You Are What You Eat posted on December 13. 2015 by Dr. Carol Ann Fischer, DC

You Are What You Eat

Since your body rebuilds itself, eat well for the holidays. Go easy on the sugars and junk food. Remember, you body has to make new heart cells and a whole new body from what you eat. Make sure you have a sufficient quantity of high quality protein. 

You are more than what you eat. You are what you digest and metabolize. In order to rebuild your body it is vital that your body be able to use the food you eat to repair and regenerate itself. If you feel bloated and full during holiday meals, you may need digestive enzymes or specific digestive support. 

There are natural ways to help improve the ability of your body digest and metabolize the foods that you eat. Instead of avoiding certain foods, or relying on unnatural solutions to digestive issues, help your body heal itself naturally by providing the right nutritional support. 

Not sure about what diet or digestive nutrition is right for you?  If you are Novi, Farmington Hills, West Bloomfield, Livonia or in the surrounding Detroit area contact Dr. Sherry Yale, DC at TLC Holistic Wellness in Livonia, MI at (734) 664 - 0339 for a no charge consultation to determine what foods might be hurting you, what foods might be best for you, and what digestive support you might need.

Enjoy the Holiday season with friends and family!

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.

Avoiding Holiday Bloating

Avoiding Holiday Bloating

This holiday season while everyone enjoys family and friends, their digestive system has to survive all the holiday food. The stomach has to successfully digest everything eaten from cookies and cakes to turkey and ham. Give the digestive system the simple nutrition it needs to survive the holiday season. With proper digestive support the holiday season can be a wondrous and joyous time.

Digestive enzymes are helpful to prevent that holiday stuffed and bloated feeling when big meals are eaten. The gas, bloating and indigestion that can occur after large meals can indicate missing digestive enzymes. It is not too much acid that can cause acid reflux, but rather an insufficient amount of digestive acid.

Fermentation of the food will occur when the body fails to make enough digestive enzymes to break down the food that is eaten. It is the fermentation process that produces the gas, bloating and acid reflux. The solution is to make sure that there are sufficient digestive enzymes available in supplemental form. An alternative to taking tablets or pills is to use apple cider vinegar

Apple cider vinegar is a fermentation product of pulverized apples.  The primary active ingredient is “acetic acid”. Apple cider vinegar often helps relieve the symptoms of heartburn and reflux that can be related to insufficient levels of stomach acid. It is most effective when consumed before meals as an aid to digestion.

Having sufficient digestive enzymes enables your body to utilize the nutrients from the food you eat. 
As a Clinically Certified Whole Foods Nutritionist, Dr. Solomon is specially trained to help people with digestive issues using natural foods and raw whole food nutrition. Learn more about her simple non-invasive method to determine which of the many varieties of digestive enzymes or whole or raw foods will work best for you. 

Consult with a Dr. Solomon to end the confusion on what enzymes would be best to help enhance enjoyment of the food you eat this holiday season. Call TLC Holistic Wellness in Livonia today (734) 664 - 0339 to take advantage of our initial no charge consultation. 

Healthy Living Made Simple

Posted October 18, 2014 By Dr. Carol Ann Fischer, BS, DC, ND from TLC Holistic Wellness

Healthy Living Made Simple

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

Worrying about unwanted health issues can cause stress. The general population is not taught how the human body works. Digestive difficulties, sleep issues, fatigue and many other health concerns begin our search for answers for ourselves, or our loved ones. A great deal of time and money is spent looking for solutions to health challenges, yet the answers are not found.

The body is a living organism with 5 simple requirements.

1.    Air    2. Water   3. Food   4. Movement – Exercise   5. Freedom from Mental Stress

Air

Most people let their breathing be automatic, and do not do any deep breathing. Add a few minutes of deep breathing throughout the day to provide your body with essential oxygen. Take a deep breath in through your nose. Fill your lungs with air so that your chest lifts up, as if you are blowing up a balloon. Then exhale all the air as your chest lowers back to its original position.  

Live Water

The human body is a living organism made up of 70% water. Living organisms need live water and live food. Without real live food and water the body has a difficult time maintaining a balanced state of health. Live water and live food are the genuine replacement parts your body needs. So what is live water and live food?

Live water is rich in antioxidants. Antioxidants are the number one selling supplement in the world. No one wants to age. We are all looking for ways to stay young and healthy. Antioxidants stop the aging process. They also reduce pain and inflammation in the body. Most drinking water is dead water with no antioxidants. This water ages the body, causing pain, inflammation and acidity.

Live Food

Cooked processed, and fast foods contain no live enzymes. The enzymes that allow food to be digested are destroyed with heat. Live food has the enzymes that allow us to digest. We need to eat a diet that contains live food every day. It is true that what you eat determines how your feel!  The only side effect to live food and water is better health and less stress.

I see many people with poor digestive systems who cannot digest live food. Lack of the specific digestive enzymes needed for proper digestion is the most common underlying health issue people have. The body is unable to get the essential nutrients it needs from undigested food. This creates nutritional deficiencies, which lead to unwanted health issues. Every body is different, and has different needs. The secret to health lies in identifying the specific digestive enzymes that you need that work for you.

Poor digestion also leads to food allergies, food intolerances, parasites and fungal overgrowth. A malfunction of the digestive system creates a compromise of the immune system, and increases stress. Eighty percent of the immune system is in the gut. The immune system becomes compromised when you cannot properly digest.

Movement

Exercise and movement is essential to keep your body alive. Muscles and joints are designed to move, and need to move daily. We are not designed for our sedentary lifestyle, where we sit all day and night. We need to move to promote good health. Movement allows your body to move nutrients into the cells and waste out. Walking just 20 minutes a day increases circulation, elevates mood and improves body health and function.

Movement with Deep Breathing

Recharge your body when deep breathing by adding body movement. Stand comfortably with your feet shoulder width apart. Place your arms together straight out in front of you. Take a deep breathe in. As you exhale move your arms out to each side. Add more movement by bending over when you deeply inhale, letting your arms fall in front of you. Exhale as you straighten up while moving your arms out to the side. Repeat for several minutes to invigorate your body.

Peace of Mind

Freedom from mental stress is the last health requirement. Worry about your health or the health of a loved one produces more acid waste in the body, causing more aging and stress. We need more antioxidants when we are stressed. Our food, water and lifestyle choices have lead to poor health, creating additional stress.

The key to peace of mind lies in identifying the specific nutritional deficiencies that you have as a result of your food and lifestyle habits. At TLC we use through specific testing to help identify the specific digestive enzymes you need, find your missing nutrients and your specific food and water requirements. As you feel better and health improves, exercise and movement become easier, stress reduction occurs and life is enjoyable again.  Visit www.TLCHolisticWellness.com or call (734) 664 - 0339 to learn more.