Fast Like a Girl: A Woman's Guide to Using the Healing Power of Fasting to Burn Fat, Boost Energy,and Balance Hormones
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Fast Like a Girl: A Woman's Guide to Using the Healing Power of Fasting to Burn Fat, Boost Energy,and Balance Hormones
When the adrenals are malfunctioning and cortisol levels are elevated, instead of making T3 you will make reverse T3, which is not a bioactive version of T3 and is of no use to your cells.
Mindy Pelz • Fast Like a Girl: A Woman's Guide to Using the Healing Power of Fasting to Burn Fat, Boost Energy,and Balance Hormones
Essential oils: Essential oils like mandarin orange, geranium, and rosemary are great for opening up liver detox pathways. Just a few drops on the skin over the liver after a hot shower or infrared sauna are all that is needed.
Mindy Pelz • Fast Like a Girl: A Woman's Guide to Using the Healing Power of Fasting to Burn Fat, Boost Energy,and Balance Hormones
Castor oil packs: These are premade packs that you cover in organic castor oil and put over your liver for a minimum of two hours at a time three times a week. The castor oil helps dilate the common bile duct that is responsible for moving toxins out of the liver and gallbladder.
Mindy Pelz • Fast Like a Girl: A Woman's Guide to Using the Healing Power of Fasting to Burn Fat, Boost Energy,and Balance Hormones
The third reading you can take is two hours after you eat. Usually this is a blood sugar reading only, not ketones. This reading will help you see how well your meal did for your blood sugar. If you break your fast at noon and your blood sugar reading was at 78 mg/dL before you ate, two hours after that meal take another reading and see if your
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When you get up in the morning in a fasted state, take a blood glucose and ketone reading right away—before your coffee. You want your blood sugar to be in the range of 70–90 mg/dL (milligrams per deciliter). For most, your ketones will be low in the morning, possibly measuring at .2 mmol/L (millimoles per liter). You are in ketosis if you are over
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Estrogen, for example, loves a low-carbohydrate diet, while progesterone wants you to keep your carbohydrate load a little higher. This means you need to vary the foods you eat to match the ebbs and flows of your hormones.
Mindy Pelz • Fast Like a Girl: A Woman's Guide to Using the Healing Power of Fasting to Burn Fat, Boost Energy,and Balance Hormones
We call it a rushing woman’s lifestyle, a term coined by Dr. Libby Weaver in her book Rushing Woman’s Syndrome. That’s because a woman’s body is much more sensitive to swings in stress than a man’s body.
Mindy Pelz • Fast Like a Girl: A Woman's Guide to Using the Healing Power of Fasting to Burn Fat, Boost Energy,and Balance Hormones
All fasts and keeping your glucose levels on the lower side force your body to release stored sugar from your liver, again making the conversion from T4 to T3 easier.
Mindy Pelz • Fast Like a Girl: A Woman's Guide to Using the Healing Power of Fasting to Burn Fat, Boost Energy,and Balance Hormones
Cruciferous vegetables like brussels sprouts and broccoli are great for estrogen, progesterone, and gut and liver health.