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Author: Leyla Muedin MS, RD, CDN

Leyla Weighs In: Chronic Stress and Its Hidden Effects

Feeling the weight of stress? Chronic stress doesn’t just impact your mood—it physically alters your brain. On this episode of the Intelligent Medicine Podcast, “Leyla Weighs In” with how our diets can reverse these effects and help boost brain resilience.

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Leyla Muedin MS, RD, CDN April 25, 2025
Multiethnic couple tasting food from wooden spoon while standing in their kitchen

Leyla Weighs In: The care and feeding of your taste buds

Leyla shares the factors that can impact our ability to taste.
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Multiethnic couple tasting food from wooden spoon while standing in their kitchen
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Leyla Weighs In: Medical management or nutritional cure?

Ask yourself: Do you simply want to take a prescription to manage your symptoms, or seek out the root cause of your trouble to effectively treat and eradicate it?
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Leyla Weighs In: Lessening the impact of chronic stress

Longterm stress can have myriad negative health effects, and unhealthy coping mechanisms can make things even worse. Learning how to support yourself during stressful times is vital.
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Woman sitting at her desk in front of a laptop, fingers pressed to her temples in an expression of distress as other hands reach in from outside the frame with other thing she needs to attend to -- a iPad and notebook, a phone, a watch, etc.
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Leyla Weighs In: Four causes for IBS

IBS has increased dramatically over the last decade, and the causes are numerous. In this article, Leyla Muedin focuses on four of them.
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A woman in a sleeveless top clutching her painful belly. Underneath her hands, an illustration of the digestive system is subtly overlaid on her clothing.
NY strip steak being cooked in a skillet, along with herbs and blistered tomatoes

Leyla Weighs In: Cook with fat, not vegetable oil

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NY strip steak being cooked in a skillet, along with herbs and blistered tomatoes
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Ask Leyla: What could be causing mysterious bloating and abdominal pain?

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Man seated looking out the window, one hand pressed to his stomach due to pain.
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Ask Leyla: Should I be using iodized salt?

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Leyla Weighs In: Grocery shopping tips

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Leyla Weighs In: Optimizing your kitchen

Have you taken stock of your cupboards lately? From appliances to pantry items, Leyla offers advice for spring cleaning your kitchen.
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A woman looking through jars on the shelf of an open fridge door. Various produce in her arms and on the shelves.
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Ask Leyla: When should I get follow-up blood work?

Q: I’ve just embarked on my therapeutic diet and supplement program to help correct metabolic abnormalities pertaining to inflammation, blood sugar and my lipid profile (which is out of whack) as well as micronutrient deficiencies that were found like B12 and vitamin D.  At what point to do I follow up with new blood tests to monitor my progress?
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