hormonal balance

EP51: Three Tools For Measuring Your Body's Physiology

EP51: Three Tools For Measuring Your Body's Physiology

n this episode Maja and I talk about why you can't lose weight sustainably until your thyroid is functioning optimally. We explain how the thyroid is your master regulator of your metabolism and how it works in your body to produce energy (C02, heat and water).

We teach you how you can use your own physiological feedback using low tech tools (like body temperature and pulse) to find out how your thyroid is functioning. Explaining how this can be invaluable information over time and how you can use it to help your metabolism work better.

EP24: Topic Show - ANTI-AGING PROTECTIVE HORMONES & CHOLESTEROL

EP24: Topic Show - ANTI-AGING PROTECTIVE HORMONES & CHOLESTEROL

What's the difference between a younger body and an older one? The regeneration process A topic based show about progesterone, pregnenolone and DHEA. How these hormones are produced in the body and why the order and synthesis of these hormones is so important for a healthy body and better brain function.  Cholesterol plays an important role in this process but can built up if it's not getting converted. Taking estrogen or testosterone without the synthesis of these hormones first will result in negative effects.  We talk about that in the show as well as how valuable keeping production of these hormones at a normal level and eating foods that promote the anti-aging protective hormones will promote better brain function a higher metabolic rate and a body that regenerates faster.

EP20: JOSH & JEANNE RUBIN | COLD SHOWERS & METABOLIC BREATHING

We talk with Josh and Jeanne Rubin of http://www.eastwesthealing.com about how to avoid energy wasting/depleting by learning how to self regulate your autonomic nervous system. Josh and Jeanne describe how you can use easy metabolic breathing techniques, cold showers and real food nutrition to bring your body back into a state of hormonal balance and avoid issues like sleep apnea and asthma. Josh and Jeanne Rubin of EastWest Healing are redefining what it means to heal in this day and age.

EP10: Resistant Starch & The Glycemic Index

EP10: Resistant Starch & The Glycemic Index

Is resistant starch healthy? It's a confusing subject because the answer is yes and no. A resistant starch is a food that is resistant to digestion, but you can turn a resistant starch into a more digestible food just by preparing it differently. We talk about this and the glycemic index as well as which sugars are better for you than others.

EP8: Movement and Energy

EP8: Movement and Energy

What's the balance between too much movement and not enough?  Today we explore the paradox between the two and talk about how you can find balance in the middle.  We share tips to avoid aging faster and how stress hormones suppress your metabolism.

EP2: Energy Depleting Behaviors: Anger, Passive Aggressiveness and Victimhood

EP2: Energy Depleting Behaviors: Anger, Passive Aggressiveness and Victimhood

What does it mean to make anger your friend?  Could you transform the energy of anger into something both empowering and healing? Victimhood is much like anger but with a passive aggressive expression.  How do we get out of the rut of victimhood and get into empowering self?  We talk about this and so much more.