Microblog: How to Do an Extended Fast
Ideally work up to an extended fast. Women tend to burn fat most efficiently at about 36 hours, but it’s not ideal to go from no fasting to fast 24+ hours. Sure, many people...
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Microblog: The Endocrine System Manages All Hormones in the Body
The endocrine system manages all your hormones in the body. The endocrine cascade usually starts with blood sugar imbalances and CASCADES all the way down to sex hormone IMBALANCES overtime. Pictorially, this is a...
Microblog: Fasting Is Not the Culprit for Adrenal Insufficiency
I’m not an endocrinologist but I do know that when people blame fasting for adrenal fatigue, I’m sorry but that’s misinformation on so many levels.☝🏼The term “adrenal fatigue” is outdated. We now know that...
Microblog: The Benefits of Fasting
I’ve done a deep dive on weight loss and fasting but there are so many other benefits of fasting.⠀✅We already talked about the expedited process in terms of gut healing, hormonal balance and in...
Microblog: The Stress and Weight Gain
Why does cortisol increase blood sugar? Because cortisol INHIBITS insulin production, allowing MORE sugar in the blood to circulate. In acute stress, the extra energy will be advantageous. In chronic stress this can exacerbate...
Microblog: Fasting Series – Hunger and Fullness Hormones
Remember Ghrelin?⏰Ghrelin is observed to gradually decrease after 48 hours of fasting. This means that people are less hungry despite not having eaten for over 48 hours. Remember, hunger is a hormonally mediated state...
Microblog: Fasting Series – Increasing Basal Metabolic Rate
As Dr. Fung wrote, “The most important determinant of how much you eat is how hungry you are. Yes, you can deliberately eat less, but you can’t decide to be less hungry. So, if...
Microblog: Ready to Eat Nutrient Dense Meal
This is how we leftover. We cooked up several pounds of meat today and we are ready to eat nutrient dense meals for the week.⠀👋🏻PS. All my meals and lunchbox shares are in my...
Microblog: Fasting Series – Reducing Ghrelin
How do we heal our hormones and reduce hunger?👨🏻⚕️As Dr. Jason Fung wrote, “Obesity, is a hormonal imbalance of hyperinsulinemia. The main reason we eat more calories is not lack of willpower, it’s hunger....