The relationship between disordered eating, your adrenals, and your thyroid.
When your nutrition levels are low, your energy levels are also low.
This sends the body into survival (aka fight-or-flight mode), causing yourmetabolism and energy expenditure to lower3.
Your brain requires about20% of the energy you consume from food to do its basic functions4.
When it’s not receiving enough nourishment, the brain along with other organisms malfunction.
This can lead to nervousness, sweating, cold shakes, brain fog, and other symptoms of anxiety.
These side effects are a result of excess adrenaline, which are encouraging you tojump into food-seeking action.
Exhaustion, fatigue, and irritability set in.
Your ancient brain has your entire body hardwired to protect you in the event of famine or starvation.
Your hormones become imbalanced.
“Thyroid function is usually down-regulated during stressful conditions,7” one study says.
This, in turn, slows down metabolic functioning.
A plan for mind-body-spirit replenishment.
Your brain’s perception that you are at risk of starvation puts it into survival mode.
To prevent this from happening:
Eat healthy carbs.
Get enough sleep.
Sleeping seven to eight hours of sleep each night is essential toreplenish our cells9and restore healthy cortisol rhythm.
Try getting to bed at the same time each night and waking up at the same time each day.
Meditate daily.
Meditation can switch the body from fight or flight mode to rest and digest mode.
If meditation is not your thing, try other activities that bring you joy and peace.
Dancing, painting, journaling, taking a hot bath, reading a novel, etc.
Whatever it is, give yourself permission to pause, replenish your spirit, and relax every day.
