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This newsletter is about the effect of inflammation and metabolism on weight loss.
March 4, 2012
Hi ,
My last newsletter began a discussion of one of these factors - insulin swings caused by carbohydrate consumption. In the office, when a person tells me they want to lose weight, the very first thing I do is a muscle test to see if their blood sugar is stable through proper communication between the liver and pancreas. If your blood sugar is wobbly, you will be constantly triggering adrenaline surges every time your sugar takes a dip. This causes your liver and muscles to convert stored glycogen into more blood sugar to raise your sugar level back up.
Adrenaline is massively inflammatory, and inflammation is one of the factors that stops weight loss dead in its tracks. At the same time adrenaline is released so is extra of the hormone cortisol. This extra cortisol promotes belly fat weight gain and also slows down the metabolism controlling thyroid gland.
Wobbly blood sugar is caused by eating too many simple carbs and sugars. Your body can only handle so much carbohydrate - just how much is a matter of your genetics. Some people can handle almost none and others can handle a lot. Unfortunately anyone carrying extra weight is most likely the type of person that does not handle carbs well. We all know and envy people that can eat pastries and sugars all day long and never gain an ounce. They have the genes and high metabolism for that. This newsletter does not apply to them this week.
The big factors that drive weight loss as much as calories: Inflammation & Metabolism
Blood sugar swings hit both of these with the inflammatory adrenaline and the metabolism reducing effects of cortisol on the thyroid gland.
Inflammation also comes from food allergies, sensitivities, and intolerances affecting the gut lining and directly attacking the pancreas, thyroid, and brain. Healing your gut and avoiding foods you are sensitive to is often the key to major weight loss for many individuals (without having to count a single calorie.) We have several ways of testing sensitivities in the office. Ask about it.
Even without considering food sensitivities, most modern food is very inflammatory. The chemicals used in manufacturing and the methods of processing make just about anything that comes in a package pro-inflammatory and therefore weight gain causing. Whole natural high-fiber vegetables and proteins are your best choices for weight loss. Everything else makes weight loss more difficult... especially those "fat free" weight loss foods... what a joke.
The toxic loads from our foods, water, air, and skin chemical exposures are all stored in our fat cells to keep the poisons away from the more important tissues in our body like our heart. When we start to lose weight these toxins are released back into our blood stream. Our body may shut down our weight loss and trigger cravings to get us to re-store the poisons back in the fat cells. This common weight loss frustration --the plateau - can only really be broken by increasing our liver's ability to destroy the toxins and eliminate them from the body. We can support this with special herbs and liver nutrients. (Ask about Hepato-Synergy in the office.)
I have devoted a couple newsletters to gut inflammation and the effects that has on weight gain. Suffice it to say that if you want to lose weight, get rid of any gut inflammation.
Mood and brain functions are critical factors in weight gain. No diet is going to work if you are too depressed or foggy brained to carry out your plans. Getting the nutrients needed to have healthy brain function is vital. Your digestion needs to be working well enough to break down your proteins (enough hydrochloric stomach acid) and fats (good liver bile production) so that you will have the basic materials to form the brain chemicals for a good mood. Depression actually shuts down your metabolism as well as your drive. Getting enough of the amino acid tryptophan to form the relaxation neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain is one example of the importance of making sure you are eating the right foods for weight loss, and not just less food.
Proteins increase your metabolism while carbohydrates slow it down. All calories are different in their effect on you. Loosing weight is more than just decreasing calories, it is eating the right calories that work to help you lose weight. We need to rev up our metabolism while at the same time cooling down any inflammation. That means eating the right foods and avoiding the wrong foods for you.
What that looks like is very individual, and we can help you find that right balance for you. The most general rule is to eat lots of high fiber vegetables and 75 to 100 grams of good quality protein each day. Beyond that is finding the ratio of different food types that work best for you.
Take care,
David
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Dr. DeLapp has been a philosopher, non-force Chiropractor, medical intuitive, and health innovator for over 30 years. He began experimenting with medical intuition in 1972 while studying physics at UC Davis. In addition to physics he designed and completed an individual major in the philosophy and psychology of education. Shortly after he choose to pursue a career in the only truly health oriented profession available at that time, Chiropractic. He graduated with honors in 1981 with his doctorate and opened a private practice.
Since that time he has continued his research into the effects of consciousness and learning on health.
He developed the Biomagnetic Retraining system for correcting movement abnormalities.
Since 1991 he has focused on developing a powerful system for uncovering and assisting the mind-body connection in health and personal growth. The in-depth coaching, guided by the subconscious direction from the body, is called Heartflow and the simpler mind-body retraining for health and unfoldment he has named Gracework. Both are available at Fair Oaks Health.
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