#678: The Foundations of Metabolic Health: What We've Forgotten with Ellie Anderson

right right it is it's so it's that's such a beautiful way to put into words i typically tell my clients the sooner you realize just one thing is not going to change your life that will change your life because a lot of times when we're stuck in that cycle of chronic stress we are kind of just looking for one thing to get us through one more thing one more thing i do think it's important to realize while you can't necessarily out supplement it The higher your stress load, the more supplements you're going to need.

Because when you're in that general adaptation syndrome, when you're in that state of upregulated physiology, you're eating through minerals so much faster.

When your blood sugar is unregulated, you need more vitamins, especially B vitamins, more minerals, especially magnesium to offset the inflammatory load of having high blood sugar.

So to make that clear, you do need more supplements during that time.

I also am a person who loves biohacks.

I love the sauna.

I love red light.

I love the flowpresso fascia work.

But for every biohack, there's usually a free natural alternative.

And so I try to preface this to my clients, like usually when you're stuck in a state of high stress, usually, and it's not from a bear, it's because you're spending too much time inside or in an alternative reality and less time unplugged, uncentered and out in nature.

or away from the people that you love, that you really feel connected with, your spouse, your children, your parents.

So I think that there's something to be said about finding the right dance to do both, to do the intentional supplementation.

One thing I really love Especially when people are high-driven, high-stress individuals.

Vibrant America's micronutrient panel so that you can see when your stress load is high, what is it depleting specifically for you? And how do those micronutrients correlate to the symptoms that you're experiencing because of your stress? that can be a huge game changer for people's metabolism.

Because if we can start to fill up where the body's depleted, it gives the body, the enzymes, the coenzymes, the factors it needs for metabolism to function properly.

So I think that there's so much to be said about proper intentional supplementation, especially in a stressful body.

Because if you want to continue to go at a high level, and again, I'm a high level person.

This is not saying like, in order to restore your health, you have to stop doing everything that you're doing.

It's in order to restore your health, you need to be intentional about your supplementation.

Find out what your body needs.

Find the good brands that you can stand behind that help do that in a way that's not going to cause more stress in the long run.

And then get back to reality.

Set aside time in your day to downregulate, to do nothing.

Have working hours for what's stressful in your life.

A lot of times, especially entrepreneurs or the high drive people, they're like, I can't do that.