Naturopathic Medical Doctor and New York Times bestselling author Dr. Alan Christianson is our guest today in Episode 935 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”
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So many people are walking through life completely exhausted both physically and mentally these days and they can’t quite understand what is going on. When they go see their doctor about their symptoms, most medical professionals are completely oblivious to what is happening to their patients and generally only prescribe medications to help them relax. This unfortunately only masks the real issue at hand–their adrenals are all out of whack. This is something a naturopathic medical doctor named Dr. Alan Christianson sees as a far too common scenario driving patients to crave more carbohydrates in the afternoon and feeling completely drained on a nearly daily basis. His solution to this is outlined in his New York Times bestselling book The Adrenal Reset Diet: Strategically Cycle Carbs and Proteins to Lose Weight, Balance Hormones, and Move from Stressed to Thriving.
Listen in as Jimmy and Dr. Christianson dig deeper into why fixing your adrenals and resetting them is so important, how he went from a “nerdy fat kid” to turning to health, his epilepsy related to having cerebral palsy, why he instinctively cut out sugars and breads at age 12, how obesity is impacting even animals now where calories are monitored, how Jimmy put his obese cat on the Catkins diet as shared by Dr. Travis Einertson in Episode 498, the many factors involved in weight gain (it’s more than just diet), how people can determine if their adrenals are the problem or not, how mainstream medicine doesn’t give credence to the importance of adrenal function, the online Adrenal Quiz you can take to see where YOU stand in your adrenal health, all the various ways to test cortisol and adrenal hormone levels, how belly fat is a huge indication that adrenals are out of whack, how our bodies go into a “famine” response, the duplicate meanings of stress that both apply to most people with adrenal dysfunction, how quickly cortisol levels can become normalized if they are off the charts, how our bodies are “programmed” to gain weight, how shifting your carbohydrate intake to the evening (small amounts) can help improve your cortisol levels, the “gentle, appropriate amount of insulin” to help normalize your cortisol levels, how healthy dietary fats play a role in adrenal function, whether there is any clinical research supporting his strategy for improving adrenal health, how light exposure can have a direct impact on your adrenals, the common vernacular people have about their adrenals being “crashed,” the basic breathing, prayer and meditation that can help make the biggest difference in your adrenal health, and how supplements can help with adrenal function (but there are many different kinds for various adrenal issues). Today’s interview with Dr. Christianson might just wake you up to discovering a problem you’ve been dealing with that you never knew you had!
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– Dr. Alan Christianson bio
– The Adrenal Reset Diet: Strategically Cycle Carbs and Proteins to Lose Weight, Balance Hormones, and Move from Stressed to Thriving
– AdrenalResetDiet.com
– Take the Adrenal Quiz