to discuss the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans and all things nutrition-related. As always, Shelly does a great job preparing and crafting questions. It's and great show so take a listen. I'll post a link in the comments

08/15/2025

Free nutrition and cooking class by yours truly! 5 EASY WEEKNIGHT MEALS. Seriously grateful to Daystar Life for this. No registration required but if you'd like to come drop me a note below

07/18/2025

Voting for Creative Loafing Tampa's Best of the Bay is open and we are 1 of the 3 nominees. Yeah! Here's the link. Thank you so much and we'd appreciate your vote:

It's the BEST time of the year—time to tell us your favorite local people, places, businesses, events, and more!

06/29/2025

We did it again! Nominated for the 4th year in a row. Voting opens next month and I'll post links when they are available.

06/29/2025

Nutrition presentation at Cemex to over 100 employees. I specialize in corporate wellness, nutrition education and cooking demonstrations.