Sarah Burgin Health

Hi, I’m Sarah – a Nutrition and Dietetics student, health investigator, and someone deeply curious about how food shapes how we feel.

This blog is where I’m bringing together everything I’m learning through my studies and everything I’m experiencing in real life. It’s a space for me to share what I’m discovering, not just from textbooks and lectures, but from actually testing things out on myself. I’m curious about how nutrition science plays out in the real world, especially when it comes to women’s health, hormones, and everyday wellbeing.

Lately, I’ve become more and more interested in how diet affects women’s health, especially during the late reproductive years, when things can start to feel a bit different. I’ve noticed some subtle changes myself and found that the usual advice doesn’t always go deep enough. That’s what sparked my curiosity to start looking more closely, using tracking, testing, and self-experimentation as tools to better understand what’s really going on and how best to support my body during this transitional phase of life.

Right now, I’m doing a bit of a personal experiment, looking at how different ways of eating might affect things like energy, hormones, and overall health. I’m comparing a Mediterranean-style diet with a more animal-based, modified carnivore approach to see what actually changes in my body. I’m tracking things like blood sugar, thyroid, lipids, and cycle-related symptoms, using a mix of blood tests, apps, and other tools. Initially this was going to form the basis of my dissertation, but time pressure mean that just not going to happen, so now its a personal interest approach – I’m just genuinely curious to see what happens when I pay close attention.

And this is me, notoriously terrible at taking photographs and completely disinterested in changing that!

You don’t need to be a data nerd or dietitian-in-training to follow along. Whether you’re navigating perimenopause, thinking about trying a new dietary approach, or just curious about what happens when someone tracks everything, I hope you’ll find something useful here.

Thanks for being here and welcome to Sarah Burgin Health.
Let’s explore what really nourishes us.