welcome i'm dr janine barry naturopathic doctor and today i'm discussing nine tips how to reverse
leptin resistance so leptin resistance is something that is very common yet a lot
of people don't realize the connection of leptin resistance with what is going on with their bodies
so whether it is for weight loss whether it is for autoimmunity even fertility these are things that
i've discussed in other videos so make sure that you check them out as well as some of the causes
of leptin resistance and how you would know that you may have leptin resistance so the symptoms
of leptin resistance is in another video so i want you to check out those other videos as well
okay so let's get right to it the nine tips how to reverse leptin resistance make sure you stay tuned
right until tip number nine which is my favorite and something that you haven't heard before
in terms of fixing this scenario okay so tip number one is to use some herbal medicine
so what's exciting is that there's some recent evidence and studies done on some of my favorite
herbal medicines to help with not only regulating blood glucose levels but to help with leptin
resistance as well so if we take a look at this study on the african wild mango seed so this is
known as irvingia gabonensis and it's something that's commonly used in some african cuisine and
in this study shows that there was a significant reduction in body weight and also helped to
improve the metabolic parameters in overweight humans and this was a gold standard double blind
placebo controlled investigation so not only did it help with decreasing waist circumference
so that belly fat but also cholesterol and ldl cholesterol as well as glucose levels
now in another study they found that the african wild mango seed actually helped with the remission
of metabolic syndrome in 58.3 of the patients and also significantly decrease the wc the wc is the
waist circumference so that's a huge statement to be able to make it also helped with insulin
sensitivities and triglyceride levels and we know that triglycerides are definitely one of
the things that leptin actually helps to burn up triglycerides so when we don't have that proper
leptin signaling and our leptin isn't being utilized by the body appropriately then we
may have some high triglycerides and that's not what we want another one of my favorite herbs
is called white mulberry so we can see in this study that the white mulberry helped to have that
positive impact on visceral fat which is really promising and that's the fat around the organs
as well as the insulin resistance and helped with the gene expression of leptin so that again
really important to know that yes herbal medicines can help with our leptin and our leptin signaling
another herbal medicine my favorite is called gymnema so gymnema sylvester
and in this study actually showed to significantly suppress leptin as well as insulin and helped
with body weight regulation and our lipid profiles as well so that again in terms of
metabolic disorder and helping with losing that weight because of the leptin resistance
that herb was specific in doing this so i've got a great link so we'll put that in the description
below as to a great source to get your hands on these herbal medicines without the fillers
and without the flow agents nothing that you shouldn't be ingesting in your supplements okay
tip number two for reversing leptin resistance is to increase specific nutrients so one of them
is dha so dacosa hexanoic acid which is from fish and fish oil seafood is a great source for your
dha as well as magnesium you have to you know make sure that you're getting enough magnesium every
day to help with your leptin signaling as well as zinc and also iodine so these are some of the
most important cofactors for your leptin and for running your internal batteries in your cells in
your mitochondria so really important for fixing the leptin resistance okay tip number three is to
fix your environment you want to do your absolute best to get out into nature to reconnect with the
earth so earthing or grounding is something that you should regularly be practicing every single
day you've got to get connected with the electrons from the earth also getting out in the sunshine is
very important we know that our regular exposure to the sun and it's not just the uva and uvb rays
that are important for our vitamin d production which we know is great for immunity but helps with
our leptin signaling and our circadian rhythms as well but also those other wavelengths so the
infrared the near-infrared from the sun and the blue light in the morning helping to turn on
our body turn off our melatonin from our restful sleep the night before is really important for
circadian rhythms but for our leptin signaling as well tip number four on how to reverse
leptin resistance is to decrease our stress so i want you to refer to another video that i have
it's called how to trigger the vagus nerve so the vagus nerve has a lot to do with our sympathetic
and parasympathetic part of our autonomic nervous system and getting control of the vagus nerve is
really important so with a specific breathing exercise which i shared in that video you can
really learn how to entrain your vagus nerve to be able to have you know better responses to stress
no we can never get rid of the stress but having those appropriate responses that isn't going to
offset our leptin resistance and our high cortisol levels this is something really an important tip
and often i find that people with the leptin resistance also often have very high stress
levels in their lives and getting control of this is really important this is why i love meditation
so also listen to my other binaural beats videos in which you put on your headphones you listen
to the very relaxing music at different and very specific frequencies of hurts to able
to be allow your body to relax fully and get into that parasympathetic part of your nervous system
tip number five is to fix your leaky gut so we know that leaky gut syndrome and dysbiosis and an
unhealthy microbiome is definitely related to the leptin resistance as well so you can refer
to my other videos on fixing the leaky gut and all the tips on how to do that appropriately and
in an easy but effective way as well tip number six is to make good sleep a number one priority
in your life i can't tell you how important it is that you get into that restful night's sleep most
of our leptin is secreted at 12 midnight so our circadian biology is really important in terms of
fixing this leptin resistance as well as getting that restful and regenerative night's sleep when
we have a good night's sleep this is important for actually detoxifying our brain and allowing our
organs to detoxify and going into autophagy which is our body's cleanup system so that's really
important this doesn't happen unless you have a good deep night sleep so really important that
you get your sleep in order tip number seven is to change your eating habits so there's certain foods
and food groups that can really you know not be so favorable in terms of your leptin levels and can
set you up for leptin resistance so you definitely want to decrease your sugar and your grain
intake most people probably shouldn't be eating greens especially when they're fixing their
leptin resistance especially at the beginning also processed foods and inflammatory fats
you want to definitely ensure that you are eating a high protein breakfast this will
help to keep you full in the morning but also goes a long way at helping your leptin levels
and that leptin signaling and make sure that you stop eating at least three hours before bedtime
this is really important for fixing that leptin resistance because you won't secrete your leptin
properly and get that proper signaling if your body's dealing with digestion when it's supposed
to be secreting your melatonin and your leptin levels when you're sleeping tip number eight is to
use cold therapy so one of the things that i like to do is to use ice packs on my body on my torso
so whether it's in the front i put them in the front i sort of tuck them into my my yoga pants
so i'll do it all on the front of my abdomen and a little trick is to put it right on your spine
at the mid part of your lower back and this will cool your body very quickly this is an acupuncture
point that regulates your body temperature so put that it's not i'm stop pleasant i didn't say it's
pleasant but especially the first few times that you do that but use those ice packs around your
body another thing that i shared in other videos doing the ice face dunk which not only helps your
vagus nerve which i just mentioned in tip number four but to relax your nervous system but also
is really great in terms of cooling down your body and helping with your leptin signaling as well so
check out that video on how to do the ice face dunk and tip number nine is to make sure you're
connecting in with the mind body connection and this is maybe something that you've not heard of
before you know that i always you know correlate what's happening with the mind and the body in
terms of healing and in terms of leptin resistance we have to think of the three-legged stool so we
have mind we have body and we have spirit and as much as i've talked a lot about the body aspect
and a little bit about the mind and our stress as it's related to our leptin resistance but you also
you know have to think about the spiritual aspects of feeling whole feeling well feeling connected to
the earth feeling connected to nature i think so many of us have become so disconnected and we do
do do every day and we get things done but we've come completely disconnected with what's really
important in life and that spiritual connection to you know being connected we're all connected
to one another helping one another out you know that's one of the reasons that i do these videos
is to help to give you the information that can really impact your life in a natural way
in a healthy way so that you can get healthier maybe it is to lose the weight maybe it is to
fix the autoimmune disorders and as it's related to the year left in resistance so i those were
my nine tips on how to reverse your left and resistance i hope that you've learned something
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