Sometimes it seems like no matter what you do, how hard your workout or how on point your nutrition is, you are having hard time to loose the unwanted fat! 😢 you feel stressed 😩 emotional 😭 and tired 😓! Can you relate? 🙋♀️🙋♀️ did you know your hormones can be the reason behind these issues? 😃😃Good news, there are some simple steps that you can take to get your hormones in balance!
Here are 4 natural proven ways to keep your hormones in balance:
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1️⃣stay away from refined carbs and add more healthy fats to your diet:
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Fats are fundamental building blocks for hormone production. for example, You need fats because they regulate the production of sex hormones.
some of the good sources of healthy fats include: coconut oil, avocados or avocado oil, grass fed butter, and wild caught salmon.
please note you need to stay away from oils high in Omega-6 fats like Safflower, sunflower, corn, cottonseed, canola, soybean and peanut. these oils cause inflammation in your body, which can disrupt your hormones and cause other health issues. .
2️⃣Try to reduce stress and emotional imbalances
Some of the ways that you might be able to reduce stress is via prayers, reflection on your day, meditation, deep breathing exercises, going for a walk, spending more time in nature, listening to uplifting music, taking some time for yourself and do what you enjoy!
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3️⃣Be aware of medications and birth control
Make sure you know the side effects of all the medications that you use. Specially if you are using birth control, because they have a direct effect on your hormones.
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4️⃣Get more sleep
Another important factor that most of us miss, when it comes to our health.
Did you read my post from Tuesday and why we need to detox every now and then? .
👉Well here is another salad recipe for those of you who don’t enjoy Cabbage as much!
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👉In this recipe I have Kale and beets:
. 🥬Kale has one of the highest levels of antioxidants of any plant you can eat and can help reduce inflammation, lower cholesterol and detox the liver.
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🥬Beets contain a unique mixture of phytochemicals and minerals that make them superb fighters of infection, blood purifiers, and liver cleansers. They also help boost the body’s cellular intake of oxygen, making beets excellent overall body cleansers.
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🥗Kale salad
Ingredients (makes 2 servings)
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✅Kale: 2 cups chopped ✅Beet: 1 medium cooked ✅Dried cranberries: 1/3 cup ✅Balsamic Vinegar: 2 Tbsp. ✅Extra virgin olive oil: 1 Tbsp. ✅Salt and pepper: to taste
. ❗️Direction: ✅In a medium size bowl, add chopped kale ✅Cut beet into thin slices and add on top of kales ✅Add dried cranberries to the bowl ✅In a separate bowl mix together Balsamic vinegar, olive oil, salt and pepper
Add the dressing to the salad, mix and enjoy
If you have been following me and reading my posts, specially recipes, for a while, you know that I am a big advocate of using 100% grass fed meat and dairy, if you are going to use any. But why? So here is the reason. .
🤓Meat and dairy products of grass fed animals are high in CLA ( “Conjugated Linoleic Acid). You can also buy CLA supplements, but they are not similar.
Natural CLA found in meat and dairy products of grass fed animals is in the form of c9,t11 Isomer and the supplement CLA is in the form of t10,c12 isomer.
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🤓Proven health benefits of CLA:
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1️⃣CLA can help in fat loss: According to a meta-analysis of human studies on CLA , CLA consumption can result in modest loss in body fat in humans.
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2️⃣Lower risk of type 2 diabetes- Studies suggest that natural form of CLA (c9, t11) may be involved in regulating insulin .
3️⃣Lower risk of heart disease- c9,t11 CLA which is abundant in milk from grass fed cows have been associated with lower risk of MI (myocardial infarction) .
🙋♀️I was sold at the very 1st benefit? How about you?
Who needs to detox their body every now and then? 🙋♀️🙋♀️🙋♀️🙋♀️
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☠️Well here is a recipe that can help you! You might want to save this for the end of the month 🎃or next month 🦃 or month after🎄 😬🤷♀️.
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☠️No matter how healthy you eat you will face environmental toxins every day. These toxins are inevitable, because they are all around us and we have very limited ways to control our exposure to these toxins. For example, you cannot control the chemicals used to clean the bathrooms in your office building, or the cleaning products used to clean your utensils and plates at the restaurant. That is why we have the liver. Liver’s job is to help our body gets rid of these toxins, but every now and then it is good to give your liver a little boost by consuming whole foods that help bodies detox process.
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🥗In this salad I have cabbage and Parsley.
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🥬Cabbage contains sulfur, which is essential when it comes to breaking down chemicals and removing them from your body. .
🥬Parsley contains all the vitamins and minerals essential for detox: vitamin C, beta-carotene, chlorophyll, vitamin K, and folate. .
🥗So here is the recipe:
Cabbage Salad
Ingredients: (makes 1 serving)
🔺Red cabbage: 1 cup chopped
🔺Cucumber: 1 small
🔺Tomato: 1 small sliced
🔺Chopped parsley: ½ cup
🔺Balsamic Vinegar: 1 Tbsp.
🔺Extra virgin Olive oil: 1 Tbsp.
🔺Salt and pepper: to taste
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Direction: 🔺In a medium size bowl, add chopped cabbage
🔺Cut cucumber into thin slices and add to the top of the cabbage
🔺Add tomatoes (I used Heirloom Tomatoes, but you can use any kind that is available) and chopped parsley to the bowl
🔺In a separate bowl mix balsamic vinegar, Olive oil, salt and pepper
Poor the vinegar dressing on top of the salad, mix and enjoy
