Microblog: Without Reducing Stressors, No Diet Will Work Fully

Many of my clients heal their gut and start to tolerate more foods. Many start to sleep through the night. But sometimes they regress because they don’t manage their lifestyle stressors.

🔥Our adrenals release cortisol whenever the body is stressed. It is normal to have acute moments of releasing cortisol.

But chronic cortisol output is never a good thing:
⚠️Adrenals prioritize cortisol output

⚠️Sleep issues (increased cortisol output in the middle of the night)

⚠️Blood sugar imbalances

⚠️Sluggish thyroid

⚠️Weight gain

⚠️Mineral imbalances (e.g., high calcium retention)

🤕When we have excess calcium in the body, we can feel joint and back pain-a hard mineral being lodged in tissues where it doesn’t belong.

🦴Excess calcium in the tissues is rarely due to too much calcium in the diet. (supplementing calcium is different and rarely recommended).

⚖️It’s because our adrenals often are trying to balance cortisol levels but these adrenals also manage our sodium via the aldosterone hormone.