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May 14th, 2012
THAI MASSAGE AT DEDICATEDTOHEALTH.COM AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE WITH OUR CERTIFIED MASSAGE THERAPIST, AMBER WHO USES A Unique mix of Thai pressure point massage, gentle and deep stretching with flowing Swedish and Deep tissue massage. A Thai/deep tissue combo massage is an incredibly refreshing blend of eastern and western modalities that brings you the best of both worlds and is exclusive to our office from Amber who has trained in both Thailand and in the States. Perfect for those who have injured areas as well as those who have areas of tension that need more intense stretching for release – a unique therapeutic and relaxing experience. Call Today 626-799-0557 to Schedule.
SO WHAT IS THAI MASSAGE?????
Thai massage has many benefits. It uses pressure on energy lines and the yoga-like stretching to relax the whole body on a deeper level. This deeper level of relaxation improves the individuals’ personal outlook, and their emotional status. Deep relaxation has been shown to promote a deeper, more restorative night’s sleep as well. This deeper sleep allows the body to heal itself physical, and let you feel more refreshed upon awakening.
Thai massage helps to reduce the individual’s stress levels and improve their overall circulation. This is accomplished by the gradual movement of the person through different yoga-like positions. This will enhance the persons’ flexibility allowing for a greater range of motion. This greater range of motion and flexibility reduces muscle stress and strain, and helps to prevent injury.
The slow movements allow for the mind and the spirit to slow down and realize a true form of relaxation. It centers the individual. In doing this stressors will not affect the person as much. This will aid to level out blood pressure. These stressors, in later life, cause heart problems. In centering oneself, and lowering the reaction to stressors, one will lower the occurrence of heart problems.
Thai massage allows the person to attain a true level of relaxation. The stress will be depleted from their muscles. This will facilitate a more fluid range of extension by the muscles. Thai Massage has been used for centuries to increase energy levels. With healthier muscles and increased energy, the person will be able to maintain healthy weights with healthier weight we then see changes such as lower blood sugar levels and healthier lifestyles.
Thai massage also enhances the circulatory system. It increases the circulation in the body. With increased circulation, more oxygen will be brought to the brain. This will lower the number of migraines and headaches the individual suffers from. Increased circulation will lower the chances of blood clotting in the arteries. Thai massage will rejuvenate and refresh you. It will help you think clearer because you will feel better after it.
What are energy lines?
- The invisible energy lines can not be verified anatomically and are perceived to circulate throughout the body to maintain health and vitality.
- There are said to be 72,000 lines. Thais believe 10 main lines that are sufficient to treat the whole body and its internal organs. – This is a non-religious or spiritual perspective and practice. – When this energy flow is blocked or restricted, it creates sickness or disease. To clear these blockages, Thai massage combines the application of pressure with manipulation, adjustment and muscle stretching in a full-body works, which improves overall health and well-being.
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May 14th, 2012
A Lymphatic massage is am amazing technique that aids in weight loss shrinking waist lines.
It has more benefits than just the waist slimming figures, such as reducing cellulite, aiding digestion, boosting immune function, and detoxifying your body through the lymphatic system.
Many women have found adding lymphatic massage to their weight loss routines is an easy way to boost the amount of weight they lose and keep off. Lymphatic Massage also helps break through plateaus and assists the liver in detoxification.
How It Works
The lymphatic massage is a full body technique that is done by specialized trained professionals and was first designed to make swelling in your extremities go down. The most common cause of swelling in the feet and lower legs is the strain of walking, running, pregnancy, and compromised vascular/immune function. The reason this kind of massage is a great way to help with weight loss is because it improves your body’s circulation which stimulates the metabolism and helps facilitate the body’s ability to move toxins and waste products.
If you have a slow working lympatic system then you will also have a slow working metabolism which will stunt all work towards weight loss. This process also helps to clean the body by using the improved circulation to bring bodily waste towards a better, more effective removal process. When the lymphatic system becomes blocked or begins working slowly then it effects all of the body. All of the toxins that your body will normally throw away will then be soaked into other organs and can cause other harmful health conditions, including but not limited to weight gain. The massage is a gentle and soft process, quite opposite to deeper and harsher massages, such as deep tissue massages. The lymphatic drainage massage works with the filtering and cleaning of the lymph nodes, starting at the arms and legs and moving towards the lymph nodes.
Other Benefits
Not only will a soothing lymph massage slim down your waist, but it is also known to decrease cellulite in your thighs and lower buttocks. It tones your arms and legs as well as helping the rest of your body by quickening your metabolism.
There are many reasons to consider adding a lymph massage to your weight loss program, and it is an easy way to take a few inches off of your waist. The best times to get a massage would be during or after a weight loss program, after a long flight, an exhaustive hike or a season of travel. You don’t even have to do anything, just lay back and relax as your body is gently massaged and soon you will begin to see your waist slim down. You will also feel much more energetic and happy.
I have two amazing Specially Trained Certified Massage Therapists in Lymphatic Massage who can assist not only in boosting your Immune Function but in your Weight Loss Programs. Boost your health, detox your body, tighten and smoothen skin while helping move excess fat and waste out of your lymphatic system.
Enjoy one of the most relaxing experiences in losing weight……call today for your Lymphatic Massage with Samantha or Amber. We recommend a series of 3, 6 or 9 sessions. Sessions can be done in 50 min or 80 min Treatment Sessions. As a great deal of toxins can be released we always recommend only 50min for your first session.
CALL TODAY AND TRY YOUR FIRST AMAZING RELAXING
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April 28th, 2012
JUNK FOOD OR REAL FOOD WHAT ARE YOU EATING?
We are junk food consumers! We are addicted to junk food:
- Americans spend almost 46 percent of their food budget on restaurants and take-out.
- More than 2 million California adolescents (62 percent) drink soda and 1.4 million (43 percent) eat fast food every single day according to the policy brief, “Teen Dietary Habits Related to Those of Parents.”
- Which ever city road you drive down, you will see more fast food restaurants than any other business.
- Junk food is placed eye-level right next to the checkout area of any store.
- Vending machines filled with junk food are everywhere, SADLY you never see a vending machine with raw unsalted nuts
- Junk food is high in sugar, simple carbs, and chemicals. It supplies few nutrients. That is why it is called junk.
How to Recognize Real Food:
- Does not need a label listing all the ingredients. Simply put if it’s in a package it’s usually processed and if you can’t pronounce the ingredients you’re in trouble.
- Celebrities don’t endorse it — there’ a good one, how many apples have you seen endorsed?
- Tastes good and makes us feel good. You don’t eat the meal and immediately need a nap.
- Usually rots or spoils quickly. I always say if the bugs won’t eat the food you really know you’re in trouble.
- Provides us with fuel.
- Has been grown on this earth. Ever plunked a cupcake from the ground?
- Does not arrive through the window of your car. Did you know the salad at Burger King has more fat and calories then the Burger???? 460 with 46 grams of fat there is NO SUCH THING as healthy fast food.
Another reason why many people do not eat real food is the cost. Have you noticed that fruits and vegetables cost more than junk food? Some people use this fact to justify eating food that is not real.
Daphne Oz (daughter of Dr. Oz) looked over her receipts and noticed a trend: “The more heavily processed and artificial the food, the less expensive it was. How is it that something that you eat exactly the way it looks when it comes out of the ground or off a tree can cost more than something that went through a day and a half of mechanical digestion by heavy machinery?”
If real foods like fruits, vegetables, beans and oats seem tasteless now, you are probably eating stuff with too many additives, like sugar or salt. Processed or refined foods (candy, breakfast cereal, cakes, cookies, ice cream, canned soup, etc.) contain additives, sugar or salt and can create unnatural cravings. The best thing is to simply not eat them — it takes about 2 months for your taste buds to change but really after about 2 weeks you will already feel better.
It is simple: Our body is real therefore we should feed it real food, not food that has been highly processed or created artificially. Our body was designed to eat real food that is whole and natural.
I love food! I am sure you do too. Strolling through the produce department seeing mountains of reds, greens, oranges and yellows is a wonderful experience.
Going to the farmers market is even more fun! This is real food grown by real people. They tell me that the cucumbers, lettuce and raspberries were picked early that morning. You can still smell the earth that these foods come from. Get out of the processed standard markets and explore your neiborhood co-ops and farmer’s markets and enjoy some fresh living real foods.
All my best for great amazing health!
Dr. King
April 28th, 2012
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What are the advantages of ADVANCED HEALTH CONCEPT’S supervised hCG program versus other hCG diets available?
Our hCG Weight Loss program is, by design, Physician supervised. Our patients receive continual guidance and support from our experienced staff throughout the entire program.
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hCG has been safely and successfully used in Europe and the United States since the mid -1950′s as an effective weight loss tool with minimal reports of side effects. The dose administered is quite small. hCG is a hormone that is most often associated with pregnancy in women where they are exposed to over 250,000 units, however, both males and non-pregnant females produce low levels of hCG throughout their lives.
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Many people believe anyone can lose weight on a 500 calories/day diet. If that is the case, why take hCG?
The presence of hCG (when combined with a 500 calorie diet) triggers the release and burning of stored fat. This mobilized fat provides nourishment and calories, resulting in no hunger and speedy weight loss. Were it not for the affect of the hCG, such a restricted diet would result in profound hunger, slowed metabolism (resulting in rebound weight gain after the diet is over), break-down of muscle tissue for energy, and lastly, exhaustion.
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If I have medical issues, can I still participate in Advanced Health Concept’s weight loss program?
Our weight loss and lifestyle programs also improved many other health conditions such as high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, arthritis, aches and pains in muscles and joints, and chronic fatigue, to name a few. Most people report an increase in energy with weight loss and improved mental health.
Exclusions to the program will be based on an individual’s past and current medical history which will be reviewed by our doctor prior to starting.
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Since the weight is lost so quickly, will I gain it right back?
No. Interestingly, Dr. Simeons discovered that the hCG diet has a re-set effect on the part of the brain which regulates appetite, cravings, and metabolism. Additionally, Dr. King’s program consists of specific phases intended to “lock-in” your new, lower weight. Once all phases are complete, cravings disappear, desire to eat healthfully remains, and patients are able to eat moderately without feeling the need to overeat.
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Is hCG approved by the FDA?
hCG is approved by the FDA as a medication for fertility and is also used to safely promote the production of testosterone in males. It is not approved by the FDA for weight loss.
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Yes, hCG is very effective for men and does not have any feminizing affects. Often times, men have better results and lose weight more quickly than women.
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I have a very busy lifestyle can I still be successful on the HCG program?
Yes. hCG program is exceptionally easy to follow and requires minimal food shopping and preparation.
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Does Dr. King’s hCG program reshape your body?
Our hCG weight loss patients consistently lose hard-to-get-at, stored fat from the hips, abdomen, thighs, buttocks and waist – resulting in a positive reshaping of the body. For those with extra hard pockets of fat or who suffer from cellulite we also offer non-invasive laser session to enhance your program (ask for details during your consult)
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I am a vegetarian. Will this program work for me?
We do not recommend our program for vegetarians because the protocol’s protein requirements are animal based (200 grams per day). Consequently, the vegetarian’s protein options are quite limited. If you are open to dairy, eggs and/or minimal fish we can discuss your options as we have worked with vegetarians in this area.
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Does MediLean prescribe appetite suppressants?
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The majority of our patients do not experience hunger while on MediLean; therefore, appetite suppressants are not a standard part of our protocol. Our decision to prescribe them would be based on an individual patient basis.
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What is the difference between hCG injections and hCG drops?
As long as the drops and injections are both pure, pharmaceutical grade hCG, the main difference is a matter of administration. Injections are self administered every morning and drops are taken twice a day (once in the morning and once in the evening both are kept refrigerated or the hormone goes bad).
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How do I find out about REACHING MY WEIGHT LOSS GOALS?
We require each individual to meet with the doctor to find out if you qualify for the program and to see what program is best for you. Our basic HCG or coupled with detoxification, hormone balancing, lymphatic massage or laser sessions depending on your health and weight loss goals.
WE OFFER A FREE CONSULT TO DISCUSS YOUR GOALS AND WHAT PATH WILL BEST PUT YOU ON YOUR NEW JOURNEY TO LOOKING AND FEELING AMAZING.
CALL 626-799-0557
April 24th, 2012
Yes, managing your weight becomes more of a challenge once you enter perimenopause and middle-age. BUT THE challenge is knowing how to balance the body and what’s not balanced anymore in yours!
If you’ve been struggling with perimenopause weight gain, there is something you can do about it. But, before you can, it’s important that you understand what actually causes it.
Estrogen Dominance in Perimenopause a common cause
Thanks to Dr. John Lee, MD., author of What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause: The Breakthrough Book on Natural Hormone Balance
, and pioneer in the field of bio-identical hormone replacement, the term “estrogen dominance” is becoming more mainstream.
Prior to Dr. Lee’s groundbreaking work, women simply accepted the fact that when they entered perimenopause, they would need to put back what their body was no longer producing – estrogen.
While it is certainly true that declining estrogen is a part of perimenopause, what women didn’t know is that declining progesterone was the bigger problem and often many women have had declining progesterone for years like since there 30′s!
In fact, once a woman enters her mid-thirties, progesterone declines a whopping one hundred twenty (120) times faster in her body than estrogen (Randolph, 2008).
As we get older, the reason women experience more miscarriages is because our progesterone levels are decreasing and progesterone is a vital part of fertility and pregnancy.
If you do not have adequate progesterone in your body, not only will you have difficulty conceiving, but, you will have an even tougher time holding onto the pregnancy if you do. It’s vital and it’s not just having enough but the proper ratio of estrogen to progesterone which some women have never had even in there 20′s!
But, let’s be clear, estrogen dominance does not mean you are producing too much estrogen.
It means that your body is not producing enough progesterone to balance estrogen. It’s just that simple.
Symptoms of Estrogen Dominance
Do you know what actually caused the symptoms of PMS ? Estrogen.
Each month, just before your period began, your progesterone levels went down. This is why women experience changes in mood and food cravings right before they are scheduled to get their period.
So it is with perimenopause progesterone levels plummet and estrogen dominance turns our bodies into a hormonal wasteland causing an entire host of symptoms, including weight gain, anxiety, stress, mental fog, etc…..
Estrogen Dominance Turns Your Body into a “Fat Magnet”
Make no mistake about it. Estrogen dominance causes weight gain in perimenopause, and here’s how:
- Too much estrogen circulating in the body produces body fat. Fat tissue produces and stores more estrogen. Body fat contains an enzyme that converts adrenal steroids to estrogen. The body fat continues to produce estrogen. More estrogen in your body means more fat and the cycle continues.
- Too much estrogen compromises your body’s ability to metabolize fat, which means that no matter how much you diet or how little you eat, the fat will not go away.
- Too much estrogen inhibits your body’s ability to distribute fat and so it tends to store it around your middle, hips and thighs. Hence, the pair-shaped syndrome that so many of us are afflicted with. ( Estrogen is also the culprit in the male spare-tire syndrome)
- Too much estrogen inhibits good thyroid function, which in turn, causes your metabolism to slow down.
- Excess estrogen causes your body to release insulin more rapidly which can trigger hunger faster and cravings for sugar. Cravings for sugar can trigger sweet eating binges, and well, you know the rest (Randolph, 2008).
Besides weight gain lack of progesterone can lead to bone density issues, insomnia, stress, anxiety, mood changes and much more.
For more information about your body, balancing your unique needs call us for a free one-on-one consult to discuss your case and how your body can be balanced out naturally.
Call 626-799-0557 to set up your free consultation to find out more about natural hormone balancing and see where your levels are at.
April 23rd, 2012
Sprouts truly are the best locally-grown food, yet not enough people eat or grow them. And they are very easy to do at home! There are many health and environmental benefits, it’s time to consider adding sprouts to your diet.
1. Experts estimate that there can be up to 100 times more enzymes in sprouts than uncooked fruits and vegetables. Enzymes are special types of proteins that act as catalysts for all your body’s functions. Extracting more vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and essential fatty acids from the foods you eat ensures that your body has the nutritional building blocks of life to ensure every process works more effectively.
2. The quality of the protein in the beans, nuts, seeds, or grains improves when it is sprouted. Proteins change during the soaking and sprouting process, improving its nutritional value. The amino acid lysine, for example, which is needed to prevent cold sores and to maintain a healthy immune system increases significantly during the sprouting process.
3. The fiber content of the beans, nuts, seeds, or grains increases substantially. Fiber is critical to weight loss. It not only binds to fats and toxins in our body to escort them out, it ensures that any fat our body breaks down is moved quickly out of the body before it can resorb through the walls of the intestines (which is the main place for nutrient absorption into the blood).
4. Vitamin content increases dramatically. This is especially true of vitamins A, B-complex, C, and E. The vitamin content of some seeds, grains, beans, or nuts increases by up to 20 times the original value within only a few days of sprouting. Research shows that during the sprouting process mung beansprouts (or just beansprouts, as they are often called) increase in vitamin B1 by up to 285 percent, vitamin B2 by up to 515 percent, and niacin by up to 256 percent. This is great for people eating a vegan, vegetarian or no red meat diet.
5. Essential fatty acid content increases during the sprouting process. Most of us are deficient in these fat-burning essential fats because they are not common in our diet. Eating more sprouts is an excellent way to get more of these important nutrients.
6. During sprouting, minerals bind to protein in the seed, grain, nut, or bean, making them more useable in the body. This is true of alkaline minerals like calcium, magnesium, and others than help us to balance our body chemistry for weight loss and better health.
7. Sprouts are the ultimate locally-grown food. When you grow them yourself you are helping the environment and ensuring that you are not getting unwanted pesticides, food additives, and other harmful fat-bolstering chemicals that thwart your weight loss efforts.
8. The energy contained in the seed, grain, nut, or legume is ignited through soaking and sprouting.
9. Sprouts are alkalizing to your body. Many illnesses including cancer have been linked to excess acidity in the body.
10. Sprouts are inexpensive. People frequently use the cost of healthy foods as an excuse for not eating healthy. But, with sprouts being so cheap, there really is no excuse for not eating healthier.
April 9th, 2012
About the Adrenal Glands
Your two adrenal glands are small, triangular-shaped endocrine glands located on the top of each kidney. Each adrenal gland is approximately 3 inches wide, and a half inch high.
Each gland is divided into an outer cortex and an inner medulla. The cortex and medulla of the adrenal gland secrete different hormones. The adrenal cortex is essential to life, but the medulla may be removed with no life-threatening effects.
Hormones of the Adrenal Cortex
The adrenal cortex consists of three different regions, with each region producing a different group or type of hormones. Chemically, all the cortical hormones are considered steroids.
Mineralocorticoids are secreted by the outermost region of the adrenal cortex. The principal mineralocorticoid is aldosterone, which acts to conserve sodium ions and water in the body.
Glucocorticoids are secreted by the middle region of the adrenal cortex. The principal glucocorticoid is cortisol, which increases blood glucose levels.
The third group of steroids secreted by the adrenal cortex is the gonadocorticoids, or sex hormones. These are secreted by the innermost region. Male hormones, androgens, and female hormones, estrogens, are secreted in minimal amounts in both sexes by the adrenal cortex, but their effect is usually masked by the hormones from the testes and ovaries. In females, the masculinization effect of androgen secretion may become evident after menopause, when estrogen levels from the ovaries decrease.
Hormones of the Adrenal Medulla
The adrenal medulla develops from neural tissue and secretes two hormones, epinephrine and norepinephrine. These two hormones are secreted in response to stimulation by sympathetic nerve, particularly during stressful situations. A lack of hormones from the adrenal medulla produces no significant effects. Hypersecretion, usually from a tumor, causes prolonged or continual sympathetic responses.
Do You Have Adrenal Fatigue?
When the adrenal glands are not functionining optimally, you can have a condition that is known as adrenal fatigue, or adrenal exhaustion. Adrenal fatigue often develops after periods of intense or lengthy physical or emotional stress, when overstimulation if the glands leave them unable to meet your body’s needs.
Symptoms include:
- excessive fatigue and exhaustion
- non-refreshing sleep (you get sufficient hours of sleep, but wake fatigued)
- overwhelmed by or unable to cope with stressors
- feeling rundown or overwhelmed
- craving salty and sweet foods
- you feel most energetic in the evening
- a feeling of not being restored after a full night’s sleep or having sleep disturbances
- low stamina, slow to recover from exercise
- slow to recover from injury, illness or stress
- difficulty concentrating, brain fog
- poor digestion
- low immune function
- food or environmental allergies
- premenstrual syndrome or difficulties that develop during menopause
- consistent low blood pressure
- extreme sensitivity to cold
Avoid Stimulants
As much as you may want them, stimulants are the equivalent of giving too much gas and “flooding the engine” in a car. It puts further stress on the adrenals to work harder and produce more energy, and ends up further depleting the adrenal glands. Things to avoid include: caffeine, ephedra, guarana, kola nut, and prescription stimulants.
Balance Your Blood Sugar With Your Diet
To minimize stress on the adrenal system, and ensure maximum energy, you should consider a low-glycemic (low-sugar) diet, consisting of sufficient protein and fat, low-glycemic carbohydrates, eaten in smaller, more frequent meals throughout the day. Sugar and simple carbohydrates put stress on the adrenal glands due by rapidly shifting blood sugar levels. By switching to vegetables, fruits and proteins, and high fiber carbohydrates, blood sugar remains more stable, providing less strain on the adrenal glands.
Beyond diet and nutrition there are many natural remedies as well as natural hormones that can help to balance your body along with stress reduction therapy and techniques for specifics for your body talk to us about a Natural Hormone and Nutrition Program build for your body and your health goals.
All the best for amazing health,
Dr. Stephanie King
April 9th, 2012
If you have “tried everything” and still can’t reach or maintain your goal weight, the HCG Weight Loss Program may be just what you’ve been looking for, this is the
TOTAL METABOLISM RESET AND DETOX PROGRAM that many of you have seen on Dr. Oz, Good Day LA and in Harper’s Bazaar Magazine, but we’ve taken it to the next level and given you unlimited email support and nutritional balance to take you to the next level for amazing results:
Call to set up a 15 minute free consultation with Dr. Stephanie King to see if this program is the right for you and which version fits your style.
Call 626-799-0557
Is hCG safe and effective for weight loss?
hCG is a natural hormone found in both men, women during pregnancy and even non-pregnant women. It was discovered in 1954 by Dr. Simeons that hCG could accelerate fat mobilization if combined with a Very Low Calorie Diet (VLCD). At that time, Dr. Simeons had been using hCG to treat obesity. It has continued to gain popularity to this day as a natural approach to weight loss.
No other weight loss program addresses and corrects low metabolism, emotional eating and cravings for sweets. With hCG you lose fat rapidly and maintain muscle mass.
Why the 500-Calorie Diet?
You are restricted to a 500 Calorie Diet while on the hCG protocol because the hCG injections in itself releases 1,500 to 4,000 calories from your stored fat per day. Regardless of your size or weight, 500 calories from food is sufficient because you will be utilizing stored fat for energy. Most individuals on this diet will lose about 1 pound of fat per day. A pound of fat = 3500 calories, so that in addition to the 500 calories of food you consume a total of 4000 calories are consumed daily. That’s why most people on this protocol do not experience hunger and some even have trouble eating the 500 calories each day.
We offer a FREE CONSULTATION TO DISCUSS YOUR CASE and our programs specifically as we have two versions to tailor to best suit your needs and what will work for your body. Call us today to find out more and start losing weight to look amazing EVERYTIME YOU LOOK IN THE MIRROR. I know that being able to fit into all your clothes is sooo important and this program will do that for you!
March 24th, 2012
Two of the most profound impacts on ageing are caused by what we eat, and what toxins we are exposed to. We have control over four of the most profound toxins that cause us to age the fastest:
Sugar
Nicotine
Alcohol
Caffeine
There are hundreds toxins we have little to no control over, such as heavy metals, but if we can control these four top toxin we will make a huge impact in our lives.
Sugar is the worst thing we can put in our body — not only a drug but highly toxic, addictive and the primary cause of inflammation in anyone who uses it in high amounts. And, it is everywhere in our diets, even where it is least expected. It is not just sugar but foods that have a high Glycemic Index. We remain much healthier, and we age much better by eating a Low Glycemic Diet, i.e. low sugar diet. Lists of foods and their glycemic index are readily available on the Internet. High glycemic diets are diets that have a large percentage of total calories coming from carbohydrates such as grains, cereals, pasta, breads, all bakery items, tropical fruits, melons, juices and of course sugary foods and desserts. These foods not only make us sick but also accelerate the ageing process a good reason to avoid them.
Sugar raises Insulin. Insulin is a pro-inflammatory hormone. It lowers Cortisol. That is one reason why we love to eat, and eat sweet things when we are stressed. Stress causes cortisol to go up. When cortisol goes up we get the urge to eat sugary foods. Sugary foods (or High Glycemic Foods) raise Insulin, which helps lower Cortisol. It’s actually not as simple as that, but that ‘s the basics. When Cortisol is lowered, the body becomes more inflamed. Inflammation is the cause of every disease, from heart disease to cancer. So high glycemic diets and high insulin causes us to get sick. When we are ill and our immune systems are suppressed, we age much faster and we get fatter.
The keys to slowing the ageing process are to eat a Low Glycemic Diet, Avoid the toxins listed above as much as possible, get sleep, periodically cleanse and detoxify the body, maintain good hydration with pure non-toxic water, get regular exercise using core strengthening techniques daily, and maintain all Hormones in balance.
If you’d like to get started on a good path specific for your body talk to us today we help patients not only with a good lifestyle and nutritional plan for anti-aging and anti-inflammation but also good hormone balance. We offer a free consultation to discuss your case specifically and your health goals.
All the best for great health,
Dr. Stephanie King
March 24th, 2012
Here are 5 of the top cancer-prevention minerals:
1. Calcium: A proven protector against colon cancer, this mineral is integral for maintaining the health of bones and teeth, blood clotting, and cellular metabolism. Excellent sources include: nuts and seeds, carrot juice, dark green vegetables, salmon and sardines.
2. Iodine: This mineral is found in sea vegetables like kelp, dulse, and Celtic sea salt. It helps protect the body from breast cancer and is required for energy and the growth and repair of healthy tissues.
3. Magnesium: This mineral protects against cancer in general, maintains the pH balance of the blood, as well as aids the formation of your body’s genetic material–RNA and DNA. While damaged genetic material can put you at risk for cancer, magnesium helps with the repair work. It is found in many foods, including: nuts, fish, brown rice, whole grains, and green vegetables.
4. Selenium: This mineral helps the body manufacture glutathione, an enzyme required for proper detoxification of the body. Because toxic build-up in the body is linked to cancer, assisting your body with its natural, ongoing detoxification processes helps lessen your risk of cancer. In research, low dietary levels of selenium have been correlated with higher cancer incidence. Supplementation with selenium is a valuable cancer prevention tool.
5. Zinc: A powerful protective agent against prostate cancer, this mineral is also necessary for the formation of RNA and DNA and a healthy immune system. And, you guessed it: a healthy immune system is better able to kill cancer cells. Zinc is found in pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, seafood, whole grains, soybeans, and onions.
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