{"product_id":"normal-labs-broken-metabolism-it-wasnt-your-willpower-9798195249281","title":"Normal Labs, Broken Metabolism: It Wasn't Your Willpower","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Shawn R. Gorden\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Women's Health - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou did everything right. You tracked the calories. You cut the carbs. You hired the trainer, followed the plan, and showed up to every appointment with a list of symptoms you'd spent days organizing - hoping this time someone would actually listen.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey handed you a printout. Normal across every line. And sent you home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThat wasn't a clean bill of health. That was a clinical failure. Not yours. The system's.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eNormal Labs, Broken Metabolism\u003c\/i\u003e, OB\/GYN and functional medicine physician Dr. Shawn R. Gorden, MD explains why the standard lab reference ranges were never designed to tell you how well your biology is functioning - only whether you've crossed a threshold that triggers a diagnosis. The gap between those two things is where millions of women are living right now: symptomatic, dismissed, and told their results are fine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe real problem isn't your willpower. It isn't your discipline. It isn't even your diet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt's one of three biological drivers that hijack hunger, metabolism, and energy at the hormonal level - and none of them show up on a standard panel.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on more than two decades of clinical practice and over 15,000 patient encounters, Dr. Gorden breaks down the three hunger drivers that standard medicine consistently misses: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLeptin resistance\u003c\/b\u003e - the hunger signal that never turns off, no matter how much you eat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDopamine dysregulation\u003c\/b\u003e - the craving that has nothing to do with food and everything to do with your reward circuitry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHPA axis dysregulation\u003c\/b\u003e - the cortisol-driven hunger your stress is manufacturing around the clock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach driver has a distinct biological signature, a distinct symptom pattern, and a distinct protocol. This book gives you the clinical framework to identify yours - and a structured 28-day foundation protocol to begin correcting it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is not a diet book. There is no meal plan. There are no macros to count.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the explanation you were never given. The one that replaces years of self-blame with a biological mechanism. The one that finally makes sense of why nothing worked - and what actually will.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNormal Labs, Broken Metabolism\u003c\/i\u003e includes: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA 36-question clinical self-assessment to identify your primary hunger driver\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDriver-specific 28-day foundation protocols for leptin, dopamine, and cortisol patterns\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA chapter on perimenopause and menopause and how hormonal transitions amplify each driver\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA clinical reference guide for informed conversations with your physician\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe biological explanation for why every previous attempt failed - and what that means for what comes next\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you have been told your labs are normal and your body is telling you something different, this book was written for you.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47882879303831,"sku":"9798195249281","price":1415.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798195249281.webp?v=1781097712","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/normal-labs-broken-metabolism-it-wasnt-your-willpower-9798195249281","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}