How Your Body Works
Most health advice starts with what to do. This is the other half: what each part of you is actually doing, what it needs, and what to notice when it is struggling.
Fifteen systems, one at a time. Each one has two pieces — how it works, and what to eat for it. Food first, no alarm, and written to be read by someone who has never been taught any of it.
Setting the pace
- Thyroid and metabolism
Cold when nobody else is. Tired in a way sleep does not fix. Hair thinning, skin dry, thinking slow, and a test result that came back...
- Stress response and recovery
The stress response is not the problem. Staying in it is. Here is what the system does, why it sometimes stops switching off, and what actually...
- Blood sugar and energy
The three o'clock slump. Hungry ninety minutes after breakfast. Shaky if a meal runs late, and wide awake at two in the morning. These all come...
Written by Paul and Ann Malkmus. Reviewed by Olin Idol, ND, CNC — Vice President of Health, Hallelujah Diet.
