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Weight Loss is Now Big Business in the U.S.
This has created weight loss as big business in our country, full of half truths and broken promises, which at best try to treat and few heal us of this growing problem. The bible warns us of a time when, "They will gather round them a great number of teachers to say what their etching ears want to hear they will turn away from the truth and turn to myths." There could be no greater truth than in our battle with obesity.

America is beyond needing to lose weight, it needs to be healed. Obesity in our country is beyond the help of short term diet concepts, or magical weight loss supplements, which relieve us of the responsibility of lifestyle reform.

We must stop trying to treat the symptoms of obesity, but get to the real root of the problem. Our lifestyles no longer support the hormonal design of our bodies, we are fighting against thousands of years of hormonal evolution, and that's a battle we can not win. The Obesity Association of America on it's website list "obesity" as a complex disease, which is caused by poor diet, lack of exercise activity, genetic or heredity influenced, stress, cultural and sleep deprivation. The only one that is outside our control, the genes our parents handed down to us. The solution should be clear, focus on what is within our control and become responsible to control it.

The answer, LIFESTYLE, LIFESTYLE and more LIFESTYLE.

Activating Our Bodies Natural Ability To Heal Itself

The scope of this article is not to provide every answer to obesity, but to open a door of understanding that the healing of this disease lies within us. We must learn how to activate our bodies natural ability to heal itself.

When it comes to weight loss, we must realize that we are fighting with thousands of years of hormonal evolution

To tap into this healing power, first you must see that as human being we are complex in design and made up of spirit, mind and body. If there is a problem in one area it will effect the others as well. If you believe this to be true then you are ready to win this battle with obesity.

As a nutritionist, herbalist and healing minister, I believe the only permanent answer to losing weight and becoming healthier in the process is holistic, one that will involve the guidance of the spirit, acceptance of the mind, will and emotions, and the discipline of the body to carry it out.

If you are overweight you must not be deceived in believing this is just a physical problem, but beliefs, or better yet fears now support this problem and a free will which chooses to maintain it. I remind you, our focus is not just losing weight, but to be healed in the process.

The first step in holistic weight loss is to bring cleansing to the whole body, here again I'm not speaking of only the physical body, but to the spirit as well. In my nutritional practice most overweight patients I see have a diet that consists too high in refined carbohydrates and saturated fats and much too low in fiber.

…we are fighting against thousands of years of hormonal evolution, and that's a battle we can not win.

Many who are overweight suffer from constipation or irritable bowel syndrome which is a sign of a toxic or unclean colon, due to impacted fecal matter. Most natural healers believe that 90% of all disease is directly or indirectly caused by an unclean or unhealthy colon.

As mucus develops of the walls of the large intestine to protect against toxins entering into the blood stream, it also prevents nutrition from metabolized food from entering the blood robbing the body of vital energy for life.

Most natural healers believe that 90% of all disease is directly or indirectly caused by an unclean or unhealthy colon.

If you suffer from the complications of a unhealthy colon a good detoxification program, will not only target the colon, but the liver, kidneys and blood and lymphatic system, this will allow better absorption and assimilation of nutrition as you commit to a healthy eating plan.

Our spirit is much like the colon, it becomes toxic with a buildup of un-forgiveness, past failures, disappoint and hidden pain. If left untreated this spiritual toxicity spreads like a poison to our physical body. So how does this effect are weight? If there is a heaviness on our heart, it will lead to a heaviness on our body.

Think of your spirit as a tree and your body is the fruit on the tree. The condition of the fruit, reflects the health of the tree, it will be hard to become physically healthy if you remain spiritually sick. So many times I have asked overweight clients who have a personal relationship with God this question.

Did you ask for God's help? Too many times the response is, no I didn't think to ask. The bible says. "You have not, because you have ask not". True spiritual cleansing comes when we humble ourselves before God ask for His forgiveness and God's strength within us to forgive ourselves. To ask for divine help in keeping the door of our past closed and build within us the faith that with God all things are possible.

In a holistic weight loss program the solution is more than losing weight , but to heal the body naturally in the process. To due it right you must stay within the natural hormonal design of the body, not go against it. You say, 'I don't need to be healed I only need to lose weight'.

My response would be if your 30 or more pounds overweight all the affects of IRS, or metabolic syndrome are in place they may just be silent now. That is the most dangerous enemy of them all pain that is silent. Scientists have known for years overweight and obese individuals are the highest risk group to develop type 2 diabetes, what they now know is the biological cause, insulin resistance is found in both.

Manage Your Blood Sugar to Lose Weight

To lose weight and keep it off you must manage your blood sugar. Not just fasting blood sugar doctors test for, but blood sugar levels 1-2 hour after eating a meal. To speed up weight loss, you need to slow down blood sugar.

After a meal, blood sugar levels rise and the pancreas produces insulin, which delivers glucose or blood sugar to the muscle cells. As blood sugar levels drop, insulin levels drop and the pancreas produces the hormone glucagon and nutrients stored in the fat cells are released to the blood and used for energy.

The management of this blood sugar rise and drop is important. If blood sugar levels go too high, insulin feeds the muscle cells and deposits excess sugar into fat cells. If insulin levels go too low, the muscle cells are being under-fed. A slow rise in blood sugar provides good nutrition to the muscles and a slow drop allows glucagon to take from the fat cells. So why do we become insulin resistant?

Though we could be genetically pre-deposed, it's lifestyle that brings on it's effects. Insulin resistance occurs when some of receptors on the muscle cell membranes stop accepting insulin to deliver glucose into the cell. Think of it as the receptors are doors to the cell and insulin is the key that unlocks the door and allows the glucose to enter into the cell. Insulin resistance causes some of these doors to remain closed, and the blood sugar has no place to go, but to remain in the blood or be set out to the fat cells.

Here's where proper nutrition and exercise can prevent or reverse insulin resistance. Eating at least 4 meals daily, spaced about 4 hours apart, consisting of whole grains, fruits and vegetables, which are low glycemic (turn to sugar slowly) and high in fiber, along with good quality proteins and fats cause blood sugar levels to rise slowly.

With a slow rise in blood sugar insulin is produce in lesser amounts but more continually. This allows the receptors that still work to receive the nutrition into the cell. Conditioned muscles through exercise also allow the receptors to receive better than de-conditioned muscles.

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