Moment 147: Stop These Habits That Are Destroying Your Body!: Mindy Pelz
Feb 2, 2024
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Nutrition and functional health expert Mindy Pelz discusses how our modern habits can be detrimental to our body's natural defense mechanisms. She highlights the importance of opening up detox pathways, preserving muscle mass, and the negative effects of weight loss drugs and excessive cardio. Learn how to regain trust in your body and make healthier choices.
The condition of the underarm lymph area indicates lymph congestion and toxic deodorants can clog lymph pathways, preventing the removal of toxins.
Weight loss medications that promote quick weight loss may result in muscle loss rather than fat loss, emphasizing the importance of maintaining muscle mass for overall health and longevity.
Deep dives
Importance of keeping lymph pathways open
Toxins are carried out of organs through the lymph system. Lymph pathways can become congested if not kept open. For example, not having regular bowel movements can result in toxins remaining in the body. The condition of the underarm lymph area also indicates lymph congestion. Toxic deodorants can clog lymph pathways, preventing the removal of toxins. The body relies on functional lymph pathways to eliminate toxins effectively.
Risks of weight loss medications and muscle loss
Weight loss medications that promote quick weight loss may result in muscle loss rather than fat loss. Muscle mass is essential for overall health and longevity, as it improves insulin sensitivity and helps perform daily activities. Losing muscle mass can lead to weight gain, obesity, and decreased functionality later in life. The importance of resistance training and maintaining muscle mass as we age is highlighted as a key factor in maintaining metabolic health.
Role of weightlifting and fasting in weight loss
Contrary to popular belief, excessive cardio may not be the most effective strategy for weight loss, especially for women. Cardio workouts can elevate cortisol levels, decrease progesterone, and hinder muscle growth. Weightlifting, on the other hand, helps build muscle, increases insulin receptor sites, and aids in glucose utilization. Combining weightlifting with intermittent fasting and consuming protein-rich meals after fasting can be a more beneficial approach to achieving desired body composition and overall shape.
In this moment, nutrition and functional health expert , Mindy Pelz discusses how we often treat our body as if it was an enemy working against us and our interests. Mindy discusses how evolution has actually shaped the human body so that it is constantly looking to increase your chances of survival. However, in the modern world we are getting in the way of our body’s natural defence mechanism, and taking actions that are against our own and our body’s interests, this can include injecting ourselves with weight loss drugs and using toxic deodorants, causing larger health problems later in life. Mindy says that in general we seem to be in a ‘evolutionary mismatch’ with our bodies and need to regain trust in them.