Portland, Oregon
About Nora
"I research it so you don't have to."
Nora Hallett is a health researcher and writer based in Portland, Oregon. After a frustrating decade of failed diets, unexplained weight gain, and what turned out to be undiagnosed perimenopause, she started systematically researching every treatment, program, and product she could find. What started as personal notes became this site.
Why this site exists
I want to tell you exactly why this site exists.
In 2021, I weighed 41 pounds more than I had at 35. I was eating less than I ever had in my life. I was sleeping terribly. I was snapping at my husband over nothing and crying in the car after work for reasons I couldn't explain. My doctor said I was "a little stressed."
I spent the next two years trying everything. Keto. Intermittent fasting. A $400 personal training package. A gut health protocol I found on a podcast. A nutritionist who told me to cut out dairy. Another one who told me dairy was fine and gluten was the problem.
Nothing moved. I was doing everything right and getting worse.
Then in late 2022, a friend mentioned perimenopause. I was 41. I thought that was something that happened to women in their 50s. I spent a weekend reading everything I could find. I recognized myself in almost every symptom.
That was the beginning of actually figuring it out.
Over the next year I researched GLP-1 programs, hormone therapy, sleep protocols, and every online health service I could find. I took notes on all of it. I shared them with friends who were asking the same questions. Those notes became this website.
I'm not a doctor. I'm not a nutritionist. I'm a 43-year-old woman who got very tired of being given wrong information and decided to find the right information herself.
Everything on this site is what I actually found. Some of it cost me money to test. Some of it I researched without trying personally. I tell you which is which.
If you're here because something isn't working and you don't know why — I was exactly there. Start anywhere. I hope something helps.
— Nora
How I make money
This site earns affiliate revenue. When you click through to a program I recommend and sign up, the program pays me a commission. You don't pay more because you came through me.
My recommendations aren't for sale. I've turned down sponsorship offers from programs I didn't think were worth it. I've recommended programs where I know I earn less because they're genuinely better for most people. The rule is simple: if I wouldn't tell a friend to try it, I don't put it on this site.
Medical review
Health content on this site is reviewed for accuracy by Dr. Amanda Chen, MD (Internal Medicine, Portland Health Partners). Her review covers medical accuracy, not editorial direction — she doesn't influence which products I recommend.