Just what is a holiday health hangover? The holidays are full of big meals, eating foods that are not optimal for health, late-night drinks with family, gift-giving, watching seasonal films, and sleeping in. When it comes time to return to our nine-to-fives and resume our routines, complete with meetings, deadlines, school pick-ups, and so on, you may feel overwhelmed and fatigued. That’s what we mean when we say holiday health hangover! It’s also sometimes referred to as post-vacation depression. Many things can leave you feeling this holiday hangover after a busy season. Your schedule, the people you’re with, the food and beverages you consume, jet lag from travel... Instead of trying to just ‘carry on,’ regardless of how you feel, it’s crucial to recognize and identify the feeling, so you don’t end up burnt out before the year even begins. Here are some things to consider that may cause you to feel a holiday hangover. And read on for handy hints to help you get back to your most productive, happy, and healthy self without a hitch. Holiday Food Hangovers Holiday food hangovers are very real. The holidays are filled with sweet and savory foods that are usually richer than your daily meals. This may affect your blood sugar levels and upset your body’s balance, resulting in mood changes, fatigue, and digestive issues. Of course we recommend you try and stick to your recommended eating plan, but we know that isn't always realistic. Here are some common food issues that may be the culprit of your health hangover: Too Much Sugar When the holidays arrive, so do all of our favorite sweets. Just the smell of seasonal baking can encourage a host of sugar cravings. It can be easy to get carried away by the indulgent holiday spirit and all of the tasty goodies constantly available. After the holidays, it can be challenging to cut down on all the allowances you made for yourself during the season. Here are a few ways to begin: - Try a different approach if it’s too hard to cut down on added sugars and sweet temptations immediately after the holidays. Choose one favorite as you would during the holidays, and slowly start to eat smaller portions of it through the next few weeks. 

HOW WOMEN GOT OUT OF SYNC For centuries, folklore and culture have linked the 29.5-day lunar cycle to the average female menstrual cycle. New research suggests this wasn't just folklore—it was a biological reality. This connection, however, has recently been broken. A 2025 study reveals that modern life, particularly our light environment, has "desynchronized" women from this natural rhythm. Below, we explore why this happened and the simple steps you can take to support your body's internal clocks. WHAT THEY LOOKED AT Researchers, led by chronobiologist Dr. Charlotte Förster, analyzed long-term menstrual records from 22 women, with some data stretching back to 1950. They compared these cycles against the phases of the moon. - They specifically looked at women who were not using hormonal contraceptives. - The goal was to see if menstruation starting dates clustered around specific moon phases (e.g., full moon or new moon). WHAT THIS PROVED: THE 2010 PROBLEM The data showed a stark difference between the past and the present. - Before 2010: A clear pattern existed. Women’s cycles frequently "coupled" with the lunar cycle, with menstruation tending to start around either the new moon or the full moon. Over 90% of women in the study showed this synchrony for at least some period of time. - After 2010: The synchronization "completely disappeared." The data became random, with no clear relationship between the cycles. So, what happened around 2010? The mass adoption of LED screens and smartphones. KEY TAKEAWAYS: HOW PHONES SCRAMBLE YOUR CLOCK

You were never meant to understand your body… Let’s be honest…the system made sure of that. They don’t want you curious…they want you compliant. They don’t want you asking WHY you feel anxious, inflamed, exhausted, etc…they want you memorizing a list of side effects or symptoms and calling it “health literacy.” You were taught to fear your body… to silence it every time it speaks… to trade intuition for prescriptions… to label symptoms as enemies instead of messages. And the irony? We call this “healthcare”… but what it really is…is management. Keep you functioning…not FLOURISHING. Alive… but disconnected. Capable… but dependent. Curious… but too afraid to ask questions that might expose the cracks in the foundation. Because the second you start understanding your own biology, the second you learn how the nervous system regulates, how inflammation actually works, how the body heals when you stop interrupting it…the whole sick-care economy trembles. Because an educated, regulated, self-aware human is unprofitable. You don’t panic. You don’t comply. You don’t swipe your card at every symptom. You pause, you breathe, you listen. You remember: your body isn’t broken. It’s BRILLIANT! And that? That’s the most dangerous thing you can be in a world that profits off your confusion. If this post makes you uncomfortable… take a deep breath… that’s the sound of your critical thinking coming back online. Side effects may include: sudden awareness, emotional sovereignty, and loss of dependency on the system. Proceed with self-trust. 🙏🏻🧠💯

There is no question that the epidemic of chronic health issues we are currently facing correlates with the increase in sugar consumption (and seed oils). In other words, in order to regain our health, we need to address this issue. What I mean by sugar is refined sugar, like corn sugar, high fructose corn syrup, and white sugar. These sugars are the worst because they wreak havoc on your body in several ways. First, sugar affects your immune system. When you consume sugar, your white blood cell activity is reduced for the next 2 weeks, making you more prone to infections and illnesses. Have you ever wondered why the flu season is at its worse after the holidays? Second, sugar depletes your body of vitamin D, which, again, increases your risk of infections and other health issues, as vitamin D performs more than 100 functions in the body. In addition, sugar also depletes magnesium and calcium. Third, sugar consumption increases your appetite by about 400-500 more calories a day! So, sugar by itself leads to weight gain and, indirectly, increases your appetite. Therefore, make every effort possible to cut out sugar completely. On the other side, natural options are dates, coconut sugar, maple syrup, allulose, and stevia. These are good in moderation!

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