The Adrenal Reset Diet

 

Experiencing adrenal crash twice now, I have been a bit of a student of the adrenals and ways to heal them. This book is fabulous. It's clear, concise, and makes complete sense. It's practical. I wouldn't think you would need the expensive program this Dr. has, the book is doable on your own.

The bulk of the book is informational and the last few chapters are the practical how-to's. There is a quiz to help you determine how healthy your adrenals are. Since this isn't my first rodeo with my adrenals I found the quiz to be quite accurate. Mine are crashed again, which I knew.

If you have been stressed, depressed, can't lose weight no matter what, you're tired and foggy, easily overwhelmed and wake-up tired, you might just have a problem with your adrenals.

I have gained 25 pounds in 5 years, and have been unable to lose the weight in spite of at times heroic efforts at a clean, healthy diet and work-outs. In this book I learned that just stressed my body further and made it harder. Makes sense, since I only gained weight with those efforts and felt worse!

Our genes do not really predict our weight. I used to be very thin no matter what I ate.

Your adrenals determine your weight and many other things as well. You don't hear much about them but they are key!

 "Adrenal hormones control the stress response. When the body is in this high stress state, food is stored as fat instead of burned as fuel. This happens at a cellular level by shifting whether fat responds to insulin or if muscle tissue responds to insulin." Dr. Christanson quoted here.

 

I read this book and faced facts, then began to do a few simple things to heal my adrenals and I already feel so much better. 6 weeks into it and the improvement is remarkable. Get the book!

*I was given a free copy of this book in exchange for an unbiased written review.

 

 

The Nourished Kitchen

 

This a beautiful as well as practical book. In the spirit of Nourishing Traditions, my favorite, comes along this jewel with more recipes and practical how-to's.

Jennifer McGruther has created a masterpiece, a scrumptious book!

 She covers all the basics in this farm cookbook from rendering tallow to cheeses and breads, syrups to shellfish she's got all bases covered in elegant style as well as an orderly fashion with chapters like: From the Larder, From the Orchard and From the Range.

 

If you want to utilize local foods, your farmer's markets and what you grow and raise yourself you're in luck.

This is so much more than a cookbook. Want to learn to make fermented foods? Milk kefir? Kombucha or water kefir? Well okay then. She's got you covered here and in so many other areas.

 

This is one I will proudly display and not put on a shelf. It will get plenty of use. The art of eating well is clearly illustrated and some basic information is laid out regarding things such as the myth of vegetarian fed chickens.

I not only recommend this book I highly suggest it.

*This book was given to me for free by the publisher in order to be able to write an unbiased written review.