Light Up Your Metabolism Episode 32: How Chronic Dieting, Over-Exercising & Vegetarianism Contributed to Burnout & Autoimmunity with Caitlin Weeks @GrassFedGirl
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Today's guest is Caitlin Weeks of GrassFedGirl.com. She has really popular YouTube channel with tons of helpful videos about Keto & Carnivore. You can find her on Instagram @grassfedgirl.
Caitlin has an incredible story of healing. We talk about her journey that began with dieting at age 6 to now reclaiming her health with a carnivore diet.
In the episode we talk about so much including:
-Why eating egg whites & sugar-free popsicles isn't the way to health or weight loss
-The lead up to complete burn out and autoimmunity
-Caitlin's intense blood sugar symptoms that she didn't know about
-Why vegetarianism is not usually the best choice for healing blood sugar & hormones
-Why she felt that she "had to" work out hard and how she let go of that to heal
-Symptoms of Hashimoto's, an autoimmune Thyroid condition
-Getting rid of the stigma around taking prescription meds if you have to
-The adrenal/thyroid connection
-How being open minded when it comes to diet is essential!
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