It is not uncommon to have an unhealthy relationship with food, believing that everything you eat is against you! Although many diets claim to be the answer, in fact, the only diet that will work for you is one tailored specifically to your body's needs and not a general approach for everyone. A good, healthy diet is balanced, but more importantly, suits your particular type! Although saturated fats have had a historically bad reputation, it is only their non-compatibility with your inner workings that can make them unhealthy and dangerous and there are plenty of fats that are often very healthy for you and your gut microbiome. On top of this, calories are not all the same, different food types trigger different hormones and so the calories are dealt with in different ways. Again, balance is key here; we want to make sure that our endocrine system is burning and storing fats at the right rate for our daily exertions and schedule. One of the biggest issues that can arise as a result of your diet is insulin resistance, which can lead to serious misuse of calories and complications in the long run. The simplest and most direct way to combat insulin resistance is through exercise and so if resistance is something you are experiencing, you know what to do! Lastly, our stress and cortisol levels have a big part to play in our management of weight and carbs, and if our thyroid is not properly functioning we can see a big spike in these levels. These systems are closely linked and, again, it all comes back to understanding your body's systems, so that you can break an unhealthy cycle.  

Key Points From This Episode:

• Diets need to be customized to your specific body in order to yield good results. 
• Saturated fats are not purely unhealthy, as they have been reported to be.
• Calories are not all created equal; different foods stimulate different hormones. 
• The key is to balance the different hormones that burn and store fat. 
• The list of healthy fats; olive oil, avocado, salmon and more!
• Certain health problems can be triggered by an unhealthy gut and foods that do not suit us.
• Insulin resistance and the complications that arise out of this condition. 
• Ways to reduce insulin resistance — exercise! 
• The thyroid, cortisol, stress and how these all affect each other.
• Taking into account the particular speed of your metabolism in your nutrition intake.
• Benefits of intermittent fasting and the care that needs to be taken in this regard.

Tweetables:

“A lot of people have a lot of thoughts on what to eat, what not to eat. Actually, sometimes it drives them crazy.” — Dr. Minni Malhotra [0:00:30]

“People develop a bad relationship with food without understanding they have to be eaten in a certain combination to get results, to optimize the hormones and balance them.” — Dr. Minni Malhotra [0:01:29]

“The fattening effects of dietary fat actually depends entirely on the context.” — Dr. Minni Malhotra [0:01:42]

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Dr. Minni Malhotra on LinkedIn

Dr. Minni Malhotra Email

Anchor Wellness Center