244: The Adrenal-Thyroid Revolution
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Lucas Rockwood
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🗓️ 2 March 2017
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
About once or twice a week, I'm completely exhausted and yet I can't fall asleep until one or two in the morning. This "wired and tired" feeling is common among most busy people, and while we often blame it on our busy careers, our life as parents, or just the ups and downs of daily life, the reality is that these chemical imbalances compound over time and can lead to pretty serious health problems.
On this week's Yoga Talk Show, you'll meet a medical doctor pioneer whose work spans from natural childbirth and plant medicine to women's health and endocrine balance. Please meet Dr. Aviva Room.
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What You'll Learn:
- Overworked adrenals vs. true adrenal fatigue—what's the difference?
- How "tired and wired" is a vicious circle
- Cortisol can be the "wear and tear" hormone
- Why adrenal fatigue = adrenal depletion
- How your chemical body (hormones), electrical system (nerves) and bacterial body (microbiome) are all interconnected
- Tips for sleep, food, and lifestyle balance
- Why ultradian rhythms (every 90-120 minutes) are crucial to understanding your own body
- Chronobiology: the effects of solar- and lunar-related rhythms
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ABOUT OUR GUEST
Medical Doctor, Aviva Romm is a midwife, herbalist, and Yale-trained MD, Board Certified in Family Medicine with Obstetrics, as well as a graduate of Dr. Weil's Integrative Medicine Residency. Aviva is a leader in botanical medicine and is the author of 7 books on natural medicine, including the textbook Botanical Medicine for Women's Health (Elsevier) and her latest book, The Adrenal Thyroid Revolution (Harper One, January 2017).
Nutritional Tip:
- Fructose intake
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BYC's mission it to unite yoga students, teachers and studios as well as to empower and support individuals along the yogic path.
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| 0:00.0 | Today's yoga talk show is brought to you by the Burlington Yoga Conference. |
| 0:03.9 | It's the ninth annual conference. |
| 0:05.6 | It's happening April 8th and 9th, and you can learn more at Burlington |
| 0:10.8 | yoga conference.com. |
| 0:13.4 | The deal with Yoga conferences is if you're a passionate yoga student or even if you're just |
| 0:17.9 | new to yoga, one of the biggest challenges that you have is you'll run out of studios, run out of classes, and run out of teachers to learn from. |
| 0:25.6 | And it doesn't really matter if you live in New Orleans or New York or if you live in Paris. |
| 0:31.6 | All of us have a limited access to education and yoga conferences are a really great way to just cram your brain full of new experiences. |
| 0:40.0 | Now inevitably most of the stuff you're not going to connect with but what you're looking |
| 0:43.9 | for are the one or the two or at the most three different teachers or styles or approaches that'll |
| 0:49.8 | make a big difference in your life. |
| 0:51.3 | I've been fortunate to attend and even teach and exhibit at |
| 0:55.3 | a number of yoga conferences, probably one every year for the past 10 or 11 years, |
| 0:59.6 | and it's really made a big difference just in exposing myself to new ideas and new practices and |
| 1:05.1 | there's always new stuff to learn. |
| 1:07.2 | So I'd encourage you to check out the Burlington Yoga Conference. |
| 1:09.6 | I haven't been myself, but I would love to go and I know you'll find at least something |
| 1:14.2 | that you connect with. Their mission is to unite yoga students teachers |
| 1:18.1 | studios and empower and supportive individuals along their yoga path. Check |
| 1:22.4 | them out Burlington Yoga Conference.com. |
| 1:25.0 | Thanks so much to Burlington Yoga Conference |
| 1:28.0 | and now enjoy the show. |
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