If you are not sleeping right now- maybe staying up too late and getting stressed out by watching the news.
Are you taking care of the WHOLE you to be healthy?
Not me… I have taken a vacation away from the media as I stay in an Airbnb for the summer in the mountains north of San Diego. I don’t want to be brainwashed and live in the state of fear from listening to political and big pharma influenced medical news.
We get to be after sunset and wake up just before the sun is rising. My husband Neal has been wearing his blue blocker glasses with readers from Ra-Optics to help his eyes as we are getting too much screen time working remote. The blue light blocking glasses are ideal in the evening and if spending too many hours on electronic devices.
We also are improving the quality of our sleep by watching the sun rise and sun set – which helps set our circadian rhythm and melatonin levels.
When we go for a bike ride in the morning, I make sure I look at the sun rising up into the blue sky to help my eyes/brain set the circadian rhythm naturally.
Read this great blog by the young brilliant founder of Ra Optics here on the Light Diet
Because of how complex they are, our engines need to be tuned up every day as well so we can function well, feel good, and avoid disease.
We need to be exposed to the sun’s light every morning, and darkness at night for our engines to function properly.
If we are not, they cannot, and we cannot be healthy no matter the quality of the food we eat.
When we live indoors behind glass, or wear sunglasses or contacts, or cover our skin in clothing constantly, or work indoors, live under artificial lighting, expose ourselves to bright light at night, use screens, use wireless radiation for communication, we irradiate our engines with light that prevents them from functioning optimally.
Food diets, nor exercise, will EVER fix our modern disease epidemic.
We need to fix our mitochondria, the engines that run our cells. To fix the mitochondria, we need a Light Diet.
Matt, the founder of Raoptics- https://raoptics.com/blogs/news/the-light-diet
The Light Diet Summary:
- Sleep with the sun
- Wake with the sun
- Sunbathe and live outdoors
- Avoid tap water and drink spring water
- Eat a seafood-based diet
- Bathe in oceans, rivers, lakes, or a cold bath
- Avoid non-native EMF and living in major cities
- Cultivate your Inner Light life.
- https://raoptics.com/blogs/news/the-light-diet
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What are you doing now to be HEALTHY and improve your RESILIENCY?
We need to work on reducing and managing our STRESS as it will break you down and burn you out.
Your health is impacting by lack of sleeping as well as many other reasons as being on electronic devices daily, over eating sugar and processed foods, vegetable oils, chronic stress, obesity, lack of socializing, happiness, smoking, epigenetics, and lack of exercise – just to name a few lifestyle habits that are CHOICES you make.
Let’s talk today about reducing your time watching the news on television, reading your Ipad, being on your phone and staying up too late playing games. Yes- all ages, including kids, need to set boundries of how much time they are online and time they are missing getting quality RESTORATIVE sleep.
Beat big pharma and political nutrition by taking responsiblity and ownership for your health – especially if you want to end this CV19 mess and isolation (as well as small businesses going bankrupt!).
I will stay on topic and not get on a rant but I did also want to share some interesting information and research providing by Dr. Ben Lynch on his social media channels as Instagram.
Dr. Ben Lynch’s suggestions on CV19 Prevention:
- Sunshine (vitamin D)
- Multivitamin, probiotics, fish oil
- Eat healthy whole foods
- Limit sugar intake
- Optimize your weight
- Avoid sick people
- Turn off the news!
Keep it simple right?
Does the above list sound familiar?
Isn’t this what we should be doing all the time?
This is why I believe, sadly, that everything happens for a reason. CV19 is a major world wide wake up call to learn what “HEALTHY” is all about but instead it has become an opportunity for Politicians and Big Pharma to make it about something else- a bigger $$$$ agenda. Follow the money.
Dr. Ben Lynch also shared on his IG posts what to do if you need support:
- Let fever go until 105 F. then Tylenol
- Vitamin D, Zinc, Gluathione, Multi-Vitamin
- Eat nourishing soups and broths
- Limit sugar and carbs
- Electrolytes
- Sleep
- Stay home until fully well
My suggestion to you is to prioritize sleep and prioritize getting outside in the daylight to exercise as well as expose your bare skin to the sun for your daily dose of natural Vitamin D!
Dr. Ben Lynch shares on his blogs… Low Vitamin D levels and low glutathione levels are related to CV19.
Vaccine may help those older adults with comprimised immune systems and those struggling with obesity.
Antibodies for Covid and low Vitamin D = severe immune response or cytokine response.
- Diabetes
- Elderly
- Co-morbidities
- Darker skin individuals
- Obestity
All are associated with low vitamin D. You are putting yourself at risk, according to Dr. Ben Lynch, if you get the vaccine and have low vitamin levels. Don’t run yourself into a big risk by getting the vaccine if you are not healthy with ideal Vitamin D and Glutathione levels. If you want a less severe chance of getting the symptoms of CV19 then make sure you are building your Vitamin D levels as well as Glutathione.
You don’t want your immune system to attack self but we want to have a strong and resilient immune tolerance. Joint pain, asthma, difficulty breathing…and more symptoms of auto-immune issues or the immune system attacking your own self. The goal is to build your resilience.
Dr. Ben Lynch says Vitamin D is essential for building a strong immune system.
Ideally… we build up our Vitamin D stores from the sunshine (on your skin) and not burn. Get your Glutathione support, vitamin C, PQQ, not oxidized quality fish oil, B-complex and more health building lifestyle habits. Learn more here on Dr. Ben Lynch’s website Seeking Health.
Avoid the peak hours of the sun so you don’t burn but get outside, breathe the fresh air and play.
Darker skin people have trouble synthesizing Vitamin D levels.
What can you do to take care of the WHOLE You today so we can get our world towards being a healthy place to live?
We need to not out supplement bad lifestyle habits as they are all combined together as we discuss with our coaching clients as FDN Practitioners- the “D.R.E.S.S. for Health Success” protocol. We work on optimizing your diet (personalized nutrition, rest/sleep, exercise (not too much or too little!), stress reduction (hormetic stressors!) and specific supplements based on your needs (ideally discovered in functional lab testing) to restore balance and optimize health so you THRIVE each day.
Dr. Ben Lynch suggests… CV19 Recovery three times a day, for about 10-14 days. Taking liquid supplements or chewables are best as they absorb better in your body. Hold under your tongue for 30-seconds. Don’t self- treat…these are just suggestions as you need to work with a health or medical practitioner.
- Multi-vitamin
- Zinc
- Vitamin D
- Glutathione
- B-Complex
- Vitamin C
- Diet- warm foods to drop body temperature – as chicken broth
- Let body focus on fighting the virus and eat enough simple food to provide the right energy to fight virus (not eating junk food, candy, processed foods and vegetable oils!).
- Hydrate with electrolytes – not with sugary drink as Gatorade. You want to hydrate and nourish your cells!
- Exercising outside and breathing -exhaling without face mask (when not around other people outside of your covid circle).
- Four days to get symptoms… asymptomatic as your symptoms process.
Don’t get sucked into the news as they don’t tell you the information we really need to know or they hide the news we need…scientific facts.
Take time to get focused on the elements of “The WHOLESTIC Method”
- Eating Right.
- Exercise consistently hard/easy/easy
- Get quality sleep- wear your blue blockers at night!
- Reduce stress- turn off the news!
- Move more- get up every hour and move outside
- Digest your food – slow down and focus when you eat!
- Hydrate throughout the day with clean water + electrolytes
- Find happiness, play, laugher and gratitude each day!
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Who is Debbie Potts?
Owner, trainer, and coach of a unique “Health Detective” coaching services with unique “The WHOLESTIC Method” eight elements to guide clients repair, rebuild and restore their WHOLE health back to improve vitality and balance. Debbie helps driven and ambitious people, who are trying to do all the “right” things, investigate what is actually going on “under the hood” to get their body and vibrant self back
Debbie shared her personal story in her book “Life is not a Race… it is a Journey” and created “The WHOLESTIC Method Manual and Workbook”. She hosts “The Low Carb Athlete” Health Building weekly podcast to help athletes of all levels improve ability to burn fat, optimize their health from the inside out and achieve their peak performance gains. Debbie shares her show on Mondays with health guests on Mondays then shares her own thoughts on “Wellness Wednesdays” (Health Building) and “Fitness Fridays” (Athletic Performance Gains).
Debbie walks the talk and practices watch she preaches. After being a top personal trainer for twenty-five years plus years- she continues her education constantly: NASM Certified Personal Trainer (CPT), USAT Triathlon coach, CHEK Holistic Lifestyle Coach, Kion (Superhuman) Coach, Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner (FNTP), DNA Fit coach and Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner (FDN-P). She took her health in her own hands and combined therapy, labs, and lifestyle changes to transform her own life to heal, reclaim energy and reboot her own system. Be a part of the journey to transform the WHOLE you from the inside out with The WHOLESTIC Method Coaching program. There isn’t a one size fits all approach to healing, rebuilding, and restoring the WHOLE you as we are all unique bio-individuals.
Debbie’s focuses on coaching the WHOLE individual from the inside out with elements of “The WHOLESTIC Method” program. Her services include: Personal training, Nutritional Therapy evaluation, assessments, Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner services, Chronic Stress Treatment, Detox and Digestion Reset Fat loss programs. She teaches groups and individuals to become fat adapted with her three-phase program in the 30-day Total Transformation Program. “The WHOLESTIC Method” coaching program includes lifestyle elements, Nutritional Therapy, FDN-lab testing, DNA Fit reports and more.
Debbie was a top age group triathlete and runner for many years until she broke herself with chronic fatigue and “METABOLIC CHAOS”. Now, she is following her purpose, passion, and mission to help others avoid going through the exhaustion, weight gain and hormonal cascade that she experienced starting back in 2013. Debbie coaches’ groups and individual clients in person as well as online to reclaiming their optimal health for performance and longevity. Whether you are training for running, trail running, cycling and triathlon events to thrive and enhance performance via becoming a low-carb fat adapted metabolically efficient athlete.
Specialties: Health Detective Coaching, Total Transformation Fat Loss Coaching, Personal training, NASM-CPT, Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, CHEK HLC, Superhuman Coach, Kion Coach, DNA Fit coach, Pilates Mat, Yoga, Rehab training, Metabolic Efficiency Testing, Triathlon, and Run Coaching for athletes of all levels. Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner.
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