Restore Functional Health

07/21/2022

Happy 15th Liam! We ❤️ you

03/22/2021

Autoimmunity — when your immune system attacks and destroys your own body tissue — is exploding and continuing to rise. If you have chronic and “mysterious” symptoms, you should screen for autoimmune antibodies. It’s important to catch autoimmunity early and manage it before too much tissue is damaged and to lower the risk of developing additional autoimmune reactions.

07/02/2020

This is so important. Learning how to exercise with hormones in mind has been key to my health. If you have a thyroid issue, trust me, less is more!

Or your two+ hour sessions at the gym. Or waking up at 5am to workout on 6 hours of sleep. Or running more than 2 miles daily.
If you want to completely mess up your hormones, continue on. But chances are you’re doing all the things and still not getting results you want. Or experiencing some form of gut and/or hormone imbalances.
Repeat after me:
We don’t fight stress with stress.
Read that again.
Super intense exercise adds significant stress to your body. Add in the fact that you’re overbooking yourself, ignoring your gut dysfunction, have autoimmune disease, and trying to be a superhero, and you have a recipe for disaster.
And don’t get me started on what under-eating is doing to this mess!
I cannot tell you how many times we tell patients to workout less and eat more. Yep you read that right. And every time they say, “But I will gain weight!” Spoiler alert. They don’t. Because what they were doing wasn’t working anyway. And guess what? They finally lose weight.
Our mindset is totally backwards. If we’re not lying in our sweat completely dead after a workout—it wasn’t intense enough. And this is so far from the truth! That literally just took you further from your goals.
This all goes back to what we keep saying:
Your body has to feel safe. If it constantly has to put out fires, things will fall apart. When we honor our body for all it must do, and give it the support it needs—hormone production, fertility, a balanced thyroid, improved insulin resistance, fat loss, and nutrient absorption all take place.
So what is the correct exercise prescription without taxing your body? A balance of strength training and movement. And no, I don’t care that you can hang clean two humans, 57 times in 34 seconds, for 6 rounds. Lifting weights in a functional way, gives your muscles the appropriate workout. Add in yoga, a walk, or dance party with your kids for some simple daily movement.
So please, give your body a little love and less stress. Your hormones will reward you.

05/14/2020

How are you planning to move outdoors today?

Brilliant quote from Dr Dan Levitin () in this week’s episode of my podcast!

So simple yet achievable for pretty much all of us!

Have you been outside to move yet? Let me know below.

03/06/2020

Sound advice that also addresses lifestyle factors and supplements to keep yourself healthy. Eat your veggies!

As we continue to see the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus), IFM suggests staying safe and informed. We have gathered prevention tips in alignment with Functional Medicine principles as well as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The following article outlines some things you can do to help keep yourself and your family safe: https://hubs.ly/H0np71q0

03/05/2020

This has been my biggest frustration with having Hashimoto’s as I love to work out. Good info about why we need to exercise differently and how to do so safely.

Training modifications for Hashimoto’s and Hypothyroid If you have Hashimoto’s or thyroid trouble, chances are one or more of the following scenarios will sound familiar when it comes to your workouts: You can’t muster the energy to train at all. You can train for a few days, only to hit a wal...

03/02/2020

See a bigger picture.

Grateful people spot the positive in every situation without denying the hurt.
You may be having trouble at work or with finances or with a child or spouse but there is always something good in the midst of struggle, too.

Practice seeing the additional blessings that can be easily missed. There really is always blessings to be found.

Name one thing below that keeps you staying positive during the day!

02/26/2020

After seven days on a high fat, high added sugar diet, volunteers scored worse on memory tests

02/06/2020

What's your favorite way to combat stress?

It can negatively impact our relationships and our ability to perform at the top of our game. It’s become so widespread that we accept it as “normal” to have insomnia, digestive issues, and chronic anxiety. ⁣
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It’s clear that stress reduction needs to be a part of our personal wellness routines.⁣
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So how can you include it into your daily routine?⁣
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Take a few seconds for deep breathing when you feel stress coming on, meditate for a few minutes in the morning, exercise, cook a meal, talk to a friend, or simply go out for a walk.⁣
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01/28/2020

This is my favorite cookbook for thyroid health. Check it out!

Jill here. It’s Thyroid Awareness Month. And for our veteran followers, you know what this means…a discount on our #1 best-selling Essential Thyroid Cookbook. We only offer a discount a couple of times a year! (Includes shipping, U.S. only.)

➡️ It’s the first-of-its-kind thyroid health cookbook for those with hypothyroidism/Hashimoto’s.

➡️ The recipes emphasize whole foods rich in color and flavor—and they’re to die for (read: you DON'T have to have hypothyroidism or Hashimoto's to love them).

➡️ It’s targeted to the home cook—most recipes can be made in 30 min. or less.

➡️ There’s a TON of thyroid health education in it—it’s a book within a cookbook.

(As one of my scientist/researcher friends recently emailed me: “I picked up your cookbook last night and read it for the next 45 min. Jill, it's so readable. And humorous. And impeccably cited, which thrills the researcher in me.” 🤓)

You can buy as many as you want and ship to multiple addresses. Please allow 7 business days for arrival. (Again, U.S. only. International orders are best done through Amazon.)

⏰From now until 11:59pm Central Time on Monday, January 27:

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➡️ Click on Store in the upper right.
➡️ Scroll to the Buy Now button.
➡️ Click on ‘Do you have a coupon?’
➡️Enter the code thyroid2020 for 20% off.

Thank you for your support of a small, independent publisher! 📖

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