Creating a New Look Posted on April 10, 2015 by Dr. Carol Ann Fischer

                                                  Creating A New Look 

By Dr. Carol Ann Fischer, BS, DC, ND

It is true that you are what you eat. To lose more weight stop eating fat storing foods and eat fat burning foods. An efficiently working metabolism helps with weight loss.

Having an efficient metabolism means correctly digesting foods, and burning stored body fat for fuel. Food digestion requires the proper combination of digestive enzymes produced by the stomach, liver and pancreas. Failure to digest efficiently results in the undigested food being stored as unwanted body fat. Personalized testing can determine the exact nutrients needed for efficient digestion.

All carbohydrates consumed become sugar, which is fat storing. Plus, sugar is hidden in all processed and man-made foods. Fruits, vegetables and all grains are natural carbohydrates. Your body converts natural, processed and man-made carbohydrates like potatoes, corn, rice, oats, pop, fries, chips, breads, pasta, cakes, candies, juices and cookies into sugar. Eating more sugar and/or carbohydrates than your body needs causes unwanted weight.

Your body needs 80-100 grams of carbohydrates daily for fuel, not the 300-600 commonly consumed. Carbohydrates are the kindling to the fire. The body burns them quickly and then burns the slower burning fuel, fat. The body cannot burn stored fat when excess carbohydrates are eaten. Instead, the excess is stored around your waist, hips and thighs.

Protein is a fat burning food that increases your metabolism, helps with weight loss, and builds muscle tissue. Protein is broken down into amino acids that make up your body. Avoiding protein or not eating protein can increase weight. Protein from both animal and plant sources can provide energy and stabilize blood sugar.

Eating fat does not make you fat. It actually increases weight loss. Insufficient good fat in your diet from fish oil, chia or flax seeds can cause low energy, poor concentration, dry skin and unwanted weight. Eating the wrong fat, or following a low fat diet deprives the body of needed essential fatty acids.

A healthy body is composed of 25% fat. Your body uses this fat in all cell membranes, and in nerve and brain cells. The fat found around the abdomen and thighs is caused by the consumption of bad fats and excess sugars, not essential fatty acids. To lose weight, eat good fat, protein and eliminate excessive sugars from your diet.

The key to weight loss is a balanced diet of protein, vegetables, fruits and good fats, and drinking ½ your body weight in ounces of healthy living water. Combining good food choices with a simple exercise program, and healthy water can result in weight loss. There is help to end the frustration from failed weight loss programs. A digestive evaluation, plus a dietary analysis based on body type, age, weight and height can help determine what foods you need to create a New You.

Call Dr. Linda Solomon, DC, CCWFN at TLC Holistic Wellness in Livonia (734) 664 - 0339. She has provided holistic and nutritional recommendations using live water, diet & whole food supplements for 30 years as a practicing chiropractor, whole foods-wellness consultant. Visit http://www.tlcholisticwellness.com/  for more information, and free public workshop dates.

The Secret to Simple Weight Loss posted on February 28, 2015 by Dr. Carol Ann Fischer, DC, ND

A healthy body is composed of 25% fat. Your body uses this fat in all cell membranes, and in nerve and brain cells. Good fat is not the body fat that you find around your abdomen or thighs. That extra body weight occurs from the consumption of wrong fats and excess sugars. 

The body protects itself from toxins by surrounding them with fat and storing them. When there are no good fats, the body uses the bad fats to make cell membranes. The bat fat cell membranes prevent the toxins stored inside the cells from being released, adding to weight gain everywhere. In addition to weight gain, bad fats increase bad cholesterol (LDL) levels, and decrease good cholesterol (HDL) levels. 

Man-made (bad) fats add to the toxic burden and increase body weight and inches. This includes the fat found in processed foods and margarine. These bad fats are non-digestible. To lose weight, consume good fats that are digestible, and are solid at room temperature, like coconut oil and butter. Avoid using Canola oil and imitation butters. Canola oil is highly processed Canadian oil made from the poisonous and deadly rape seed plant. Olive oil is the best oil to use on salads, and is better for cooking than corn or vegetable oil.

If you find that you cannot lose weight easily by changing your food intake, it could be because your body has stored too many toxins. Everywhere you look we are bombarded with chemicals. There are over 14,000 man-made chemicals in our food supply alone, not to mention the chemicals that we put on our skin in the form of soaps, lotions and cosmetics. The average American consumes 14 pounds of chemical additives, 180 pounds of table sugar, and 54 gallons of pop, in addition to bad fats. This contributes to weight gain and must change. 

Everyone bathes daily in clean water, but do you drink water to clean the inside of your body? Your body is 70% water. Water is used to dilute and neutralize toxic chemicals. Without sufficient water these chemicals are stored in the body in the fatty tissues, adding to weight gain. So bathe your body on the inside each and every day to keep it healthy and to help it lose unwanted pounds.

The amount of water that your body needs daily is one-half your body weight in ounces. If you weighed 150 pounds you should drink 75 ounces of water daily. As you increase your water consumption toward half your body weight in ounces, you will find that food cravings will decrease, you will sleep better, you will have more energy, and you will lose weight. 

If you are unable to drink half your body weight in ounces, you are drinking the wrong type of water. Not all waters are created equal. Some waters taste better than others, and are easier to drink. Clean healthy alkalized, antioxidant rich water is easy to drink and super hydrating. Many people who drink this type of water experience increased energy and easier weight loss. Contact TLC Holistic Wellness in Livonia, MI today for more information and to sample this delicious water. Call (734) 664 - 0339.

What Are Antioxidants?

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Dr. Carol Ann Fischer, DC

As you listen to your favorite Detroit radio station, you will hear advertisements praising the virtues of a newly discovered foreign fruit that is rich in antioxidants. You also see similar ads on the side of big Bloomfield HIlls busses. Why all the hype about antioxidants?

For Detroit folks that are unfamiliar with antioxidants: these chemicals break down or neutralize free radicals. A free radical is an unstable atom or molecule that affects cell membranes. Free radicals are produced by normal biological processes. Dr. Denham Harmon proposed in 1956 that free radicals underlie the aging process.

Not only are free radicals contributing to my wrinkles but they may make me fat!

According to Zane Andrews, PhD, a neuro-endocrinologist at Monash University. Andrews believes these molecules damage the cells that tell us we are full. As time passes these satiation sensors become weaker and our appetites become stronger.

One of the best ways to combat free radicals in Michigan is to eat a healthy diet rich in antioxidants. The Mayo Clinic suggests these antioxidant-rich foods readily available in Bloomfield HIlls grocery stores and Detroit farmer’s markets:

• Carrots, apricots and other yellow and orange fruits and vegetables
• Blueberries
• Spinach and other green leafy vegetables
• Tomatoes
• Beans, peas and lentils
• Fish, especially salmon
• Nuts

There are also many powerful antioxidant herbs and nutritional supplements that are available in our office. Call (734) 664 -0339 today to schedule a no charge consultation with Dr. Solomon at TLC Holistic Wellness to determine if you can benefit from more antioxidants in your diet. 

Another excellent way Detroit folks can fight free radicals is by drinking alkaline, antioxidant rich water created by a Japanese water processor. This 40 year old company has been making these water filtration systems that have helped people slow down the aging process. One glass of this water has the same amount of antioxidants as 2 and 1/2 pounds of blueberries!

If you live in Livonia, Bloomfield HIlls, Farmington Hills, Novi or the Detroit area and would like to sample this water contact Dr. Fischer by phone (248) 382-8668 or email drfischer@tlcholisticwellness.com.

A New You in the New Year

A NEW YEAR, A  NEW YOU

Did you ever make a New Year’s resolution to lose weight and then not lose the weight you wanted? Here are some simple tips to lose weight to start you on the road to a New You for the New Year.

These tips include what you drink and what you eat. It is true that you are what you eat.

To lose more weight this year you need to stop eating fat storing foods and eat fat burning foods.

Sugar is a fat storing food. Sugar is hidden in all processed and man-made foods. Sugar is the product of digestion of all carbohydrates. Carbohydrates include fruits, vegetable and all grains. Your body converts natural and man-made foods like potatoes, corn, pop, fries, chips, breads, pasta, cakes, candies, juices and cookies all into sugar. Eating more sugar than your body needs will cause you to gain weight.

By the end of the day you may be consuming anywhere from 1 cup to 3 cups of sugar. What the body cannot process or use, it will store as excess body fat around your waist, hips and thighs. To lose weight, look for the hidden sugars that you consume and begin to eliminate them from your diet.

Protein is a fat burning food. Your body is primarily composed of protein. Protein is broken down into the amino acids that make your entire body structure. If you are someone who avoids protein or who does not eat protein with every meal, you are increasing your weight with what you eat.

Eating protein increases your metabolism, allowing your body to lose weight as it builds muscle tissue. The energy provided by protein stabilizes your blood sugar, keeping your energy high. This eliminates the highs and lows you will feel from eating sugar. Look at your protein and sugar consumption and see if you are eating the correct amounts for your age, weight, height and body type.

To lose weight, eat good fat. Eating fat does not make you fat. It actually increases weight loss. Eating the wrong fat, or following a low fat diet, deprives the body of the essential fatty acids that it needs. Without sufficient good fat in your diet, you may experience low energy, poor concentration, dry skin and weight gain.

The key to weight loss is eating a balanced diet of protein, vegetables, fruits and good oils, as well as drinking water. Your body adjusts to the calories you put in, so reducing your caloric intake alone will not result in permanent weight loss. You need to eat the right foods for your body. Combining good food choices with a simple exercise program can start you on the road to a New You in the New Year.

For help with creating a balanced diet, visit TLC Holistic Wellness in Livonia, MI or call (734) 664 - 0339 to schedule a no charge consultation to find out how you can simply and easily lose weight.

TLC Holistic Wellness in Livonia

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Saturday, October 18, 2014 from 9:00am - 4:00pm

Enjoy tasty health treats, Experience our raw energy soup. raw pizza and much more.  Learn how to be "Cooklessly Slim" Great for weight loss, especially belly fat.. Eat great treats, get great recipes straight from our Health Books. (Author Signing)   Speak to our nutritionist about your health questions. Learn about in depth searches  for "causes" to find natural solutions.

Get hormonal tested on the spot. Try our new space age tech laser for pain, and get checked for out for all your hidden back and neck problems.

Free massage that targets areas of stress and tension.

 

Everything is complimentary, no obligation.

Come meet Dr. Linda Solomon, DC, CCWFN, Natural Foods Chef,

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This is a Free event. Please call (734) 664 -0339 for additional information. 

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