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07/17/2025

Estrogen dominance doesn’t always mean your estrogen is too high.
It means estrogen is high relative to progesterone.

And yes — your labs can be “normal” while your body feels anything but.
What drives it?
→ Chronic stress (lowers progesterone)
→ Blood sugar instability
→ Poor estrogen detox (gut & liver issues)
→ Xenoestrogens (plastics, fragrances, receipts)
→ Hormonal birth control rebound

Common signs?
– Mood swings
– Breast tenderness
– Heavy or painful periods
– Bloating or water retention
– Irritability or rage before your period
– Mid-cycle spotting or PMS flares

You don’t fix estrogen dominance by “lowering estrogen.”
You fix it by restoring balance.
And that starts with understanding the full picture — not just chasing hormone levels.

Book a consult: www.themetabolicproject.com/workwithme

07/16/2025

Mood swings are a symptom of inflammation.

What could be driving it?
→ Estrogen dominance
→ Low progesterone
→ Blood sugar crashes
→ Poor hormone detox
→ Cortisol dysregulation from chronic stress
These patterns don’t just mess with your cycle —
They mess with your mind, your energy, and your ability to feel like you.

And no, the answer isn’t “take a deep breath.”
It’s root-cause support.

Ready to heal your hormones? Set up a consult: www.themetabolicproject.com/workwithme

07/14/2025

🌪Horrible PMS and menstrual cycles?

Your cells are like headphone jacks.
Estrogen, progesterone, and friends plug in to play their monthly playlist. But if inflammation gums up the port (hello, cytokines and prostaglandins), the signal crackles—even if the volume on the hormone track looks “normal” in your labs.

The result? Pain cranks up affecting everything physically, emotionally, and mentally.
Science-meets-real-life rundown
🎵Prostaglandin party crashers — Inflammation tells these chemical messengers to spike,
tightening uterine muscles and cueing mega-cramps.
🎵Detox traffic jam — A sluggish, inflamed liver recycles estrogen, so doses you should’ve excreted do encore performances (heavy flow, breast tenderness).
🎵Blood-sugar rollercoasters — Inflammation messes with insulin signaling; every spike and crash
stokes more cortisol, which cranks up PMS irritability.
🎵Nervous-system static — Chronic inflammation keeps your fight-or-flight wires humming, so even normal hormone shifts feel like an emotional earthquake.

🔑Key Takeaway:
If your period symptoms shapeshift but never exit stage left, target the flame before you fine-tune the hormones. (Turmeric latte > another round of cycle-sync supplements—at least to start.)

Struggling? Been told your labs are normal? Let's talk: www.themetabolicproject.com/workwithme

07/09/2025

Ever opened your laptop with big plans, only to stare at the screen as if your brain had been left in
airplane mode?

That mental lag isn’t always “just how you are.”👀
Here’s what could be happening instead: a single blood-sugar spike can nudge tiny immune cells
called microglia into “janitor overtime.” They start pruning synapses (the brain’s Wi-Fi), slowing the
neural download speed you need for focus and memory.

Meanwhile, mitochondria—the battery packs in every brain cell—get peppered with inflammatory
free radicals.

Think half-charged phone at 3 PM: you’ve still got notifications, but no juice to open the apps.

Add cortisol from chronic stress and the plot thickens: cortisol tells your liver to dump glucose,
which restarts the spike-and-crash loop.
🪭Each swing fans the inflammatory flames, so your mind keeps buzzing while your body feels like
it’s wading through wet cement.

Try a 48-hour “focus reset” experiment
✅Protein-first meals. Start every plate with 20 g of protein and non-starchy veggies; leave carbs
for last or smaller portions.
✅Walk the block after eating. Five minutes gets glucose into muscles before it can stoke brain
fire.
✅30-second cold splash on the face. Activates the vagus nerve, quieting microglia and sharpening
attention.

Notice fewer “Where did I put my keys?” moments? That’s your neurons shedding their fire
blankets.

Struggling with brain fog? ADHD? chronic fatigue? Let's work together! Book an app! www.themetabolicproject.com

07/08/2025

You’ve swapped bread for kale bowls, upgraded to extra-virgin olive oil, and sprinkled turmeric on everything short of your toothbrush—yet the morning puffiness, skin issues, wired-then-tired crashes, and mystery joint aches keep hanging around.
Here’s the plot twist most “anti-inflammatory” meal plans miss: food is only the first domino in a chain reaction that starts long before the fork hits your lips.

Why the Same Menu Lands Differently in Every Body:
📌Timing Turbulence – A flawless plate at 10 p.m. forces your liver to work the night shift instead
of deep-cleaning; inflammation smolders while you sleep.
📌Tolerance Threshold – Raw spinach is a phytonutrient hero—unless oxalates sandpaper an
already leaky gut, turning hero into heckler.
📌State of the System – Eat salmon while doom-scrolling and fight-or-flight shunts blood away
from digestion; even omega-3s can’t douse a cortisol bonfire.
📌Bio-Individual Wiring – One person’s garlic-and-almond power bowl is another person’s
histamine horror show; genes, microbes, and stress history decide the verdict.

The Bigger Picture Your Cells Care About
➡︎Nerve tone—can the vagus flip you into rest-and-digest before the first bite?
➡︎Gut-wall integrity—does that turmeric even cross the border?
➡︎Phase-II detox bandwidth—can the liver ship out yesterday’s debris before today’s meal arrives?
➡︎Mitochondrial charge—enough ATP to rebuild, or just enough to scroll for answers?
➡︎Blood-sugar glide path—smooth sailing or a roller coaster that flips on NF-κB every three hours?
Bottom line: matching meals to your circuitry cools the flame faster than any universal “avoid list.”

The goal isn’t more restriction—it’s precision, so food stops feeling like a chemistry experiment and starts feeling like fuel.

Ready to get off the diet roller coaster? Book a consult: www.themetabolicproject.com

07/07/2025

🔥Inflammation whispers long before it ever screams.

Most patients chalk up the scattered signals—
📌puffy eyes here
📌a 3 AM wake-up there
—as “just getting older.”

Yet behind those seemingly unrelated annoyances is the same biochemical fire: a slow-burn
cytokine cascade that hijacks metabolism, hormones, and mood.
When you spot even two boxes checked on the chart above, you’re already in the “silent”
phase—where tissue damage begins long before labs spike.

The good news? These early sparks are the easiest to smother.
Here’s the reframe I give my clients: inflammation isn’t an enemy to fight; it’s feedback to decode.

Lower the signal, and the symptoms fade on their own. Stop chasing isolated problems—work
upstream at the immune-metabolic interface and you’ll see brain fog, belly fat, and PMS bow out
together.🎉

Ready to turn down the flame instead of living on ibuprofen, ice packs and elimination diets? Let’s
shift from symptom management to system mastery—because the best time to act is before the fire alarm ever goes off.

Set up a consult: www.themetabolicproject.com/workwithme

06/30/2025

You can be eating perfectly, taking the right supplements, and following the best protocols—
But if your nervous system is stuck in survival mode?
⚠️Your body won’t lose weight, balance hormones, heal, etc.

Why?
Because your brain prioritizes safety over digestion, hormone balance, and cellular repair.
When your nervous system feels unsafe (hello, chronic stress, unresolved trauma, burnout):
→ Inflammation rises
→ Digestion slows
→ Blood sugar spikes
→ Neurotransmitters drop
→ Healing stalls

Swipe to see exactly what happens inside your body when your brain gets the signal: “I’m not safe.”

Before you go harder… pause and ask:
🧠What if regulation is the missing step?

Stuck in plateau? Not seeing the results you want? Set up a consult! www.themetabolicproject.com

06/26/2025

Your doc says your labs are normal.
So why do you still feel exhausted, bloated, moody, and off?🤔
Because “normal” lab ranges are based on population averages —
Not what’s optimal for your body.
And most standard panels miss key pieces of the hormone puzzle:
→ Cortisol rhythm (not just one reading)
→ Progesterone timing (cycle day matters!)
→ Hormone ratios, not just totals
→ Nutrients needed for hormone metabolism (like B6, magnesium, zinc)
→ Gut + liver function that clears excess hormones
So no — you’re not crazy.
You’re just being told you’re “fine” by a system that’s only looking at surface-level data.
✨You don’t need to be dismissed.
You need deeper testing, better context, and a full-body approach.

Book an app today: www.themetabolicproject.com

06/23/2025

That anxiety, fatigue, cycle chaos, or skin flare-up?

❌It’s not your body malfunctioning.
✅It’s your body trying to protect you.

Most people think hormone imbalance means your levels are “wrong.”

But in functional medicine, we ask:
Why did your body make that shift in the first place?
→ Chronic stress = estrogen goes up, progesterone drops
→ Blood sugar crashes = cortisol stays on
→ Perceived threat = ovulation pauses to conserve energy
→ Gut dysfunction = hormones can’t be cleared

These symptoms look like dysfunction on the surface.
But under the hood? It’s intelligent compensation.

Your hormones aren’t working against you.
They’re buying you time.
📊Functional medicine isn’t about shutting symptoms down —
It’s about listening to them.

✨Ready to get off the hormonal rollercoaster? Let's work together! Set up a consult: www.themetabolicproject.com

06/10/2025

You tried the supplements.
You changed your diet.
Maybe you even went on the pill or started HRT.

But the mood swings, fatigue, bloating, breakouts, or painful periods?
They keep. coming. back.

Here’s the truth no one talks about:

Most treatments focus on managing symptoms —
Not addressing why your hormones became imbalanced in the first place.
🧬You can’t “fix” hormones without looking at:
→ Nervous system regulation
→ Blood sugar stability
→ Gut + liver detox capacity
→ Micronutrient status (B6, magnesium, zinc, iodine, iron…)
→ Cortisol patterns + emotional stress load
→ Cycle mapping — not just one-time labs
Your body isn’t resisting healing.
It just hasn’t been fully supported yet.

✨Real hormone healing isn’t a quick fix.
It’s a systems-based reset. And it works.

Ready to work together? Set up a consult here: www.themetabolicproject.com/workwithme

05/28/2025

Not all depression is psychological.
Sometimes, it’s your gut.
Your blood sugar.
Your hormones, minerals, and mitochondria.

If you’ve done therapy… taken the meds… tried the mindset work… but something still feels
off—this might be why.👇

Depression can be triggered by:
🔥Cytokine-driven inflammation
🦠Gut-brain axis disruption
📉Blood sugar instability
⚖️Hormonal imbalances (hello, PCOS, PMS, thyroid)
󰩓HPA axis burnout
🥩Nutrient deficiencies (even mild ones)

This kind of depression often feels different:
It’s heavier. Flatter. More physical.
And it doesn’t respond to standard protocols—because the root is in the body, not just the brain.
🧠If this post gave you a new perspective on your symptoms, drop a💡in the comments or save it
to revisit later.
You’re not broken. You’re missing answers.

Ready to feel better? Set up a consult: www.themetabolicproject.com/workwithme

05/15/2025

Is it depression—or is it an estrogen crash?
Because they can feel exactly the same.🧠🩸

Estrogen isn’t just about periods and fertility—it’s a powerful modulator of your brain chemistry.

When estrogen dips (like during the luteal phase, postpartum, or perimenopause), it impacts:
→ Serotonin – drops in estrogen reduce serotonin availability and receptor sensitivity
→ Dopamine – lower estrogen = less motivation, drive, and reward
→ GABA – estrogen helps buffer the brain from anxiety and overstimulation

The result?
Low mood, irritability, apathy, emotional reactivity, weepiness—or even flatness.

And it often gets misread as clinical depression or a prescription for birth control.

But here’s the key:
These mood changes are cyclical.
They show up around ovulation, before your period, or during perimenopausal hormone
fluctuations.

This isn’t all in your head. It’s in your hormones.

✨If your mental health feels like a rollercoaster—especially on a monthly basis—start tracking
your symptoms alongside your cycle.

The patterns might surprise you. And they might finally explain what no one else has.

Ready to work together? DM me or set up a consult here: www.themetabolicproject.com/workwithme

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