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hi guys in this video we’re gonna talk

about if it’s safe for a menopausal

woman with adrenal fatigue to do keto

and in a minute fasting okay because

there’s some confusion about this I

don’t know there’s things floating out

there that say that oh it’s dangerous

don’t don’t do keto or in a fasting if

your adrenals are stressed especially if

you’re going through menopause but it’s

the exact thing you need to do but you

need to do it correctly but I think the

problem is that when you get into your

40s and 50s or even 60s the adrenal

gland takes over and backs up the

ovaries so you actually put more stress

on the adrenal gland okay so what

happens it has a harder time countering

this drop in blood sugar as you go

longer between meals and you do in a

minute fasting so the blood sugars end

up not being able to rebound like you

should so you feel dizzy and weak and

then all of a sudden you eat and you

feel better and you’re like wow oh I

need to be eating more frequently no it

just means that we need to strengthen

the adrenals and tweak some things

because here’s the main issue with

adrenal fatigue you’re gonna have higher

levels of cortisol okay

cortisol another name for cortisol is

called a glucocorticoid that’s a glucose

releasing hormone so when cortisol is

high you’re going to be released more

glucose which is sugar and increase more

insulin so adrenal problems in general

have higher levels of insulin okay well

we’re trying to fix that because the

insulin that’s going to create the

insulin resistance and keep people from

losing weight so if you’re trying to

lose weight and you’re menopausal and

you’re stuck you need to do keto in a

minute fasting but you want to do it

more gradually okay

very gradually three meals for a period

of time so you can avoid snacking and

then once you can avoid snacking start

to push that breakfast further and

further forward so eventually we had two

meals a day and it might take months

before you get to that point but just do

it gradually here’s a couple things to

remember you want to make sure you have

enough potassium electrolytes b1

nutritional yeast I would even recommend

maybe taking four tablespoons of

nutritional yeast

in a tablet form take more so you can

really get your B vitamins because that

will help you add more fat and more sea

salt because the adrenals need those

minerals I would also add some trace

minerals because trace minerals plant

means trace minerals contained zinc and

chromium two minerals that are really

important to help you transition faster

because the goal is to get you to fully

adapt to ketosis where you’re burning

fat and everything is going fine your

fuels fine and now you’re out of this

whole blood sugar thing you’re not going

to experience a little blood sugar

anymore

you’re gonna feel a lot better and it’s

going to be the thing that finally helps

you bust through that Plateau that

happens when you’re menopausal and

another common thing that I’m just gonna

tell you right now you may find that

you’re gonna lose weight and then

Plateau you’re not gonna lose weight but

that’s probably because you’re gaining

more muscle and that muscle weighs

heavier so you’re gonna be shrinking but

not necessarily losing weight at certain

points don’t worry about that just go by

your size how your clothes fit you may

need to also consume more protein okay

so instead of six ounces do seven or

even eight ounces of protein you may

need that maybe not but the protein is

necessary as you’re building the muscle

as well omega-3 fats are going to be

really important especially if you’re

exercising or you have inflammation in

your body and I would get that from

krill krill is a really good source of

omega-3 a lot of the fish oils go rancid

unless you get a version cod liver oil

which is hard to find it’s expensive but

krill I think might be an easier option

for you going the long walks as instead

of high intensity exercise and just go

at this very slowly and realize it’s

going to take time but it is the thing

you need to do to ultimately correct

things and you’ll thank me down the road

in this book I have a whole chapter on

stress so this is kind of a new thing

with weight loss you know people don’t

look at stress or adrenals as a factor

but that’s one of the big barriers to

losing weight is if the cortisol is too

high so I hope I have a whole chapter

chapter 16 and how to help your adrenals

and I’ll help how to do actually

acupressure to pull stress out to really

get into the

delta-wave sleep and enhance your

ability to get to your goal alright

thanks for watching hey before you go

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