Microblog: Hierarchy for Optimal Health

In @CarnivoreCure, there is a chapter entirely dedicated to lifestyle. Holistic health doesn’t make sense without considering the fundamental areas of sleep, stress, fasting, exercise and even longevity.

🧠I also talk about mindset, how we think and how sometimes dietary changes are just a part (a big part) of the holistic health puzzle.

🔺As part of the @CarnivoreCure protocol, I created what I consider the hierarchy of optimal health. If there was a holistic health priority list, I’d say nutrition is the most important. But close behind are sleep and stress management.

🙇🏻‍♀️With chronic poor sleep and chronic stress, your health will be compromised. Chronic stress can make your health steadily decline with high cortisol- leading to nutrient deficiencies (cortisol is expensive to make), adrenal and hormonal issues.

⚠️In my practice, I’ve seen carnivores with high stress that can’t lower their blood glucose numbers below pre-diabetic ranges (yes, they are trying higher fat).

🔥Stress management is key.

💤Sleep also gets impacted by stress. It’s a vicious cycle actually because lack of sleep increases cortisol and blood glucose levels. So you will wake up from a cortisol spike in the middle of the night.