Mary Brighton MS RDN CDCES

French/USA Registered Dietitian/Culinary Nutritionist. Integrative Nutritionist @HMH Opinions are my own.

[Dylan K @MightyDylanK]

Spain just went dark in the middle of the day.

Total solar eclipse. Absolutely unreal. 🌑🇪🇸

Tarragona, Spain 🇪🇸

[Mary Brighton MS RDN CDCES @BrightonHealth]

@Rainmaker1973 This would take me hours to do 😝
But I might try and time myself
Challenge on

[Mary Brighton MS RDN CDCES @BrightonHealth]

@scottchurchson @NJTRANSIT Yes 🙌.

[Mary Brighton MS RDN CDCES @BrightonHealth]

https://t.co/pWRm4VYmjz

[Mary Brighton MS RDN CDCES @BrightonHealth]

@Enezator BEAUTIFUL 🤩

[Mary Brighton MS RDN CDCES @BrightonHealth]

@Costco Bad business to make Gold Star Members wait an extra hour to enter your stores. I am heading to Trader Joe’s around the corner.

[Make L.A. Great Again 🇺🇸 @lalovestrump]

French bakery owner in Arizona calls out influencer that tried to bully her …It’s disgusting how some of these food influencers operate

The bakery owner video got over 3 million views

[Paul Saladino, MD @paulsaladinomd]

If you live in the Northern Hemisphere NOW is the time to soak up the last days of sunlight full of valuable ultraviolet and infrared light.

Winter is coming.

In the next 2-3 weeks spend as much time outside in the sun as you possibly can. You’ll thank me in December.

[TaraBull @TaraBull]

This is why I would want to be rich

[Mary Brighton MS RDN CDCES @BrightonHealth]

Happy Labor Day. Why do I think the workers who desperately need a paid day off are the ones out there working today?

[Mary Brighton MS RDN CDCES @BrightonHealth]

Agreed. CGM - I guide my patients to purchase a OTC one & they get our clinic code to plug in so I can review their results together at the next visit. Biggest issue: patients with food addiction/sugar addiction/cravings

[Elie Jarrouge, MD @ElieJarrougeMD]

Hear me out. A new standard of care.

You’re overweight. Diabetic. Hypertensive.
You go to your doctor.
But instead of a handful of prescriptions, here’s the deal:

No meds! Unless it’s an emergency.
You MUST change your lifestyle.

You’re assigned:
• A health + fitness coach
• A food log
• A continuous glucose monitor
• A blood pressure monitor

You’re given a diet + exercise plan.
You’ve got 3-6 months.
Not to “manage” the diseases, but to reverse them.

Medications are the backup plan.
Not the first move.

That’s how we fix healthcare.

In fact, that’s exactly what @lindy_lou_j and I do for our patients.

[Mary Brighton MS RDN CDCES @BrightonHealth]

Agreed. And eating to macros set up by an app rather than hunger/ full cues will mess with your metabolic health (& your head) when you can’t lose weight

[Elie Jarrouge, MD @ElieJarrougeMD]

Everyone in fitness is obsessed with calorie deficits, but they ignore the real issue:
An energy access deficit.

Sometimes, you don’t need fewer calories.
You need better metabolic access to the ones you already have.

[Mary Brighton MS RDN CDCES @BrightonHealth]

Beef always tastes better when cooked in a cast iron pan. 🔥

[Elie Jarrouge, MD @ElieJarrougeMD]

Costco’s beef tenderloin is delicious! Just salt and a little black pepper, cooked in beef tallow in cast iron 😋

[Elie Jarrouge, MD @ElieJarrougeMD]

Patients don’t end up on 10 meds overnight.
Here’s how it happens:
New doctor, new drug.
ER visit, new drug.

No one owns the full story.
No one stops to ask if they still need them.

I’ve taken patients off meds just by listening… before we even fix their diet.

[Mary Brighton MS RDN CDCES @BrightonHealth]

Ridiculous. We offer self - care rates for our Medicare patients that don’t have nutrition coverage. Why don’t more providers offer this ?

[Mark Hyman, M.D. @drmarkhyman]

Medicare might be the most Kafkaesque corner of our healthcare system.

I tried to pay out-of-pocket for a treatment—only to be denied because I’m a Medicare recipient. When I asked where I could get the treatment through Medicare, the clinic told me… nowhere.

So let me get this straight:

I can’t pay myself
Medicare won’t cover it
And I still can’t get treated

How did we end up with a system that blocks access to care on every front? @DrOz please look into this!

[Mary Brighton MS RDN CDCES @BrightonHealth]

I always talk to my patients about Food is Medicine and using lifestyle changes as medicine. I try to inspire them . Most make changes, (and feel better) but go back to their life / because behavior change is the Holy Grail of health & they just can’t keep it up. Human psychology

[Elie Jarrouge, MD @ElieJarrougeMD]

If patients really knew the risks and benefits of their prescriptions, most would say no to lifelong meds—and yes to lifestyle change.
But they don’t get the whole story. Ever wonder why?

[Mary Brighton MS RDN CDCES @BrightonHealth]

This is not true for me. Thin & healthy. Educated in the states, French trained culinary nutritionist, fan of real food. 💪

[Mary Brighton MS RDN CDCES @BrightonHealth]

Agree . And add longer lower impact cardio physical activity in nature ALL YEAR ROUND

[Elie Jarrouge, MD @ElieJarrougeMD]

“Why is weight loss so hard after menopause?”

I get this question all the time from smart, motivated women over 50 who feel like their body has turned against them.

Yes, hormones change. Estrogen drops.
But that’s only part of the story.

What’s really going on is this:
Decades of chronic dieting, poor sleep, stress, and carb-heavy, ultra-processed meals have taken their toll.
Insulin resistance creeps in.
Muscle mass declines.
And your metabolism slows way down.

The result?
Your body becomes great at storing fat—and terrible at burning it.

So you try to “eat less and move more.”
And… it doesn’t work.
Because you’re insulin resistant.

But here’s the good news:
You can reverse it.

Start here:
✅ Eat real whole food
✅ Prioritize protein (> 30g/meal)
✅ Cut processed carbs + sugar
✅ Don’t snack between meals
✅ Build muscle
✅ Sleep like it’s medicine
✅ Manage stress like your life depends on it

Weight loss after menopause is 100% possible…
When you work with your biology, not against it.

[Mary Brighton MS RDN CDCES @BrightonHealth]

@ElonMuskAOC J’ADORE.