Episode 146: Keto as a Hormetic Stressor and All About Leptin

Are you struggling with hormonal imbalance, fatigue or not feeling satisfied on a keto diet? Trying to do it all perfectly and not getting results? Feeling stressed out or spread too thin between diet, fasting, exercise and your day-to-day stressors? Tune in to hear Ali and Becki explain why keto itself can be a stressor, especially for the type-A personalities out there who are trying to “do it all”! Plus we reflect all the exciting collaboration at KetoCon and our favorite vendors this year!

 

In this episode, Ali and Becki give a sneak peek of the recent article Ali wrote about carb cycling and leptin for hormonal balance and HPA-axis optimization. While a ketogenic diet can be incredibly therapeutic for many conditions and have favorable hormonal impacts in some, it can go terribly wrong for others if not listening to your body! Insomnia, increased anxiety, loss of menstrual cycle and constant hunger are just a few of the signs that you may need to adjust how you keto. Learn about the many roles of leptin, how to spot low leptin and how carb cycling can help reset your levels for successful outcomes on your high fat low carb diet! 

 

Also in this Episode: 

• KetoCon Wrap Up
• Favorite Products
  • Epic Beef Liver Bites
  • Fond Bone Broth
  • Rep Provisions
  • Keto Farms
  • F Bomb Pork Sticks & Keto Crunch - use code ALIMILLERRD
  • Bonafide Provisions Bone Broth - use code ALIMILLERRD
  • Crowd Cow - Check out Ali’s Keto Bundle and use code ALIMILLERRD
• Pre-order The Anti-Anxiety Diet Cookbook
• Adrenal Rehab Program - COMING SOON!
• How Keto Impacts Hormones and the HPA-axis
• Common Pitfalls of Keto
• Identifying and Choosing Your Stressors
• Ali’s MindBodyGreen Article: Going Keto? Here's The One Time Of Month Women Should Eat More Carbs
• Signs of Low Leptin
• Who Should Carb Cycle
• Testing Leptin
  • CardioMetabolic Panel
• How Ali Carb Cycles 
• Daysy Fertility Monitor
• Virtual Food As Medicine Ketosis Program 

 

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This episode is sponsored by Further Food, a female owned and operated company that provides the highest quality food as medicine supplements including their Collagen Peptides, Pasture-Raised Gelatin Daily Turmeric Tonic and Mindful Matcha. Use code ALIMILLERRD at checkout for 10% off!