Avoid THESE for optimal hormones!

So last month I spoke about the 5 pillars to hormone balance: this consisted of actions towards your diet, movement, enough sleep, leisure walking and finally STRESS MANAGEMENT!

Now here is the thing, many of us do not even realize that STRESS comes in many different shapes and forms. Plus we all react and handle stress differently. We may 'feel stressed' that is an emotional trigger but REMEMBER JUST BECAUSE YOU DO NOT FEEL STRESSED DOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE STRESS FREE!

Did you know there is also lifestyle, environmental, & dietary stressors too?

So the subject said "avoid THESE for optimal hormone balance"....

Here are some of the most common culprits under the dietary stressors category -- that we want to AVOID/REDUCE, in order to make sure dietary stressors aren't holding us back from optimal balance!

• Undereating and cutting too many calories OR Overeating and consuming too many calories.

• Skipping meals/ going too long without eating.

• Extremely processed/refined foods, artificial ingredients, artificial sugars like sucralose (again, reduce is the key word because none of us are perfect -- but what are you really consuming on average?!). Look out especially for these type or artificial sugars and ingredients in your protein shakes & bars.

• Emulsifiers found in ready made food or protein shakes.

• trans fats / the not so healthy fats out there.

• any food that specifically aren't good for YOU/cause inflammation in your body: it may be gluten and dairy, it may be something random like broccoli! Food journaling can help you identify what is causing the digestion or gut issues or bloating or tummy upset/acne/other issues in you.

And if you are wondering about those weight loss results or if you have the RIGHT HORMONAL BALANCE to be able to lose weight, then check out my quick 8 min vlog below