Dr Mindy here and on this video I'm going to explain exactly how you should use fasting
and food to help you raise your progesterone levels so if you are new to my channel I just
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you to join I'll see you in the reset okay we're going to talk about progesterone specifically when
it comes to fasting now this is really probably more of a woman-centric video because men you guys
don't make a lot of progesterone the two hormones that are driving you are testosterone and estrogen
women we've got to keep these three hormones in balance estrogen testosterone and progesterone
and honestly perimenopausal women menopausal women man do we miss progesterone progesterone
is that hormone that keeps us calm and it helps us relax it prevents anxiety
so we want to use fasting and food principles that we know to keep progesterone working at its best
the couple of the signs that you know progesterone is tanking is if you have your irregular cycles if
women you're perimenopausal and you're spotting if you have a lot of body anxiety that is
unexplainable I know for me on my menopausal path it was really an issue of I just couldn't relax my
body when I could feel progesterone going low so you learning these signs and symptoms are really
helpful to know what your progesterone is doing as far as fasting goes progesterone doesn't like
fasting it does not want anything to any cortisol surges in your body so what's really interesting
about that is that if you've been an avid faster going into a 13-hour fast may not raise your
your cortisol levels which might make it okay for progesterone so I usually say either no fasting or
keep your fasting under 13 hours in order to nurture progesterone and keep progesterone
from not tanking and allowing progesterone to come into the picture so you want to keep your fast low
so under 13 hours the second part of this is that we are naturally more insulin resistant
the week before our period starts and there's a reason for that progesterone thrives when glucose
is high so you want to keep glucose up which is fabulous so we need to lean it in nature's carbs
and this is where we're going to do more potatoes and squashes and fruits I do have a list of those
nature's carbs in the companion guide so if you want a free companion guide just put companion
guide in the notes and my team will send you that it's a beautifully done companion guide
that will give you everything you need to know about these hormones and fasting and the foods
but when it comes to progesterone we're keeping glucose up a little bit we're lowering our fasts
and if you want a macro I really like the macro of over a hundred net carbs those of you like to
count macros progesterone needs that 100 grams net carbs so that's the skinny on progesterone
it really is about not raising cortisol it is about keeping glucose a little higher
when just to recap the other videos with estrogen estrogen likes insulin to be low it likes your
microbiome to be really diverse testosterone likes insulin low and your toxic load low progesterone
wants insulin and glucose a little higher and it wants cortisol low so you can see that there's a
little bit of a dance here we've got to play using these principles which is why I keep coming to you
guys here teaching this and for this fast training week what we're doing is one day of progesterone
building where we're going over 100 grams of net carbs and we're leaning into those foods still
staying away from man-made processed carbs and doing shorter fats and you know if you as far as
exercise goes in order to improve progesterone do more yoga do more walking do more hiking
slow down the week before your period nurture yourself a little bit more and you will see
progesterone shine and once you dial in all these principles around a 30-day cycle you'll be blown
away at how well your hormones work so let me know if you have been following these principles
and it's worked for you put it in the comments let me know if you did this fast training week with me
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