As I was in the gym today I glanced up and saw the hashtag #bbcmenopause – obviously this caught my attention. Now I didn’t listen to it at length but the gist of it is to bring awareness to the topic and consider the experience ladies go through.

I absolutely agree that if we understand what can happen during menopausal changes, it can stop shitty comment from guys, friends & family that don’t understand. Yet, in my experience of working with people the severity of symptoms isn’t necessary.

In the extreme ladies can face

-depression

-weight gain

-anxiety

– hot sweats

– broken sleep

– fatigue

Just to name a few. (There are 32 associates symptoms)

Now, menopause is where we see production of oestrogen decrease from the ovaries.

Usually this happens between age 40-50 roughly, yet WHY are we starting to see early onset of menopause?

Aka if it really is the ‘natural’ decline why would we start to experience it earlier? I have some thoughts and later on some advice to help those suffering the affects of the menopause.

Let’s consider for a second a few biological responses.

When you are chronically stressed, anxious and or depressed you will produce higher levels of glucocorticoids (cortisol as example). The impact of high circulating cortisol can be it blocks the pathway from your brain to your ovaries.

It can also, imbalance your blood sugars which will send you on potential mood, energy and anger spells. It also will affect conversion of testosterone to oestrogen. Now this isn’t to paint Cortisol or its buddies as bad, they are life saving yet when used in the wrong way they play havoc.

Also consider, your adrenal glands that sit on top of your kidneys help regulate the stress response but also, they are responsible for the production of DHEA which can end up as oestrogen via various enzymatic reactions.

Yet if we are emotionally and physically stressed we rule this out. This is WHY you see so many practitioners talk about hormones and ‘try’ and balance the adrenals.

In my view things like the ‘Dutch test’ are pointless if you don’t look at the next 2 parts.

Inflammation (identified and unidentified) – often these days I see ladies with poor bacterial balance, yeast and fungal issues. The problem with this is that the waste these produce cause inflammation in the body.

Inflammation will up regulate the stress response (that’s why we don’t start with adrneals / hormones), inflammation will also cause more oxidative stress at a cellular level and that in turn will cause cell and tissue damage.

These things like HRT might take symptoms DOWN but INCREASE your risk factors for things like stroke due to how this medication is metabolised by the liver.

Emotional hygiene. I see so many ladies that are in transition in their life and this uncertainty of what to do next, what they want to experience brings forward anxiousness – thus triggering the stress response.

The more anxious / in fear we are, the worse food choices we will make because the stress response will raise cravings etc

Moreover, this will in turn affect things like sleep and motivation also.

This really is just scrapping the surface, it’s incredibly important to treat each person individually and look at the key drivers for issues.

For instance I haven’t even talked about binding of sex hormones, receptor sensitivity or immune issues which are ALL important too. Not to mention the increased risk of symptoms by being overweight BEFORE you reach this age.

So, as I hope you see, it’s NOT just a naturally drop in oestrogen, there are many factors that affect WHEN AND HOW you experience the menopause.

And don’t get me started on HRT (hormone replacement therapy) – not only is it no more than homeopathic dose, it completely knocks out other pathways and can affect mood and weight.

Science shows us CLEARLY that oral medication causes increase risk to health…

“ Recent clinical trial data have pointed to a slight increase in the number of breast cancers among women using HRT compared to placebo. With regard to cardiovascular health, the data have shown an increase in stroke…”

For me a few simple things you can do right now are.

-Diet / blood sugars – nearly all ladies I deal with have blood sugar issues and Maintaining healthy levels throughout the day. This can be emotionally induced, as well as food etc.

Start by just being mindful of choices. Picking single ingredient, fresh food. A mixture of quality meat / fish / veggies / good fats (be mindful of when you intake starchy carbs and how you feel).

-Sleep – to help reset, deep rested sleep is essential. And I know the night sweats make that tricky, yet balancing your blood sugars will help keep that in check.

Keep off electronics at least an hour before bed, cool bedroom, maybe dim lights etc.

This all helps prepare the body for sleep and lowers the chance of cortisol production which BLOCKS your sleep hormone.

-Move your body – get yourself to yoga, Pilates, light weight training to help with joint / muscle health.

It’s also imperative to move to stimulate the lymphatic system is like the garbage disposal system.

-Hydration – cellular health and many processes require adequate hydration. Aim for 2-3 litres of food quality water and consider adding a small pinch of quality rock salt to each litre (as long as no kidney issues exist) to help with absorbing and cellular function.

-liver health – the liver is amazing and responsible for over 200 different functions. What I see in ladies is poor stage 2 clearance. This is where hormones are cleared.

Now, don’t jump to expensive supplements, just do the above and be aware of what you put on your skin, makeup etc that all have to be processed by the liver.

So this really is a basic look at what you can start doing to help feel better, it’s more than possible.

When I work with clients I go way deeper than this to ensure a bespoke plan is matched to their history in health and is best suited to goals moving forward.

It’s why I use cellular testing to see exact pathways that are held up and what inflammation might be present that we are not seeing on the surface.

In a nutshell, the severe symptoms are UNNECESSARY. When the body is balanced, it will not show up in these extreme ways.

I’d happily take on a challenge from BBC to work with a person that suffers badly with menopausal issues and see the comparison to a someone just on HRT.

Now that might annoy some people as they have heard counter by doctors etc Yet I have had great success so I will always stand my ground.

As ever, any questions just ask.

Cliff

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In todays video i discuss what we see as the No.1 reason that our female clients that seem to have tried EVERYTHING still can’t lose weight.

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Do you struggle with the menopause? Maybe its the sleepless night or the unexplained weight gain that bothers you the most.

Or maybe its the violent swings in mood or low sex drive.

No matter how you experience the menopause, its important to know there are many ways to reduce symptoms WITHOUT HRT.

In todays video i discuss what we see as the No.1 reason that our female clients that seem to have tried EVERYTHING still can’t reduce menopause symptoms.

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If you would like to learn more how we could help you solve your weight loss issues long term, Click HERE to apply for a FREE 15 minute consultation. The purpose of this 15 minute call is to get clear on 3 things.

1. Where you problem is coming from

2. Why you haven’t yet solved your weight & mood issues

3. What key actions can you take NOW to feel better.

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Our promise is not to waste your time or force you to work with us, we simply want to give you the industry leading advice that has worked time and time again.

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It sucks to wake up tired, overwhelmed and like life is passing you by.

Even worse is when you know you need to get things done but your mind feels full of fog and overwhelm. In this new training, Cliff will show you 5 key upgrades to quickly shift how you think and feel.

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2. Why you haven’t yet solved your health & mood issues yet.

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Most people are disconnected from the fact that lifestyle habits play a role in our immunity.

Irregular meals, high refined sugar intake, poor sleep patterns & large intakes of alcohol all supress and negatively effect the immune system.

So we wanted to outline from a food & supplement perspective what is proven to help you with strengthening your immunity.

Most supplement companies pedal vitamin C, Vitamin D and such like and its well-intentioned but it is like being in a sinking boat, taking on water and only having a small cup to bail out the excess water.

Important to understand is what’s going to unlock the strongest possible immune system, that is your cells.

A single cell is the first form of recognised life, when you get a collection of cells together you make tissue.

There are 4 types of tissue and when you combine various forms you can create an organ, multiple organs together create a system.

Then many systems together create us, the human organism.

Sadly conventional medicine and supplement companies treat you as a system all the time which doesn’t consider that all the systems of the body are constantly in communication via the cells.

Moreover, you have trillions of cells of which many are the same, they help you produce enzymes, hormones (think sex hormones), signal to other cells to warn them of issues etc.

Thus when we get a dysfunction of the cell, we have dysfunction of the human organism.

In essence if you want the strongest immune system you have to ensure the health of the cell, specifically the membrane which acts as a guard for the cell. Letting only very certain things in or out.

Essential for good cell health are things like B vitamins, manganese, selenium, magnesium, zinc, choline, glutathione, Vit A,D,E & K to name just a FEW.

That would be a LOT of supplements and a big bill each month.

What we always do within the A.R.A. Method is screen someone and optimise their diet based on their unique past and biochemistry.

But for now, here are the essentials for you to optimise your cells and total body function.

• Dark green leafy vegetables (think spinach, kale etc) are packed with micro nutrients, specially B vits that are important for literally hundreds of processes within the human body.

• Coloured veggies. If tolerated by eating a broad range of colourful veggies you will get access to all nutrient needed. Not to mention these veggies will provide a powerful punch of fibre which feeds the bacteria of the gut to keep the immune system healthy

• Nuts can be a great source of healthy fats and important cofactors like selenium (brazil nuts).

• Grass fed, organic (where possible) animal protein – If morally you are ok with eating meat, it provides many important amino acids (for build proteins in the body), things like B12 and other important cofactors.

• Wild Fish can be full of healthy fats that have been shown to combat inflammation in your body which would lower immunity.

• Organic Eggs. More than enough studies have debunked the egg-cholesterol connection, yet sadly conventional medicine hasn’t caught on. One essential nutrient in eggs is choline which is needed to help build phospholipids (part of the cell wall).

• Healthy oils. Think unrefined olive oil, coconut oil, ghee to name a few.

We could write a much longer list than this but the more of the above that I see people consume the better there markers are on the testing that we do with them.

What are your TOP healthy foods to consume on a day to day basis?

Do you have chronic gut issues?

Maybe you have even done testing, run protocols and cleanses to clear your gut…..BUT

You are still suffering the bloating, the pain, constipation and brain fog?

I spoke to a lady in the USA the other day, in this EXACT position.

She is constantly on enzymes and HCL to get some form of comfort.

Not to mention a heavily restrictive diet.

Over and over, I see people that get testing, are given protocols, see short term results but long term it just seems to get worse again.

Here’s a few reasons WHY that happens.

1. Your gut ISN’T the only problem.

Now, coming from the ‘gut guy’ that might sound weird.

Yet it’s true, the gut is a massive player in health but it is interconnected on so many levels to the immune system and other cellular processes.

Thus if you just try to deal with the gut, it will fail long term.

2. Your behaviours don’t allow for good health.

There is nearly ZERO point running to supplements and protocols if you haven’t dialled in great behaviours to ensure gut health.

– Correcting circadian rhythm
– Upping physical activity (not exercise)
– Understanding the sleep / fast cycle
– Vagal tone
– Optimal cell hydration (to name a few)

3. Mindset

Many believe that you can fix physical health by giving a big swerve to mindset. Nope, not going to happen.

The reason you have the issue is also because you have a mindset that allowed it to happen to a point. You gotta do the work as poor mindset will hold back physical health.

4. The ‘quick fix‘ mentality.

People believe that ‘1’ protocol or restrictive diet will solve their issues. Nope.

Your body is not static, thus you have to be willing to look at the body as moving part that has to be treated as such.

5. Your diet is holding you back, even if you feel better on it.

As I explained to this client, just because a person is symptom free on a diet, doesn’t mean it’s good for them long term.

Especially true if that is a very restrictive diet.

6. Not understanding how cell dysfunction works.

You don’t have to have a degree in biology or biochemistry but it’s essential to know that cell dysfunction is the START of a problem, over time it becomes a ’tissue’ dysfunction (many cells).

Thus you have to understand what is negatively effecting cell health and correct it as well as the gut.

7. You use poor testing.

Testing is a minefield. Conventional testing for stool is crap at best (pun intended).

Functional testing can almost be as bad when they release tested without the proper levels testing and proof the results can be replicated.

Do your research and don’t be afraid to ask questions on why a person is using a certain test.

This is a VERY brief list.

What I want you to know is there is always a way to improve your gut, even if you are on the toilet 20 times a day losing blood like I was 11 years ago.

You just need someone that isn’t obsessed with 1 area.

Good luck.

It’s no surprise we are seeing things like studies done on Herbalife and their products with scary findings.

The most recent, linked the use of Herbalife to liver failure and found traces of heavy metals, toxic compounds and pathogenic bacteria.

Now, I don’t think the ‘original’ idea of the founder was for it to end up this way.

Yet, it has.

When I consider the health industry, I actually right now see it as a ‘reactive’ industry.

A study (whether good or rubbish) is released implicating a certain food – then the next week there are ‘supplements’ to help.

It’s a crazy scenario in my brain!!

Yet with all this reactivity, things are getting worse.

Lifetime expectancy went DOWN for the first time in our modern world.

With all this money we spend on ‘research’ for things like heart disease, cancer and such like…

You would think we are getting closer.

Truth is, we are not as the answer is very much under our own noses.

Yes, you are born with genes, you inherit many things from parents.

Ladies can thank mothers for their little cellular batteries (mitochondria) which dictate your energy and so on.

Yet this is a TINY piece of the puzzle.

You could argue I got the dregs of the gene pool.

Born with spinal deformation, HLA genes that triggered to set off an autoimmune disease…

A brain tumour.

You’d think I’d have a right to moan, right?!

Yet, here I am 10 years free of ANY and all illness.

How so? Firstly.

I spent 10 years, studying, researching and applying changes to my life.

From my mind to my body.

I pride myself on going pretty deep.

Those that get me speaking on health can attest!

But I haven’t to date found a ‘quick’ way to restore years of poor choices and believe me I’ve tried them all.

From shake diets to apple diets to cabbage soup diets to fasting etc

Yet let’s be honest NONE of them are set up to be long term.

What I teach is not a ‘fix’ it’s the fundamentals of health at a biochemical and cellular level.

Do all the ‘lymphatic drainage’ you want or ‘fix’ the digestive system or try to balance hormones…

Yet understand this…

A system is made up of organs, organs are made up of tissues and tissues are made up of cells.

Trillions of cells.

If we do not know what is creating imbalance in the cells, it’s all reactive work.T

ake bruising easily – we can easily point to Vit C deficiency.

So you take a few grams a day over a month.

What if it doesn’t get better?

Or what if it does but when you come off the supplement, it comes back.

Have you learnt anything? No.

My view is to understand why a deficient pathways would occur.

That’s where

• Environment
• Food
• Deficiencies
• Genetics
• Sleep
• Stress
• Radiation

To name a few have to be assessed!

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1. Irregular meal timings

Your body works on very specific ‘clocks’, thus meaning its used to secreting hormones / enzymes at specific times, thus when you have erratic meals you can put the body in ’emergency’ as it wasn’t expecting food. This puts pressure on your bodies ability to burn fat.

2. Poor Sleep

This will 100% screw your weight loss and lead you to high cravings, poor mood and weight gain.

Its essential that the first 4 hours of your sleep are the best as that’s where you make up for the ‘debt’ of the day. If you go to bed at 12pm or after this can’t happen.

3. Not listening to your body

Many ladies believe that ‘more is better’ when it comes to exercise. WRONG.
that’s just the basic level fitness industry telling you that. When we use real science you actually can do LESS and get more weight loss. We just have to track your recovery.

4. You haven’t accepted where you are

This is crucial. Most of you are rushing away from the ‘pain’ you feel of your current situation

Thats why we use the A.R.A. Method to help you release the past anger, shame and guilt associated with the current situation. You will never be happen in your body if you can’t be happy with it now.

5. Hydration

Not just drinking more water like the fitness industry tell you, but proper cellular hydration. This comes from ionic trace minerals and food you consume.

Poor hydration will freeze weight loss.

6. Inflammation

So many that come to us have gut issues, diabetes and other metabolic issues. These are messing up crucial pathways in the body and make weight loss much harder.

In our 12 week program we address inflammation because honestly, most people struggle with some, even if its a niggly long term joint injury.

7. Circadian Rhythm

Think of this as the master switch to all your cells. When its off, you are off.

That could be mentally or physically.

Your circadian rhythm is regulated by light, food & movement. Making sure they are all at the correct times is vital.

8. You continue to reinforce a story that doesn’t serve you (without even knowing sometimes)

This might be putting yourself down around friends or family, it might be when you look in the mirror or try on clothes.

This has to stop.

9. You believe restriction is needed to get results

Most ladies are so used to restrictive diets that if they see something that isn’t that, unconsciously dismiss it.
Its important you get over the ‘it has to be paleo, vegan, keto to lose weight.’

10. You believe will power and motivation will be enough.

Nope, not even a little bit.

In our programs we teach the basics of why trying to change a behaviour is pointless if you don’t understand the deeper unconscious trigger.

Think about how many times

you have tried different diets, exercise regimes or protocols,

Now think of how many you fully followed through on…

Not a lot right?

Unless you can unlock your subconscious and get it on side, it’s only a matter of time before a trigger (excuse) comes along to derail your efforts.

So there you have it, 10 reasons that MOST ladies we work with are not addressing before they join us.

I could write 20 more but if you committed to even HALF of the above you would kiss goodbye to the struggle and allow it to be easier.

And, if you want to let the inner slim version, the truest, happiest and most purposeful version of you out.

We have just 8 spaces left on our 12 week WOW program, striating next week.