The Rest Prescription #StubbornFatFix #Thyroid

Every time you trigger your stress response, your adrenal glands pump out the stress hormone cortisol. If cortisol levels remain high - as they do when you don't get enough sleep, keep your self awake during the day by consuming lots of caffeine, or generally feel edgy and jittery - your entire metabolism becomes imbalanced, suppressing thyroid function, raising blood sugar and blood pressure, weakening muscles and bones, and triggering the body to store more abdominal fat.

What are lipid storage diseases? #NIH

Lipid storage diseases, or the lipidoses, are a group of inherited metabolic disorders in which harmful amounts of fatty materials (lipids) accumulate in various cells and tissues in the body. People with these disorders either do not produce enough of one of the enzymes needed to break down (metabolize) lipids or they produce enzymes that do not work properly. Over time, this excessive storage of fats can cause permanent cellular and tissue damage, particularly in the brain, peripheral nervous system, liver, spleen, and bone marrow.
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Prepping for Back to School When You Have #Diabetes. #usnews

As a parent, you know your child's needs and abilities better than anyone. Ongoing communication is important. You can start the process by asking your child's doctor to complete a DMMP (Diabetes Medical Management Plan). Schedule a meeting with the school to develop a 504 plan - action plan that lists what the school will do to make sure the student receives the necessary care, is medically safe, has the same access to education as other children and is treated fairly. The plan should be completed, signed and ready to carry out before school begins. Remember as your child's diabetes management changes, the school will need an updated DMMP, and the 504 plan will need to be revised.

Because of the survival system, we feel hungry whenever we see, hear, smell or think about food. #CBHealthNY

We can blame this overactive hunger response on a hormone called ghrelin. This hunger hormone, produced in the intestine, rises at mealtimes, when you see food, when you smell food, when you think about food, or when you see food on TV. Ghrelin is what makes your stomach feel empty. It travels to the brain and says, "Feed me."

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.