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Being cold all the time is not a badge of honor.

We have all seen the memes about being that girl that is cold all the time. We laugh and share them with our friends and co-workers since it’s relatable. But in all honesty this is actually not funny at all if we understood what our bodies were trying to tell us. Being cold all the time is a symptom not a badge of honor.

I remember it felt like a badge of honor that I needed to wear a coat all the time because I was freezing all the time. I associated it with being thin and athletic. That is what diet culture would like you to believe.

I was always finding ways to shove my frozen cold toes under my husband’s legs or holding his hand because of my frozen fingers.

At the time I was swapping from diet to diet. Smoothies, low salt, low fat, low carb, no sugar, fasting, forgetting to eat, salads, protein shakes and powders, dairy free, no eggs, training 2x per day and walking 2 miles to and from work. Eat less and work out more is what I was told. Salt, dairy, red meat and eggs will kill you! Carbs will make you fat! Women shouldn’t have breakfast, have a juice or a smoothie. Fasting will clear every symptom you have and make you thin!

What da 🤯

Meanwhile my cold, lifeless body was telling me otherwise. My metabolism was trashed.

Ever notice how children and men tend to be warm and comfortable all the time but women are the ones that are weak, frail and cold? It’s our dieting and lifestyles that gets us here.

It’s all about the heat baby!

According to Dr. Barnes, one of the best ways to check your metabolic rate/ thyroid is through basal metabolic temperature check.

A warm body is a sign of health. When you are chronically cold it is a sign of increased stress hormones and decreased thyroid. When your thyroid is sluggish or when you are stressed, adrenaline and cortisol rise to increase heat and energy.

Heat is a product of a high metabolic rate. People who burn glucose well will produce more waste products (heat, co2 and water) that produces a higher body temperature. More glucose burned = more heat = high metabolic rate.

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You did not get sick overnight so you can not expect to feel better overnight.

I remember when a mentor told me I shouldn’t be a nutritionist because “people are just too sick now a days and can’t get better with diet alone.” That stuck with me.

This changed my perspective and I realized I could not just help people to eat better but I needed to really dive deep into their history and uncover everything that has been impacting them from birth.

Nutrition is the foundation and it should be as early as 2 years before conceiving but unfortunately a lot of us grew up with parents that did not understand this even tho they truly did their best.

You do not need to eliminate dairy for your breast feeding baby due to colic, acid reflux or eczema, or whatever else blanket recommendation you are given. Perhaps they just inherited your gut microbiome and mineral status.

I also hate to break it to you but you don’t have painful periods, IBS, acne, or thyroid issues “just because” this goes WAY back my friend.

I grew up as a 90’s kid. My mom smoked cigarettes with me in the womb. I was formula fed.

I was exposed to toxins from day one with scented everything, sunscreens, bug sprays, gerber baby food, high fructose corn syrup and canola oil galore.

Antibiotics for eczema.

I loved bath and body works lotion or victoria secret love spell perfume.

I was obsessed with sour patch kids, diet coke and little debbies.

Frozen pizzas and some conventional processed meat and skim milk was a staple.

I was on birth control for 12 years.

I would go out drinking in my 20’s, get 2 hours of sleep and then do it all over again the next day. I worked for an energy drink company at the time, so you can imagine.

I started to get into “health” and decided to buy tons of random supplements I was told to take by some random person on the internet, I over-exercised and under-nourished.

Oh and then I play victim and pretend like I had no idea why I was sick and my health came crashing down on me.

You see, your entire life is a reflection of your health today. Even the small things.

That mentor was wrong.

People are not too sick to help, you just need to deeply understand them, where they came from and have the tools to be able to help them.

10 Things I wish women knew about their bodies

I remember when I first started learning about women’s health, nutrition and physiology in an effort to heal myself, I was so utterly and completely fascinated with everything I was learning, clearly this is one of the reasons I do what I do today.
Can you believe we were taught how to make stuffed animals in home ec class or how to play parachute in gym class but never once were taught about our bodies or how to nourish them appropriately?

We shoved chicken nuggets and french fries down our throats at lunch time of if you were feeling healthy you would get the garden salad dripping with PUFA oil. Maybe even a dessert from the vending machine.

We had an hour of sex education that simply was a video showing us how to use some scented toxic tampon or pad.

We were taught nothing about our bodies.

The very vessels we need in order to do life and live deeply and fully. The very things that create life if given the right environment to do so.

Sadly, we were never given the right environment or health education to thrive.

Don’t rely on anyone for your health – the government, the doctors, that pill.

Nobody is going to save you but yourself. Knowledge is power.

Learn everything, never stop learning and be curious.

Only you can heal yourself.