Jade Teta – The Metabolic Rehab Program

Jade Teta – The Metabolic Rehab Program

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Metabolic damage and rehabilitation program

So here’s the scenario. I am at the Metabolic Effect clinic sitting in my office talking to a consultant client on the phone She has made steady progress in weight loss for several months. In the past few weeks, it has reached a plateau. I can tell she’s a little upset. I explain to her, as many of my clients do, that body change is neither linear nor predictable, and she must keep up with the times.

We say that these plateaus are a necessary part of the process and often lead to a better understanding of what is required for lifelong health and body change. Then she says: “Do you think I might have metabolic damage”?

I shake my head in disbelief and frustration. I’m thinking, ” where the hell are all these substances associated with metabolic damage from?” Suddenly everyone and their grandmother seem to think they are infected with metabolic damage. I calmly say no and explain to her what I’m going to explain to you.

Background for the duration of metabolic damage

To be honest, I don’t know where the term “metabolic damage”came from. Like many things in the field of health and fitness, it is a term that is used somewhere by someone and becomes part of the lexicon. I think this has gained popularity because it seems obvious and logical. The man says: “I can no longer lose weight, no matter how hard I try and no matter what I do. Something must be broken. Did I damage my metabolism? From there, the term spreads.

I am an integrative doctor. I and many doctors like me have been dealing with metabolic disorders for years. Only we never called it ” metabolic damage.” This was called “neuroendocrine-immune dysfunction.” Or we called it some of its manifestations as “adrenal fatigue”. Sometimes, when a real diagnosis could be made, we called it “hypothyroidism” or “Hashimoto’s thyroiditis” or ” adrenal insufficiency.”

In ” Metabolic effect, “we adopted the term” metabolic damage “because it is much more descriptive and logical than”neuroendocrine-immune dysfunction.” It is important to understand that a person can feel unhealthy and have metabolic disorders without being in an obvious disease.

Diagnosis is not always possible, even when the dysfunction is obvious. There is a whole segment of medicine that deals with the gray area of dysfunction between health and disease. This is called “functional medicine”. Hence such undiagnostic terms as”adrenal fatigue”.

One of the most frustrating things about all of medicine is the idea that laboratory value determines whether you are healthy or not. If your fasting blood sugar level is 119, you don’t have diabetes, but if it reaches 120, you will. Do you see how ridiculous this is?

Long before you reached your fasting blood sugar level of 120, you had serious dysfunction. Medicine calls it a lot of different things, such as” blood sugar regulation disorder”,” glycemic insufficiency”,” prediabetes”, etc.But none of these diagnoses are acceptable. These are just descriptive terms that describe a measurable disorder that has not yet become a disease.

Is metabolic damage a myth?

Saying “metabolic damage is a myth” is very similar to saying “pre – diabetes is a myth”. To say “adrenal fatigue does not exist” is very similar to saying “there is no excessive preparation”. These are functional disorders that have clinical signs and symptoms that can be detected by physical examinations and blood tests. These violations may or may not have an appropriate diagnostic label. This is the gray area between optimal health and disease; the area where function begins to become impaired.

Why am I raising this? Because many people in the Internet space, many of whom, in my opinion, go beyond their experience, talk about this problem as if they are well versed in it. I’m a little tired of these people saying, ” if there’s no research that doesn’t exist.” These types denied the existence of fibromyalgia, autism, ADD, AND a host of other conditions, while many first-line doctors successfully treated patients. All of these aforementioned diseases were called “myths” before they didn’t become.

I call these types “research zombies”. Like zombies, they blindly follow their own minds and are unable or unwilling to recognize the limitations of their myopic point of view. Research is a critical tool for testing our clinical practice, but recently it has been used to refute everything that research has not been done exclusively for. Health and fitness is and always will be a mix of science and clinical practice. A healthy respect for both often provides the best result.

Metabolic compensation

If metabolic damage is another term for measurable metabolic disorders, what are these disorders and how do you know if you have metabolic disorders? This is the reason I’m writing this blog, because you probably don’t have any metabolic damage.

If you have followed the above discussion, you now understand that your health is on a continuous path from optimal health to functional disorders and diseases. When it comes to diet and exercise related to metabolic health, we can easily see a step-by-step process.

When you first start a diet and exercise program in which you eat less and exercise more, the initial stress on your metabolism is positive. The body responds normally to this stress and begins to mobilize its fuel reserves. This occurs through a coordinated communication system routed through a control and metabolism center called the hypothalamus and pituitary (HP).

The hypothalamus and pituitary send their signals to the thyroid, adrenal, and gonads (ovaries and testes). This leads to a coordinated hormonal Symphony that helps you burn fat and possibly build muscle too.

When this stress continues for a few days or weeks, the metabolism begins to compensate. This is one of the most consistent and well-understood mechanisms in all weight loss. I call this the law of metabolic compensation. This compensation creates hunger, energy changes and cravings, as well as a slowing down of metabolism caused by a decrease in the level of thyroid hormones.

This slowdown is very individual and in some cases may be almost absent, leading to metabolic depression of 300 to 800 calories per day. For those with the largest metabolic compensations, this can stop progress or even reverse it. Read more about this compensation mechanism and the research behind it in this blog.

Metabolic stability

As a result of metabolic compensation, many people will begin to exert a strong influence on their metabolism. They start doing even more cardio and cut calories even more. In other words, they eat half as much, train the weight loss model more.

This may work for a short time, but then the body quickly latches on and begins to defend itself, slowing down the process. At this point, the body essentially puts emergency breaks. This makes it a natural defense mechanism against stress. It wants to regain its fat and muscle reserves to begin your hunger and cravings. It wants you to rest and recover, so it takes away your motivation, lowers your energy, and causes anxiety and / or depression.

This metabolic resistance can occur in people of any weight who are subjected to extreme physical activity and diet, but it usually manifests itself when the body fat content begins to fall below 20% for women and 10% for men. And the truth is that most people will never reach this state. For most, the metabolism processes things just fine.

Metabolic damage

Finally, when it goes too far, the HPT (pituitary hypothalamus thyroid axis), HPA (hypothalamus pituitary axis), and HPG (hypothalamus pituitary gonadal axis) become severely impaired. Again, let me be clear. Most people will never reach this state. For those who do, the problems of hunger, cravings, energy, and weight loss become their least concern.

I wrote about the steps that lead to metabolic damage in detail in another blog. Please view this blog here. Keep in mind the term introduced above, neuroendocrine-immune dysfunction. This includes nervous system dysfunction (neuro), hormonal dysfunction (endo), and immune dysfunction (immune). Currently, it is known that these systems have many common paths and intersect in different ways. Metabolic damage is a neuroendocrine-immune dysfunction.

Dysfunction of the nervous system

While metabolic compensation is perfectly normal and metabolic resistance changes easily, metabolic damage is not. At this point, there is a dysfunction of the nervous system, which manifests itself mainly in the form of complaints about digestion. The digestive system is a window into the delicate balance of the sympathetic nervous system (fight or flight) and the parasympathetic nervous system (rest and digestion).

One of the reasons that leads us to metabolic disorders is the occurrence of many digestive disorders. Gas, bloating, heart burns, constipation, and / or runny stools are some of the problems that are starting to appear.

Hormonal (endocrine) dysfunction

The thyroid becomes impaired, leading to subclinical hypothyroidism, hypothyroidism, and even autoimmune thyroid diseases. The adrenal glands also begin to show signs of stress. There is what we call the reverse cortisol curve in the early stages of metabolic resistance. At this stage, you can see many different types of cortisol, but most often it’s low cortisol levels and what integrators call adrenal fatigue.

This hormonal dysfunction also leads to decreased libido in men and women and loss of menstruation in women. Endocrine effects clinically correspond to a fairly standard pattern. In most cases, the adrenal glands first show dysfunction, then the thyroid gland, and then the ovaries and testes. This is not always the case, but it happens often enough to make a broad generalization.

Immune dysfunction

The digestive system is an interesting intersection point for metabolic disorders. It has more innervation of the nervous system than any other part of the body except the brain. That’s why we integrative doctors call it the “second brain.” It is also a huge center of hormonal function. It constantly binds through hormones to other parts of the body. The vast majority of immune cells are also located here. If there is a place in the body that is most representative of the neuroendocrine immune system, it is the digestive tract.

In addition to all the other symptoms that begin to manifest in the digestive tract, food intolerance begins to develop. Products that were once not a problem are starting to cause reactions. This is most obvious when protein-rich foods begin to cause heart burns. Starchy foods cause excessive gas and bloating. Fat can be malabsorbed and cause diarrhea or pale stools.

Do you have any metabolic damage?

Hopefully now you can see that if you hit a plateau in your weight loss efforts, it doesn’t mean you have metabolic damage. Even if you have been resistant to weight loss for quite a long time, this does not mean that you have metabolic damage. In these scenarios, you are most likely dealing with metabolic compensation and metabolic resistance, respectively.

I don’t consider a person “metabolic damage” until I see the neuroendocrine-immune dysfunctions that are their hallmark.

Here is a list of cheats to help:

Metabolic compensation

Your metabolism slows down and your weight loss slows down or stops (you hit a plateau).
One or more signs of biofeedback, hunger, energy, and cravings (HEC) become moderately unbalanced. Usually the energy will be fine, but hunger and cravings will work strongly against you.
This is very similar to the early signs of athletic overtraining. Also called excessive.

Metabolic stability

Weight loss stops completely and you can no longer lose weight with less food, take more of an approach. At best, you maintain your weight.
One or more biofeedback signals are a constant reminder that something is wrong. As a rule, there is a moderate constant fatigue, but it is more internal wiring, fatigue outside.
Mood changes occur. You may be worried or depressed, but ironically it’s both.
Sleep becomes dysfunctional. You may have trouble falling asleep and / or sleeping.
In the evening, you may notice that you feel more tense and energetic than the rest of the day.

Metabolic damage

All of the above
You can’t lose weight and you can even put on weight, despite no changes in your diet.
Your body becomes puffy and wet look.
You suffer from depression.
You have several digestive complaints.
You can deal with hypothyroidism symptoms of dry skin, itchy scalp, and slow thinking.
You are tired and have zero motivation.
Your libido is gone.
Your menstruation is completely gone or irregular.
You may feel frivolous.
You may have a new sensitivity to bright light.
You may have developed a food intolerance.

Overexertion, adrenal fatigue and metabolic disorders

I hope you now have a better understanding of metabolic damage; what it is and what it isn’t. A good way to think about this argument is to analyze the history of two other terms: overtraining and adrenal fatigue. These terms were and remain controversial in some circles. Many people have long denied the existence of overtraining. Many still disagree with the term “adrenal fatigue”.

If you were paying attention, you probably don’t care what it’s called right now. Call it “functional disorder X, Y, Z” for all I care. The fact is that when the metabolism is subjected to excessive stress, whether through athletic training (overtraining), physical stress / illness (adrenal fatigue) or a chronic diet and extreme physical exertion (metabolic compensation / resistance / damage), this has consequences for the bodily and physical signs and symptoms will manifest.

These dysfunctions can eventually lead to a diagnosed condition, but whether they are present or not, functional disorders are present nonetheless. Denying them or pretending they don’t exist is stupid and pointless, especially if our goal is to help people achieve optimal health, fitness, and weight loss.

Initial treatment

If you’ve made it this far, you’re probably hoping to get an idea of what to do with it. Here’s one thing I can tell you with confidence.

DON’T START EATING MORE AND LESS! You should run as far as possible from any trainer, doctor, or medical professional who tells you this.

For some reason, people are given this message and it is the WRONG thing to do. If you want to gain weight faster than you ever thought humanly possible, then follow this bad advice. If you want to heal your metabolism so that it functions properly again, don’t use this approach.

Treatment of metabolic damage and metabolic resistance

The idea of the treatment is to reduce stress related to nutrition and exercise, given the fact that your current metabolic rate is probably moving at a snail’s pace. The solution is to stop eating and training more, and NOT start eating more and training less. The approach that works is to eat less and exercise less. This approach is the softest way to bring things back into balance.

Eat and train as I call 3: 2: 1. Nutrition = 3 meals – 2 of these three meals should be 30-50 g of protein shakes and 1 regular meal that includes carbohydrates, preferably at the end of the day (this helps sleep). These protein shakes can easily be a whole protein-based food, but often protein shakes (hypoallergenic) provide a good, consistent, simple, and hunger-suppressing means of following this Protocol.

Exercise = 3 R andR activities per week (massage, sleep, walking, physical attachment, laughter, tai Chi, hot salt baths, shower, sauna, etc.), 2 traditional weight training sessions per week, 1 hour of rest walking on all or most days.

When working with a metabolic disorder, supplements and other treatments will be required, but the most important are diet, exercise, and lifestyle changes.

Wait 3 to 15 months for full resolution. The biggest hurdle for my clients is to focus on weight loss rather than recovery, and never get rid of eating less while dealing with more diet traps. In fact, the metabolism can gain a small amount during this process before it starts losing again. Those who can’t relax in this process are likely to remain stumped.

Your metabolism needs time to regain its balance before weight loss begins. Continuing to focus on weight loss for healing is a surefire way to stay stuck.

Treatment of metabolic compensation and resistance

For metabolic compensation, everything is much simpler. Just do something different than eat less, do less. Eat more, exercise less. Eat more, exercise more, and of course eat less, exercise less. Expect to be back in a few days or weeks.

For metabolic resistance, just alternate eating less, exercise less, with eating more, exercise more. Spend less time in the food cycle and exercise less (4 to 10 days), then eat more and exercise more (4 to 10 days). This back-and-forth approach largely stops metabolic resistance in its tracks. Expect to be back on the go in a few weeks or a month or two.

Last thought

I hope that you now have a very good understanding of some of the controversial issues related to metabolic damage. I also hope that you now understand that most people don’t have metabolic damage, but are dealing with something much less troublesome. If you need further assistance, please feel free to contact me at [email protected] or sign up for my own-speed metabolic damage program here.