Intuition, Causes Of Aging & More! | Episode 82

Once again this week, I want to start with some clinical insights, because my patients have been so fascinating recently! I’ve been working with a 66 year old man for about 3 years now and when I first saw him, he had recently retired. He loved to run and to golf, but his ability to do those things was deteriorating rapidly due to aging. We’ve been having an ongoing conversation about how to level up despite aging. Slowly but surely, we started to break some of the paradigms of this retired banker. We started doing one-on-one yoga sessions to improve his range of motion for golf. We started tweaking his diet and nudging him towards a cleanse, which he was not thrilled about as a huge wine connoisseur. At first, he just agreed to 2 days a week of his wine, but it was making a difference! He came in this week and told me he had the best round of golf in his life… at 66! 

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This week, we had a conversation about what his next year will look like. Even through all of this, he’s still skeptical. Sometimes he asks when he can stop doing all the new health habits he’s stacked. But, when you consider that he’s only been leveling up for 3 of his 66 years, it makes sense. Since he was a banker, I explained it in terms he could understand… Compound Interest. Health works the same way. As long as you’re taking action, you’re investing in your future and the longer you continue to invest, even if it’s maintaining the same good habits, will pay dividends!

I had another patient in his 70s I talked with this week. He’s worked his entire life as an investment banker and financial planner and after our conversation about my finances, he stopped me and said it’s time for him to start investing in his health. He’ll be starting his journey from scratch at 74! But here’s the thing… he’s starting.

You’re never too old to begin to invest in your health.

We have people who do our New Year’s Cleanse every year, because it’s become a part of who they are. It’s a yearly reset that draws a line in the sand and prevents aging to creep in. The most dangerous part of aging is that our standards for ourselves are lower. Just because you’re aging doesn’t mean you need to gain weight, be on tons or prescriptions, or give up on your health. While we have some people who look forward to a yearly cleanse, we have others who are hesitant to join us. Maybe they eat good enough or think they’re doing enough and don’t need it. But, what blows me away is, even though I eat 99% organic, doing the cleanse makes me feel SO MUCH BETTER every year! It’s about getting clean, taking out even good foods that are hard to break down, and allowing ourselves to rehab using the supplements. You can sign up by clicking the link above or contacting my office at 850.231.9288 or info@balance30a.com. We kick off January 3rd, we spend time together as a tribe, share tips and recipes and level up together!

Now let’s get to the questions…

1. I’m in my mid-40s and pre-menopausal. I’ve had my cycle every 10 days. What can I do to ease my transition into menopause?

This is about the time of life when perimenopause hits and if you haven’t hit it, you need to prepare. Your adrenals need to be strongly supported. During menopause, your ovaries retire; during perimenopause, they go on an extended vacation. One of the absolute best things you can do is cleanse. All your hormones have receptors and they act like a baseball glove to absorb the hormone as needed. If those receptors are full of junk, when that hormone comes, it can’t be absorbed and it goes away, often being stored in a fat cell. We typically use a Core Four protocol. We start with an herb called Chaste Tree, which would be helpful for all non-pregnant women, because it helps the body produce its best amount of progesterone. Next, is a supplement called Hypothalmex, which supports the hypothalamus gland. It helps regulate all the hormones in your body. If you’re having your cycle that often, your hypothalamus and ovaries are out of sync. Since the ovaries are also likely getting weaker, I would add Ovex. The last supplement is Pituitrophin PMG. The hypothalamus and pituitary gland are connected and this will provide additional support. You should also be having a conversation with me or someone like me about the future of your health. (As a sidenote, women with excessive bleeding or spotting throughout the month can contact my office at 850.231.9288 or info@balance30a.com for a liquid herb I recommend) 

2. What about a testosterone deficiency?

You can easily tell through blood work or a saliva test. Testosterone is a responsive hormone, it’s responding to what you’re doing. If you’re giving yourself a false sense of energy with carbs and sugar, your body doesn’t think it needs to make more testosterone. Your adrenal glands signal your testes to make more testosterone, if the message isn’t being sent, the hormone isn’t being made. Also, in the event of serious stress for a long period of time, the adrenal glands wear out and steal sex hormones to make cortisol because your body believes you need more of it. There’s an herb called Tribulus that works phenomenally to help with this. One of the best indicators of testosterone levels in the body is waking up with an erection. It’s an indicator that your free testosterone is being activated. Once again, we start by cleaning and then going from there. 

3. If your adrenals are overtaxed, can that contribute to your period stopping?

Yes, it can dysregulate your system in different ways. You have four primary hormonal participants, your HP, Thyroid, ovaries or testes, and your adrenal glands. They all need to work in harmony for your body to function properly. The body is brilliant in knowing what state it’s in to produce what it needs. But when the adrenals are exhausted by constant stress, they begin to overtake the HP and the Thyroid and constantly signal. This can easily throw off your cycle.

4. Are hormones responsible for metabolism? Does metabolism slow as we age?

Hormones are responsive. They don’t just decide to stop working, they’re responding to how we move, how we eat, and how we think. If you want balanced hormones, start with sleep. If you operate in nonstop stress, your hormones respond by being out of balance. Metabolism isn’t simply one thing, it’s more a set of metabolic activities. It plays a huge role in systems, organs and glands, but it’s also dependent on what you put in your body. If you burden your metabolic activities over time, it will have an effect. Medications also speed up and slow down the processes. 

It’s important to trust our intuition when it comes to these things. We’ve been trained to not listen to our body, but it’s essential to our health. When we’re clean, we can better listen to our body and determine what’s best for us. Often, we can help ourselves by taking a moment and listening to ourselves. We don’t often need to make decisions quickly or in an emotional state. Next time, pump the brakes, pause, and step back. Making a decision in a fear state is like flipping a coin. Ask yourself “Am I calm?”. 

5. I’m having post-Covid hair loss, can you help?

This can happen, even months after recovery. It goes back to the same things for all the long-haulers, you have to clean out the debris from your body. We have to clean up and clear out and then influx things like B12, B7, and Biotin (we use Cataplex B). We also need to focus on gut health, nutrient deficiencies will affect hair follicles. The good news is most of the Covid hair loss cases I’ve seen have gotten their hair back. 

And last but certainly not least, this week’s action to level up is…

Be More Intuitive

Trust yourself and become a great listener to your own body. You live in it, and the more you become in tune with it, the more you become superhuman.

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