The number one reason why athletes lose their periods is an imbalance in calories consumed and calories burned.💪
🤦♀️ Amenorrhea is the loss of a menstrual function, and unfortunately this is a big problem with women in the athletic community.
Researchers estimate that as many as 60% of exercising women may experience a component of the female athlete triad. This includes; disordered eating, loss of a menstrual cycle, and loss of bone density. ❤ Whether your goal is to get pregnant and/or to regain your monthly cycle, diet and lifestyle modifications may be the key to bringing your hormones back into balance.
👉 Here are a few strategies that you can take to regain your monthly cycle:
1. Fuel your body with sufficient calories. If you are not menstruating and you’re under 20% body fat, that could be a big reason why. When pregnancy becomes the goal, many female athletes need to gain body fat and may suffer a slight dip in performance to achieve optimal hormonal balance.
2. Do not skimp on the carbs. There is a direct signaling effect from carbohydrates that allows women to synthesize sex hormones.
3. Support your thyroid function. Thyroid hormones increase the number of LDL receptors in our cells allowing us to pull cholesterol out of the bloodstream into our cells. This cholesterol can then be converted into sex hormones.
4. Correct nutrient deficiencies. A deficiency in zinc, iodine, or vitamin D in isolation can cause amenorrhea. Sometimes fixing your period problems can be as easy as correcting one of these nutrient deficiencies.☀
5. Make stress management a daily routine. Yoga, meditation, listening to music, laughing with friends and deep breathing are just a few ways you can incorporate stress management into your daily routine. Giving yourself permission to have some unstructured and unproductive “me time” at least once or twice a week can also be important to reduce stress levels.👍
🥕🥑🍅 Making sure you are well nourished can be the first step in regaining hormone balance. Ask our office on how we can help you get to the root cause of your missing period. ... See MoreSee Less
Spending time outside is a great way to relieve stress! 🌲
By simply taking a walk outside, studies show that this improves mental clarity. ☀
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👉 Autoimmune diseases are considered an epidemic today!
Common symptoms among all autoimmune sufferers include fatigue, malaise, pain, brain fog, depression, and low energy crashes where you can’t function. There are a few reasons why autoimmune diseases are on the rise: diets that are high in processed foods and low in plant fiber, low vitamin D levels, high chronic stress levels, imbalanced hormones, eating too much sugar, and sedentary lifestyles. ☀
😳 It takes the average person 5 years and visiting 5 different doctors before they receive a diagnosis for autoimmunity. When medical doctors finally do diagnose the autoimmune disease, it is typically only after the disease has almost completely destroyed the targeted tissue, whether it’s the thyroid gland, the brain or the coating of the nerves. At this point the medical doctors will use treatment for the disease with steroids, chemotherapy drugs, or surgery. 🙏 Functional medicine takes a different approach.
Most autoimmune patients are prescribed antidepressants or anti-anxiety medications, told they need to exercise more or lose weight, or told they are making up their symptoms. More than 75 percent of patients with autoimmunity are women, which suggests the sexism shown to exist in medicine stands in the way of better treatments.
⭐ Examples of popular autoimmune diseases include:
- Hashimoto’s hypothyroidism
- Lupus
- Multiple sclerosis
- Psoriasis
- Type 1 diabetes
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Crohn’s disease
- Celiac disease
- Vitiligo
Successfully managing autoimmunity is about getting to the root cause and addressing your misguided immune system. The immune system is very complex and always in flux, we are grateful that up and coming new research is continually helping us to learn new strategies to balance immunity, dampen inflammation, tame any autoimmune flares, and prevent autoimmunity from devastating the body.❤
Ask our office about getting proper testing done in order to manage your autoimmune condition! By properly managing your autoimmune disease you will learn how to live life more fully! ... See MoreSee Less
💖 "You can keep talking yourself out of the thing you're hoping for, or you can decide that your dream is more powerful than your excuse." -Rachel Hollis ... See MoreSee Less
The body is so incredible that we are able to naturally make the best drugs for depression and memory! 🔥
Endorphins produce feelings of euphoria and create the "high" feeling after exercising. Endorphins are important to immunity and neurology and some studies suggest chronic conditions are in part a result of low endorphins. Low endorphins are linked with alcohol fetal exposure, alcoholism, drug abuse, anxiety, depression, and chronic psychological stress.🤦♀️🤦♂️
Unfortunately, people turn to negative sources in order to "feel good." Those sources can include alcohol, prescription medications (anti-depressants or anti-anxiety drugs), illegal drugs, food, and other sources that can do us harm and rob us of our health. 💕The good news is that we can create the endorphins in a healthy way.
🔥 Here are some positive ways to boost your endorphin levels:
- Strenuous exercise. High intensity interval training (HIIT) is a great way to boost endorphins and other chemicals that help your brain. This is great for all fitness levels!
- Getting a massage
- Acupuncture therapy
- Making love
- Meditation
- Laughter
- Healthy socialization
- Play
Endorphins are something to consider when you are looking to manage depression, anxiety, fibromyalgia, chronic headaches, and memory loss. Contact our office to take a holistic approach to your health concerns. 👌 ... See MoreSee Less
