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Do you know the two E’s of anxiety management?⁠
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If you have anxiety or depression, it’s worth it to check out a variety of biological factors that may significantly help your recovery.⁠
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Two important ones that I always check (among others) include:⁠
📌 Exercise⁠
📌 Energy⁠
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🧩 Exercise⁠
Exercise improves mental health – this is shown in the research.⁠
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It’s not hard to convince people of this, yet it can be hard to get some people to actually DO it.⁠
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Here are the three top reasons for this:⁠
🚫 “I don’t have the time.”⁠
✅ Choose to make the time. Put it in your calendar as non-negotiable.⁠
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🚫 “I don;t like to exercise.”⁠
✅ Find one or more ways of moving your body that you do like. Dance. Rollerblade. Bike. Swim. Hike. Find something you enjoy doing or you won’t want to do it.⁠
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🚫 “It’s too hard to exercise.”⁠
✅ If this is because of a physical limitation, get help from a PT or trainer. There’s almost always SOMETHING you can do.⁠
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🚫 If it’s a problem with energy…..⁠
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🧩 Energy⁠
This refers to your experience of energy production. Do you feel like you don’t have the mojo needed to move your body and then recover from it? If so:⁠
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1️⃣ First, you need enough of the nutrients we explored in the first post, especially vitamin B12.⁠
2️⃣ Then, you need to have decent adrenal function. You can assess it with the DUTCH adrenal test.⁠
3️⃣ Your thyroid needs to be in good shape, more on this later.⁠
4️⃣ You need your mitochondria to work well. These are the organelles inside every cell that make your cellular energy called ATP. Mitochondria can be hungry or damaged. You can test with the Organix test.⁠
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Do you have questions about addressing anxiety naturally? Let me know in the comments!⁠
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Inositol – The 1️⃣ Ovary Vitamin⁠
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🔎 If you’ve searched “supplements for PCOS or fertility” you’ve probably come across inositol.⁠
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It’s arguably the most well-researched supplement for women’s reproductive health these days.💥⁠
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What is inositol and how does it relate to PCOS?🤔⁠
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It is a natural sugar alcohol that plays many important roles in your body, such as regulating neurotransmitters and hormones.⁠
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🔑 For #PCOS and ovarian health, inositol is key.⁠
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It improves all aspects of PCOS, starting with insulin resistance.✅⁠
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Most women with PCOS have some degree of insulin resistance as part of this complex endocrine and metabolic disorder.⁠
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Reversing insulin resistance is paramount to reversing PCOS. Inositol has been shown to work as well as Metformin in this regard, without the side effects.🙌🏽⁠
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It’s documented to:⁠
✅ improve insulin sensitivity⁠
✅ lower triglycerides and blood pressure⁠
✅ increase HDL (“good” cholesterol)⁠
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What else can inositol do for PCOS?⁠
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Women with PCOS often have high androgens (“male” hormones) and low sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) which binds to androgens to lower excess amounts. Inositol both lowers androgens and raises SHBG, a win-win for PCOS.⁠
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PCOS involves disruptions in how the ovaries mature and release eggs from follicles (ovulate). Ovaries have a high need for inositol. This is because they need to uptake a lot of glucose, in order to meet their high-energy requirements.⁠
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In your ovaries, inositol:⁠
✅ Controls the uptake of glucose⁠
✅ Helps your ovary respond to follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) for egg maturation⁠
✅ Raises estrogen levels in the ovary, which helps your LH surge – needed for ovulation to happen⁠
✅ Determines how much testosterone is produced⁠
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Inositol is good for egg quality, ovarian response to FSH and LH, insulin sensitivity, ovulation, regular cycles, anxiety, and better SHBG and testosterone levels in PCOS.⁠
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Think you have a hormone imbalance that’s impacting your cycles & fertility?⁠
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Take my Hormone Balance Quiz and receive a free copy of my guide Seven Root Causes of Hormone Troubles.⁠
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