Conquering Weight

Posted by Dr. Carol Ann Fischer, DC

As we start the New Year, win the battle against holiday weight gain or that stubborn weight that refuses to budge.

Unwanted weight gain occurs primarily from hormone imbalance. Excess dietary sugar and carbohydrates trigger the body to go into fat storage mode. When Trans Fats are part of the diet the body is unable to use or metabolize them. More fat storage occurs.

Excess sugars and Trans Fats are stored as body fat, especially around the abdomen, butt and thighs. The body will do what it can to store these as far away from the heart as possible. This is one reason why muscles become marbled with fat.

Once excess fat is present, the body will use the fat to store excess fat storing hormones and toxins. The more body fat, the more the hormone imbalance occurs.

Toxins abound in personal care products, household cleaners, and our food, air and water.

*   There are 1700 new chemicals released yearly in the US. Only 45% are tested for toxicity.

*   More than 700 chemicals are added to drinking water supplies.  

*   Common personal care cosmetics expose people daily to over 200 different hormone altering or cancer causing chemicals.

*  The average American consumes 14 pounds of chemical additives, 180 pounds of table sugar and 8 pounds of commercial table salt yearly.

*  During processing and storage 10,000 compounds are added to the more than 320,000 processed     foods available today.

*  Of the many toxins found in packaged foods, the worst is Trans Fat or partially hydrogenated fat. This fat raises LDL cholesterol and causes additional hormone stress.

Without good dietary fats the body is forced to use Trans Fat in its cell membranes. Water and nutrients cannot get into the cells and toxins cannot get out. Toxins become stored in more body fat and hormone stress/imbalance increases.

Good fat is essential for the body. It also protects the brain and nervous system. Every cell membrane in the body contains good fat. The body requires good dietary fat like flax seed, avocado, chia seed, olive oil, and fresh un-rancid Omega 3 fish oil to enable it to balance hormones.

To conquer the weight and win the battle requires simple changes in dietary & lifestyle habits including healthy water and nutrition to help re-balance the hormones naturally, and the release of fat burning hormones instead of fat storing hormones. This strategy successfully allows the body to gently release the toxins and burn the fat. You can be the winner in the weight loss battle!

Written by Dr. Carol Ann Fischer, D.C. with Dr. Sherry Yale, D.C. who now owns TLC HolisticWellness in Livonia. Dr. Yale has provided holistic and nutritional recommendations using diet & whole food supplements for 26 years as a practicing chiropractor, holistic-wellness consultant in the Livonia, Michigan area. Visit www.TLCHolisticWellness.com for more information and to learn about our free weight loss analysis, or call (734) 664-0339. Long distance help is also available by contacting Dr. Fischer at drfischer@tlcholisticwellness.com

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.