In today’s fast-paced world, taking charge of your health is more important than ever. Being proactive and informed about your well-being can lead to better outcomes and a higher quality of life. Here are some key strategies to help you become your own best health advocate. Harness the Power of Technology Utilize patient …
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Light and dark exposure are not the ONLY ways to influence your circadian rhythm! There are 2 key hormones that regulate your daily rhythms, and they not only respond to the light-dark cycle but also to the foods we eat and supplements we take. They are melatonin & cortisol. The natural and healthy cycle of …
When your lifestyle is at odds with your internal body clock (your circadian rhythm), it can cause everything from fatigue to insomnia, anxiety, depression, weight gain, and more. Whether or not you’ve disrupted your circadian rhythm yet or not, anybody can begin TODAY to live in better alignment with their circadian rhythms. Here’s how: ☀️ …
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Feeling tired but wired…sleepless nights…trouble waking up? Any of these can be signs of circadian disruption—meaning your external daily rhythms are out of sync with your internal body clock. We can correct the problem, but first we need to know the cause, right? Most people know that working nights will mess with your body clock, …
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Daily rhythms keep your body ticking like a clock. It’s true for morning glories, crickets, birds, dogs, and yes—humans too. Here’s a non-exhaustive list of body processes that follow a 24-hour clock: ✔️ Hormones ✔️ Blood Pressure ✔️ Blood Sugar ✔️ Immune Function ✔️ Detoxification ✔️ Digestion That’s right—nearly every body process has a daily …
✨ Insulin resistance is reversible ✨ Insulin resistance means that the cells in the body have become less responsive to insulin, which leads to elevated blood sugar levels. If left unchecked, insulin resistance can lead to type 2 diabetes. That’s why it’s critical to take insulin resistance seriously. Here are some lifestyle changes that …
Before a person ever meets the medical criteria for a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes, invisible changes are going on in the body—including insulin resistance. But here’s the thing. Insulin resistance doesn’t just happen out of the blue. It’s not just genetics or fate. Here are 3 often overlooked root causes of insulin resistance (and …
🤔 Most people think that if they don’t have diabetes, they don’t have to worry about their blood sugar. That’s not actually true. Have you heard of insulin resistance? “Insulin resistance is when cells in your muscles, fat, and liver don’t respond to insulin (the hormone that allows sugar to enter cells)”. Insulin resistance …
Estrogen dominance is a common pattern in women, where estrogen levels are high in comparison to progesterone levels. (see my previous post if you’ve never heard of it!) Our hormones respond to so many aspects of our physiology that it can take some detective work to figure out the root cause of estrogen dominance. Here …
I can’t tell you how many times women ask me, “could it be my hormones?” Lots of times they’ve been told that everything checks out fine, that it’s just normal hormonal changes, or that the only option they have is to take the birth control pill. Well… Those things are often only partially true or …