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Cause of Fatigue and Depression

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Anne from Westerville, OH, asked:

Hi Julie,

I discovered you a few years ago, and have listened to all 430 episodes, sometimes more than once! I love your interviews with your amazing guests and have learned so much.

Here is my question: I live a pretty clean lifestyle, spend time each day working out with weights, cardio, walking in nature or yoga. I eat well, pray, and spend time with family and friends.

Some days I feel full of energy and have motivation to get things done. BUT, there are more days that I feel low and unmotivated and feel like I’m on the struggle bus.

I know you say our vibrations are low when we are on the “I feel crappy channel” so I’m wondering if there is something else going on.

Although I never give in to my yukky feelings, I get up and move hoping to turn my day around, but the entire day feels like I am carrying around the weight of the world.

Would you be able to scan me and provide some insight on any changes I can make. I am 62 with 4 amazing kids, 2 sweet granddaughters, and a loving husband. I am so lucky and have no reason for these feelings of dread!

I appreciate you and someday I hope to share how I discovered you after my mom passed! It’s a great story! No coincidences, I was meant to find you!

Thank you,

A Loyal Follower, Anne

Hi Anne,

Thanks for your kind comments and for listening to my show. I’m honored.

As you probably know, I grew up in Worthington, right next to Westerville, both suburbs of Columbus, Ohio. What you may not know, however, is, I worked as a cashier at Roush Sporting Goods in Westerville for six years (2 in high school and 4 in college). That job was one of three I worked to pay for my degree from Ohio State. Small World!

As for your fatigue and feelings of dread and to get some answers for you, I energetically connected to you and “saw” (in my mind’s eye), you looked like a wilted plant. That’s how a woman appears when she’s in need of hormones. I believe your fatigue and depression are being caused by a lack of hormones.

As we age, our hormone levels decrease and Mother Nature doesn’t think she needs us anymore because we’re no longer having babies and populating the planet.

Well, it’s possible to fool Mother Nature and make her think we’re much younger than our biological age with bioidentical hormones.

My dear friend and women’s health expert Christiane Northrup, MD, says, “Bioidentical hormones duplicate the structure of our hormones exactly as they are found in our bodies”.

To help you feel better, I added some bioidentical estrogen energy to your body and you perked right up.

To find a practitioner near you, please call a couple compounding pharmacies in your area and ask them which physicians are prescribing hormone replacement through them.

My personal preference is to use a gynecologist if possible. After all, they’re female anatomy specialists.

The best news, is, with bioidentical hormones, you’ll quickly be feeling like yourself again.

Hugs and Happy Holidays!

P.S. – I’d love to hear how we got introduced when your mom passed.

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Menopause Symptom Relief

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Robin from Killarney, Manitoba, Canada, asked:

Hi Julie,

May I please have a medical scan?

I am 55, going through menopause and wondering if the natural remedies are helping and if I can do something differently.

Thanks,

Robin

Hi Robin,

Welcome to the club! The menopause years are life-changing in a number of ways and I have personally found all of them to be positive.

When discussing menopause, global women’s health expert and board-certified OB/GYN Christiane Northrup, MD says, “Menopause is an exciting developmental stage – one that, when participated in consciously, holds enormous promise for transforming and healing our bodies, minds, and spirits at the deepest levels.”

Natural remedies for menopausal symptoms can include bioidentical hormones and herbal supplements like Maca, Pueraria Mirifica, Black Cohosh and Vitex.

Harvard Medical School defines bioidentical hormones as, “Hormones that are identical in molecular structure to the hormones women make in their bodies.”

Although some women go through perimenopause and menopause without experiencing any symptoms, many women successfully utilize either bioidentical hormones or herbal remedies to alleviate their unwanted symptoms.

To find a practitioner in your area, go to the Institute For Functional Medicine or call a local compounding pharmacy and ask for physician referrals. Americans can also go to the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine to find providers.

In addition, Dr. Northrup will be a guest on my show Thursday, May 20th to discuss the latest revision of her #1 New York Times bestseller book The Wisdom of Menopause and will be answering callers’ questions about perimenopause and menopause. Please put this date on your calendar and join us.

Hope this information helps jump start your menopause research.

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Weight, Diet and Hormones

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Ambi from Brighton Beach, East Sussex, England, asked:

Hi Julie,

Thank you in advance for all your help and advice.

When I got married, I was just over 11 stone (154 lbs) but after three children, my weight has risen to 15 stone (210 lbs). No matter how much I diet or exercise the weight doesn’t seem to budge.

This year as I turned 40, my periods have not been regular, I’ve had my thyroid checked and the doctors say it’s fine.

Lastly, I seem to be angry a lot, my hair is very thin and brittle and I have a chocolate addiction. Could this be a hormone issue?

Thanks for any light you can shine on my situation.

Ambi

Hi Ambi,

Thanks for submitting you question. It’s a reality most of us have had or are currently experiencing.

Excess weight issues are perplexing to even the most well-read person. What diet and how much exercise is best? Why isn’t something that seems to be working for others not working for me? There seem to be so many weight-loss strategies it can make our heads spin.

Having said all that, what I’ve learned from a life-time of weight struggles is, it’s all about insulin resistance and hormones. If we can balance our hormones, especially in the post-partum, peri-menopause and menopausal times in our lives and combine it with a healthy diet, we have a better chance of weight management success.

Optimal hormones combined with a low carbohydrate, whole-foods menu seems to be what our bodies crave. A simple mantra I use is, if God made it, eat it, and if man made it avoid it. Even a small child when shown an apple and a cookie can tell which item was man-made.

In order to get more information, I energetically scanned you in the UK and “saw” (in my mind’s eye) a hologram of your body and it needed hormones, estrogen in particular. So, I added energetic estrogen to your body and you immediately responded.

Next, I noticed a lot of inflammation over your whole body. Inflammation looks like red fog over body parts. I used a royal blue anti-inflammation energy to calm it down. Then I “got” (received information) your inflammation was caused by the eco-system in your gut being less than optimal.

Since food is the best medicine, please consider doing a gut biome test. It’ll tell you the best foods to eat and avoid making your gut and therefore immune system healthy. In other words, this information will allow you to do the Ambi diet, one that makes sense for your body.

In addition, some of my favorite books on the weight conundrum are:

Why We Get Sick by Benjamin Bikman, PhD

Eat Smarter: Use The Power of Food by Shawn Stevenson

Fast This Way by Dave Asprey

The Pegan Diet: 21 Practical Principles for Reclaiming Your Health by Mark Hyman, MD

Lastly, please consider consulting a physician about bioidentical hormones. To learn more about how hormones diminish as we age and how to replenish them to keep our brains, bones and hearts healthy, I recommend visiting Dr. Christiane Northrup’s website and to find a physician in your area specializing in bioidentical hormones, please go to Institute for Functional Medicine.

Hope this information helps you feel better soon.

 

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Heart Flutters

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Mary Jo from Southampton, MA, asked:

Hello Julie,

I have a post-it note on my cabinet to remind me to call in but I always forget to. Guess I need a bigger post-it note. Can you please tell me what is going on with my heart? I am an active 48-year-old woman who is healthy and not on any medications.

About a year and a half ago, I started feeling my heart racing from time to time. Since then it has increased to a weekly experience and often happens when I lay down at night. I have also experienced dizziness and a fluttering or skipped beat in my heart as well as a pounding and a vibrating feeling that reaches up to my neck. My doctor is running tests but I’d really appreciate it if you could connect in and tell me what is going on.

Thank you and take care.

Hi Mary Jo,

Hope you get that big post-it note to remind you to call in to the show. I’d love to talk with you.

To get some answers for you, I energetically connected with you in Southampton. Your heart looked like it was electrically misfiring. (Imagine looking at a heart with sparks flying out of its edges.)

You have what I believe is a form of cardiac arrhythmia, also known as an irregular heartbeat. And, the symptoms you describe, racing heart, dizziness, etc., are all common in arrhythmia patients.

In addition, I believe your fairly recent onset of symptoms is related to your being in peri-menopause. Our hormones help regulate all of our bodily functions and as we age, they decline. A large part of staying healthy is to restore these hormone levels to those of a younger person.

The Cleveland Clinic says, “During perimenopause (the time period before menopause), there is a marked decrease in ovarian estrogen production. This is associated with an increase in heart rate (sinus tachycardia) and an increased frequency in palpitations and non-threatening arrhythmias. Menopause causes a further decline in estrogen as the menstrual cycle stops. This time period is associated with irregular heartbeats, palpitations, and spasmodic chest pain in women 40-64 years old.”

So, in order to help you heal, I watched an energetic ablation occur that got your heart beating in a normal rhythm. Cardiac ablation is a fairly common procedure where radiofrequency energy is used to scar areas of the heart causing the irregular heartbeat and return the heart to beating normally.  

In addition, energetic estrogen was administered to help restore optimal hormone levels which will in turn help your heart beat naturally.

Based on what I’m seeing, I believe you’ll be able to eradicate your arrhythmia symptoms when you get your hormones balanced.

In the meantime, here are a couple of suggestions:

– Learn about peri-menopause and menopause. A couple of terrific books are The Wisdom of Menopause by Christiane Northrup, MD and Ageless by Suzanne Somers.

– Work with a functional medicine physician who is knowledgeable about bioidentical hormones. They’ll treat your body as a whole system and help you focus on wellness. Go to the Institute For Functional Medicine, click on “find a practitioner” and insert your zip code. A list of doctors in your area will appear.

Thanks for your question.

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Menopausal Clues

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Allyson from Palm Desert, CA, asked:

Hello Julie, 

For about 10 years now I’ve endured menopausal things such as hot flashes and extra weight and as a result, I have several questions.

1) Is my extra weight due to menopause? If so, what can I do to change this? I exercise every day and eat well, drink water, etc.  (If you see the weight issue as something else, I’d love to know!)

2)  While my hot flashes are not as often or intense at this point – when they do come – it is really frustrating and still interrupts my daily life. 

Is there something you can see or do to help move this along?  Anything I should be doing that I am missing? 

Thank you, Allyson

Hi Allyson,

Welcome to the next chapter in your life. Although menopause is usually described in a negative way, those of us who are currently experiencing it or are on the other side of it, often find the benefits far outweigh the challenges.

In order to answer your questions, I energetically connected to you in the desert and can see you’re lacking in hormones, especially estrogen. Your body looks like a raisin. This is normally what I see (in my mind’s eye) when a woman is in either peri-menopause or menopause. And yes, your extra weight and hot flashes are typical for a woman in menopause.

To help relieve your symptoms, I applied energetic estrogen to your body and you plumped right up like a raisin that had been soaked in hot water which tells me you could benefit from hormone therapy.

With that said, here are a few suggestions:

1) Educate yourself about menopause and the many solutions that are available to help you deal with unpleasant symptoms and at the same time, keep your mind, heart, bones, and body healthy.

A couple of great books about all of this are “The Wisdom of Menopause” by Christiane Northrup, MD and “Ageless” by Suzanne Somers. You can learn a lot just from going to their websites.

2) Look in to bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT). Bioidentical hormones come from a compounding pharmacy and match the exact formula our bodies produce. In order to find a doctor in your area who specializes in bioidentical hormones, go to the Institute for Functional Medicine or to the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. Click on the “find a practitioner” tab and insert your zip code. A list of doctors in your area will appear.

Hope this information helps.

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