Nuts are a tremendous ally in the fight against extra pounds - not to mentio #heartdisease, #diabetes, and #cancer. #StubbornFatFix

-Many nuts such as pecans, sunflower seeds, and brazil nuts are rich in arginine, a precursor of nitric oxide, which causes the blood vessel relaxation. Eating nuts can help keep your artery walls flexible and healthy and can lessen your chances of developing blood clots that can lead to fetal heart attacks.
-One large study found that women who never or almost never ate nuts were significantly more likely to develop diabetes than were those who are nuts more often - and the more nuts they ate, the further their risk declined.
-A study published in the journal Circulation found that adding 25 almonds a day reduced LDL cholesterol by 4 percent and raised HDL by 5 percent after just 1 month.
-Many nuts are packed with cancer-fighting antioxidants such as quercetin and kaempferol.
-Walnuts are one of the best vegetable sources of omega-3s with 1 ounce of the nuts providing well over 1 gram of this essential fatty acid, as well as almost 2 grams of protein. Walnuts also have tryptophan, and amnio acid that aids sleep.

Metabolic Overdrive. Overdrive is how you speed up the metabolism. #StubboenFatFix

When you are stressed, you are in overdrive. When you toss back a triple-shot espresso, you're in overdrive. When you exercise beyond our body capabilities, you're in overdrive. This confuses a lot of people because if they are struggling with excess weight, they assume that they want to speed up their metabolism.
Overdrive can also result from eating a lot of sugar, HFCS, and refined foods. In this case, blood sugar rises and falls, and so does insulin. To compensate for the volatility of rapid rises and falls in sugar and hormones, the metabolism runs fast. In fact, many of my patients who have hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) are fairly slender. It's not until they progress to the "metabolic resistance stage" that they start to gain weight.
As overdrive progresses, the problem magnifies. When insulin levels remain high too long and too often, your brain and muscle cells eventually stop responding. Rather than soaking up blood sugar, muscle cells ignore rises in insulin. Your body starts conserving calories, and you see the results in your gut.

The GI Tract: There are more organisms living in your gut than there are cells in your body. #StubbornFatFix

Many of these organisms are good guys that synthesize vitamins and fatty acids, neutralize toxins, and make hormones. Others aren't. As they ferment the food you eat, they release toxins that can slow metabolism and make you feel fatigued.
Taking antibiotics, eating meat laced with antibiotics, eating too little fiber, or consuming too much sugar can throw off the delicate balance of bacteria and other organisms in your gastrointestinal tract. When antibiotics reduce levels of healthy bacteria, or when sugar overfeeds yeast and unhealthy bacteria, levels of healthy bacteria drop and yeast and harmful bacteria proliferate. Yeast secretes toxins that weaken the immune system and cause the following symptoms: gas, diarrhea, constipation, bloating, gastric reflux, post-nasal drop, brain fog, fatigue, increased appetite, headaches, rashes, and food allergies.

Do you have an overactive thyroid? #Hyperthyroidism #HarvardHealth

Millions of people have an overactive thyroid gland. Many don’t know it. Since the thyroid gland controls the body’s metabolism, an overactive thyroid puts the body into overdrive.

The symptoms of an overactive thyroid can be subtle and suggest any number of other health problems, ranging from a bowel problem to heart disease or a mental health issue. Some of the signs and symptoms of an overactive thyroid include:
-Heat intolerance
-Exhaustion
-Emotional Changes
-Perspiration and Thirst
-Constant Hunger
-Unexplained Weight Loss
-Racing Heart
-Enlarged Thyroid Gland
-Hand Tremors
-Diarrhea
-Eye Problems
-Hives
-Menstrual Changes and Infertility

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