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Healthy Home Economist / Archives / Book Review / Is Your Metabolism Nourished?

Is Your Metabolism Nourished?

by Sarah Pope / Affiliate Links ✔

The Nourished Metabolism ereader

What first struck me upon reading Elizabeth’s short but substantial book, is the clarity of her thinking and communication. In a field where clarity is the exception rather than the rule, The Nourished Metabolism is refreshingly quick and easy to read yet powerful in its ability to cut through the confusion and lead you to clear and practical conclusions you can benefit from immediately.

Speaking from personal experience — as opposed to being an academic — she conveys her own sense of frustration being stuck in an unhealthy state so early in life with a couple of toddlers and seemingly decades of struggle ahead.

In looking particularly at how to eat well to optimize her health, she concluded, after some years of plowing through the piles of published propaganda and misinformation served up to the masses these days, that we have been led to believe that getting healthy is a grim process requiring tremendous self-discipline and grit.

Her conclusion?

“It hit me that all the restriction and obsession wasn’t for me… it’s OK to make the plan fit you, instead of trying to make you fit the plan… well it’s not just OK — it’s actually the key to becoming a healthy, balanced person!”

Even if I wasn’t committed to doing this book review, I would want to read The Nourished Metabolism based on that statement alone!

The central question Elizabeth asks is “are you nourishing your metabolism or stressing your metabolism?”

Once she’s lead the reader through an expanded understanding of what we need to understand our metabolism to be (hint, it’s not just your ability to burn calories, but you already knew that right?) she presents a simple list of holistic indicators to help you determine whether you have a stressed metabolism or a nourished one.

But then there’s the good news (because you’re probably going to get a little bad news as you check down that list) — there’s a very manageable and reasonable approach to making improvements, not decades of struggle and repeated failure.

Elizabeth’s starting place in her own journey to a nourished metabolism was not a fun place to be. She had trouble sleeping, was constantly tired, experienced poor circulation and skin issues. But she learned how to restore her physical system to normal levels of energy and capacity. Here are some key points she addresses from the steps she took and has helped others take since:

  • many diets stress the metabolism in harmful ways and end up doing more harm than good
  • stresses can be identified and addressed
  • don’t blame your willpower for failing at a diet – there’s another culprit!
  • stress causes the body to store fat in the end
  • improving digestion releases energy which gives the body more ability to recover from heart, brain, liver, lung etc. conditions
  • gut imbalance can be resolved if addressed realistically
  • traditional foods are more likely to support your health goals than commercially produced fad products
  • the “restrict and repent” cycle can be avoided
  • soy, salt, sugar and water are misunderstood
  • the difference between commercial supplements and genuine superfoods
  • movement is more important that exercise
  • how to get the right amount of sleep.

All this is supported by a simple description of the principles of healthy eating and how to integrate them into your routine without turning your life upside down.

All in all, this is an interesting read with substantial benefits presented in simple, laypersons’ terms. Hope you enjoy it too!

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Sarah Pope

Sarah Pope MGA has been a Health and Nutrition Educator since 2002. She is a summa cum laude graduate in Economics from Furman University and holds a Master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

She is the author of three books: the bestseller Get Your Fats Straight, Traditional Remedies for Modern Families, and Living Green in an Artificial World.

Her four eBooks Good Diet…Bad Diet, Real Food Fermentation, Ketonomics, and Ancestrally Inspired Dairy-Free Recipes are available for complimentary download via Healthy Home Plus.

Her mission is dedicated to helping families effectively incorporate the principles of ancestral diets within the modern household. She is a sought after lecturer around the world for conferences, summits, and podcasts.

Sarah was awarded Activist of the Year in 2010 at the International Wise Traditions Conference, subsequently serving on the Board of Directors of the nutrition nonprofit the Weston A. Price Foundation for seven years.

Her work has been covered by numerous independent and major media including USA Today, ABC, and NBC among many others.

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  1. jacqui

    Sep 13, 2014 at 10:37 am

    Looks like a fantastic book, I’m guessing it’s a similar approach to Matt Stone’s work. I’ve read a lot of his books and loved just eating for metabolism the last 18 months. Seen significant health improvements and feeling great.

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