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Toxic advice in the holistic health space

Whew. I am exhausted just writing all that.

The more and more I work with women I see one common thing. Everyone is so damn stressed about what they should be doing for their health.

Thanks to social media and everyone needing to share their two cents. Health has never been more confusing.

Keep in mind that what influencers or practitioners share online is usually only 1/100th of the story or education behind a certain topic. Everything is nuance. We need to start looking at it through that lens.

One thing I know for sure is the alternative health space is ever changing.

Someone will debunk that same study you based your entire diet and life on.

There will always be ex vegans, ex intermittent fasters, ex carnivores, ex keto’ers’, ex vegetarians….

But you know what never goes out of style or needs to be debunked? Eating REAL traditional food. Nobody, not one person will say they are recovering from eliminating processed man man garbage and switching to eating real traditional food. Not a single person.

The biggest problem is education. A lot of the things we see online we question or partake in only because we don’t quite understand how our bodies work. Your best and most powerful superpower is learning how your body works, the food you are consuming, where it comes from and being your own health advocate.

If we all understood how our bodies worked and knew how to tune in we would not need to outsource our health. Once you understand how your body works and what it actually feels like to be nourished there is no looking back, you sniff the bullshit from a mile away.

Be aware, be intentional, health is not unattainable even tho it seems that way.

What does health mean to you?

I can assure it it’s not about obsessing over every little symptom and thing that might be causing said symptom and the next supplement or gadget that will help. Once you realize the healing journey is never over and your body will continue to show symptoms because shocking, YOU ARE ALIVE! Things start to make a lot more sense.

You will never biohack, supplement, fast, restrict food, avoid chemicals like the plague, breathe, meditate, cleanse your way back to health.

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95% of women that go on a diet gain back all the weight they lost & then some

I remember that feeling, that high I got when I started seeing changes in my body and the scale. I wanted to shout it from the rooftops. I wanted everyone to know about the diet I was on and how good I felt. Until I didn’t. I remember throwing away all the bigger clothes I had telling myself there is no way i’l ever be that size again!

This is my story, but after years of working with women we all have the same story. The conclusion is- diets don’t work.

You see. Dieting feels really good for awhile, years even. Dieting triggers the chronic release of cortisol. Running on stress hormones gives you a great high. But you eventually come crashing down. You simply can’t fathom your “healthy” diet could be the cause!

This includes all diets from carnivore to vegan to the MLM “mom coaches” and everything in between.

Every diet has the same method; restricting calories, food groups or macros. In response to this our bodies slow our metabolisms to hang on to nutrients to keep us alive.

When you restrict your metabolism slows. Sure you may lose weight but at the expense of muscle then when you eat normal again (because you will) you will gain most of your weight back in fat.

What happens overtime as our metabolisms get slower we start noticing the impact it has on our digestion, hormones, skin, hair, moods, etc. In order to feel well we need to have a robust metabolism. Your metabolism has nothing to do with weight.

You have a set point and that weight will change throughout your life. Your body is always adapting and changing. Your set point at 25 is different from your set point at 35 because girl, you have grown and lived a full decade! Shocking I know.

Whenever your weight changes too much, your brain will intervene to push it back to the correct weight for you. You might not prefer the same weight your brain prefers.

The healthiest women inside and out are the ones that have zero dieting history.

If diets worked there wouldn’t be so many. Think twice!

Instead focus on the foundations. Eat real, nourishing food, move, balance your blood sugar, be consistent, enjoy life and if needed work with someone to help you figure out imbalances in your body.

The Truth About Plants

I can guarantee if you walk into any health professionals office they will tell you to eat more vegetables, as if that is going to solve all your problems! 🙄

Sure, eating vegetables in place of the standard american diet is going to be better, duh! But is it optimal? No. Potentially harmful? Maybe.

Here’s the deal.

Our soils are not what they used to be. The vegetables you are eating today don’t have near close to the same nutritional value as they did decades ago due to all the chemicals they are sprayed with (even organic), toxic tap water they are being grown in, and the heavy metals they suck up from our soils which displace vital nutrients we need as humans.

Leafy green vegetables have a fiber in the form of cellulose. The human body can not digest cellulose. This hard to break down fiber can cause inflammation, irritation, intestinal damage from increased bowel size, and in turn causes constipation, diarrhea, gas or bloating.

Goitrogens are found in cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, soy, cauliflower, leafy greens, cabbage, and brussel sprouts. Goitrogens suppress thyroid and metabolic function and are highly estrogenic.

They have protective mechanisms known as anti-nutrients to protect themselves from invaders. Anti- nutrients interfere with how your body absorbs other nutrients.

Yum right? I mean who doesn’t want to load up their plates with toxic, chemical filled, estrogen laden, anti-metabolic, anti-thyroid, malnourished plants that create digestive hell? Me, Me, Me! Seconds please!

Grass eating animals are known as ruminants. They have a different digestive system than us which includes the ruman. This is where cellulose + hard to digest plant matter is broken down. They can digest + assimilate nutrients from plants.

Humans are meat eaters, this is seen through history simply through geography + how our teeth function.

This is not to say to never have plants. Cook them well and know where they are grown.

Animals first, plants later.

You are a grown ass woman who’s body is nutritionally demanding + requires a lot of energy, loading your plate with this toxic, low energy, bird food simply will not give you what you need to thrive.

Animal Foods + Your Mood

Studies show that those who avoid consuming meat have significantly higher rates of depression + anxiety. People on a plant-based diet are twice more likely to take prescription drugs for mental illness than meat eaters.

Why is this?

ENERGY. If I was malnourished, riding the blood sugar roller coaster, restricting entire food groups and HANGRY my moods would tank too.

Animal proteins + fats provide your body satiation, energy, and nutrients your body needs to thrive.

Plant-based diets create vitamin and mineral deficiencies, stress, low stomach acid, disruptions in gut microbiome, low energy, low progesterone, and blood sugar imbalances.

Nutrients that impact mental health: amino acids, fatty acids, magnesium, potassium, iron, zinc, copper, calcium, choline, vitamins A, D, C, E, K, b12, B6.

You simply can not get all these nutrients from a plant-based diet. Not to mention the lack of stomach acid you have created from the lack of animal protein preventing you from being able to even digest and assimilate your nutrients bringing you deeper into malnourishment.

You are working against your physiology as a human being. We have been consuming an abundance of animal foods since the dawn of time.

And for the ladies. You need these nutrients to ovulate and produce progesterone- you know the happiness, good mood, anti-anxiety hormone.

Anxious, depressed, angry, irritable, just downright moody? Ditch the plant-based proteins, go eat some red meat, butter, and dairy.

Also…

+ Pair protein, carb and fat at every meal. Carbs + sugar are just as important in keeping your blood sugar and moods stable but always pair with an animal protein. Fruit is a powerhouse!

+ Stop skipping meals and eat every 3-4 hours.

+ Remember when it comes to animal proteins quality matters – grass-fed, raw, pasture-raised is recommended. Be sure to add in a mix of amino acids with muscle meats – bone broths, collagen + gelatin.

Of course there are other factors to your shitty mood at play but I can assure you low protein and limiting animal foods is not the answer.

The answer to happiness? Stop restricting, stop following diet trends + stop demonizing food groups.