#foodfrequency

If you’ve been hanging with us this week you may have noticed we’ve been talking A LOT about stress, the adrenal glands and the foods you need to eat to heal your adrenal glands - TODAY we want to talk to you about HOW to use the food you eat to reduce👇🏻 the stress hormones flooding your body, and finally achieve sustainable long lasting health.  Clearly it is not just about eating food, as a majority of you are eating “clean” food yet still suffering. 🤔 So what’s missing? - 💎 Food strategy. - Think 💭 about it. In the state of adrenal fatigue your liver cannot store fuel 🔥 for energy to be used throughout the day resulting in massive blood sugar fluctuations and a chronic flood of stress hormones into your blood stream. - 🔑In this case, it is your goal to get one step ahead of your body by giving it the fuel 🔥 it needs from the food you eat (carbohydrates, protein and fat) at the times you need it (ie. Food frequency). - When you nourish your body with the right types of carbohydrates you provide immediate energy🔥 to your cells, therefore reducing the release of stress hormones (SUGAR STOPS STRESS IN ITS TRACKS). The combination of these carbohydrates 🍎with metabolic proteins and fats provides your tissues and cells with nutrients while also helping to slow the breakdown of carbohydrates, resulting in stable 〰️ blood sugar throughout the day and the energy you need to heal. - 🔑With consistency you restore your body’s ability to store and produce energy 🔥 (your most basic fundamental human need) allowing you to go longer periods between meals and strengthening your overall resiliency to stress. It is simple…when your body has what it needs it no longer has to sacrifice you to get it. - 👉🏻Food frequency can be tricky, but with the help of our cutting edge, real-time subjective and objective assessments, you’ll learn exactly where to place your meals throughout the day, exactly what to eat and the ideal balance of macronutrients for your body.   #adrenalfatigue #adrenalfatiguerecovery #food #foodfrequency #bloodsugar #bloodsugarbalance #hypoglycemia #wearefood #fruit #protein #fats #balance #foodstrategy https://www.instagram.com/p/BqcsotaBAwd/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=707061mpn0mz

Constant Struggle - When we eat infrequently or sporadically throughout the day, our body is constantly fighting to keep our blood sugar levels within normal ranges. The constant struggle to keep blood sugar normal, without the aid of food, is extremely stressful on the system. The body literally pulls out all the stops and declares a state of emergency. It calls upon the stress hormones like adrenaline, cortisol, and aldosterone to remedy the situation. 🔹 Emergency - The body's stress hormones are similar to fire fighters and policemen. If a building is on fire, the fire and police department are called in to help and all the operations or functions of that building are put on hold until there is no longer an emergency. This is exactly what happens when the body's stress hormones are released. 🔹 Everything Else is Less Important - Normal operations and functions like digestion, mental focus, hunger, ability to relax, maintaining good energy, and many other processes are put on hold because all resources and energy must be used to address the emergency - low blood sugar levels. -Nutrition for Life 🔹 To learn more about how to regulate blood sugar , click the link in our profile > Restoration Thyroid Audio Series. #wearefood #realfoodgangstas #restorationthyroid #consciousnutrition #eastwesthealing #bloodsugar #hypothyroidism #hypoglycemia #hypothyroid #cortisol #stress #foodfrequency

Meals vs Snacks Food frequency: a rhythm you eat throughout the day that allows for storage of glycogen in the liver, conversion of thyroid hormone and production of energy at the cellular level. 🔑 A way of eating in which your meals contain digestible metabolic foods. 🔑 A way of eating in which the foods within your meal are balanced to allow for optimal blood sugar regulation, stress reduction, energy production and physiological balance. 🔑 When we eat this way we are meeting the body where it’s at. We might be stressed, exercising more, healing or studying for exams. The bottom line is how we eat and when we eat has to meet the demand being placed on our systems. 🔑 We are all different, have different histories and metabolic needs. In order to provide a foundation for health and well being, we must support ourselves with meals and snacks. How many? That is a process and based on individual needs. Ratios and grams? Same thing. But what we do know is this, our cells are like little burning furnaces that produce heat/energy. The “fire” needs to be burning at all times to support life, create a healing environment and allow the demands that are being placed on the body to be adapted to. 🔑 Meals are “larger” and provide us with a platform to rev our engine, provide us with stored and regulated sugar, nutrients and vitamins, as well as to regulate energy production. Snacks are “smaller” and are the bridge that allow us to keep the fire burning within the cells…until the next meal is eaten. 🔑 If you miss a meal/snack, don’t eat the right amount to eat your needs, etc then YOU WILL create the stress reaction physiologically. There is no energy being stored, produced, there is no healing environment. The journey of healing does not become a lifestyle. The demands that are being place on the body exceed what the body can handle = stress. 🔑 Food + Food Frequency seems simple, but it is very powerful when managed strategically. #consciousnutrition #eastwesthealing #hypoglycemia #hypothyroid #realfoodgangstas #restorationthyroid #wearefood #bloodsugar #balance #harmony #health #stress #foodfrequency

Part 3: testosterone and #Hypothryoidism #hypogonadism Step 1: regulate musculoskeletal and CNS inflammation Step 2. Stress reduction Step 3. Regulate blood sugar, heal gut, decrease liver burden through eating #prothyroid #metabolic foods and #foodfrequency Step 4. Supplement as needed with hers to stimulate LH. Step 5. No I will not tell you my secret herbs for Step 4 unless you are consulting with me. #eastwesthealing #realfoodgangstas