Isabella, this is a great question.

I want to say first of all that adjustments cannot make you loose weight, BUT training and experience in functional medical physiology is the key to formulating a plan to loose weight in a healthy way. My training in the medical field as a Registered Nurse and that of Functional medicine in addition to being a Chiropractic Physician has given me the tools to formulate proper weight loss programs. In fact many of my patients have experienced significant body remodeling do to our programs. What I mean by body remodeling is that in order to loose fat and gain muscle, you MUST include the reasons why your body stores fats and doesn’t allow you to use those stores for energy.

We all know that just cutting calories will not yield proper healthy weight loss. Just the opposite, because when your body senses that there is a sudden drop in the energy intake, it will begin to DOWN SIZE. That may sound good at first but lets look closer into body down sizing.

First of all, the body needs a constant flow of energy to stay alive and healthy. If there is a significant drop in energy intake the body will start to make itself smaller and continue to store fat. So the organs (heart, muscles, kidneys, liver, lungs and etc) will begin to shrink. This is not a healthy state because of the stress placed on the body during this time frame. You are now susceptible to disease. Let me emphasize that your body continues to store fat and break down organs and tissues. Not a good thing! In addition, if you start to lower the fat intake in your diet as well as calorie restriction, your body actually will refrain from using fat stores for energy more completely! Just the opposite of what you hear on the TV or magazines and from official sources. Low fat diets don’t work period!

Secondly, it is hormones that dictate fat storage and energy utilization. So if your hormones are not in a balanced state, your body will not use fat for its primary fuel. In fact, if your hormones are not in balance, you are not healthy and susceptible to disease. You don’t hear anything about this problem on TV, magazines or official sources.

Thirdly, fat in and of itself, does not make your body store fat. You must have insulin secretion to store fat. Take type 1 diabetics, they have no insulin and have very little to no fat stores. But they are NOT healthy. In fact, their life expectancy is reduced. The truth is that carbohydrates, more specifically simple carbohydrates, make fat stores and triglycerides. This is due to the fact that insulin is secreted in response to carbs and the excess gets turned into triglycerides by the liver. In addition, bad fats contribute greatly to harmful reactions in the body. These fats are typically those that are processed. So basically, your body can store about a half of a bagel and the rest is turned into triglycerides by the liver. Again, you don’t hear anything about that on TV, magazines or official sources.

Fourth, your liver is the largest fat burning organ in the body. If it is not working properly for any reason, you simply will not be able to burn fat effectively. In addition, the liver is responsible for hormone metabolism so if problematic, hormones become out of balance and you will not be able to loose weight/fat. You don’t hear anything about this problem on TV, magazines or official sources.
Do you see a trend here? That right, the actual physiology of energy utilization in the body is not given in the popular media. Why you may ask? My opinion is that proper weight loss is a lifestyle change as well as a new understanding of your health. This would mean that you would no longer consume the products that the food industry or diet industry are selling. In fact, our government doesn’t seem to want us to know this information as well. The food pyramid and its next generation food spectrum don’t address any of the above facts of human physiology. Of course one must stay active, but tons of exercise will not overcome the above either!

Again, we have had many success stories when it comes to loosing weight properly. In other words…Body remodeling!

You can call the office for a no cost consultation about weight loss.

We are just starting our “Biggest Loser” program. This is a great time to think about proper body modeling and improving your health. Especially since the up coming holidays tend to “put on the weight” we so want to get rid of come the new year!

Remember Isabella, until you have tried our proven protocols to proper body remodeling, you haven’t tried everything.

Dr Bob.

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