CBD
CBD Hemp Oil Q&A
We have been getting questions about CBD oil lately – so I asked our friends at Viva Oils to help us out with a little CBD Q & A. Thank you to Romy Campbell, RN, BSN who crafted this. What is CBD? Read more…
The Plan
Stop Your Migraine In It’s Tracks
Migraines are awful. Simply unbearable. In fact migraines are listed as the 6th most disabling illness in the world, with over 1 million hospital visits in the U.S. alone. I suffered for migraines for years and like many of you know the drugs don’t work. They only mildly dull the Read more…
Uncategorized
Probiotics for Fibromyalgia
All too often Fibromyalgia and digestive disorders go hand in hand. In fact, it’s one of the most common complaints and can have huge effects on your overall health, mood and weight! Typical symptoms can range from simple constipation to more serious disorders like IBS and Crohn’s. Good bacteria, which are Read more…
cortisol
Exercising At Night Can Slow Your Metabolism
Here is a picture of what your cortisol levels should look like through the day. You have a natural peak that gets you up in the morning revved and ready to meet your day. You can see that it starts to really slow down by the time we hit 5 pm. This Read more…
Food Allergies
MSM- The Wonder Supplement for Your Gut
What do we use MSM for at The Plan? • Acid Reflux • Healthy collagen synthesis for skin, hair and nails • Wrinkles • Asthma • Arthritis • Inflammation (especially of mucous membranes) • Candida- yeast overgrowth • Leaky Gut • Migraines • Liver detoxification and choline production MSM Read more…
Exercise
Exercise SMARTER To Boost Your Metabolism
Did you know that when you exercise too intensely for YOUR body you will GAIN weight and SLOW your metabolism? Yes, it’s true! So it’s time to chat about how this occurs so it doesn’t happen to YOU. When you exercise too intensely for your body, you raise cortisol levels Read more…
Exercise
How Stress Can Change Your Workout Routine
I have a client starting The Metabolism Plan (TMP), and she was asking me about what kind of workout she should do. TMP helps you find the type of exercise, intensity, duration you should use when working out. But I didn’t have a straight answer, because there’s never “right” or “wrong” Read more…
Food Allergies
Stress Is Slowing Your Metabolism & Making You Sick
It is not your imagination. Yes, you are gaining weight despite eating what works for you and yes, you can blame stress for your expanding waistline. But the effects of stress don’t end there. Feel like you’re running on fumes? That’s stress. Depressed, raging hormones, snapping at co-workers and your Read more…
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What Do We Use SAM-e For At The Plan?
Heightened levels of cortisol, your stress hormone, enacts long term fat storage which leads to weight gain. In addition, stress disrupts hormonal balance and attacks our master gland for our metabolism, the thyroid. Thyroid dysfunction affects at least 30 million Americans, with many more undiagnosed to their condition. Thyroid dysfunction is linked to depression and anxiety. Mitigating the effects of stress is crucial for optimal weight loss, metabolic function and mood.
Cortisol exacerbates our tendency to store visceral fat, the fat around our abdomen. The fat cells that lie in the abdomen have been linked to increased rates of diabetes which affects 30 million Americans with 86 million with pre-diabetes. Visceral fat has also been linked to increased risk of heart disease which affects 47% of the US.
At The Plan we have found SAM-e’s unique effects to lower response to stress enhance weight loss and overall health. When combined with MSM and probiotics to strengthen digestion and the microbiome, traditional weight loss models are obsolete.
SAM-E
SAM-e stands for S-adenosyl methionine (more…)
