Low Carbohydrate Diets

and Hormonal Imbalance

It is very common to hear low carbohydrate diets are recommended for all sorts of reasons: weight loss, insulin management, stable blood sugar, gut health, and mental health. For people who have appetite control problems, sugar addictions, and a lot of weight to lose, absolutely I believe a low-carbohydrate diet can do those wonders. For people especially women who struggle with stress, menstruation, fertility, exercise performance, or any other hormonal problems, carbohydrates help assure that the body is healthy and fed. .

Because low carbohydrate diets are so popular for weight loss, it is common for people trying to lose weight and to “look good” to exercise often, eat very few carbohydrates, fast, and restrict food intake. The more of these restrictions people undertake at once, the more and more the body reads this as living in a starved, stressed state.

The effects of this are significant: adrenal glands work overtime, livers get tired from performing so much work, insulin sensitivity drops, body fat levels fluctuate, sleep quality decreases, and libido and fertility decrease. The main point here is that carbohydrates are not just okay but important. Why?