OptimizeCEO, Optimize Your Body, Optimize Your Brain, Optimize Your Business logo Executive Body and Business Coach Are Your Body and Brain Operating at Their Full Potential? Thomas DeLauer Business and Entrepreneur Optimization and Performance Coach Finding the Balance between Body, Brain, Business and Family. How to harness your skills in business to optimize your body. I take pride not only in what I do, but in the success of those around me. Tapping into the levels of discipline that make you successful in one aspect of life, and correlating them with other aspects of their life and business. Read More » Work/Life Balance – Reimagined We are constantly reminded of the work/life balance and how integral it is to a happy life. But I know that as a top performer the idea of balance can be de-motivating. I encourage my clients to reestablish their view on balance as not something that forces them to bring their work ethic down to other avenues of their life, but to bring those other avenues UP to the levels of discipline and focus that they have in the best areas of their life. If you’re in business, you’re hard wired for optimization, we just have to tap into it… using health and performance as the platform. Reimagine your balance. Latest from the Blog Previous Is Drinking Too Much Water Holding You Back? Many of you know that I sit on the clinical advisory board for a couple of companies. One of which is a company that is absolutely on the cutting edge when it comes to research of minerals, which has allowed me to dive head first into a lot of science when it comes to electrolytes, […] Read More 3 Estrogen killing Foods to Burn Fat and Improve Your Hormones One of the worst enemies for men and women is high levels of estrogen. Period. In this video I’m going to give you my three foods to avoid at all costs if you’re trying to have the energy to stay focused in the office, and in the gym. At the end, I’m going to give […] Read More How to Balance Estrogen Naturally – Good Estrogen vs. Bad Estrogen How Estrogen Works in the Body and How to Control it Hormones are chemical messengers that our body creates to control major body functions. There are many hormones, and the more that we understand each and how they work in our bodies the more in control we can be of our health and wellbeing. Any […] Read More Is Drinking Too Much Water Holding You Back? Many of you know that I sit on the clinical advisory board for a couple of companies. One of which is a company that is absolutely on the cutting edge when it comes to research of minerals, which has allowed me to dive head first into a lot of science when it comes to electrolytes, […] Read More 3 Estrogen killing Foods to Burn Fat and Improve Your Hormones One of the worst enemies for men and women is high levels of estrogen. Period. In this video I’m going to give you my three foods to avoid at all costs if you’re trying to have the energy to stay focused in the office, and in the gym. At the end, I’m going to give […] Read More Next

OptimizeCEO, Optimize Your Body, Optimize Your Brain, Optimize Your Business logo Executive Body and Business Coach Are Your Body and Brain Operating at Their Full Potential? 3 Estrogen killing Foods to Burn Fat and Improve Your Hormones Written by Thomas DeLauer, June 5th, 2017 One of the worst enemies for men and women is high levels of estrogen. Period. In this video I’m going to give you my three foods to avoid at all costs if you’re trying to have the energy to stay focused in the office, and in the gym. At the end, I’m going to give you a food that you can eat to help GET RID of the extra estrogen. When we have high levels of estrogen, it generally means that we have lower levels of testosterone and higher levels of what is called aromatase activity. This aromatase activity is the enzymatic conversion of androsterone and testosterone into estradiol, more commonly known as E2 or estrogen. For what it is worth, high levels of estrogen cause excess belly fat, increased levels of the stress hormone cortisol and also fatigue causing a serious lack of drive and motivation. Refined Sugar and Excess Carbohydrates The first food is simply refined sugar and excess carbohydrates. The simplest way to put it is that when you eat carbohydrates and spike your insulin, you lower an important hormone called Sex hormone binding globulin. This hormone is responsible for binding testosterone and estrogen and when the hormone is too low, it leaves you with too much estrogen floating around in the bloodstream. This leads to a myriad of effects. Replace the carbs with healthy fats to stimulate testosterone production rather than killing it off. Fat = Conversion to testosterone sugar = no binding and more estrogen! Non-organic Dairy Products The next food to avoid is non-organic dairy products. Now, I am not one that is against dairy, I think that it has it’s place in moderation. For the person that is trying to be as productive as possible, consuming too much dairy is flat out going to slow you down. Conventional milks and other dairy products have so much in the way of medications it wreaks havoc on the system. Research Bomb – In a study from the Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering in Japan it was found that conventional milk contains large amounts of estrogen and progesterone and is shown to suppress gonadotropin, which suppresses testosterone. The solution is to opt for Organic Milk or even goat’s milk when given the opportunity. Soy The last food to avoid is one you’ve probably heard talks about… and that is SOY. Soy contains something called xenoestrogens. Xenoestrogens mimic estrogen in the body, but aren’t real estrogen. This throws off your body and causes you to sometimes produce even more. This happens because we are not consuming true soy. So much of the soy that we eat is genetically modified that it doesn’t have the natural benefits of some of the other potentially healthy soy out there. I work with a lot of clients that are vegetarians and they need a solution for a vegetarian protein powder, in this case I recommend pea protein. Now lastly, as promised I want to give you a way that you can reduce estrogen in your body and help your body get rid of it easier… Cruciferous veggies – things like broccoli and cauliflower… Why? Because they have a component called indole-3-carbinole that is being shown time and time again to reduce levels of estrogen in the body. They also have levels of sulfur in them which detoxify the body quite well. Not only do you reduce serum levels of estrogen within the body, but you also help the body eliminate them easier. Since estrogen levels are actually highest at night and lower during the day, it’s most important to eat your big bowl of broccoli before bed. As always, nourish your brain, your body, and your business and I’ll see you in the next video! Del Fabbro E, Garcia JM, Dev R, Hui D, Williams J, Engineer D, Palmer JL, Schover L, Bruera E. Testosterone replacement for fatigue in hypogonadal ambulatory males with advanced cancer: a preliminary double-blind placebo-controlled trial. Support Care Cancer. 2013 Sep;21(9):2599-607. doi: 10.1007/s00520-013-1832-5. Epub 2013 May 8. Maruyama K, Oshima T, Ohyama K. Exposure to exogenous estrogen through intake of commercial milk produced from pregnant cows. Pediatr Int. 2010 Feb;52(1):33-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2009.02890.x. Epub 2009 May 22 Auborn KJ, Fan S, Rosen EM, Goodwin L, Chandraskaren A, Williams DE, Chen D, Carter TH. Indole-3-carbinol is a negative regulator of estrogen. J Nutr. 2003 Jul;133(7 Suppl):2470S-2475S I'm thrilled you decided to include me on your journey to health optimization! By making changes in your life - some big, some small - you can be on your way to optimizing your brain, body and business. If that's not exciting, I don't know what is! Check your inbox for the content you requested. Please allow up to 15 minutes for delivery.