What your doctor won't tell you is that there is a connection between your fatigue, weight gain, and digestive symptoms. He can’t tell you that your symptoms will be fixed with these medications but they will say “we can manage the symptoms.” But you came to the doctor to get help in getting rid of the symptoms, not manage them! This is because MDs are trained in symptom treatment with medications, and although they are excellent with acute care your chronic symptoms will continue to persist unless nutrition and lifestyle are addressed.

Often we already know what we need to do, but we lack the motivation and drive to make changes in our lifestyles to reduce stress. Research shows that by engaging our prefrontal cortex (the frontal lobe), we can respond better to stress and even reduce it.

Elevated cortisol means there is chronic overstimulation of stress on the body.

The stress could be from the food you eat (sugar), emotional stress, or immune stressors or triggers like…