Clearly life happened, because the end of my last entry was “see ya tomorrow” and that definitely didn’t happen. Here’s what’s been going on: So, I take care of my 90-year-old mom, and she is in amazingly good health for 90. She has only ever been on one medication, and it was for her blood pressure. However, in the last few weeks she’s been experiencing an arrythmia which leaves her feeling weak. Over the course of the last few days, this arrythmia, combined with a little chest cold, had me taking her to the ER in Erie. I’m sure everyone knows how ER’s and hospitals are so, that’s the reason I’m just getting back to this book.
In my last blog entry, we were talking about testosterone and its importance to the female body in relation to everything from weight loss to sex drive. The standard American diet accounts for the greatest portion of decline in testosterone, but there are a handful of medications and procedures such as a hysterectomy that can cause a decline in testosterone.
There are tests that can be done to check for testosterone levels in females, but suffice it to say that either way, cleaning up your diet and adding in exercise that will boost hormones rather than deplete them is the safest and best bet to get everything back on track.
For diet, besides getting blood sugar regulated by avoiding processed foods such a chips, bread, crackers, pretzels, pasta and soda, it is also important to avoid alcohol. In its relation to blood sugar and hormones alcohol is not beneficial, in fact, it’s detrimental.
For exercise, focus on HIIT type workouts and strength training rather than long cardio sessions. Long cardio (especially after 35-50 minutes) drives up cortisol which will negatively impact hormones. Think about sprint training or heavy lifting instead.
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Definitely consider adding warm lemon water to your morning routine to get digestion moving, detoxifying vegetables, (cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, brussels sprouts, cilantro, fennel and dandelion) and cranberry water (1/4 cup pure cranberry juice added to 2 quarts of water) to improve the health of the lymph system. Focus on filling your plate with 75% vegetables and 15% protein and 10% healthy fats for right now until finding out more about the Gottfried Protocol. Whether you choose to follow all of the dietary protocols in the Gottfried plan, taking these initial steps to improve the health of your liver and digestive tract will be a boost.
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