b'CODING Update ComplianceLEGAL NUTRITIONUpdate Helping Women Succeed By Dr. Robert Silverman with the KETO DIETANJC NewsANJC Leadership ANJC News! The ketogenic diet is based on an eatingusing mouse models confirms this. Maleand 50 experience estrogen dominance NUTRITIONand female mice were fed a ketogenic they have more circulating estrogen plan that sharply restricts carbohydrates LEGAL EASE and emphasizes the high consumptiondiet for 15 weeks. At the end of the trial,than its counterpart hormone, proges-of healthy fats and protein. The standardthe researchers found that male mice onterone. The cause is usually excess ketogenic diet contains 75 percent fat,the keto diet maintained blood glucoseestrogen, though a lack of progesterone 20 percent protein, and only 5 percentcontrol and lost body weight. Femalecan also create an imbalance. But what carbohydrates. The goal is to get themice, however, gained weight, andcauses the excess estrogen? Genetics body into a state of ongoing ketosis,tests showed poor blood glucose levels.plays a role, but the most common ANJC Scholarship where ketone bodies, not glucose, areWhen female mice had their ovariescauses are poor diet high in processed REHAB Updateremoved to eliminate estrogen in theirfoods and low in fiber and micronutri-burned for fuel. The diet is a highly effective approach to weight loss andbodies and were placed on a ketogenicents, chronic stress, poor liver function, also has other significant health benefits.diet, they lost body fat. They maintainedinadequate sleep, exogenous estrogen In particular, the ketogenic diet can beblood glucose control, similar to theirsupplementation, and a sedentary lifestyle. Of increasing concern are envi-ronmental toxins, particularly endocrine LEGAL Q&A CHIRO Assist disrupters that mimic or interfere with the bodys hormones. These toxins Executive Directors Update surround us all the time theyre found in plastic bottles and containers, flame retardants, food packaging, cosmetics, pesticides, among many other sources. [Lauretta R, Sansone A, Sansone M, Romanelli F, Appetecchia M. Endocrine Legislative Update Disrupting Chemicals: Effects on INSURANCE Update INSURANCE Update Endocrine Glands. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2019;10:178. Published 2019 TECHNIQUE Update Mar 21. doi:10.3389/fendo.2019.00178]Correcting Estrogen ImbalanceRegardless of the cause, estrogen dominance can cause weight gain and problems with blood sugar control. Until the imbalance is corrected, getting into MedicareQ&AMedicare Update beneficial for normalizing blood sugarmale counterparts. [Sex Differencesketosis will be challenging. OUR HEALTH Patients who have been diagnosed with and metabolic syndrome by reducingin the Response of C57BL/6 Mice topremenstrual syndrome (PMS), endo-insulin resistance.Ketogenic Diets. Jesse Cochran, Paulmetriosis, polycystic ovary syndrome The keto diet works well for men, whoV. Taufalele, Kevin D. Lin, Yuan Zhang,(PCOS), uterine fibroids, and other generally go into and maintain ketosisE. Dale Abel Diabetes Jul 2018, 67estrogen-sensitive conditions experience with little difficulty. For women, however,(Supplement 1) 1884-P; DOI: 10.2337/ estrogen dominance. Other symptoms, the ketogenic diet can be a challenge.db18-1884-P] often not medically diagnosed or even Even close adherence to the diet can failBy the logic of the mouse model, therecognized, can include:to produce ketosis and weight loss. Inonly women who can follow the keto Irregular periodsfact, for some women, the keto diet candiet successfully are those who have had Low thyroid functionlead to weight gain. their ovaries removed, or at least are in Decreased libidoWhy the difference in response betweenpost-menopause. Thats not very helpful Weight gainthe sexes? Its estrogen. The presencefor all the other women, but it does give Brain fog of normal amounts of estrogen inus a clue about how estrogen affects Insomnia premenopausal women seems to limitketosis and what we can do about it. Fatigue or even block ketosis. A recent studyMany women between the ages of 15 Irritability, anxiety, depression20 I Summer 2020 www.anjc.info'