Basis of Health: Metabolic Balance
Food as Defense
Today's world is filled with the artificial:
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Food
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Light
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Temperature
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Entertainment
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Environmental toxins
Whole foods are the foundation of your body's defense against these attacks. The “Food as Defense” model is based on these guiding principles:
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Food is building blocks for our cells, hormones, neurotransmitters, and more
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It is information on how to build and repair the defense
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Food is the matrix into which all other inputs fit
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Fixing diet first can reveal other problems
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Inadequate nutrition will cause these defenses to crumble while whole foods heal and strengthen them
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Most illnesses today are caused by this break down, including mental health conditions
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Processed foods are a major primary cause of the break down of these defenses
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Whole food is medicine; fake food is poison
We will work together to find a healthy whole food diet that works with your lifestyle and health needs.
Secondary Interventions as Signals
Food can often serve as biological signals, such as carbohydrates signaling insulin production, but most signals to our body's systems are from external activities or forces. Based on your symptoms and how well the changes in nutrition are going, we can figure out any other secondary interventions you can add to correct your body's signals, which will help you achieve your health goals:
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Finding purpose - mental resilience
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Sleep hygiene - rest and repair for your brain
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Intermittent fasting - rest and repair for your liver and digestive system; creates ketones
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Movement and exercise - repair and create more mitochondria; create new neurons in hippocampus
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Stress reduction - mental resilience
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Sun exposure - reinforces healthy sleep patterns; creates vitamin D and NO
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Breathing - calms nervous system
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Red light therapy - reduces inflammation; increases connective tissue growth
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Cold exposure - signal to clean out biological waste from body; metabolically activates adipose tissue
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Sauna - detoxes body by releasing toxins through sweat
Our health is in our hands, and everyone could use a little help sometimes. I hope that I can join you on your quest for metabolic health! Schedule a Consultation!
