The Health & Nutrition Information Overwhelm is Real.
You’ve got your health professionals who are legally obliged to give you the food pyramid advice (and I know it’s known as the food ‘plate’ now, but same, same).
You have all of the micronutrient experts that tell you to stay away from certain types of food because it has these dangerous antinutrients (come on guys, why are you scaring people away from veggies).
Then the detox/cleanse girls that proudly say with their 25 year old, child free body’s that this latest juice cleanse went so well for me, OMG I just, like, feel so good (give it 20 years and they finally might understand what it really means to be a woman trying to lose weight).
And finally you have your instagram personal trainers that relentlessly beat on the calorie deficit drum, in between times that they beat on their chest and show us yet another photo of their abs (we get it mate, you’re a big scary man, grrrr!).
There are so many options, ideas, research to back up every claim that literally anyone has not to mention the opinions of millions of people that do not understand how the body works and although well intentioned share their thoughts with no knowledge of the long-term effects of what they’re telling you to do.
So all that boils down to this question: What the heck should I eat?
Is Low Carb Safe for Women Given the Monthly Hormonal Cycle?
The answer is 3-fold:
- Firstly, everyone is different and the same thing does not work for everyone (some people thrive on zero carbs, others thrive on a more wholesome diet).
- Doing low carb properly guided by a nutritionist will ensure everything you need is fulfilled – when you still have your period, your nutritional requirements change week to week and you should know what that means (hello chocolate craving week).
- Low carb is not no carb, so ensuring that you know which carbohydrates to add into your diet will mean you have a healthy cycle whilst also achieving your health goals.
How Can We Help You?
All this also goes hand in hand with much of the emotional eating work we do with clients. It’s a great counter balance because on one hand we work on the emotional attachment and drive to eat and then with the physical body we get the nutrition right to optimise the gut microbiome and blood sugar levels to ensure you can reduce and eliminate the cravings that once drove you to eat and ended up making you feel crappy in your body.
If you need guidance to understand how to so that you can lose weight and keep it off, fix your bloating and constipation issues and regulate your blood sugar so that you have stable and consistent energy levels all day, then simply shoot me a message on Facebook messenger by tapping the orange button below, just drop in the word TRANSFORM and we can have a bit of a chat about how our program might be able to support you through this new chapter of your health journey.