HORMONES, METABOLIC HEALTH Laura Fox HORMONES, METABOLIC HEALTH Laura Fox

Exercising with Adrenal Fatigue & Cortisol Dysregulation

Exercise is a hormetic activity, which means that exercise itself is a stressor. The right amount is healthy, but going over amount can become unhealthy. When you’re exercising too much, there’s very little opportunity for the body to recover.

When we combine over-exercising with other life stressors, such as a busy lifestyle, lack of rest and recovery, and under-eating, it can become a major contributor to adrenal issues.

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HORMONES, METABOLIC HEALTH Laura Fox HORMONES, METABOLIC HEALTH Laura Fox

Low Libido: What Your Sex Drive is Saying About Your Hormones

A healthy sex drive is mark of vitality and health. So if your libido is low, that could be an indication that something is going on with your mental or physical health, most often hormonal imbalance. Despite how common low libido and hormonal imbalance is, people still feel pretty embarrassed about it. But there is no shame in your low sex drive game! In today’s podcast and blog, I answer a listener question: What’s up with my low sex drive?! to get to the bottom of why your libido might be low.

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DIET CULTURE, HORMONES Laura Fox DIET CULTURE, HORMONES Laura Fox

How Many Calories Do You Really Need?

Last month a client of mine forwarded me an email from a fitness coach. The email outlined a weight loss program, with food recommendations for adult and adolescent girls looking to lose weight.

Some of the suggestions she made were sound (eat less processed food, cut out refined sugar and flour), but unfortunately I found much of her advice to be erroneous, unsubstantiated and downright irresponsible. I won’t pick the whole email apart here, but I will focus on one specific piece that bothered me most.

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RECIPE, FUNCTIONAL NUTRITION, HORMONES Laura Fox RECIPE, FUNCTIONAL NUTRITION, HORMONES Laura Fox

Do I Need to Quit Coffee? & Copy Cat Coffee Recipe

I’ve mentioned recently here and on social media that I’m trying to scale back and change my coffee/caffeine consumption habits.

I’ve talked through this with clients and friends quite a bit (people get deliriously curious when you bring up dietary changes. Particularly when those dietary changes involve less coffee. Moms be like whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?!), so I thought I’d outline what was going on with me that forced my hand with this decision.

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