 Hey y'all, welcome to What Chelsea Eats. My name is Chelsea Knudsen and I'm a fiber healing coach and I also help women with other reproductive health issues. Today I'm going to be answering a question from a viewer who said that she is struggling with low libido and wanted to know what she could do about it. Well I've got your answer and it is a simple answer but it's not an easy answer. So low libido comes from hormonal imbalance and the thing that contributes to hormonal imbalance is what we eat, what we drink, what we think, and what we're putting on our bodies. That's the main thing that is contributing to it. So if that stuff is out of balance and out of line it's going to impact your hormones. So for example if you're eating a lot of processed food, you're eating meats and you're drinking dairy and eating cheese and alcohol and caffeine and all that stuff, those are hormone disruptors. If you're putting things on your body like you know lotions with chemicals in them and perfumes and things like that, that get your skin as your largest organ. So whenever you put on your skin is absorbed into your skin and if it's toxic it's going to affect your hormones. The other thing that affects it is if you are drinking things like caffeine and soda and sweet like Hawaiian punch juices and stuff like that when you put bring that stuff into your body because they are hormone disruptors they are going to affect your hormones. And lastly if you are stressed out and emotional and you got low self-esteem and all that stuff and you're self-conscious and all that stuff that kind of stuff, those things are hormone disruptors and if those things are present they're going to cause your hormones to be out of balance. So what you have to do is work on those four areas by changing what you eat, what you drink, what you think, and what you're putting on your body. So you change your food to healthy nutritious food that is full of water rich, that is water rich so fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds. The other thing that you do is you need to look at what's going on in your head space, why are you so emotional, is there something going on like are you stressed out because you hate your job, are you in bad toxic relationships, like what's going on that is affecting you emotionally, you need to address that and what are you eating and drinking, is it toxic? Are you drinking a glass of wine every night or a bottle of wine every night? Like really think about that because that is going to affect your hormones and lastly what are you slathering all over your skin? Are you going to bed, what is that bath and body works? Are you putting Victoria's Secret lotion on, does Victoria's Secret still sell lotion? I don't know, it's been so long since I used it but like things with chemicals in it you have to stop doing that, stop putting that on your skin because it is, they are hormone disruptors and they will affect your libido. Okay so what do you do about this? Okay you go and you buy yourself some lotions that and creams and butters and things like that to put on your skin and oils to put on your skin that basically have nothing in them. So one of the things you could do is if your skin is not super super dry you can use oils like coconut oil or jojoba oil or argan oil or olive oil things like that. My mother she used to swear about olive oil, she had the softest skin on earth but she used it for so many years that I think her skin was just just soft like that because of how she took care of her skin with the olive oil but like for me personally I make myself my own butter so that's what I use on my skin. I don't use any chemicals on my skin because as soon as I even think about putting something on my skin that is toxic like a lotion or something like that I can feel it immediately in my body so I don't do it so if you're hooked on the toxic body care products get off of them immediately because that is affecting your hormones and the next thing is of course change your diet download that free foods to avoid list get that list and then learn connect commit yourself to learning a new way. I know y'all always hear me say that learn a new way to eat healthy foods and even if you hate healthy foods because I hated healthy foods can I just say that again I hated healthy foods but I had to learn to like them or else I wasn't going to feel well and my hormones were going to be all out of balance so now I love salads and fruit bowls and smoothies and juices and vegetable dishes I love all that stuff but I didn't like it before so some of you are like I'm not eating any bird food well maybe you want to load the low libido so but I don't eat bird food I eat plenty of food if you guys go to my Instagram page at what Chelsea eats you can see what kinds of foods I eat it's lots of fruits and vegetables but it's a lot of it and it's not bird food but pay attention to what you're drinking is it you know drink plenty of water get like get yourself some spring water some distilled water I like distilled water I have a distiller and that has been wonderful and the reason I like distilled water is because it my body absorbs it like very very well so this will works better for me but purified water those bottles waters and those little plastic bottles that you get at the store this leeching plastic no um that those are hormone disruptors too so by the best water you can find and that's part of the reason why I bought the distiller it's because I won I didn't want water in plastic bottles because I I know that it even when it's BPA free sometimes it still doesn't feel right for me to drink it when I'm drinking and I could like I'm very sensitive to that kind of stuff and um and um lastly um you got to look at your emotional health like what's going on are you stressed are you in toxic relationships like really what's going on and if there is something going on that it's not quite right you're feeling you're feeling like you're um self-conscious and you know always afraid of things and just not feeling your best then it's time to maybe make some changes so you can feel better um so there's that um and if you're like Chelsea like this is all fine and good and everything but I've been doing the best that I can and nothing's changing and what I would I bet is either not been long enough that that's one thing that could be going on and two the other thing that could be going on is that you are probably not doing it quite right and if you need help pulling this together I have um my Fibroid Detox Workshop and you can join the Fibroid Detox Workshop um down in the description box is a link to that but other than that just watch my videos binge watch my videos and I'm always teaching on something go back you know years all that information is still relevant I mean there might be a little shift in maybe some things that I have thought over the years where I have you know continued in my learning and maybe I might have changed you know what I think about certain things but for the most part if you go and you do what I say on my videos you will get the results you're looking for and your libido will be restored and I'm and this is coming from somebody who whose libido was such that like I was completely numb like in that area like no feeling at all like nothing so if God can restore that then he can restore whatever's got going on with you what you've got going on with you too so hopefully this has been helpful to you if no one told you that they love you today Chelsea in North Carolina loves you very much and I'll talk to you all soon take care