April 6, 2026

The Hidden Metabolism Killer Slowing Your Body Down

The Hidden Metabolism Killer Slowing Your Body Down

Why does it feel like your metabolism is working against you—no matter what you try? In this powerful episode of the Chasing Eden Podcast, we uncover the real reasons your metabolism slows down in today’s world. From hidden dangers in processed foods to the silent rise of insulin resistance, this episode exposes what’s really happening inside your body—and why so many people feel stuck, tired, and unable to lose weight despite their efforts.Drawing insights from experts like Dr. Eric Berg, Dr. Josh Axe, Dr. Barbara O’Neill, Gary Brecka, Dr. Gundry, and Jordan Rubin, we explore natural, practical ways to restore your body’s metabolic function. You’ll learn how intermittent fasting resets your system, how detoxification supports cellular energy, and why foundational elements like sunlight, sleep, hydration, and whole foods play a critical role in fat burning and hormone balance. This episode connects the dots between modern lifestyle habits and metabolic dysfunction—and shows you how to reverse it.More than just tips and tricks, this episode is a call to return to your body’s original design. Discover how to build a sustainable, metabolism-supporting lifestyle rooted in rhythm, balance, and truth. If you’re ready to break free from fatigue, stubborn weight gain, and confusion around health—this episode will give you clarity, direction, and hope. Subscribe, share with someone who needs it, and visit ChasingEden.net to continue your journey toward natural, God-designed wellness.FDA DisclaimerStatements made on the Chasing Eden Podcast and website have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Any products, supplements, or recommendations discussed are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.Always consult with a qualified healthcare professional before beginning any supplement, dietary, or wellness program, especially if you are pregnant, nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Welcome back to the Chasing Eden podcast, where we rediscover

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our body's divine design. I'm your host, Carolyn Thompson, and

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today we're diving into something that affects almost everyone listening,

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whether you realize it or not, your metabolism. Now, most

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people think of metabolism as one simple thing, how fast

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do I burn calories? But that's not really what it is.

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Your metabolism is your body's entire energy system. How you

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convert food into fuel, how your cells communicate, how your

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hormones regulate, how your body either thrives or slowly breaks down.

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And here's the truth. Most people today are living with

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a slowed, damaged metabolism and they don't even know it.

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They feel tired, they gain weight easily, they struggle to focus,

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They deal with inflammation, brain fog, cravings, poor sleep, and

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they think it's just normal aging. But it's not normal.

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It's the result of a system that has been slowly

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disrupted by the modern world, modern food and modern habits.

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And today we're going to walk through what's really slowing

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your metabolism down. The hidden roll of insulin resistance, the

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toxins and processed foods working against you. Why sunlight, sleep,

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and hydration matter more than you think, and most importantly,

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natural practical ways to speed it back up, because your

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body was designed to function well, to heal, to adapt,

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and to thrive, and when you return to that design,

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everything begins to change. So let's start by clearing something up.

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Your metabolism is not just about calories. That idea that

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everything is calories in versus calories out has led millions

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of people into frustration because they eat less, the exercise more,

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and nothing changes or worse, their metabolism slows down even more.

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Your metabolism is controlled by a network of systems, hormones,

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especially insulin, cortisol, and thyroid mitochondria, your cellular energy engines,

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nervous system balance, nutrient availability, detox pathways, and it's dynamic

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and constantly adjusting. According to doctor Berg, quote, a slow

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metabolism is almost always a hormonal problem, not a calorie problem.

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That's a big shift because it means if your hormones

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are off, your metabolism will be off. Even doctor Barbara

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O'Neil says, I find that the missing link with weight loss, well,

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it's the hormones. Unquote. Most people today aren't just slow metabolizers,

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they're experiencing something deeper, metabolic resistance. Your body becomes resistant

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to burning fat, using glucose properly, responding to insulin, and

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producing energy efficiently. And over time, this leads into something

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you've probably heard of, insulin resistance. Let's talk about this briefly,

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but clearly. Insulin is a hormone that helps move sugar

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from your bloodstream into your cells, and that's a good thing.

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But when insulin is constantly elevated, your body stops listening

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to it. That's called insulin resistance. Well, what causes it

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and what's the biggest driver? Processed food and constant eating.

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According to doctor Josh Axe, he says this quote, frequent eating,

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especially refined carbohydrates and sugars, keeps insulin elevated all day long,

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eventually leading to resistance unquote. And once that happens, your

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body stores more fat, you feel hungry more often, your

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energy crashes, and your metabolism slows down. Human biologist Gary

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Brecca explains it like this quote. If your body can't

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efficiently use oxygen and glucose, your cells literally can't produce

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energy properly unquote. Now think about that, this isn't just

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about weight. This is cellular energy failure. So there is

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a problem with processed foods. So let's get real for

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a moment. Modern food is not neutral. It is engineered,

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and many of the ingredients in today's food supply is

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they're working directly against our metabolisms. For instance, refined sugar,

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it's one of the biggest metabolic killers, especially the high

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fructose corn syrup, as well as industrial seed oils like soybean, canola,

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corn oil, and others. We have artificial additives and preservatives,

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ultra refined carbohydrates like white flour and package snacks, and

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the hidden sugars in the so called healthy foods. These

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are the biggest metabolic killers now. According to doctor Stephen Gundry,

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he says this quote, the modern diet is filled with

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compounds that damage the gut lining and disrupt metabolic signaling.

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And here's where it gets deeper. There's a gut metabolism connection.

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Your metabolism is tied directly to your gut health. When

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your gut is inflamed, nutrient absorption drops, inflammation rises, and

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your hormones become disregulated. Your body goes into something called

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energy conservation mode. Meaning it slows everything down. So now

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we see the problem. Hormones get disrupted, insulin resistance rises,

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and processed foods overwhelm your system. But here's the encouraging part.

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The body can recover and when it does, the metabolism

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doesn't just improve, it begins to wake up. Now, before

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we talk about supplements, before we talk about advanced strategies,

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we need to talk about the foundations, because if you

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ignore these, nothing else will work the way it should.

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Sunlight is your metabolic switch. This one is massively underestimated.

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Sunlight is not just about vitamin D. It's about circadian rhythm.

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Your body runs on a clock, and when that clock

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is off, your metabolism slows down. Now I follow Justine Stanger.

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She is a cellular health expert. She says this about sunlight.

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We've ignored the actual regulator of metabolism, and that's sunlight.

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When you cut yourself off from the sun, get you

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cut off communication with leptin. That's spelled l e P

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as in paul tin, and that breaks the leptin milano

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cortin pathway. This is the signaling loop between your fat

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cells and your brain. It actually tells you when to

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stop eating So there is a connection between sunlight and

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the communication of something called leptin and mello melano cortin,

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and it's a pathway, and it's a signaling loop between

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your fat cells and your brain, and it tells your body,

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it tells you when to stop eating. So if you're

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not getting enough sunlight, just think about that. You could

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just eating all day long and never getting satisfied because

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you're not getting that signal because it's been disrupted, because

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you're ignoring something that is natural and a part of

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the body's natural rhythms and needed, and it's one of

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the main things that keeps us eating properly. It's a

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very important component of our health that is taken for granted.

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And with so many people being inside, including children on

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the internet playing games and not getting out in the

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sun as much, and especially adults who might work inside,

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work on their computers, work in an office building and

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not getting enough sunlight, this explains a lot of problems

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that could be solved just simply by intentionally getting more

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sun Now. Doctor Barbara O'Neil says this quote, the body

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was designed to rise with the sun and rest with

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the dark. When we break that rhythm, we break our health. Unquote.

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Morning sunlight helps regulate cortisol properly, It improves insulin sensitivity,

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it boosts mitochondrial function, and it increases energy naturally. Now,

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another important component of metabol health is sleep. And this

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is a tough one because so many people have trouble sleeping.

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If you're not sleeping well, your metabolism is struggling. Period

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Poor sleep leads to increased cortisol, increased insulin resistance, increased

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hunger hormones, and decreased fat burning. Even one night of

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bad sleep can reduce insulin sensitivity significantly. Another impotent and

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poor component of metabolic insulin and metavolcon and student resistance

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is hydration. So many times we get too busy and

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we don't drink enough water throughout the day, or we

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don't drink the right kind of water, or we're not

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sure what kind of water to drink, or we're drinking

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sugary drinks. So that one that's I can really get

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into this whole thing about what we're supposed to drink.

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I know doctor artists his family likes to drink distilled water.

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A lot of health experts will tell you to drink

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spring water. Then there's ozonated water, and there's all these

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different types of waters. You know, you can do your

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own research and decide which one you want to do.

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I know that I will just take filtered water, input

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doctor Berg's electrolytes in it. Sometimes I will put some

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Baja salts in my mouth and just drink planet old

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filtered water with that. There's all different ways to get hydrated.

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I like to keep distilled water around. I'm kind of

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one of those people that thinks, Okay, look, if there's

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all these benefits and there's so many different experts out

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there giving me a case for drinking each one of

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these things, then I'm just gonna rotate all of them

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because I don't know which one to drink, So, you

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know what, I'm just going to rotate them. So I

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have spring water and glass that I like to drink,

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and I just kind of think, Okay, you know, maybe

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for a few days I'll drink distilled water, and then

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for another few days I'll drink some spring water because

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there's some good things in that. And so you can

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just kind of figure that out for yourself, because the

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problem is is it's information overload when it comes to water,

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Like you just get to a point you're like, I,

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I just have no idea what to do. Now. There's

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too many options, and there's too many good things about

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each one, and there's too many experts out there touting

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which one you should be drinking and insisting that's the one.

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So the hydration part, it sounds simple, but it's powerful.

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Your metabolism depends on water and every cellular process requires hydration. Now,

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according to Jordan Reuben, he says this quote, dehydration slows

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every metabolic process in the body, from digestion to detoxification unquote.

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And here's something most people miss. Many hunger signals are

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actually thirst. Now there's another component that Barbara O'Neill will

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talk about and Jordan Reuben and doctor X, and that

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is also the hormone component of metabolic health. Jordan Ruben.

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He will list out things like sleep, exercise, resistance training,

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eating a diet of healthy fats, and then he mentions

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a if you're having hormonal problems, there is a supplement

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called shot Tavari s r I DASH eighty one and

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that is spelled s h A t A v a

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r I s r I DASH eighty one Sha Tavari. Now,

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if you want to know more about that, you could

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just you know, look it up on the internet, do

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a little Google search or whatever. And or maybe if

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you're on Instagram, type in Jordan Rubin our doctor axe

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hormone health, and chances are you're probably gonna see them

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talk about it and what it does for your health.

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So we're just getting started, and when we come back,

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we're going to talk about intermittent fasting, detox pathways, natural

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ways to actually speed up your metabolism, not just to

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maintain it. So stay with us, we'll be right back.

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Welcome back. Now that we've laid the foundation, let's talk

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about one of the most powerful tools available today, intermittent fasting.

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When you eat constantly, your body never gets a break,

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Insulin stays elevated, fat burning stays turned off. But when

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you fast, everything shifts. According to doctor Eric Berg, quote,

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fasting lowers insulin and allows the body to finally access

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stored for energy unquote. And not only that, fasting triggers

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something called a tophagy. Your body begins to clean out

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damage cells, repair tissues, and improve efficiency. It's kind of

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like the body's garbage guy coming through. Autophagy coming through

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and cleaning up all the junk and getting rid of it.

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So that and helping to repair the cell tissues and

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helping them to function more efficiently. Now, there's lots of

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metabolic benefits to fasting, as I'm sure you've probably already know.

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It improves insulin sensitivity, it increases fat burning, it boosts

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growth hormone, and it enhances mitochondrial function. Human biologist Cary Breca.

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He has a perspective on this. He says this quote,

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the body thrives in cycles of feast and famine, not

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constant consumption unquote. And that's exactly how we were designed. Now,

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you don't need to go extreme. You can start with

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a twelve to fourteen hour overnight feats and then gradually

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move to a sixteen hour fast with an eight hour

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eating window. That's my favorite one. I think that's the

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easiest one, is the sixteen hour fast with an eight

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hour eating window. And you can just do it like

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wake up in the morning and go, okay, if I

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maybe I'm not hungry, toll eleven. That means my eating

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window is eleven to seven. It's pretty simple. Eleven to seven.

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That's pretty good. So now that starts to help activate

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your system. But we're not done because one of the

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biggest missing pieces in modern health is this detoxification. Your

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body is constantly detoxing through the liver, the kidneys, skin

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lymphatic system, but today those systems are overloaded. So what's

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overloading the body pesticides, heavy metals, plastics, food additives, environmental toxins,

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and according to doctor X quote, he says this toxin

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build up can impair metabolic pathways and lead to fatigue,

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weight gain, and inflammation. Unquote. There's a lot of detoxing

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going on out there in social media everywhere I look.

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Now everyone's talking about parasites and detoxing heavy metals and

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the plastics and the pesticides, and they're looking for different

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ways to detox but they oftentimes will forget that if

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you're going to start the detoxing, you also need to

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be taking a binder. And so you could be knocking

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out all of these things, you know, like you could

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be knocking out the parasites in your gut, but then

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you've got a bunch of dead parasites floating around your gut.

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a charcoal capsule that you take before bed that can

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grab onto these like a magnet and pull them out

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of your body. And then you I've got to drink

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a lot of water, so and you want to do

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it carefully and you don't want to be too drastic

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because you can cause too many things to go on

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at once. You could end up with a lot of

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detox symptoms. The die off can make you feel sick,

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it can give you headaches, it can cause skin rashes.

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I would think if you could see a nature path

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that would be a great start because they can walk

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you through that detox process. There's natural ways to detox,

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like sweating through a sauna or exercise. There's also just

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simply going on a clean, whole foods diet. This one

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I like it's bitter herbs because I love the fact

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that it helps to detox your liver. And our liver

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does so much and it's so busy, and most people

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have fatty liver and they don't even know it. Even

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skinny people can have fatty liver, and that's a whole

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other thing. Rabbit a hole to go down. Adequate hydration

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helps with detox support as well, and just simply reducing

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your toxic exposure by trying to drink out of glass

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and you know, maybe having a good water filter on

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your sink or on your shower head. Simple things like that,

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not wearing polyester, switching out to cotton, linen, silk as

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much as you can the natural fabrics, because now everyone

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is talking about the how all the clothes are made

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out of plastic. They just call it. They give it

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a special name like polyester or I can't even think

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of the names. But what happens is when you're sweating

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in the polyester, your pores open up and now you're

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absorbing toxins from your clothing. And that's like a whole

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new thing that is really crazy. So I've been working

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on switching my wardrobe out to natural fabrics, So that's

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another thing that you can work on. Those are things

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that maybe aren't as extreme, but they do make a

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difference in the long run. Now, doctor Stephen Gundry, he's

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famous for talking about the lectins with the sea in

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certain foods and how they cause inflammation, and that can

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be a bit controversial, but he has a lot of

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really great insight and input when it comes to inflammation,

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and he says this quote, when inflammation is reduced, metabolism

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improves naturally unquote. When we come back, we're going to

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go deeper into specific ways to speed up metabolism naturally,

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foods and habits that activate fat burning, and how to

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keep your metabolism strong long term. Stay with us, we'll

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be right back. Welcome back. We've talked about what slows

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your metabolism down. We've talked about insulin resistance. We've laid

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the foundation with sunlight, sleep, hydration, fasting, and detox. Now

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let's get into what you really came here for. How

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do you actually speed your metabolism up, not just maintain

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it and not just stop the damage, but truly activate it.

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So one of the fastest ways to stimulate metabolism is

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through protein, and why because well, protein requires more energy

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to digest than fats or carbs. This is called the

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thermic effect of food. According to doctor Josh Ax, he

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says this quote, protein supports muscle growth and repair, which

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directly increases metabolic rate unquote. And there's a deeper layer.

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Muscle equals metabolic currency. The moralene muscle you have, the

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more calories your body burns at rest. You know, this

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makes me think of Katie. I believe it's Katie Hopkins.

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She's a British woman. I can't remember like she's most known,

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I think for just political stuff. But she did like

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a documentary and she's really thin and she's very fit.

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She rides her bike miles and miles and she stays

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in shape and she's really like there's no fat on

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her body at all. She just it's a trip. Like

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she's really disciplined. And she she did this documentary where

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she intentionally was going to put on a bunch of

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weight and then show everybody how you could take the

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weight off. Well, what happened was because she has a

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lot of lean muscle and she's in such great shape,

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she was eating like crazy and she kept going to

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the to get weight and they would tell her you're

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not you're not putting on weight. Your body's just burning everything.

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It just keeps burning it. And she's like, you gotta

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eat more, you gotta eat more. And they get to

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the point where they're like you've just got to sit still,

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like you can't don't walk, you know. She's like, well

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I stop. You know, she stopped a lot of her

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exercise but they're like, you just don't move, you need

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to become like immobile. So then, like the show, her

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sitting on the beach and she's stuffing her face and

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it's hilarious. So she finally does put some weight on.

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In England they call it I don't they call it stone.

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They don't call it pounds like we do. So she

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puts the weight on and then you know she has

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to take it off, but it is so funny because

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it's a great example if you watch the documentary and

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I think it's on YouTube, of how when you're in

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really good shape and you have a lot of lean

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muscle mass, you're burning stuff. You're burning a lot of it.

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So you can technically get away with you a weekend,

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a cruise and pork out if you want, and come

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back and you know, go back to normal because you're

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in such great shape and you have all this lean

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muscle mass, so muscle equals metabolic currency. I mean, I

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watched it happen right there on the documentary. So what

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this looks like practically is clean, high quality protein like

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grass fed beef, pasture raised meat. When possible, avoid the

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ultra process protein powders loaded with additives and balance the intake.

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Don't overdo it, but don't under eat either. You don't

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want to do that. Now, if you want to change

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your metabolism, you must change your muscle. And cardio has

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its place, but it does not build metabolic strength the

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way that resistance training does. According to biologist Gary Brekka,

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he says this quote, muscle is one of the greatest

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regulators of blood sugar and metabolic health. Unquote. That's huge

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because when you build muscle, insulin sensitivity improves, glucose is

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used more efficiently, and fat burning increases. So a simple

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starting point two to three sessions per week, focus on

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compound movements squats, push, pull, keep it sustainable and not overwhelming. Now,

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if you're older and you want something that isn't quite

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as intense, you can do something like Okay, there's a woman,

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Greer Childers, and she has a program called body Flex.

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It was kind of it was pretty popular back in

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the nineties. She was I think on HSN or KVC

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selling her program. She had books out. I did the

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body Flex, I lost inches, I lost weight. I was

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in my thirties back then, and then it just kind

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of faded out, you know, because you go on to

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the next fad that's happening. She's back on Instagram and

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she has a new program and she was saying it's

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easier than ever, and it just I think it's only

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three or four positions. And the body flex is interesting

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because it's a form of breathing and sustaining certain exercise

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positions that burn fat and it's a trip. She explains

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the whole thing. But she also has at least she

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used to have a program, and I have it. I

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actually have it with a resistance band, and I think

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it's great because if you're older and maybe you don't

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want to go running around the block, or you don't

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have gym clothes, you know, maybe just you can't, maybe

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you work from home and you're just tired. You can

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just sit in a chair and do the resistance band

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and the breathing exercises and get some benefit through that.

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So that's just a little plug for greer childers and

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body flecks. I can really recommend that if you can't

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afford a gym, you don't have one nearby, maybe you

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live in a busy area and you know it's not

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practical for you to take a walk or the air

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is not that clean out there. Maybe that's something you

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might want to think about looking into. Now this is controversial,

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I know, because people are starting to come out against this,

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but cold exposure like cold showers or cold plunges, can

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increase metabolic activity. And this is because your body has

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to generate heat and that activates the brown fat, and

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this is a special type of fat that burns energy

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to produce heat. This has been kind of a thing

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for a while, and I'm sure you've probably seen all

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these people doing these ice dunks that they're doing and

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then the body has to use energy to warm back

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up again. So what they say is that it's going

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to burn your brown fat, and the brown fat's supposed

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to be the most stubborn fat. You do have some

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experts coming out saying, hey, this isn't for everybody, okay,

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because just like the guy who goes out with a

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snowplow and starts plowing and he has a heart attack,

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this could be the same difference as in if your

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blood is really already too thick and then you get

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into a cold plunge and then your heart rate starts

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to speed up and it's trying to push that blood

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through it could be detrimental for somebody who's not in

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very good shape. And to be honest with you, I

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don't think I'm in terrible shape. It just sounds miserable

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to me. So it's not something that I've tried cold showers.

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I've done that a few times. I've never done a

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cold plunge, and I just think, Okay, there's got to

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be another way. This doesn't look like any fun. But

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the benefits are increased calorie burn, improved insolent sensitivity, and

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enhanced resilience. And you do get more used to it

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over time. I will say this because when I was

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doing it regularly many years ago, after a while, I

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was like, oh, this is nothing. You basically just end

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your shower with thirty seconds of cold water and then

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you just kind of build from there. Now, this might

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surprise you to hear that certain natural foods can also

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gently stimulate metabolism, and these include cayenne, pepper, ginger, turmeric,

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and cinnamon. According to Jordan Reuben, quote, God placed powerful

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healing compounds in natural foods that support digestion and metabolic

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function unquote. These foods help improve digestion, stabilize blood sugar

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and reduce inflammation. Here's another one, caffeine, but use it

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wisely because let's be honest, this one does matter. Caffeine

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can increase metabolic rate, but it can also backfire because

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when it's overused, it spikes cortisol, disrupts your sleep, and

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actually worsens insulin resisess distance. The balance is to use

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it in moderation, avoid late day consumption, and don't rely

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on it as your primary energy source. You might want

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to switch to green tea or maybe some Macha green tea.

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So now we're not just repairing, we're activating. But there's

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another layer we need to address, because even if you

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do everything right, if your food is still working against you,

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you're fighting an uphill battle. So let's talk about foods

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that heal versus foods that harm. And let's talk plainly here.

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Food today is one of the biggest drivers of metabolic dysfunction,

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not just overeating, but what we are eating. So there's

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some foods that slow your metabolism. And here are the

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biggest culprits. Ultra processed packaged foods, refined sugars, industrial seed oils,

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artificial sweeteners, and low nutrient, high calorie foods. So when

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I see the word ultra process packaged foods, you know,

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if you think about things like cereal and chips and

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cheese balls and things like that, there's sneaky things in there.

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Most of the chips and the like the cheeseballs and

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the veggie sticks and all that. They it's like a

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double thing because they have industrial seed oils in them,

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and so if you're going to be eating them, you

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need to look at the ingredients very carefully. So if

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you're a person who likes veggie sticks like my grandson's,

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look for the ones that are made with avocado oil

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or an alternative healthy oil and not the seed oils.

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According to doctor Gundry, he says this quote, the standard

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modern diet creates chronic inflammation, which shuts down metabolic efficiency unquote.

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You know, I've heard this inflammation over and over again

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from so many experts, and I think it's one of

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those things. It's like in your face, but it's always

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being overlooked as a component, and so many times people

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will do everything right, but they don't address the inflammation.

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And they also don't realize that not getting enough sleep

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can cause inflammation, and that leads to a slowed metabolism,

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so something as simple as that. So these foods they're

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damaging because they spike your insulin rapidly and they create

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the inflammation. They damage your gut lining, and they disrupt

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your hormones over time. So you might not feel that

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difference immediately, but over time of constantly consuming these things,

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you're going to have hormone problems. Your body adapts by

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slowing down. So here's the good news. There are foods

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that work with your body. So some metabolism supporting foods

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are the healthy fats like olive oil, avocado, and grass

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fed butter and ghee, your clean proteins, whole vegetables, fermented

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foods because they support your gut health, and mineral rich foods.

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According to doctor Barbara O'Neill quote, she says this, when

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we return to whole, natural foods, the body begins to

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repair itself remarkable quickly. This is simple but powerful. The

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closer your food is to how God created it, the

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better your metabolism will function. Now, I do want to

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insert something here that may be controversial to some people

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or hard to accept, and I'm going to try not

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to go on a big long rabbit trail, because the

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closer your food is to how God created it, the

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better your metabolism will function well. A lot of people

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gave up bread, and they gave up bread for various reasons,

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and it's understandable, like you don't want to eat bread.

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But if you understand the story behind bread and you

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see how many times the word bread that bread is

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used in the Bible, you realize it's not a bad food.

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What's bad about the bread is what we did to

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it at the turn of the century. So if you're

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interested in looking to food in its natural form that

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is actually a superfood in nutrient dense, you might want

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to go do some research into milling whole wheatberries yourself

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and creating your own bread at home or your own

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cream of wheat. Me and my husband just started this

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a couple of weeks ago, and I have a VitaminX.

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I don't have a bread mill, but I grind it

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up and we are eating cream of wheat again. We're

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enjoying it because we have the wheatberries. And when you

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research and find out how there's a bunch of all

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the bee vitamins are in there, but the B twelve,

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there's the iron in there, and iodine and zinc and

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magnesium and all these wonderful things that you can they're

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bioavailable because when you grind the wheatberry on the spot

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and you bake or eat it right after you grind it,

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you are retaining all the nutrients versus the bread you

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get in the store where it was ground up and

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the outside skin was taken off and separated, and it

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was because it's the nutrients are no longer in it.

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They try to put it all back with lab created

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things like full late and all these things which are

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inferior to it in its natural form. It causes all

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of these issues for people. But if you eat it

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in its natural form, you're going to get so many

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health benefits. So I didn't mean to go on this

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big long thing about it, but I just thought i'd

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throw that in there, because that is another wonderful thing

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that we If we eat that food the way God

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created it, we're going to get benefits. So when we

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come back, we're going to bring this all together a

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simple daily rhythm to support your metabolism, how to sustain

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these changes long term, and how to truly return to

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your body's natural design. Stay with us we'll be right back.

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Welcome back. Now, let's take everything we've talked about and

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simplify it into something you can actually live out, because

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information is great, but transformation comes from implementation a simple

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daily rhythm. Here's what a metabolism supporting day might look like.

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Morning you wake up, get sunlight within thirty days or

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thirty days sorry, thirty minutes of waking. Hydrate with clean water,

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and delay your food slightly, supporting a fasting window that

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you've created for yourself. In the midday, break your fast

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with a nutrient dense meal. Prioritize protein and healthy fats,

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and avoid sugar because you don't want the spikes. Strength

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training or walking at some point throughout the day, try

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to stay active and not sedentary. By the evening, dinner

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should be light. Avoid over eating late. Reduce your artificial

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light intake. And I know that's hard. I've been switching

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out our lights from LED to incandescent lights and that

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can get a bit expensive. And the LEDs that we

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have in the ceiling that are left, I'm always telling

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my family, don't turn those on. Don't turn those on.

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And there's a whole reason why, you know, because it's

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supposed to disrupt your nervous system. There's a flickering that

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happens that your brain can see, but you can't see

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from with the naked eye, and it actually disrupts your

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your nervous system and you're sleeping. So also reduce your

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artificial light, but also prepare for quality sleep, and that

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is there's a whole list of things that you can do.

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You can get blackout curtains, keep the room cold, don't

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get on your devices too close to bedtime, don't eat

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three hours prior to going to sleep. Some people swear

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by making sure they shower before bed so they're nice

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and clean when they climb under the covers and they

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can sleep better. You want to aim for a deep,

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restorative sleep and keep the timing consistent. Try to go

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to bed every night at the same time and try

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to wake up every morning at the same time. So

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this is a big shift. You know. This isn't about

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dieting or restriction or punishment. It's about alignment, rhythm and design.

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Jordan Reuben says this. I love his book The Bibliodiet.

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He said this quote. Health is not about extremes, It's

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about returning to the patterns that support life unquote. If

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you take nothing else from this episode, take this. Your

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metabolism is not broken. It's responding to your lifestyle. It's

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adapting to the changes that you make. It's adapting to

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the inputs that you give it. And when you change

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those inputs, your body begins to change. Your body was

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not designed to struggle endlessly. It was designed to function,

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to heal, to thrive. But in a world filled with

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processed food, constant stimulation, disrupted rhythms, it's easy to lose

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that design, and the good news you can return to

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it one step at a time, one habit at a time,

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one choice at a time, one day at a time.

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If this episode encouraged you, please subscribe or share it

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where we continue to explore what it means to live

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in alignment with the body God designed for us. Until

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next time, stay healthy and keep seeking truth and keep

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