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[scary-tdick]

i dont know who im missing but i miss him so badly

[brightlotusmoon]

Weird and lesser known mental health related problems that some of you may be experiencing for the first time cause of this traumatic situation and not recognizing as mental health symptoms cause normally you’re not so traumatized:

-memory loss and memory issues, especially short term, and a distorted sense of time

-executive dysfunction. If you don’t know the term, I like to think of it as the human version of buffering. It’s when you sit there and think “I need to get up and do the dishes” and then you sit there. And sit there. And sit there. And you think over and over “get up and do the dishes” as hard as you can, but you don’t, your body just doesn’t listen to you, like a slow computer trying over and over to load a page and failing. That’s not laziness, that’s a mental health symptom.

-confusion and brain fog (and even slight dizziness and balance issues as well)

-sleeping too much or too little

-feeling nauseous all the time/not being interested in food even if you’re hungry

-on a similar note “forgetting” to eat or shower or pee, etc. I put it in quotes because what’s really happening isn’t a memory issue: instead, you’re not getting the cues from your body asking for food or water or hygiene or the bathroom. I haven’t quite figured out whether the “I need this” signals aren’t being sent or aren’t being received, although I’d be willing to bet it’s the second, but either way it results in the slightly oversimplified “forgetting” to take care of yourself because you can’t hear your body asking for its basic needs, and you’re instinctively used to the reminders. (It’s a LITTLE like how we don’t have to think about breathing because our bodies naturally remind us every few seconds that we need more air. If somehow those “i need air” signals weren’t getting where they needed to go, we would not be used to consciously thinking about when to breathe.)

-the “bell jar” feeling, or as it’s otherwise known, dissociation, where you feel like somehow there’s glass between you and everything and everyone else in the whole world, and it takes a lot of effort to engage with anything outside yourself. It’s not a sad feeling in and of itself- it has no flavor, it’s just exhausting.

-intrusive thoughts. These are thought loops you get stuck in, usually bad ones, and they’re easy to miss the signs of in traumatic times. If you notice yourself just irresistibly cycling through a sequence of bad thoughts that you don’t want to have, that’s an intrusive thought pattern.

-inability to make decisions, even small ones (resulting in disproportionately intense distress if you try to force yourself)

-shortness of breath and heart palpitations. Yes, really.

-auditory processing issues- staring at someone for a good 10 seconds after they speak just trying to make your brain decipher what they said, or missing what someone said entirely multiple times, even though you could hear them perfectly well, or being unable to separate a conversation you’re having from the background noise of a television in the other room, sometimes to the point where you can’t finish your own sentences because the combination of sounds is distracting you.

-on that subject, also finding sounds** and sensations more annoying and intolerable than usual- forks scraping, plastic bags rustling in the breeze from a fan, birds outside, etc. The way to really recognize this one is that it’s not even just annoyance, it’s an instant knee jerk reaction of distress and rage, and your brain can’t fully function until you make the sound stop somehow. (**interestingly, this category INCLUDES silence) That goes for sensations as well- getting suddenly negatively overwhelmed by being touched, or having tags in your clothes or scratchy fabrics bother you to the point where you can’t think.

I have struggled with/currently do struggle with every single thing on this list, so if any of you are experiencing these things for the first time because your mental health is declining due to the shitty state of the world and the necessity to sit inside with your thoughts, you can come to me and I have tips and coping mechanisms for every single one of them. 💕

-Mikaila Baka-Dorian

[queenlokibeth]

I wanted to mention a couple of things about mental health that I think are important.

I'm doing relatively well at the moment. I've managed to go to bed before 2am most days, usually at midnight, and I've gotten 6-7 hours of sleep every night. I've eaten at least 2 full proper meals at reasonable times every day. I haven't turned in any homework late. I have to consciously fight off executive dysfunction but I do manage to win. I'm doing relatively well, which is how I notice just how badly I was doing just a month and a half ago.

What I want to say is that, when you're going through a rough mental health patch (especially if that patch is like a year or more) you might be aware that "sure, yeah, I'm not doing well" but it can also sort of feel like that's just... the way it is.

In December I consciously knew that I was having an awful time, quite probably the deepest hole in terms of mental health in my life, but I had also already been living like that for almost a year, and I transitioned into this hole more or less slowly. So last December I knew that I wasn't feeling or behaving the way that I did a year before that, but it wasn't a drastic change, I eased into that pit. Think about that metaphor about dropping a frog into boiling water and it will jump out, but slowly boil it and it won't notice and die.

I was conscious about the big things: for some reason I physically couldn't get myself to start tasks. I was distracted all the time. My sleeping schedule was something like 4am-10am when I wasn't pulling an all-nighter. I was showering once a week, did laundry every 6 weeks, and lost a lot of weight. I didn't want to do anything and I had no will to go outside. I wanted to read a book but not out of real pursuit of fun, but because I felt like I desperstely needed to catch a break and force myself to do something nice for myself. What I was obviously not conscious of was what was causing all of this.

Being in a pit of terrible mental health feels somehow even worse when you are fully aware that you're completely unhealthy, and you can pinpoint all the things that aren't working right, and you try to do all the correct things to "go back to normal", but you can't, and after a year you don't really remembers what your normal feelings or reactions to things were. In this awful state I was trying to manifest a version of myself who got her shit together and showered regularly and turned homework in on time and did laundry without it taking the same effort as hiking up a mountain, but this version of myself still had the same mental state, numbness, and mental fog, since that's all I knew at the time and I couldn't remember or understand that that's not my default state as a human being. And under that cloud of malfunctioning mental connections and chemicals I was NEVER going to manage to start functioning like a healthy person again.

Why am I pointing out all of this? Because it can be hard to realise how different things can be when you start getting healthier. There are factors of my personality that I hadn't even identified as altered in December.

I'm noticing this now because I did somehow transitioned into recovering extremely quickly. While it took me a few months to fall into a shit state of mental health, and then stayed there for like a year, now in about 3 weeks to a month I flipped my life around and everything is so much... brighter.

I don't mean for this to sound like an ad a la "you can, too, flip your life around!" But as reassurance that getting better is an option, and even a "quick" one, but obviously not without help, and not without PHYSICAL aspecrs. During that month I spent time in warmer weather, seeing sun semi regularly (I had not been outside for longer than 15 minutes at a time every few days in extremely cloudy weather for a few months at that point), I didn't have school so I didn't have to stress about a destroying amount of deadlines, I "recovered" sleep (the first day I slept for 14 hours, then 10 for a few days, and then dropped to 8 consistently), I ate healthy and hearty food, and I had conversations daily with my parents, after having been completely alone for about 7 months of not talking to anyone. During the first 2 weeks I still felt like a mess, the third week was better, and by the end of the month I felt vaguely functional.

By now I'm in no way fully better but Everything Is So Different. Now I'm realising and coming back to the way I always used to behave and feel about things. I find real joy in things and I hadn't even noticed that for a year I had NOT felt joy about ANYTHING I was merely using things to cope! And I hadn't noticed because I could no longer remember that a different feeling beyond "neutral" existed!

I'm excited about going outside now even if it's so so cold, I realised the other day that I needed something from the store and I just... put on my coat and went to the door? And i surprised myself mid step that it was just... that easy. I wanted to go somewhere and I could just... go. I didn't have to psych myself up for 3 days and then end up delaying my departure by 2 hours because that's how long it took me to find the will to put my shoes on.

Anyways I saw a candle and it was only $2 and it smelled really good and I just bought it because I deserve things that make me happy and then I bought some cinnamon flavoured coffee because I WANTED to try it and I also bought this coffee creamer that I saw because suddenly it was easy to just reach into the grocery store fridge and pull it out instead of planning it a week in advance and then overthinking it because do I really need it do I have space in the fridge am I going to finish it or will it expire first only to get overwhelmed and leave the store without it only to immediately regret it and get sad about not getting it once I arrived back to my room. I enjoy drinking my coffee now, I'm not just doing it to stay awake. I can actually get out of bed at the right time even if I'm still a bit tired because the sun is coming up and it looks pretty outside. It snowed yesterday and everyone was out at night playing with it and a stray snowball reached me while I was on my way to get dinner. This poor guy that I'd never seen apologised profusely and it was so funny! There was something about everyone in masks and standing 6 feet apart taking advantage of snowball fights as a way to interact with each other that felt straight out of a Hallmark movie.

Bottomline: at your worst there isn't anything that looks tangibly better, but there is, and you start to realise it afterwards. While you should definitely go to therapy if you can/need to, and that meds can be necessary, there is so much that you can start slowly fixing (with a lot of effort, I know) that will seriously, seeiously help. I know that it might sound like bullshit or like an oversimplification, but it's true and it's stuff that you'll never truly believe will work until you're doing better and you're like "oh shit damn".

Please sleep. Please sleep at night time and have a semi regular sleeping schedule. I know that it sounds like it won't be enough (and true, by itself it probably won't heal you completely but it will sure help a lot). I would always "understand" that sleep was important and "yes mom i know that I need to sleep better" but I never interiorised how DRAMATICALLY sleep affects your entire life. Regular, good, nighttime sleep helps regulate all the hormones and chemicals that we need. If your fucked up sleeping schedule shut down production of serotonin, congratulations now you have all the awful symptoms that come along with lacking an essential component of your functioning. And I know that it's often a terrible vicious cycle of not being able to sleep properly or procrastinating sleep or being unable to just go to bed causing mental health problems which continue to prevent you from being able to fix youe sleep pattern. Please take it from me, someone who a month ago felt like she'd genuinely never be able to function semi properly again, that forcing yourself to fix your sleep is a HUGE MEGA STEP towards fully recovering. I know it now because I can see the contrast, but a month ago I didn't understand it because I was like "well yeah I need to sleep better but what's the point I'm fine it won't change much" yeah well my brain is an asshole and I was not in fact fine but rather completely empty inside and just going the fuck to sleep semi regularly has made me feel like a real person instead of a weird cryptid for the first time in months. Just go the fuck to sleep, PLEASE.

[mbti-notes]

I'm an INFP living what I could probably define as the worst period of my life. I'm not able to get interested in anything anymore. I spend my mornings doing the things I must do, then lay on a bed and do nothing for the rest of the day. I tried to force myself to act, but it doesn't really change anything - I'm just a robot following a task, with no passion or curiosity whatsoever. I feel nothing but pain and everything around me looks empty. I see all of these enthusiastic people around me and

[con’t: wonder where do they take that interest from. I remember when I used to be like them, but it’s like remembering about someone else’s life. I have no idea how to get back there. I look in the mirror and all I see is a stupid, flawed individual, unable to change, to learn, to socialize, to get better - just useless, really - and the more I force myself to do interesting things, to get inspired, to go out, to enjoy life, the more I feel detached from everything. I don’t know what else to do. My…]

Was there another part to your question because I didn’t receive it? Have you considered the possibility of depression and talking to a therapist? I discuss type and cognitive dysfunction but if your problem is more serious than that, then professional help might be necessary. You describe common symptoms of Si loop disconnection and Te grip judgmentalness, and both have been discussed many times before, search the relevant tags. Si loop and Te grip involve two cognitive mistakes: 1) You’re looking in the wrong direction. You look to a prior version of you and your life and want to go backward, which disconnects you from the present and the future. This produces irrational pessimism because all you can see is how nothing will ever measure up to the glorified and mythologized past. 2) You mistake your subjective Feeling judgments as objective factual judgments. You nitpick and judge everything negatively as though your evaluations are purely objective when they are merely an outcrop of your unhappy feelings. This produces a hypercritical mindset because you’re desperately looking to “correct” everything you perceive as being “wrong” (inferior Te) as opposed to getting back in touch with yourself, who you are, and what you care about (dominant Fi)

Let’s say that I believe your general claim that you can’t care about anything. Then why are you even here asking me about it? Why even bother to lift your fingers to type? Because there is obviously a part of you that not only cares, but cares deeply. Instead of listening to and nurturing the caring part of you (i.e. Fi+Ne), you repeat the “I can’t care” story to yourself over and over and over again. Why? People unconsciously repeat a dysfunctional thought pattern because they get something from it, people unconsciously hold on to pain because it serves their ego. The purpose of Si loop is usually to shield oneself from feeling the pain of hurt or disappointment.

INFPs need auxiliary Ne development in order to look forward to the future and maintain an optimistic outlook on life. It’s no coincidence that irrational pessimism is the consequence of poor auxiliary Ne development. Here’s my guess: You care about life, you care about yourself, you care about the world. You need things, you want things, you dream about things, you hope for things. But, at some point, you came to believe that it’s impossible to get any of the things that you need, want, dream of, or hope for. Thus, you shut yourself down, you told yourself over and over again that you have no desires, no cares, no motivation… and then you are spared the deep pain of disappointment. What you haven’t understood is that, by cutting out the negative emotions, you can’t feel the positive ones either, you can’t feel anything after awhile when you go into denial and shut down your feeling life for the sake of ego defense.

NFs need to live a life that gives them a sense of higher calling or purpose. By confining yourself only to the activities you “must” routinely do (Te), your spirit slowly withers and dies (Fi). By being too afraid to hope and dream (Ne), you disconnect from everything positive in the world (Si loop). Life contains progress and success just as it contains setbacks and failures. The REALISTIC way to live life is to learn from the negative in order to achieve the positive. When you can’t be realistic, then Ne is unhealthily extreme and you believe that nothing is positive as long as there is any hint of the negative, then of course it seems not worth it to ever try, because there will always be something negative to disappoint you or “taint” the purity of your dreams.

People always have a choice in every moment of the day about what kind of attitude to adopt toward the world, and it seems you keep making the wrong choice: Choice #1: Live your life realistically, face up to the negative and learn how to transform it into something positive through proper Ne development. The negative tells you where improvement is necessary. Yes, you feel the pains of failure and disappointment, but you also get to feel the optimism of hope and the joy of your successes. You grow and make progress incrementally. Choice #2: Live your life never allowing yourself to hope and dream because the prospect of pain and disappointment is too scary and you want to distance from it. Convince yourself that you are terrible, the world is terrible, and numb yourself to everything.

But, wait. You chose #2 and you still feel pain and disappointment anyway, much deeper pain than you ever imagined possible. Why? Because there is a part of you that will always wish for something better and it cannot be silenced, it won’t settle down until you actually DO something to make your life better, not just to enjoy empty pursuits but rather to find a higher purpose and calling to care about. Not allowing yourself to hope and dream for more is like cutting off a limb or gouging out your own eyes, i.e., choice #2 (the pain of self-harm) hurts much much more than choice #1 (the pain of hard work) over the long run. Wishing is different from hoping. Wishing is passive and helpless; Hoping is active and initiating. Wishing means wasting your life away criticizing and complaining about how things are impossible; Hoping means envisioning new possibilities and caring enough about yourself to bring them to life.

The trigger of Si loop is different for each individual. Some infps tried and failed too many times in life, some were raised by parents who discouraged positive Ne use, some never learned how to plan and get organized, some got hurt terribly and never got over it, some chose the wrong path under pressure and eventually felt powerless to change course, etc. Resolve whatever unresolved pain that got you stuck in this place. 

To get out of inferior grip, engage your dominant function and develop the auxiliary function as explained in the study guides. Instead of comparing yourself to the past, envision a better you for the future, then make it happen. The energy for self-improvement comes from self-love and the desire to make the most out of your potential. Reflect on who you are, envision who you want to be, what you really need and want out of life, what you hope to achieve in life, how to develop your talents and skills, and how you can contribute something positive to make the world a better place than if you hadn’t existed. 

[geoffreywalton]

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Dental Sleep Medicine Seminars

Did you know that many dental experts are trained to help deal with and handle your snoring and sleep apnea? Dental Sleep Medicine is an area of oral practice that concentrates on using oral appliance therapy to treat sleep-disordered breathing, including snoring and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) (Avi Weisfogel). Dentists interact with sleep physicians to identify the finest treatment for each client.

If you have problem tolerating constant positive air passage pressure (CPAP) treatment or choose an alternate treatment for sleep apnea, talk with an AADSM dental practitioner today. Oral appliance treatment can assist you and your bedpartner get a good night’s sleep, and it will enhance your health and quality of life. The quality of your sleep has a significant effect on your health, well-being and general quality of life.

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Keep in mind that snoring is a warning sign that need to never ever be neglected. Across the nation, lots of dental experts are prepared to provide to deal with and. Talk with your medical professional and dental professional about your treatment options. Snoring is a typical indication for obstructive sleep apnea. Prior to treatment, you must be diagnosed by a board-certified sleep medicine doctor. Avi Weisfogel

If you have sleep apnea, your doctor will go over treatment choices with you. The most common treatment for sleep apnea is continuous positive respiratory tract pressure (CPAP) therapy. The CPAP maker keeps your airway open by supplying forced air through versatile tubing. CPAP treatment requires you to wear a mask as you sleep.

Your doctor needs to consider offering you a prescription for a sleep apnea device if you are unable to endure CPAP therapy or choose an alternate treatment. Lots of people like an oral appliance since it is comfy, quiet, portable and simple to use. In some extreme cases of sleep apnea, upper airway surgery may be another treatment option.

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An oral appliance is a gadget used in the mouth only throughout sleep. It fits like a sports mouth guard or orthodontic retainer. A custom-fit oral sleep device is a reliable treatment that prevents the respiratory tract from collapsing by supporting the jaw in a forward position. Dental Sleep Medicine. Oral home appliance therapy is an efficient treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and snoring.

Oral appliance therapy helps maintain an open, unobstructed respiratory tract. Read more about for and. Oral appliance therapy ought to be offered by a qualified dental practitioner who has technical skill and understanding in dental sleep medicine. Training in how to supply oral home appliance therapy is unusual in dental schools. So not all dental practitioners have the training or experience to offer optimal look after grownups with snoring or sleep apnea.

Scientific practice standard for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea and snoring with oral appliance treatment: an upgrade for 2015. Journal of Dental Sleep Medicine2015; 2( 3 ):71125. Scherr SC, Dort LC, Almeida FR, Bennett KM, Blumenstock NT, Demko BG, Essick GK, Katz SG, McLornan PM, Phillips KS, Prehn RS, Rogers RR, Schell TG, Sheats RD, Sreshta FP.

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Journal of Dental Sleep Medicine 2014; 1( 1 ):51. Scherr SC, D L, Almeida FR, Bennett KM, et al., authors. Meaning of a reliable oral device for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea and snoring: a report of the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine – dental sleep medicine. Journal of Dental Sleep Medicine2014; 1:3950. Rogers RR, Remmers J, Lowe AA, Cistulli PA, Prinsell J, Pantino D, Rogers MB.

Are you tired being sick and worn out? Tiredness is the top complaint heard by health professionals around the world. Avi Weisfogel. Fifty to seventy million Americans experience of sleep related issue. Sleep related breathing conditions, such as snoring and obstructive sleep apnea, are at the top of this list.

As dental practitioners, we are in a prime position to be the first to acknowledge this disorder and to help guide clients in the best instructions to get diagnosed. We also have the capability to treat much of these patients ourselves, hence improving their quality of life along with perhaps conserving their life! Understand normal breathing and air passage anatomy and the problems and versions that cause snoring and obstructive sleep apnea Find out the health dangers associated with sleep disordered breathing Discover the essentials of sleep Learn the results of sub-optimal sleep on health and quality of life Acknowledge those signs and behaviors that may indicate sleep disordered breathing Understand existing and suggested diagnostic techniques and the function of dentists in the group technique Review the present treatment methods for snoring and for mild, moderate and severe OSA Explore the role that dental experts can play in the management of sleep disordered breathing Understand the negative effects of oral device treatment and how to handle them RICHARD B.

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degree from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Dental School in 1989. He maintained a personal practice in basic dentistry from 1990 to 2001 and presently serves as Scientific Assistant Professor of the Department of Comprehensive Dentistry at UT Health Science Center at San Antonio. 8:00 AM9:00 AM 5:00 PM Webinar Dentist: $220.00 KDR Receiver: $198.00 Allied Dental Worker: $190.00 Hours: 7.0.

Dental sleep medicine is a field of dentistry focused on the treatment of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), or the incident of breathing problems during sleep. SDB frequently leads to sleep deprivation, which can have an ingrained effect on your physical, mental and psychological well being. As oral health specialists, we interact with sleep physicians to design the very best care prepare for clients experiencing sleep disturbances.

Sleep disordered breathing is related to typical oral symptoms and signs which the group at All About Smiles is highly trained to evaluate. Traditionally, sleep tests had to be performed in sleep centers, now they can be done from the convenience of your own house. We can even supply these for you at All About Smiles.

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If you have snoring and daytime sleepiness together with any of the following medical conditions: High blood pressure Heartburn Headaches Large Tonsils Overweight Erectile Dysfunction Sleeping disorders Oral home appliance therapy includes using a home appliance resembling an orthodontic retainer or mouth guard throughout the hours when you sleep. The device holds the jaw in a forward position which assists unblock the air passage.

Research study has actually shown that this therapy is an efficient yet non-invasive way to deal with the harmful signs of OSA. The appliance is simple and comfortable to use, peaceful, simple to manage, hassle-free, and portable, which is why it is preferred with patients. Oral sleep appliances are simple to travel with and simpler to be certified with than a traditional CPAP device.

Sleep is important for your physical and mental wellbeing. Without an appropriate sleep pattern, your body will be denied of the rest it requires to de-stress and charge, and this will ultimately lead to life modifying medical conditions if left neglected. If the lack of sleep has kept you far from existing in your life, NOW is the time to make that change!.

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Dentists who are Diplomates of the ABDSM have demonstrated that they have the abilities and understanding important for the delivery of exceptional patient care. The ABDSM believes greater requirements for dental sleep medicine translate into much better take care of patients and greater responsibility. The ABDSM credential is widely recognized as the gold standard for excellence in dental sleep medicine.

Differ in dental sleep medicine with a status that sleep physicians know and respect. ABDSM Diplomate Status: Signifies to doctors, payors, and clients an expert commitment to education, understanding, and expeirence in providing oral device therapy for sleep apnea and snoring. Shows that a dental expert has the technical skill, extensive knowledge and expert judgement to provide outstanding client care.

At SomnoMed, we highly believe that dental practitioners can drastically affect patient’s lives by altering their quality of sleep. Dentistry has the capability to help enhance and save lives. An oral appliance is a gadget worn in the mouth only during sleep. It fits like a sports mouth guard or orthodontic retainer.

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Snoring is a typical sign or symptom for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA); however, is not always the only sign. Prior to treatment, clients must be diagnosed by a board certified sleep medication physician. If you have snoring without sleep apnea, your physician should provide you a prescription for an oral device.

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Keto and the Menstrual Cycle: Is There Reason To Worry? http://bit.ly/2VUzY2P

It seems every “keto for women” forum abounds with stories about menstrual cycles gone wild in the first few months of keto. Irregular cycles, breakthrough bleeding, and periods lasting much longer than normal are common complaints. Sometimes these stories are cited as evidence that keto isn’t good for women, at least not premenopausal women, and that we need carbs for healthy hormones. Yet, many women don’t notice any changes in their menstrual cycles at all, while others report improvement in PMS symptoms and cycle regularity from the get-go.

What gives? Why do some women’s cycles apparently become wacky when they start keto, while others feel like keto is the key to period bliss? Can keto “mess up” the menstrual cycle?

We know that diet—what and how much we eat—can profoundly affect our hormones. This is true for both women and men. One of the reasons people are so excited about ketogenic diets is specifically because keto shows promise for helping to regulate hormones and improve cellular sensitivity to hormones such as insulin and leptin.

At the same time, women’s hormones are especially sensitive not only to dietary changes but also to downstream effects such as body fat loss. Furthermore, one of the ways women’s bodies respond to stressors is by turning down the dial on our reproductive systems. It’s reasonable to hypothesize, then, that women might have a tougher time adapting to or sustaining a ketogenic diet. Keto can be stressful depending on one’s approach, and that might negatively impact women’s reproductive health. But do the data actually bear that out, or is so-called “keto period” more misplaced hype than genuine fact?

Note that throughout this post, I’m going to use the term “reproductive health” to refer to all aspects of women’s menstrual cycle, reproductive hormones, and fertility. Even if you aren’t interested in reproducing right now, your body’s willingness to reproduce is an important indicator of overall health. When your reproductive health goes awry—irregular or absent periods (amenorrhea) or hormone imbalances—that’s a big red flag. Of course, post-menopausal women can also experience hormone imbalances that affect their health and quality of life (and low-carb and keto diets can be a great option for them).

Menstrual Cycle 101

Let’s briefly review what constitutes a normal, healthy menstrual cycle, understanding that everybody’s “normal” will be a little different. A typical cycle lasts from 21 to 24 days on the short end to 31 to 35 days on the long end, with 28 days being the median. Day 1 is the first day of your period and begins the follicular phase, which lasts until ovulation. Just before ovulation, levels of luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), and estradiol (a form of estrogen) spike. Next comes the luteal phase covering the approximately 14 days from ovulation to menses. LH, FSH, and estradiol drop, while progesterone rises. Estradiol bumps up again in the middle of the luteal phase. If a fertilized egg is not implanted, menstruation commences, and the whole cycles starts over again. All this is regulated by a complex communication network under the hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal (HPG) axis, which is closely tied to the actions of the adrenal (the A in HPA axis) and thyroid glands.

Across the cycle, fluctuations in body weight are common as fluid is retained and then released along with shifts in estrogen and progesterone. Changes in blood glucose are also normal, and insulin-dependent diabetics often find that they need to adjust their dose at different times of their cycles to keep their blood sugar in check. The most common pattern is higher blood glucose readings in the pre-menstrual period (the second half of the luteal phase), and lower readings after starting your period and before ovulation. This is generally attributed to the fact that progesterone, which is highest during the luteal phase, is known to reduce insulin sensitivity. However, different women experience different patterns, which can also be affected by other factors such as oral contraceptive use.

Normal fluctuations in insulin resistance and blood glucose can mean that women get lower ketone readings at certain times of the month than others. When these occur premenstrually—and so they tend to coincide with a period of (transient) weight gain and food/carbohydrate cravings—women often feel as though they are doing something wrong. Rest assured that these variations reflect normal physiology.

The many factors that affect your cycle and the levels of your sex hormones include: other hormones, gut health and microbiome, metabolic health (e.g., insulin sensitivity), environmental toxins, stress, sleep, immune health, nutrient deficiencies, activity level and energy expenditure, and age. Each affects the others, and all (except age of course) can be affected by diet. It’s no surprise, then, that it can be extremely difficult to pin down a root cause of menstrual changes or reproductive issues.

What the Research Tells Us About Keto and Menstruation

As I said at the outset, there are lots of anecdotes, both positive and negative. In my experience, most women whose cycles seem to go crazy when they start keto find that things get back to normal—and often a better version of normal—after a few months.

First, it’s tricky to determine the effects of keto per se, since many people combine a ketogenic diet with calorie restriction (intentionally to lose weight or unintentionally due to the appetite suppressing effects of keto) and with fasting (intermittent and/or extended). Each of these can independently impact the factors listed above, lead to weight loss, and affect the menstrual cycle and reproductive health.

So, is there any evidence that keto itself causes changes to menstruation?

The scientific evidence is scant….

The one statistic you’ll see floating around the interwebs is “45% of (adolescent) females experience irregular menstrual cycles on keto.” This statistic comes from one small study of adolescent girls using a therapeutic ketogenic diet to treat epilepsy. Six of the twenty girls reported amenorrhea (loss of period) and three were diagnosed with delayed puberty. However, the ketogenic diet used for epilepsy is different and usually much stricter than an “everyday” keto diet needs to be, and epilepsy is frequently associated with menstrual dysfunction regardless of diet.

To extrapolate the findings of this study and argue that nearly half of teenage girls (or women generally) are likely to experience menstrual problems from going keto is a huge leap.

The fact is, I’m unable to find any studies done in healthy human females (or mice for that matter) demonstrating that otherwise normal menstrual cycles are disturbed by going keto.

5 Ways Keto-Related Factors *Might* Affect Your Menstrual Cycle

With the limited amount of research looking directly at keto and menstruation, let’s look first at whether there are direct effects of carbohydrate restriction or elevated ketone production on the menstrual cycle. Those are the defining characteristics of keto and what differentiates keto from other ways of eating. Then we can examine indirect effects that occur due to factors such as weight loss. These are not unique to keto, though they might be more likely on a ketogenic diet compared to other ways of eating.

Carbohydrate Restriction

There is no real body of evidence that looks at ketogenic levels of carb restriction and menstruation, but there are some clues. In this small study, functional hypothalamic amenorrhea (FHA) was associated with dietary fat restriction; women with FHA actually ate non-significantly more carbs than matched controls and nearly identical total calories. Likewise, in this small study, FHA was associated with lower fat intake but no significant difference in carb intake.

This meta-analysis looked at the effect of low-carb (not keto) diets on markers of reproductive health among overweight women. The researchers found four studies that examined effects on menstruation; all showed improved menstrual regularity and/or ovulation rates. Of six studies that looked at levels of reproductive hormones, five reported significant improvements.

Carb restriction also results in decreased insulin production. Hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance are frequently associated with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), one of the leading causes of female infertility and a frequent cause of menstrual irregularity. There is currently a lot of interest in using keto to treat PCOS, but only one small study has so far directly tested the effectiveness of a ketogenic diet to treat PCOS, with positive results.

Ketones

No studies have looked at the direct effects of ketones on menstruation.

Weight Loss

Of course weight loss is not unique to keto, but keto can be very effective for weight loss. Some women experience rapid weight loss when first starting a keto diet. Weight loss in and of itself can impact menstruation through a variety of pathways (and, of course, keto isn’t the only way people lose weight). A key way is by reducing the hormone leptin. Leptin’s main job is to communicate energy availability to the hypothalamus—high levels of leptin tell the hypothalamus that we have enough energy on board, which also means we can reproduce. Low leptin can disrupt the menstrual cycle and is linked to hypothalamic amenorrhea.

Body fat loss can also affect estrogen levels since estrogen is both stored and produced in adipocytes (fat cells). While fat loss in the long term will decrease estrogen production, it is possible that rapid fat loss might temporarily raise estrogen levels and can also affect estrogen-progesterone balance. These transient changes in estrogen levels might underlie some of the menstrual irregularities women report.

Stress

Stress can impact the menstrual cycle in myriad ways. Cortisol acts on the hypothalamus and pituitary glands, affecting hormone levels, sleep, immune function, and gut health, to name a few. Diets can be a source of stress, both at the physiological and psychological levels. Keto has a reputation for being especially stressful because it is more restrictive than other low-carb diets, but this can be mitigated by following the Keto Reset tips for women.

Thyroid Function

Thyroid dysregulation is another common cause of menstrual irregularities, and there remains a pervasive belief that keto is bad for thyroid health. Indeed, the thyroid is sensitive to nutrient deficiencies and caloric restriction, and thyroid hormones, especially T3, do frequently decline on keto. However, as Mark has discussed in a previous post, changes in T3 levels might not be a problem, especially in the absence of other problematic symptoms. Moreover, many practitioners now use keto as a cornerstone in their treatment of thyroid disorders.

What Should I Take From These Findings?

The first takeaway: there just isn’t much direct evidence about how keto might affect your menstrual cycle, positively or negatively. We have some studies suggesting that low-carb diets improve some aspects of menstruation and reproductive health, but keto is more than just another low-carb diet. Ketones themselves have important physiological properties, such as being directly anti-inflammatory, which might positively impact women’s reproductive health.

Second, the ways that keto is likely to (negatively) affect menstruation aren’t unique to keto, they’re common to any diet: hormone shifts mediated by energy balance, stress, and weight loss.

Furthermore, since keto is so often combined with caloric restriction, time-restricted eating, and fasting, even the anecdotal evidence might not be able to tell us all that much. If a woman is eating ketogenically, in a big caloric deficit, and doing OMAD (one meal a day), and her leptin plummets, how are we to know what really caused it? We don’t have good evidence that otherwise healthy women start a well-executed ketogenic diet and end up messing up their menstrual cycles.

That said, women do need to be cognizant of the sum total of the signals they are sending their bodies when it comes to energy availability and stress. A lot of women come to the keto diet with a history of adrenal, thyroid, metabolic, and reproductive issues. It’s important that they’re extra careful about how they approach keto. Done correctly, it might be just what the doctor ordered. I encourage any woman who’s dealing with other hormonal issues to work with a medical practitioner to tailor a keto diet to her unique needs.

But I’m Telling You, Keto Made My Period Go Haywire!

Ok, I believe you, really! But changes do not necessarily equal dysfunction. It is normal to experience hormone fluctuations when you make a massive—or even a relatively small but important—shift in your nutrition. Sometimes those fluctuations are unpleasant or unwanted, such as a period that lasts 14 days or one that arrives a week before you planned while you’re on vacation. However, that doesn’t make them bad from a health perspective. We need to respect that our bodies are dynamic systems. Changing the input will invariably change the output, and the system might need a few months to adapt to a new normal.

If your cycle goes wonky but you’re otherwise feeling good, give it a few months to sort itself out. If after a few months it’s still all over the place (or definitely if you’re having other disruptive symptoms), enlist help. In the meantime, check to make sure you’re not short-changing yourself nutritionally or calorically. Scale back on fasting efforts, and consider shifting more toward a traditional Primal way of eating.

At the end of the day, if you go keto and experience negative effects, stop. Keto is super hyped right now, but if your body is sending you clear signals that keto is not a good approach for you at this time, don’t do it. You can always try again later. It might be that your first attempt at keto didn’t work, but with a few adjustments and some experimentation over time you can find a version of keto that works for you.

Thanks for reading, everyone. Do you have comments, questions, or feedback? Let me know below.

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I’ve moved around a lot so I’ve learned to listen to what people say, but I’ve also learned to keep an eye out for what they mean. Especially if you’re someone moving in someplace that’s “lived-in”, where existing house guests are more than just co-habitating - maybe if not a “home” in the traditional sense, it’s nonetheless the sort of place where people have meshed even their unconscious habits, and with those unconscious habits, you get unconscious boundaries.

I first noticed this when i moved into a sublet that had a literal throne and scepter. It was positioned with the best view of the TV that also gave its claimant easy access to his fridge tucked nearby when reclined on his seat. The TV remote was never far; every member of the household, knowingly or unknowingly, helped give the throne its aura of majesty by never neglecting to put the remote back within arms’ reach from the seat of his throne. This was the only household practice common to all that could be referred to as tidy, since the house had the kind of appearance that the pretentious among the poor hope to avoid in some sad attempt to trick the world into overlooking their poverty: there was grime on the doors and light switches, hand stains revealed thousands of iterations of the dudes tapping the wall under the entry to the hall every day, corners of the house went weeks unswept, etc.

But that doesn’t mean they were sloppy, unstructured, immoral, anarchic or whatever. it just meant that the instinctive habits that held the household’s way of life weren’t expressive of values like, “keeping up appearances,” it was facilitating, among other things, the comfort of The Dude which produced the majesty of the throne and scepter. The dude was the only leaseholder, and after one look at this situation, I rightfully presumed the other roommates were, like me, unable to find some other place to accept us with our bad credit, and so settled into this dude’s nest, where he was able to effect his unspoken and spoken rules to uphold tacit or explicit values.

The place I live in right now is not like this. For one, my move-in was greeted with the explicit, “feel free to take up space downstairs or up, it’s your space, too.” For another, the state of the landscape of the house is what you’d find in the home of a low-level civil servant in a rural area, both in the appearance of an immaculate household and in its cozy, Western-inspired decor.

What also distinguishes my present situation from the one I first described is that this one feels suffocating and less navigable because even though The Rules are explicit, they don’t mean what they think they mean in practice. With the bachelor slum, you can at least jump into their flow of things once you catch the logic that animates it and ride it out, but here, I’m having to decode what they think is explicit, direct, etc.

Like the very first thing they said and would repeat, “feel free to take up space downstairs or up, it’s your space, too.” Having lived in so many different places with so many different habits, unspoken and spoken, conscious or unconscious, I know better than to take people at their word, so I decided to test what the unspoken boundaries were as I took up their offer to freely “take up space.” I began by leaving a water jug downstairs on the kitchen counter, tucked into the far corner beneath my cupboards.

This was meant to be a control, not even a test. The corner of the kitchen counter underneath their cupboards features their blender and their container for keeping their straws, so they don’t have an issue with keeping things out on kitchen counters, certainly not “kitchen-appropriate” items. Plus, with the limited space available in a two bedroom townhouse for three adults, any reasonable person would see someone imitating your appropriate use of space in an unobstructive manner not as “taking up space,” for that would suggest an intrusion, but merely a fact of life that there isn’t any other place to put it.

A reasonable person would think, ‘I put my blender and straws for my shakes underneath my cabinets, you have a drinking vessel underneath yours, this fits into our existing patterns, i don’t see an issue.’

But these aren’t reasonable people.

When I talk of “mental landscapes of what something should look like,” I speak of this: to my roommates, the bachelor slum guy, and for a lot of other people with a disordered personality and/or some miscellaneous/undiagnosed/unacknowledged neurosis around “cleaning,” it’s not “cleaning” itself that’s the issue. It’s that to avoid a breakdown, they require a degree of harmony between the mental landscape in their heads of what their environment should look like and the environment as they see/apprehend/understand it.

Take the bachelor slum for a second. Cleanliness is not their goal, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have a “mental landscape of what the living room should look like” that was centered on “TV-Recliner-Fridge-Remote,” and if there wasn’t a harmony between the mental landscape and what the living room is actually like, “WHERE THE FUCK IS MY REMOTE?!”

My roommates’ landscape is so tedious and their emotional response to its disruption so dysfunctional that they continuously made the conscious decision to use their hands to open my cabinets and use their fingers to rummage through my things so they can then use those same fingers to pick up my jug and stow it away from sight, from having disrupted the landscape in their heads and how it looks in real life.  Every. Single. Time. I. Left. It. Out.

This still yielded useful lessons, though:

“Feel free to take up space, it’s your place too” is the most direct and unambiguous statement anyone can make, but to my roommates it was flexible to the point of meaninglessness. If someone can be that clumsy in communicating something so direct, so easy, so straightforward, imagine the complications of interacting with someone like this on more difficult topics, broaching more challenging themes, anything that takes a bit more patience.

Whether or not they realized it, my roommates betrayed that their notions of boundaries don’t include others when it comes to their own neuroses. How else to explain taking physical possession of someone else’s things and shuffling them around so you can move another object of theirs out of your view after telling them it’s fine to take up space? For what other reason can someone think it ok to infiltrate a space that legally belongs to you so long as you are subletting, just so they can put your things out of sight and restore their sense of harmony and peace?

If this is true, there will be a double standard they’re not aware of, and you’ll be running into it over and over.

Sure enough, they leave heavy furniture downstairs for weeks, but if i leave say, a couple books i was reading on the same coffee table downstairs where they’ll leave notebooks, stationery, or whatever - I’ll find my books at the end of the day next to my door. Every time.

If I leave my glasses tucked up into a corner of the bathroom counter (because that’s a place where you put contacts in, right? A bathroom mirror next to a sink?) i’ll find them stashed away in the medicine cabinet or next to my door. Every time.

At no point throughout this has someone suppressed their compulsion touch other people's’ shit and paused to ask their owner, “hey, i know we said feel free to take up space anywhere in the house, but leaving a water jug on the counter under your cupboards in a manner consistent with how we keep our blender is a step too far for my anxieties,” or, “hey, i know this will sound weird, but don’t leave any more books on the coffee table downstairs than I already have on there, i get stressed out.”

The manipulative bachelor slum guy at least had the courtesy to make his demands clear and the consequences for not fulfilling them consistent by screaming about his remote and being generally a really chill guy, so it’s much easier to adapt to that than these people, who throughout this and still to this day (though less lately) insist, “oh please take up space in the house it’s yours too.”

Now, as much as I berate clean freaks, we have to acknowledge that it’s not about cleanliness, though they’re neurotic enough to think that that’s the point. Leaving your eyeglasses on the bathroom counter is not a sign of filth any more than a blender on the kitchen counter is a sign of moral failing, and my roommates reassuring me with apologies any time i try and use the kitchen around their dinner dishes isn’t about me being bothered by their dishes (that’s their neurosis, not mine), it’s about them reassuring themselves, since i’ve never asked nor would i ever ask anyone to apologize to me for the dishes leftover after cooking dinner (what am I, a clean version of the bachelor slum asshole?)

But to clean freaks like my roommates who have no hope of rationalizing themselves out of a carnival of their own making, there is no difference that matters here: counters with a jug or glasses are just as filthy and therefore nerve-wracking as if you had left a streak of shit on the counters from smearing your filthy ass across them, but if you leave something out it’s ok because you know you had a good reason to so there’s no need to panic: ‘If the landscape in my head does not harmonize with what I see before me and I can’t personally account for discrepancies, I’ve lost control and It’s Stress Time.’

in other words: they can upend the standards for what things NEED to look like based on changes THEY make to the actual landscape - whether it’s leaving heavy furniture downstairs for weeks, or dishes overnight, or crumbs all over the stove overnight, or blenders on the counter, since those are things within their control - but once someone else alters the landscape like with a jug, or with their glasses, or with a bit of scrambled egg on the floor ok that, that’s it’s that’s why we have mice, it’s why there’s mold, blah blah.

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In regards to Vegeta being “Father of the year”

I came across someone else’s blog who was really pretty disgusted that some people feel that Goku is unable to feel love with any depth beyond companionship and that so many people paint Vegeta as “father of the year” after spending so much time pushing Trunks away, verbally abusing him, disavowing him as a son until he demonstrated his power against Cell.  I don’t mean to do the passive aggressive thing by not answering someone directly, but I don’t really know anyone out here on tumblr and it’s not my place to barge into someone else’s conversation—I’m not some dbz expert, hell I only started watching the show and reading the manga within the last year or so, but I want to make a point about why *I* feel, just me, just a fan, that she is RIGHT but is maybe still skipping over the primary reason why Vegeta’s eventual *turn* to father-of-the-year was so utterly satisfying to fans.  Let’s be clear: 1.  To Goku’s defense, he and ChiChi have a very traditional love.  They met as children.  They had a courtship.  They married. They cohabitated.  Then they had kids.  

Guys, this seriously did not happen with Vegeta & Bulma.

Placing my head cannon aside and placing the generally accepted headcannon aside, the manga and the anime both make it pretty clear that Trunks came about as a result of physical passion.  It could have been a one night stand, it could have been a friends-with-benefits type situation, either way we will never really know for sure unless Toriyama decides to pen that side of the story, but in any case, Trunks is what Vegeta accuses Gohan of being during the Saiyan saga:  a half breed welp by an insignificant human female . . . a bastard.  

2.  Vegeta does not acknowledge Trunks as his son because he is, emotionally speaking, a narcissist.  Even after seeing what Future is capable of, and realizing that Future is the grown-up version of his bastard child with this earth woman, he refuses to acknowledge either the baby or the teen until the teen had something worthy of taking credit for—which is exactly what a narcissistic parent does, you are not worth until you achieve something that strokes their pride.  We see a toxic kind of companionship between father & son during the semi-perfect Cell saga because Trunks is so desperate for his father’s love that he plays along with this idea of being little more than an extension of his father.  He does this to such an extreme that although he has the ability to jump in and help his father while he’s getting his ass thoroughly kicked by cell, he waits until his father is knocked out before taking action.  He says it is because he knows how important pride is to his father and wants to protect it, but ultimately I think Trunks does not want to lose what precious little love he’s gained from his emotionally dysfunctional father.  

3.  the chains of narcissm could have very easily have continued had both Future and Goku not been killed by Cell at the end of the Cell games.  Future getting killed by Cell was shattering, but the fact that Goku was also killed by the monster that Vegeta willingly allowed to grow perhaps hit that soul-wound a little deeper because not only had Vegeta lost his direct bloodline legacy, he had also lost the last of what would have been one of his “subjects” had they still lived on their home planet. I don’t really want to say much more about this because it may undermine what I’m trying to do with my own fanfiction, but when you think about the way King Vegeta lost the planet to Frieza, you get a real sense that Prince Vegeta must have really resented his father on some level for allowing Frieza to fester until he was damn near impossible to kill . . . Prince Vegeta did the exact same thing with Cell, only, he has to suffer to live with the aftermath.  

I am no warrior, and I will never fight again  

4.  So we reach the Buu saga . . . and Vegeta, Bulma and Trunks are now living together as a family.  We don’t know that they have a healthy family relationship, but they are living together.  There is a scene where Trunks is in the gravity room with his father, who is very much annoyed by his presence until Trunks demonstrates that he is able to go Super Saiyan.  Vegeta is so surprised by this that he pauses his training to acknowledge his child and levels him a challenge.  If you land one punch on me I’ll take you to that park you’re always going on about.  –still very narcissistic, right?  But there’s a humbled quality to it as well . . . keep with me on this point . . .  Trunks DOES manage to land a blow, and Vegeta promptly strikes back.  He HITS his CHILD in the face—I never said I wouldn’t strike back—but Trunks is still happy because he’s going to get to go to this park with his dad.  Guys, this is EXACTLY how people with specific emotional dysfuctions such as narcissim and sado maschoism are formed in life.  When your source of love always comes with conditions or your source of love is deceptive to you or your source of love is manipulative, then it becomes greatly unsatisfying to receive love WITHOUT those twisted caveots later in life. But I digress.  My point is that Vegeta hasn’t bee “cured”, but BUT because he is perhaps still traumatized by the loss of his adult son by the actions of his own pride, he dials it down a notch and doesn’t take delight in having shown his dominance over this bastard that has caused him so much loss of pride in life, but agrees to do something “fatherly”.  And when Trunks is named jr champion of the world martial arts tournament, we see just for a second in the Anime a look of acknowledgement and pride as Vegeta pauses eating just long enough to listen carefully to what’s being said about the fight.

Then Bidibi happens.    

Bidibi knows . . . that the old Vegeta is just beneath the surface, and here’s the thing about psychological dysfuction:  it feels GOOD sometimes, to slide back into old patterns of thinking . . . because it’s very vindicating.  Those old demons don’t like being told that they were no good.  Nobody really wants to have a past that they’re ashamed of—they want to be justified in the way that they are, and when you think about how hard it is for a narcissist to admit their faults, it must be doubly true for them because they have such a deep need to be perfect.  It’s funny how, when Bidibi casts this spell to turn Vegeta Maijin, Vegeta isn’t under Bidibi’s complete control as Bidibi anticipated, probably because Vegeta’s old demons have a score to settle against those that tried to prove them wrong.  It feels GOOD to be evil, it feels good to be VINDICATED in your evil, but here the whole planet is starting to suffer . . . and Vegeta perhaps starts to see that pattern happening all over again with this planet he has come to call home.  Is he going to let earth be destroyed the same way his father allowed their Planet to become destroyed?  Could he do this in front of the son that he let down as an adult ? Can he let go of all those life lessons so easily over his love for power?  He could have . . . he owes no real allegence to the earth . . . but he’s also nothing and no one’s slave, including to that of his own pride.  His pride wants this power, but his soul wants freedom (as most souls do), so he holds the child who has been such a catalyst for so much healing in his life.  He protects him by knocking him out, knowing that Trunks, in that exact moment, is really wrestling with his own pride [dad knock it off, you’re embarrassing me], he asks piccolo if he’ll have a 2nd chance in the afterlife and piccolo flatly tells him no, that he’s going to hell for all the horrible things he’s done, and Vegeta. Does. It. Anyway. – because he has finally conquered that one thing in life that was his true adversary:  himself.    

5.  Potara fusion happens . . . and there’s a very interesting article that you can find here  http://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27546  that really illustrates the point that Vegeta changes after fusion with Goku , but I think this is also a kind of “spiritual cementing” of the fact that Vegeta is in fact in the process of being forgiven for his past transgressions.  He is still “in the bardo” during this time, and if you notice, this sequence where they are inside of Buu and the earth is gone and everyone they love is gone, is actually kind of light-hearted compared to the rest of the saga.  In buddhism there is this concept that we create a lot of our own suffering by taking out lives so seriously—we all walk around like WE are Goku and that WE have to save the world . . . well here is Vegeta, who has fused with the big dumb oaf, and maybe begins to see him as not being so frustratingly flawless afterwards. He still has anger towards Goku but he also has some modicum of pity,  probably because so many people have so many expectations of Kakarot, yet he really is just this free spirit with no real intentions of being a savior.

6.  And then we get to super, where father-of-the-year Vegeta is really in full swing, because he’s not just a father figure to Trunks, he’s a father figure to EVERYONE including Goku at a certain level, which is extraordinarily sweet because Goku never had a Saiyan father [I’m excluding the movies here guys, sorry].  Vegeta had a Saiyan father.  And because he was brought up as royalty, he has a memory of what it means to be a Saiyan in the highest sense of their culture, their fashion, their cultures, their customs . . . Now that he LITERALLY knows Goku inside and out, and he has conquered his pride AND he no longers harbors a serious need to prove himself better, Vegeta can be that fatherly figure that Goku maybe subconsciously needs him to be.  It’s very telling that Vegeta was the one that Whis chose to be an apprentice *first*. It’s very telling that Bulla came along during Vegeta’s apprenticeship because he is not done with his mission here on earth.  The thing that frightens me a great deal, however, is that Whis and Beerus are grooming him to be what they want him to be, and as these new “boogie back” credits seem to be indicating, I believe that he is going to leave that baby and go off to war by their command.  I guess we will have to leave that up to speculation for the time being, but he has such a sharp sense of “protection” now that he may not be satisfied until all threats to his little Eschallotte are obliterated . . . because he can’t depend on Goku’s dumb ass to do it <jk> sorry Goku-peeps  

 So this is kind of my take on the whole why-is-Vegeta-suddenly-father-of-the-year argument going around Tumblr this week. Feel free to leave a comment and read my Fan Fiction “Earth Vermin” on AO3 :)  [Shamless self promotion I know but what the hell]  http://archiveofourown.org/works/9672212/chapters/21847091

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Weird and lesser known mental health related problems that some of you may be experiencing for the first time cause of this traumatic situation and not recognizing as mental health symptoms cause normally you’re not so traumatized:

-memory loss and memory issues, especially short term, and a distorted sense of time

-executive dysfunction. If you don’t know the term, I like to think of it as the human version of buffering. It’s when you sit there and think “I need to get up and do the dishes” and then you sit there. And sit there. And sit there. And you think over and over “get up and do the dishes” as hard as you can, but you don’t, your body just doesn’t listen to you, like a slow computer trying over and over to load a page and failing. That’s not laziness, that’s a mental health symptom.

-confusion and brain fog (and even slight dizziness and balance issues as well)

-sleeping too much or too little

-feeling nauseous all the time/not being interested in food even if you’re hungry

-on a similar note “forgetting” to eat or shower or pee, etc. I put it in quotes because what’s really happening isn’t a memory issue: instead, you’re not getting the cues from your body asking for food or water or hygiene or the bathroom. I haven’t quite figured out whether the “I need this” signals aren’t being sent or aren’t being received, although I’d be willing to bet it’s the second, but either way it results in the slightly oversimplified “forgetting” to take care of yourself because you can’t hear your body asking for its basic needs, and you’re instinctively used to the reminders. (It’s a LITTLE like how we don’t have to think about breathing because our bodies naturally remind us every few seconds that we need more air. If somehow those “i need air” signals weren’t getting where they needed to go, we would not be used to consciously thinking about when to breathe.)

-the “bell jar” feeling, or as it’s otherwise known, dissociation, where you feel like somehow there’s glass between you and everything and everyone else in the whole world, and it takes a lot of effort to engage with anything outside yourself. It’s not a sad feeling in and of itself- it has no flavor, it’s just exhausting.

-intrusive thoughts. These are thought loops you get stuck in, usually bad ones, and they’re easy to miss the signs of in traumatic times. If you notice yourself just irresistibly cycling through a sequence of bad thoughts that you don’t want to have, that’s an intrusive thought pattern.

-inability to make decisions, even small ones (resulting in disproportionately intense distress if you try to force yourself)

-shortness of breath and heart palpitations. Yes, really.

-auditory processing issues- staring at someone for a good 10 seconds after they speak just trying to make your brain decipher what they said, or missing what someone said entirely multiple times, even though you could hear them perfectly well, or being unable to separate a conversation you’re having from the background noise of a television in the other room, sometimes to the point where you can’t finish your own sentences because the combination of sounds is distracting you.

-on that subject, also finding sounds** and sensations more annoying and intolerable than usual- forks scraping, plastic bags rustling in the breeze from a fan, birds outside, etc. The way to really recognize this one is that it’s not even just annoyance, it’s an instant knee jerk reaction of distress and rage, and your brain can’t fully function until you make the sound stop somehow. (**interestingly, this category INCLUDES silence) That goes for sensations as well- getting suddenly negatively overwhelmed by being touched, or having tags in your clothes or scratchy fabrics bother you to the point where you can’t think.

I have struggled with/currently do struggle with every single thing on this list, so if any of you are experiencing these things for the first time because your mental health is declining due to the shitty state of the world and the necessity to sit inside with your thoughts, you can come to me and I have tips and coping mechanisms for every single one of them. 💕

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Keto and the Menstrual Cycle: Is There Reason To Worry?

It seems every “keto for women” forum abounds with stories about menstrual cycles gone wild in the first few months of keto. Irregular cycles, breakthrough bleeding, and periods lasting much longer than normal are common complaints. Sometimes these stories are cited as evidence that keto isn’t good for women, at least not premenopausal women, and that we need carbs for healthy hormones. Yet, many women don’t notice any changes in their menstrual cycles at all, while others report improvement in PMS symptoms and cycle regularity from the get-go.

What gives? Why do some women’s cycles apparently become wacky when they start keto, while others feel like keto is the key to period bliss? Can keto “mess up” the menstrual cycle?

We know that diet—what and how much we eat—can profoundly affect our hormones. This is true for both women and men. One of the reasons people are so excited about ketogenic diets is specifically because keto shows promise for helping to regulate hormones and improve cellular sensitivity to hormones such as insulin and leptin.

At the same time, women’s hormones are especially sensitive not only to dietary changes but also to downstream effects such as body fat loss. Furthermore, one of the ways women’s bodies respond to stressors is by turning down the dial on our reproductive systems. It’s reasonable to hypothesize, then, that women might have a tougher time adapting to or sustaining a ketogenic diet. Keto can be stressful depending on one’s approach, and that might negatively impact women’s reproductive health. But do the data actually bear that out, or is so-called “keto period” more misplaced hype than genuine fact?

Note that throughout this post, I’m going to use the term “reproductive health” to refer to all aspects of women’s menstrual cycle, reproductive hormones, and fertility. Even if you aren’t interested in reproducing right now, your body’s willingness to reproduce is an important indicator of overall health. When your reproductive health goes awry—irregular or absent periods (amenorrhea) or hormone imbalances—that’s a big red flag. Of course, post-menopausal women can also experience hormone imbalances that affect their health and quality of life (and low-carb and keto diets can be a great option for them).

Menstrual Cycle 101

Let’s briefly review what constitutes a normal, healthy menstrual cycle, understanding that everybody’s “normal” will be a little different. A typical cycle lasts from 21 to 24 days on the short end to 31 to 35 days on the long end, with 28 days being the median. Day 1 is the first day of your period and begins the follicular phase, which lasts until ovulation. Just before ovulation, levels of luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), and estradiol (a form of estrogen) spike. Next comes the luteal phase covering the approximately 14 days from ovulation to menses. LH, FSH, and estradiol drop, while progesterone rises. Estradiol bumps up again in the middle of the luteal phase. If a fertilized egg is not implanted, menstruation commences, and the whole cycles starts over again. All this is regulated by a complex communication network under the hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal (HPG) axis, which is closely tied to the actions of the adrenal (the A in HPA axis) and thyroid glands.

Across the cycle, fluctuations in body weight are common as fluid is retained and then released along with shifts in estrogen and progesterone. Changes in blood glucose are also normal, and insulin-dependent diabetics often find that they need to adjust their dose at different times of their cycles to keep their blood sugar in check. The most common pattern is higher blood glucose readings in the pre-menstrual period (the second half of the luteal phase), and lower readings after starting your period and before ovulation. This is generally attributed to the fact that progesterone, which is highest during the luteal phase, is known to reduce insulin sensitivity. However, different women experience different patterns, which can also be affected by other factors such as oral contraceptive use.

Normal fluctuations in insulin resistance and blood glucose can mean that women get lower ketone readings at certain times of the month than others. When these occur premenstrually—and so they tend to coincide with a period of (transient) weight gain and food/carbohydrate cravings—women often feel as though they are doing something wrong. Rest assured that these variations reflect normal physiology.

The many factors that affect your cycle and the levels of your sex hormones include: other hormones, gut health and microbiome, metabolic health (e.g., insulin sensitivity), environmental toxins, stress, sleep, immune health, nutrient deficiencies, activity level and energy expenditure, and age. Each affects the others, and all (except age of course) can be affected by diet. It’s no surprise, then, that it can be extremely difficult to pin down a root cause of menstrual changes or reproductive issues.

What the Research Tells Us About Keto and Menstruation

As I said at the outset, there are lots of anecdotes, both positive and negative. In my experience, most women whose cycles seem to go crazy when they start keto find that things get back to normal—and often a better version of normal—after a few months.

First, it’s tricky to determine the effects of keto per se, since many people combine a ketogenic diet with calorie restriction (intentionally to lose weight or unintentionally due to the appetite suppressing effects of keto) and with fasting (intermittent and/or extended). Each of these can independently impact the factors listed above, lead to weight loss, and affect the menstrual cycle and reproductive health.

So, is there any evidence that keto itself causes changes to menstruation?

The scientific evidence is scant….

The one statistic you’ll see floating around the interwebs is “45% of (adolescent) females experience irregular menstrual cycles on keto.” This statistic comes from one small study of adolescent girls using a therapeutic ketogenic diet to treat epilepsy. Six of the twenty girls reported amenorrhea (loss of period) and three were diagnosed with delayed puberty. However, the ketogenic diet used for epilepsy is different and usually much stricter than an “everyday” keto diet needs to be, and epilepsy is frequently associated with menstrual dysfunction regardless of diet.

To extrapolate the findings of this study and argue that nearly half of teenage girls (or women generally) are likely to experience menstrual problems from going keto is a huge leap.

The fact is, I’m unable to find any studies done in healthy human females (or mice for that matter) demonstrating that otherwise normal menstrual cycles are disturbed by going keto.

5 Ways Keto-Related Factors *Might* Affect Your Menstrual Cycle

With the limited amount of research looking directly at keto and menstruation, let’s look first at whether there are direct effects of carbohydrate restriction or elevated ketone production on the menstrual cycle. Those are the defining characteristics of keto and what differentiates keto from other ways of eating. Then we can examine indirect effects that occur due to factors such as weight loss. These are not unique to keto, though they might be more likely on a ketogenic diet compared to other ways of eating.

Carbohydrate Restriction

There is no real body of evidence that looks at ketogenic levels of carb restriction and menstruation, but there are some clues. In this small study, functional hypothalamic amenorrhea (FHA) was associated with dietary fat restriction; women with FHA actually ate non-significantly more carbs than matched controls and nearly identical total calories. Likewise, in this small study, FHA was associated with lower fat intake but no significant difference in carb intake.

This meta-analysis looked at the effect of low-carb (not keto) diets on markers of reproductive health among overweight women. The researchers found four studies that examined effects on menstruation; all showed improved menstrual regularity and/or ovulation rates. Of six studies that looked at levels of reproductive hormones, five reported significant improvements.

Carb restriction also results in decreased insulin production. Hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance are frequently associated with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), one of the leading causes of female infertility and a frequent cause of menstrual irregularity. There is currently a lot of interest in using keto to treat PCOS, but only one small study has so far directly tested the effectiveness of a ketogenic diet to treat PCOS, with positive results.

Ketones

No studies have looked at the direct effects of ketones on menstruation.

Weight Loss

Of course weight loss is not unique to keto, but keto can be very effective for weight loss. Some women experience rapid weight loss when first starting a keto diet. Weight loss in and of itself can impact menstruation through a variety of pathways (and, of course, keto isn’t the only way people lose weight). A key way is by reducing the hormone leptin. Leptin’s main job is to communicate energy availability to the hypothalamus—high levels of leptin tell the hypothalamus that we have enough energy on board, which also means we can reproduce. Low leptin can disrupt the menstrual cycle and is linked to hypothalamic amenorrhea.

Body fat loss can also affect estrogen levels since estrogen is both stored and produced in adipocytes (fat cells). While fat loss in the long term will decrease estrogen production, it is possible that rapid fat loss might temporarily raise estrogen levels and can also affect estrogen-progesterone balance. These transient changes in estrogen levels might underlie some of the menstrual irregularities women report.

Stress

Stress can impact the menstrual cycle in myriad ways. Cortisol acts on the hypothalamus and pituitary glands, affecting hormone levels, sleep, immune function, and gut health, to name a few. Diets can be a source of stress, both at the physiological and psychological levels. Keto has a reputation for being especially stressful because it is more restrictive than other low-carb diets, but this can be mitigated by following the Keto Reset tips for women.

Thyroid Function

Thyroid dysregulation is another common cause of menstrual irregularities, and there remains a pervasive belief that keto is bad for thyroid health. Indeed, the thyroid is sensitive to nutrient deficiencies and caloric restriction, and thyroid hormones, especially T3, do frequently decline on keto. However, as Mark has discussed in a previous post, changes in T3 levels might not be a problem, especially in the absence of other problematic symptoms. Moreover, many practitioners now use keto as a cornerstone in their treatment of thyroid disorders.

What Should I Take From These Findings?

The first takeaway: there just isn’t much direct evidence about how keto might affect your menstrual cycle, positively or negatively. We have some studies suggesting that low-carb diets improve some aspects of menstruation and reproductive health, but keto is more than just another low-carb diet. Ketones themselves have important physiological properties, such as being directly anti-inflammatory, which might positively impact women’s reproductive health.

Second, the ways that keto is likely to (negatively) affect menstruation aren’t unique to keto, they’re common to any diet: hormone shifts mediated by energy balance, stress, and weight loss.

Furthermore, since keto is so often combined with caloric restriction, time-restricted eating, and fasting, even the anecdotal evidence might not be able to tell us all that much. If a woman is eating ketogenically, in a big caloric deficit, and doing OMAD (one meal a day), and her leptin plummets, how are we to know what really caused it? We don’t have good evidence that otherwise healthy women start a well-executed ketogenic diet and end up messing up their menstrual cycles.

That said, women do need to be cognizant of the sum total of the signals they are sending their bodies when it comes to energy availability and stress. A lot of women come to the keto diet with a history of adrenal, thyroid, metabolic, and reproductive issues. It’s important that they’re extra careful about how they approach keto. Done correctly, it might be just what the doctor ordered. I encourage any woman who’s dealing with other hormonal issues to work with a medical practitioner to tailor a keto diet to her unique needs.

But I’m Telling You, Keto Made My Period Go Haywire!

Ok, I believe you, really! But changes do not necessarily equal dysfunction. It is normal to experience hormone fluctuations when you make a massive—or even a relatively small but important—shift in your nutrition. Sometimes those fluctuations are unpleasant or unwanted, such as a period that lasts 14 days or one that arrives a week before you planned while you’re on vacation. However, that doesn’t make them bad from a health perspective. We need to respect that our bodies are dynamic systems. Changing the input will invariably change the output, and the system might need a few months to adapt to a new normal.

If your cycle goes wonky but you’re otherwise feeling good, give it a few months to sort itself out. If after a few months it’s still all over the place (or definitely if you’re having other disruptive symptoms), enlist help. In the meantime, check to make sure you’re not short-changing yourself nutritionally or calorically. Scale back on fasting efforts, and consider shifting more toward a traditional Primal way of eating.

At the end of the day, if you go keto and experience negative effects, stop. Keto is super hyped right now, but if your body is sending you clear signals that keto is not a good approach for you at this time, don’t do it. You can always try again later. It might be that your first attempt at keto didn’t work, but with a few adjustments and some experimentation over time you can find a version of keto that works for you.

Thanks for reading, everyone. Do you have comments, questions, or feedback? Let me know below.

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Keto and the Menstrual Cycle: Is There Reason To Worry?

It seems every “keto for women” forum abounds with stories about menstrual cycles gone wild in the first few months of keto. Irregular cycles, breakthrough bleeding, and periods lasting much longer than normal are common complaints. Sometimes these stories are cited as evidence that keto isn’t good for women, at least not premenopausal women, and that we need carbs for healthy hormones. Yet, many women don’t notice any changes in their menstrual cycles at all, while others report improvement in PMS symptoms and cycle regularity from the get-go.

What gives? Why do some women’s cycles apparently become wacky when they start keto, while others feel like keto is the key to period bliss? Can keto “mess up” the menstrual cycle?

We know that diet—what and how much we eat—can profoundly affect our hormones. This is true for both women and men. One of the reasons people are so excited about ketogenic diets is specifically because keto shows promise for helping to regulate hormones and improve cellular sensitivity to hormones such as insulin and leptin.

At the same time, women’s hormones are especially sensitive not only to dietary changes but also to downstream effects such as body fat loss. Furthermore, one of the ways women’s bodies respond to stressors is by turning down the dial on our reproductive systems. It’s reasonable to hypothesize, then, that women might have a tougher time adapting to or sustaining a ketogenic diet. Keto can be stressful depending on one’s approach, and that might negatively impact women’s reproductive health. But do the data actually bear that out, or is so-called “keto period” more misplaced hype than genuine fact?

Note that throughout this post, I’m going to use the term “reproductive health” to refer to all aspects of women’s menstrual cycle, reproductive hormones, and fertility. Even if you aren’t interested in reproducing right now, your body’s willingness to reproduce is an important indicator of overall health. When your reproductive health goes awry—irregular or absent periods (amenorrhea) or hormone imbalances—that’s a big red flag. Of course, post-menopausal women can also experience hormone imbalances that affect their health and quality of life (and low-carb and keto diets can be a great option for them).

Menstrual Cycle 101

Let’s briefly review what constitutes a normal, healthy menstrual cycle, understanding that everybody’s “normal” will be a little different. A typical cycle lasts from 21 to 24 days on the short end to 31 to 35 days on the long end, with 28 days being the median. Day 1 is the first day of your period and begins the follicular phase, which lasts until ovulation. Just before ovulation, levels of luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), and estradiol (a form of estrogen) spike. Next comes the luteal phase covering the approximately 14 days from ovulation to menses. LH, FSH, and estradiol drop, while progesterone rises. Estradiol bumps up again in the middle of the luteal phase. If a fertilized egg is not implanted, menstruation commences, and the whole cycles starts over again. All this is regulated by a complex communication network under the hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal (HPG) axis, which is closely tied to the actions of the adrenal (the A in HPA axis) and thyroid glands.

Across the cycle, fluctuations in body weight are common as fluid is retained and then released along with shifts in estrogen and progesterone. Changes in blood glucose are also normal, and insulin-dependent diabetics often find that they need to adjust their dose at different times of their cycles to keep their blood sugar in check. The most common pattern is higher blood glucose readings in the pre-menstrual period (the second half of the luteal phase), and lower readings after starting your period and before ovulation. This is generally attributed to the fact that progesterone, which is highest during the luteal phase, is known to reduce insulin sensitivity. However, different women experience different patterns, which can also be affected by other factors such as oral contraceptive use.

Normal fluctuations in insulin resistance and blood glucose can mean that women get lower ketone readings at certain times of the month than others. When these occur premenstrually—and so they tend to coincide with a period of (transient) weight gain and food/carbohydrate cravings—women often feel as though they are doing something wrong. Rest assured that these variations reflect normal physiology.

The many factors that affect your cycle and the levels of your sex hormones include: other hormones, gut health and microbiome, metabolic health (e.g., insulin sensitivity), environmental toxins, stress, sleep, immune health, nutrient deficiencies, activity level and energy expenditure, and age. Each affects the others, and all (except age of course) can be affected by diet. It’s no surprise, then, that it can be extremely difficult to pin down a root cause of menstrual changes or reproductive issues.

What the Research Tells Us About Keto and Menstruation

As I said at the outset, there are lots of anecdotes, both positive and negative. In my experience, most women whose cycles seem to go crazy when they start keto find that things get back to normal—and often a better version of normal—after a few months.

First, it’s tricky to determine the effects of keto per se, since many people combine a ketogenic diet with calorie restriction (intentionally to lose weight or unintentionally due to the appetite suppressing effects of keto) and with fasting (intermittent and/or extended). Each of these can independently impact the factors listed above, lead to weight loss, and affect the menstrual cycle and reproductive health.

So, is there any evidence that keto itself causes changes to menstruation?

The scientific evidence is scant….

The one statistic you’ll see floating around the interwebs is “45% of (adolescent) females experience irregular menstrual cycles on keto.” This statistic comes from one small study of adolescent girls using a therapeutic ketogenic diet to treat epilepsy. Six of the twenty girls reported amenorrhea (loss of period) and three were diagnosed with delayed puberty. However, the ketogenic diet used for epilepsy is different and usually much stricter than an “everyday” keto diet needs to be, and epilepsy is frequently associated with menstrual dysfunction regardless of diet.

To extrapolate the findings of this study and argue that nearly half of teenage girls (or women generally) are likely to experience menstrual problems from going keto is a huge leap.

The fact is, I’m unable to find any studies done in healthy human females (or mice for that matter) demonstrating that otherwise normal menstrual cycles are disturbed by going keto.

5 Ways Keto-Related Factors *Might* Affect Your Menstrual Cycle

With the limited amount of research looking directly at keto and menstruation, let’s look first at whether there are direct effects of carbohydrate restriction or elevated ketone production on the menstrual cycle. Those are the defining characteristics of keto and what differentiates keto from other ways of eating. Then we can examine indirect effects that occur due to factors such as weight loss. These are not unique to keto, though they might be more likely on a ketogenic diet compared to other ways of eating.

Carbohydrate Restriction

There is no real body of evidence that looks at ketogenic levels of carb restriction and menstruation, but there are some clues. In this small study, functional hypothalamic amenorrhea (FHA) was associated with dietary fat restriction; women with FHA actually ate non-significantly more carbs than matched controls and nearly identical total calories. Likewise, in this small study, FHA was associated with lower fat intake but no significant difference in carb intake.

This meta-analysis looked at the effect of low-carb (not keto) diets on markers of reproductive health among overweight women. The researchers found four studies that examined effects on menstruation; all showed improved menstrual regularity and/or ovulation rates. Of six studies that looked at levels of reproductive hormones, five reported significant improvements.

Carb restriction also results in decreased insulin production. Hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance are frequently associated with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), one of the leading causes of female infertility and a frequent cause of menstrual irregularity. There is currently a lot of interest in using keto to treat PCOS, but only one small study has so far directly tested the effectiveness of a ketogenic diet to treat PCOS, with positive results.

Ketones

No studies have looked at the direct effects of ketones on menstruation.

Weight Loss

Of course weight loss is not unique to keto, but keto can be very effective for weight loss. Some women experience rapid weight loss when first starting a keto diet. Weight loss in and of itself can impact menstruation through a variety of pathways (and, of course, keto isn’t the only way people lose weight). A key way is by reducing the hormone leptin. Leptin’s main job is to communicate energy availability to the hypothalamus—high levels of leptin tell the hypothalamus that we have enough energy on board, which also means we can reproduce. Low leptin can disrupt the menstrual cycle and is linked to hypothalamic amenorrhea.

Body fat loss can also affect estrogen levels since estrogen is both stored and produced in adipocytes (fat cells). While fat loss in the long term will decrease estrogen production, it is possible that rapid fat loss might temporarily raise estrogen levels and can also affect estrogen-progesterone balance. These transient changes in estrogen levels might underlie some of the menstrual irregularities women report.

Stress

Stress can impact the menstrual cycle in myriad ways. Cortisol acts on the hypothalamus and pituitary glands, affecting hormone levels, sleep, immune function, and gut health, to name a few. Diets can be a source of stress, both at the physiological and psychological levels. Keto has a reputation for being especially stressful because it is more restrictive than other low-carb diets, but this can be mitigated by following the Keto Reset tips for women.

Thyroid Function

Thyroid dysregulation is another common cause of menstrual irregularities, and there remains a pervasive belief that keto is bad for thyroid health. Indeed, the thyroid is sensitive to nutrient deficiencies and caloric restriction, and thyroid hormones, especially T3, do frequently decline on keto. However, as Mark has discussed in a previous post, changes in T3 levels might not be a problem, especially in the absence of other problematic symptoms. Moreover, many practitioners now use keto as a cornerstone in their treatment of thyroid disorders.

What Should I Take From These Findings?

The first takeaway: there just isn’t much direct evidence about how keto might affect your menstrual cycle, positively or negatively. We have some studies suggesting that low-carb diets improve some aspects of menstruation and reproductive health, but keto is more than just another low-carb diet. Ketones themselves have important physiological properties, such as being directly anti-inflammatory, which might positively impact women’s reproductive health.

Second, the ways that keto is likely to (negatively) affect menstruation aren’t unique to keto, they’re common to any diet: hormone shifts mediated by energy balance, stress, and weight loss.

Furthermore, since keto is so often combined with caloric restriction, time-restricted eating, and fasting, even the anecdotal evidence might not be able to tell us all that much. If a woman is eating ketogenically, in a big caloric deficit, and doing OMAD (one meal a day), and her leptin plummets, how are we to know what really caused it? We don’t have good evidence that otherwise healthy women start a well-executed ketogenic diet and end up messing up their menstrual cycles.

That said, women do need to be cognizant of the sum total of the signals they are sending their bodies when it comes to energy availability and stress. A lot of women come to the keto diet with a history of adrenal, thyroid, metabolic, and reproductive issues. It’s important that they’re extra careful about how they approach keto. Done correctly, it might be just what the doctor ordered. I encourage any woman who’s dealing with other hormonal issues to work with a medical practitioner to tailor a keto diet to her unique needs.

But I’m Telling You, Keto Made My Period Go Haywire!

Ok, I believe you, really! But changes do not necessarily equal dysfunction. It is normal to experience hormone fluctuations when you make a massive—or even a relatively small but important—shift in your nutrition. Sometimes those fluctuations are unpleasant or unwanted, such as a period that lasts 14 days or one that arrives a week before you planned while you’re on vacation. However, that doesn’t make them bad from a health perspective. We need to respect that our bodies are dynamic systems. Changing the input will invariably change the output, and the system might need a few months to adapt to a new normal.

If your cycle goes wonky but you’re otherwise feeling good, give it a few months to sort itself out. If after a few months it’s still all over the place (or definitely if you’re having other disruptive symptoms), enlist help. In the meantime, check to make sure you’re not short-changing yourself nutritionally or calorically. Scale back on fasting efforts, and consider shifting more toward a traditional Primal way of eating.

At the end of the day, if you go keto and experience negative effects, stop. Keto is super hyped right now, but if your body is sending you clear signals that keto is not a good approach for you at this time, don’t do it. You can always try again later. It might be that your first attempt at keto didn’t work, but with a few adjustments and some experimentation over time you can find a version of keto that works for you.

Thanks for reading, everyone. Do you have comments, questions, or feedback? Let me know below.

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Hidden Secrets For Stronger Erections – Curing Erectile Dysfunction the Natural Way – Part 1

Erectile dysfunction a.k.a impotence, weak erections etc etc.

Whatever term you choose to put on it, nothing short of premature ejaculation even comes close to being as damaging to our self image and self esteem. In fact, being unable to perform sexually is excruciatingly humiliating for most men. That’s quite obvious hence the preponderance of articles and hidden ads all trying to sell you some sort of cream, pill, or lotion all promising to restore the glory of your lost youth.

But let me be honest with you.

I am not here to sell you a pill, a lotion, a cream of any kind. In fact, the very secrets I am about to share with you that can actually reverse your E.D. Problems for the most part can be found in your local grocery store.

Other aspects, specifically the Chinese herbs are also relatively easy to find if you know where to look. Regardless of anything else you do. If you are suffering from any form of erectile issues you should first consult your physician to make sure there in fact no actual organic issues contributing to your E.D. Many circulatory problems as well as diseases such as diabetes dramatically affect ones ability to keep and maintain an erection.

I should also point out that although my training is in oriental medicine as well as having undergone many hours of western medical training.

Nothing in this article should be construed as either diagnosing or giving a medical opinion or advice.

The methods described here are all natural approaches that have been shown to be safe and highly effective in reversing many forms of erectile dysfunction. That being said, you should still consult a doctor before using any of them. Let’s start with the basics.

What are the actual sub types of erectile dysfunctions?

The sheer variety of erectile dysfunctions and/or impotence might surprise you.

For Example,

Desire Disorders – Sexual Desire Disorders are characterized by a “lack” of sexual desire or interest in sex. Folks simply have no desire.

– Sexual Arousal Disorders – Sexual Arousal Disorders in contrast often have a marked inability to become sexually aroused. The spirit is willing but nothing is happening below the “belt-line” if you know what I mean.

Arousal disorders commonly include – problems achieving or simply maintaining an erection, even weak erections fall into this category.

Now in addition to “Desire” and “Arousal” disorders we also have a categories of sexual dysfunction such as…

Orgasm Disorders – The Delay or absence of orgasm or sexual climax

Pain Disorders – pain during intercourse, this mostly affects women but men are not excluded from painful intercourse issues.

As you can see sexual and specifically erectile disorders are a bit more complicated than just an inability to get an erection, depending on the characteristics of your E.D. the method for healing it can be substantially different.

The good news is there are some very powerful and natural things you can do right away to start regaining your sexual power. In fact, while we are on the subject of sexual power let me explode one myth right now.

You Do NOT Lose Sexual Function As A Result of Aging.

You read it right.

The research shows that although some physical changes do occur during the aging process…”sexual vitality does not have to decline with age.” Your level of sexual performance is most heavily influenced by

– psychological well-being – depth of intimacy – cultural expectations

Here is the rub, and it is both good and bad news my friend.

The best predictor of future sexual satisfaction is your past sexual performance.

Let me explain…

If you are currently enjoying a regular pattern of healthy sexual expression, then you are actually more likley to continue that way throughout your life.

Conversely…

If your sexual abilities are declining, if your are not getting the level of healthy,satisfying, pleasurable sexual expression you need, your situation is not likely to get better. In fact…

It’s probably going to get worse.

Unless you do something about it now.

Sex Makes You Younger!

I’ll bet that got your attention didn’t it?

Let me explain this.

It has been shown that those who stay sexually active and properly nourished (more on this shortly) end up being physically, many years younger than their chronological age.

How cool is that?

SEX Is Your Best Tool Against Aging! When it is done properly that is.

Now the simple truth is that the reason your reading this article is NOT because your happy with or getting enough of healthy, pleasurable sexual expression.

It’s most likely not even that your having desire issues. Its simply most likely that sexually your sexual performance is just not what it used to be.

Now you may not know this, but just like many women lie about having an orgasm during sex i.e. “faking orgasms”… many men lie to their partners about not wanting or being interested in sex as a way to hide the fact that they are suffering from a declining sexual function.

Erections may become…

– less reliable – less firm – less sustainable – and in some cases unattainable

obviously none of these issues help a man’s sexual confidence and self-esteem.

Now for the good news. As the title of this article series implies there are a number of powerful, natural solutions for dealing with the many forms of erectile dysfunctions.

The following foods, herbs and supplements can dramatically enhance the firmness, strength, and reliability of your erections…

Since most forms of erectile dysfunction center around circulatory issues, the following foods can help improve sexual functioning by improving circulation.

– Cayenne Pepper – Cinnamon – Ginger – Citrus Fruits – Apples and Berries – Soy Beans – Bananas – Garlic

Note there is nothing exotic here. All of these can be found at your local grocery store.

Keep in mind that as a health care professional I would go for the purely fresh and “Organic” versions of these foods. They cost a little more but they are well worth it in terms of providing a purer source of key nutrients for sexual functioning.

Make these sexual superfoods a consistent and prevalent staple in your healthy diet and you will notice that in a relatively short time, your sexual functioning will begin to significantly improve.

In our next section we will cover secret Chinese herbs that can give you Fuller Healthier Erections In Minimum Time. Some of these little known herbal remedies are so powerful that I hesitate to mention them outside of my “Sexual Rocket Fuel: The Science of Sexual Nutrition” Home-study Course from which this herbal information is drawn. You can learn more about my programs by clicking on the links below.

They have radically changed the level of my sexual performance and they can do the same for you.

We will see you in part three of this ongoing article series. If you have any questions I invite you to visit my blog by clicking on the links below to learn how you can have healthier firmer longer-lasting erections, satisfy your woman with one mind blowing orgasm after another and destroy premature ejaculation Forever!.

Until Next Time,

Rock Her World and Take Names…

Source by David Van Arrick

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Hidden Secrets For Stronger Erections – Curing Erectile Dysfunction the Natural Way – Part 1

Erectile dysfunction a.k.a impotence, weak erections etc etc.

Whatever term you choose to put on it, nothing short of premature ejaculation even comes close to being as damaging to our self image and self esteem. In fact, being unable to perform sexually is excruciatingly humiliating for most men. That’s quite obvious hence the preponderance of articles and hidden ads all trying to sell you some sort of cream, pill, or lotion all promising to restore the glory of your lost youth.

But let me be honest with you.

I am not here to sell you a pill, a lotion, a cream of any kind. In fact, the very secrets I am about to share with you that can actually reverse your E.D. Problems for the most part can be found in your local grocery store.

Other aspects, specifically the Chinese herbs are also relatively easy to find if you know where to look. Regardless of anything else you do. If you are suffering from any form of erectile issues you should first consult your physician to make sure there in fact no actual organic issues contributing to your E.D. Many circulatory problems as well as diseases such as diabetes dramatically affect ones ability to keep and maintain an erection.

I should also point out that although my training is in oriental medicine as well as having undergone many hours of western medical training.

Nothing in this article should be construed as either diagnosing or giving a medical opinion or advice.

The methods described here are all natural approaches that have been shown to be safe and highly effective in reversing many forms of erectile dysfunction. That being said, you should still consult a doctor before using any of them. Let’s start with the basics.

What are the actual sub types of erectile dysfunctions?

The sheer variety of erectile dysfunctions and/or impotence might surprise you.

For Example,

Desire Disorders – Sexual Desire Disorders are characterized by a “lack” of sexual desire or interest in sex. Folks simply have no desire.

– Sexual Arousal Disorders – Sexual Arousal Disorders in contrast often have a marked inability to become sexually aroused. The spirit is willing but nothing is happening below the “belt-line” if you know what I mean.

Arousal disorders commonly include – problems achieving or simply maintaining an erection, even weak erections fall into this category.

Now in addition to “Desire” and “Arousal” disorders we also have a categories of sexual dysfunction such as…

Orgasm Disorders – The Delay or absence of orgasm or sexual climax

Pain Disorders – pain during intercourse, this mostly affects women but men are not excluded from painful intercourse issues.

As you can see sexual and specifically erectile disorders are a bit more complicated than just an inability to get an erection, depending on the characteristics of your E.D. the method for healing it can be substantially different.

The good news is there are some very powerful and natural things you can do right away to start regaining your sexual power. In fact, while we are on the subject of sexual power let me explode one myth right now.

You Do NOT Lose Sexual Function As A Result of Aging.

You read it right.

The research shows that although some physical changes do occur during the aging process…”sexual vitality does not have to decline with age.” Your level of sexual performance is most heavily influenced by

– psychological well-being – depth of intimacy – cultural expectations

Here is the rub, and it is both good and bad news my friend.

The best predictor of future sexual satisfaction is your past sexual performance.

Let me explain…

If you are currently enjoying a regular pattern of healthy sexual expression, then you are actually more likley to continue that way throughout your life.

Conversely…

If your sexual abilities are declining, if your are not getting the level of healthy,satisfying, pleasurable sexual expression you need, your situation is not likely to get better. In fact…

It’s probably going to get worse.

Unless you do something about it now.

Sex Makes You Younger!

I’ll bet that got your attention didn’t it?

Let me explain this.

It has been shown that those who stay sexually active and properly nourished (more on this shortly) end up being physically, many years younger than their chronological age.

How cool is that?

SEX Is Your Best Tool Against Aging! When it is done properly that is.

Now the simple truth is that the reason your reading this article is NOT because your happy with or getting enough of healthy, pleasurable sexual expression.

It’s most likely not even that your having desire issues. Its simply most likely that sexually your sexual performance is just not what it used to be.

Now you may not know this, but just like many women lie about having an orgasm during sex i.e. “faking orgasms”… many men lie to their partners about not wanting or being interested in sex as a way to hide the fact that they are suffering from a declining sexual function.

Erections may become…

– less reliable – less firm – less sustainable – and in some cases unattainable

obviously none of these issues help a man’s sexual confidence and self-esteem.

Now for the good news. As the title of this article series implies there are a number of powerful, natural solutions for dealing with the many forms of erectile dysfunctions.

The following foods, herbs and supplements can dramatically enhance the firmness, strength, and reliability of your erections…

Since most forms of erectile dysfunction center around circulatory issues, the following foods can help improve sexual functioning by improving circulation.

– Cayenne Pepper – Cinnamon – Ginger – Citrus Fruits – Apples and Berries – Soy Beans – Bananas – Garlic

Note there is nothing exotic here. All of these can be found at your local grocery store.

Keep in mind that as a health care professional I would go for the purely fresh and “Organic” versions of these foods. They cost a little more but they are well worth it in terms of providing a purer source of key nutrients for sexual functioning.

Make these sexual superfoods a consistent and prevalent staple in your healthy diet and you will notice that in a relatively short time, your sexual functioning will begin to significantly improve.

In our next section we will cover secret Chinese herbs that can give you Fuller Healthier Erections In Minimum Time. Some of these little known herbal remedies are so powerful that I hesitate to mention them outside of my “Sexual Rocket Fuel: The Science of Sexual Nutrition” Home-study Course from which this herbal information is drawn. You can learn more about my programs by clicking on the links below.

They have radically changed the level of my sexual performance and they can do the same for you.

We will see you in part three of this ongoing article series. If you have any questions I invite you to visit my blog by clicking on the links below to learn how you can have healthier firmer longer-lasting erections, satisfy your woman with one mind blowing orgasm after another and destroy premature ejaculation Forever!.

Until Next Time,

Rock Her World and Take Names…

Source by David Van Arrick

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Hidden Secrets For Stronger Erections – Curing Erectile Dysfunction the Natural Way – Part 1

Erectile dysfunction a.k.a impotence, weak erections etc etc.

Whatever term you choose to put on it, nothing short of premature ejaculation even comes close to being as damaging to our self image and self esteem. In fact, being unable to perform sexually is excruciatingly humiliating for most men. That’s quite obvious hence the preponderance of articles and hidden ads all trying to sell you some sort of cream, pill, or lotion all promising to restore the glory of your lost youth.

But let me be honest with you.

I am not here to sell you a pill, a lotion, a cream of any kind. In fact, the very secrets I am about to share with you that can actually reverse your E.D. Problems for the most part can be found in your local grocery store.

Other aspects, specifically the Chinese herbs are also relatively easy to find if you know where to look. Regardless of anything else you do. If you are suffering from any form of erectile issues you should first consult your physician to make sure there in fact no actual organic issues contributing to your E.D. Many circulatory problems as well as diseases such as diabetes dramatically affect ones ability to keep and maintain an erection.

I should also point out that although my training is in oriental medicine as well as having undergone many hours of western medical training.

Nothing in this article should be construed as either diagnosing or giving a medical opinion or advice.

The methods described here are all natural approaches that have been shown to be safe and highly effective in reversing many forms of erectile dysfunction. That being said, you should still consult a doctor before using any of them. Let’s start with the basics.

What are the actual sub types of erectile dysfunctions?

The sheer variety of erectile dysfunctions and/or impotence might surprise you.

For Example,

Desire Disorders – Sexual Desire Disorders are characterized by a “lack” of sexual desire or interest in sex. Folks simply have no desire.

– Sexual Arousal Disorders – Sexual Arousal Disorders in contrast often have a marked inability to become sexually aroused. The spirit is willing but nothing is happening below the “belt-line” if you know what I mean.

Arousal disorders commonly include – problems achieving or simply maintaining an erection, even weak erections fall into this category.

Now in addition to “Desire” and “Arousal” disorders we also have a categories of sexual dysfunction such as…

Orgasm Disorders – The Delay or absence of orgasm or sexual climax

Pain Disorders – pain during intercourse, this mostly affects women but men are not excluded from painful intercourse issues.

As you can see sexual and specifically erectile disorders are a bit more complicated than just an inability to get an erection, depending on the characteristics of your E.D. the method for healing it can be substantially different.

The good news is there are some very powerful and natural things you can do right away to start regaining your sexual power. In fact, while we are on the subject of sexual power let me explode one myth right now.

You Do NOT Lose Sexual Function As A Result of Aging.

You read it right.

The research shows that although some physical changes do occur during the aging process…”sexual vitality does not have to decline with age.” Your level of sexual performance is most heavily influenced by

– psychological well-being – depth of intimacy – cultural expectations

Here is the rub, and it is both good and bad news my friend.

The best predictor of future sexual satisfaction is your past sexual performance.

Let me explain…

If you are currently enjoying a regular pattern of healthy sexual expression, then you are actually more likley to continue that way throughout your life.

Conversely…

If your sexual abilities are declining, if your are not getting the level of healthy,satisfying, pleasurable sexual expression you need, your situation is not likely to get better. In fact…

It’s probably going to get worse.

Unless you do something about it now.

Sex Makes You Younger!

I’ll bet that got your attention didn’t it?

Let me explain this.

It has been shown that those who stay sexually active and properly nourished (more on this shortly) end up being physically, many years younger than their chronological age.

How cool is that?

SEX Is Your Best Tool Against Aging! When it is done properly that is.

Now the simple truth is that the reason your reading this article is NOT because your happy with or getting enough of healthy, pleasurable sexual expression.

It’s most likely not even that your having desire issues. Its simply most likely that sexually your sexual performance is just not what it used to be.

Now you may not know this, but just like many women lie about having an orgasm during sex i.e. “faking orgasms”… many men lie to their partners about not wanting or being interested in sex as a way to hide the fact that they are suffering from a declining sexual function.

Erections may become…

– less reliable – less firm – less sustainable – and in some cases unattainable

obviously none of these issues help a man’s sexual confidence and self-esteem.

Now for the good news. As the title of this article series implies there are a number of powerful, natural solutions for dealing with the many forms of erectile dysfunctions.

The following foods, herbs and supplements can dramatically enhance the firmness, strength, and reliability of your erections…

Since most forms of erectile dysfunction center around circulatory issues, the following foods can help improve sexual functioning by improving circulation.

– Cayenne Pepper – Cinnamon – Ginger – Citrus Fruits – Apples and Berries – Soy Beans – Bananas – Garlic

Note there is nothing exotic here. All of these can be found at your local grocery store.

Keep in mind that as a health care professional I would go for the purely fresh and “Organic” versions of these foods. They cost a little more but they are well worth it in terms of providing a purer source of key nutrients for sexual functioning.

Make these sexual superfoods a consistent and prevalent staple in your healthy diet and you will notice that in a relatively short time, your sexual functioning will begin to significantly improve.

In our next section we will cover secret Chinese herbs that can give you Fuller Healthier Erections In Minimum Time. Some of these little known herbal remedies are so powerful that I hesitate to mention them outside of my “Sexual Rocket Fuel: The Science of Sexual Nutrition” Home-study Course from which this herbal information is drawn. You can learn more about my programs by clicking on the links below.

They have radically changed the level of my sexual performance and they can do the same for you.

We will see you in part three of this ongoing article series. If you have any questions I invite you to visit my blog by clicking on the links below to learn how you can have healthier firmer longer-lasting erections, satisfy your woman with one mind blowing orgasm after another and destroy premature ejaculation Forever!.

Until Next Time,

Rock Her World and Take Names…

Source by David Van Arrick

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