{"id":348845,"date":"2022-01-16T21:11:43","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T02:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=348845"},"modified":"2022-01-16T21:20:51","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T02:20:51","slug":"hormones-not-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/16\/hormones-not-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Hormones, Not Health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Think about how the foods and substances you consume affect your hormones, same goes with your exercise style and lifestyle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/09\/how-to-quit-sugar\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"241765\">Sugar<\/a>, carbs, and sweeteners (natural, artificial, and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153zero calorie\u00e2\u20ac\u009d ones\u00e2\u20ac\u201d) how they cause your insulin to spike. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Insulin overtolerance\u00e2\u20ac\u009d as causing disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/17\/a-critique-of-alcohol-and-weed\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"266094\">Alcohol and weed<\/a> \u00e2\u20ac\u201d what do they do to your hormones?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sun exposure and lack of sun exposure, and screens at night\u00e2\u20ac\u201d how do they affect your natural serotonin secretion? 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class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maybe when we do extreme physical exertion via <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/29\/how-to-lift-weights\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"258365\">weightlifting<\/a> etc \u00e2\u20ac\u201d  it triggers certain growth hormones. It also stimulates our appetite in order to consume more <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/23\/all-meat-diet\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"344715\">meat<\/a> (to add muscle mass). <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/25\/why-hypertrophy\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"227673\">Hypertrophy<\/a> literally means \u00e2\u20ac\u0153hyper or over &#8211; nutrition\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Think about how the foods and substances you consume affect your hormones, same goes with your exercise style and lifestyle. Sugar, carbs, and sweeteners (natural, artificial, and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153zero calorie\u00e2\u20ac\u009d ones\u00e2\u20ac\u201d) how they cause your insulin to spike. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Insulin overtolerance\u00e2\u20ac\u009d as causing disease. Alcohol and weed \u00e2\u20ac\u201d what do they do to your hormones? 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