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Weight Loss Protocol
🕑 Added 2021-10-21 05:17:50 +0000 UTCThe two primary factors are obviously the calorie deficit and a dietary focus on protein, averaging 1-1.2g/lb of body weight. Cut calories slowly initially.
Here are some additional helpful tips to correct some of the underlying factors that contribute to obesity, such as leptin/insulin resistance, gut dysbiosis (see Gut Repair Protocol) and mitochondrial dysfunction. Allow me to expand further on each factor...
- Zero tolerance dietary framework - the inflammatory trigger commonalities between all "diets", it is merely the elimination of the common factors in an effort to reduce inflammation to a baseline.
- Daily sun exposure at sunrise and sunset, anytime possible midday (try to spend more time outside than you do inside) - this is crucial to reset circadian rhythm/biology and all peripheral CLOCK genes in each organ system, namely the liver and pancreas in this case. Make sure to take off any glasses, contacts, or sunglasses while in the sun, other than when driving obviously, though keep the window cracked to allow light onto the skin. Expose as much as skin as you can, especially over the torso and stomach area.
- Replace light bulbs with incandescents or red light bulbs and turn off all artificial light before sunset - even artificial blue light during the daytime disrupts the cortisol/melatonin balance (circadian rhythm, incandescents and red light are least harmful.
- Wear blue light blockers any time you are inside as glass allows in all blue light while blocking most red and all purple - same reasoning as above.
- High protein/high fat diet, stick only to complex carbs - a low carb/ketogenic diet is extremely simple to lose weight with as it is most satiating and it has a positive impact on mitochondrial function even despite evident dysfunction. If you continue carb intake, stick to complex carbs containing fibers, micronutrients, and active constituents, such as fruits and tubers. Just maintain a caloric deficit, utilize whatever tool makes it easiest for you to stick to healthy eating.
- Daily seafood, preferably raw - DHA is necessary to replenish and repair the eyes and skin, where most all light is absorbed that sets hormone production. Most seafood is an excellent, easy source of protein as well.
- Zero beef/cow, stick to game meats - this isn't entirely necessary if you can't afford to do so, but even the organic grass-fed beef can be inflammatory to some folks, plus game meats are higher protein, less fat content.
- Heavy lifting - just start somewhere, even if it's lightweight dumbbells. If you're especially overweight, try to avoid running until you begin to lose weight as it can damage the joints and skeleton otherwise.
- Daily walks, stay as active as possible through the day (stay standing - move your body even while sitting, instead of parking nearby an entrance to stores, park further away so you're forced to walk, take the stairs instead of the elevator/escalator, even bodyweight exercises while waiting in line such as calf raises. It all adds up.
- Cold thermogenesis (cold showers, ice baths, shirtless walks in cold, swimming in natural bodies of water, or simply being outside if you live in a cold area) - helps to mitigate the impact of artificial light and nnEMF, in addition to the sunlight as well as increasing the rate you burn fat via mitochondrial function.
- Blood donation - excess unbound iron can play a role in insulin resistance and inflammation/oxidative stress. See Unbound Iron Detox Protocol.
- Myoinositol + IP6 - this combination is shown to improve insulin sensitivity, carbohydrate tolerance/glucose metabolism, and fuels ATP development. You can also have a spoonful of Myoinositol dissolved under the tongue to relieve sugar cravings. Inositol is your new sugar.
- Black seed oil + coconut oil - helps to reduce inflammation, gut dysbiosis, and leptin/insulin resistance.
- Multiform oral/topical magnesium saturation - y'all already know, but magnesium fuels all biological processes, as well as improving insulin sensitivity and reducing inflammation.
- Daily fermented foods/drinks, get your hands dirty for microbiome/mycobiome repletion - if you have a garden, get in there every day. Otherwise, the usual kefir, yogurt, kombucha, natto, non-soy miso, sauerkraut, kimchi, kvass, etc. are all your friends here, just ensure it fits into calories for the day. Ensure daily intake, gut dysbiosis is one of the primary factors in obesity and being overweight in general.
- Eat seasonally - do a quick Google search that includes "*where you live* vegetables/fruits in season" to find vegetables and fruits that are native to your latitude/longitude, modern grocery stores have been a crux to human mitochondrial and metabolic health for this reason, providing produce out of season which contributes to year-round deuterium accumulation and mitochondrial dysfunction. Farmers' markets and local farms are a safe bet because it will typically only be what is native to your area. Meats, organs, eggs, dairy, seafood, etc. are fine year-round.
There is also a point to be made to process any trauma or suppressed emotion as unhealthy eating is typically a coping mechanism against stress/trauma. GABA/glutamate balance, mitochondrial redox state, and simply delving into your emotions and actually feeling them are all key here. Seek a therapist if you feel you need to, but that pain won't go away until you face it head-on. You can't run forever, trust me.
Important: hormone status, thyroid status, and lipid health becomes very important in this context. A full hormone panel including testosterone, estrogen, progesterone, prolactin, GH, SHBG, DHEA and salivary cortisol/melatonin, full thyroid panel covering T4, T3, TSH, and reverse T3, and a full lipid panel will cover this for blood work.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask!
