Elizabeth Amos NP LLC
One of the biggest mistakes people make for hormones, energy, and body composition is eating too many carbs in one sitting.
Your body can only effectively handle so much glucose (sugar) at once before insulin has to step in aggressively to manage the excess. For many people, once carbs start pushing beyond roughly 30–35 net grams per meal (depending on activity level, muscle mass, and metabolic health), the body is more likely to store the overflow rather than use it efficiently for immediate energy.
This is where blood sugar spikes, cravings, fatigue, and stubborn fat gain begin.
Not all carbs are created equal.
Your carbohydrates should come primarily from:
• vegetables
• berries
• low-sugar fruits
• fiber-rich whole foods
—not from:
• bread
• pasta
• cereal
• crackers
• processed grains
Why?
Because the goal of carbs isn’t just “energy.”
The goal is to:
• increase fiber for gut health
• feed beneficial gut bacteria and support the microbiome
• reduce inflammation
• support detoxification and estrogen metabolism
• create a more alkaline internal environment
• stabilize insulin and cortisol
• improve hormone balance
Grains often do the opposite. Spiking insulin, feeding dysbiosis (bad bacterias in the gut), increasing inflammation, and contributing to bloating, SIBO, and leaky gut.
As Dr. William Davis discusses in Super Gut, and Dr. Anna Cabeca explains in The Hormone Fix, blood sugar control and gut health are foundational for hormone balance.
When insulin is high, hormones get chaotic.
When blood sugar is stable, the body feels safe:
• cortisol improves
• progesterone improves
• fat loss becomes easier
• cravings decrease
• energy becomes steady
It’s not about eating less—
it’s about eating smarter.
Choose carbs that heal, not carbs that hijack.
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Most people have yearly labs drawn, glance at the “normal” next to each result, and are told everything looks fine.
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