Weight Management

Keys to a Healthy Lifestyle

Maintain a regular exercise routine

You do not have to spend hours doing intense workouts at the gym, but you should get a minimum of 30 minutes of exercise three days per week. Exercise is more than being active and is based on reaching your target heart rate. Make sure that you have been cleared for exercise by your doctor.

Find a healthy eating strategy – Don’t have to call it a diet

To maintain a healthy lifestyle, you need to keep eating healthy. Healthy eating is based on moderation. There are several science-based eating strategies that are easy to build into your lifestyle. We have found success using intermittent fasting and carb cycling to provide a great opportunity to maximize lean muscle and minimize body fat. Click here more information about intermittent fasting – Trim Carb Revolution™

Get your sleep – Even if you don’t want to

Many of like to stay busy even if that means sacrificing sleep. However, when we sleep the brain is going through detoxification. Without adequate sleep, you have a higher risk of fatigue, lower mental acuity, obesity and both mental and physical disease. This is secondary to hormone imbalance, tissue inflammation, decreased immune function and metabolic dysfunction. Sleep is a hormone driven cycle that is influenced by exercise, diet and specific micronutrients. Make sure to get 6-8 hours of quality sleep, preferably in a regular sleep wake cycle. Link to our sleep page.

Treatment Options

Traditional medicine does not provide direct structure for healthy aging due to the focus being on treatment instead of prevention. There are several research-supported alternative or wellness based therapies that can have a major impact the way we age and prevent disease.

Physical health conditions that can contribute to advance or premature aging:

• Overweight or obesity
• Diabetes
• Hormone imbalances
• Chronic inflammation
• Elevated cortisol levels
• Irritable or inflammatory bowel disease
• Micronutrient deficiencies
• Sleep irregularities including sleep apnea
• Autoimmune diseases

Alternative therapies that can help improve aging:

• Maximizing health of the nervous system
• Enhancing the immune system
• Improving mitochondria function
• Improving insulin sensitivity
• Reducing inflammation
• Reducing body fat
• Increasing lean muscle mass
• Improving sleep
• Improving blood flow to the body and brain

It's All About Postive Energy

In order to have a sound mental and emotional state, you must surround yourself with positive energy. It is believed that our internal energy will naturally cause us to gravitate to those with similar energy. Surround yourself with encouraging friends and people that will provide you with constructive criticism. Seek to find a job that you are passionate about and enjoy, as bad jobs can suck your energy reserves dry quickly.

You are only as strong as your weakest link -it does not take long before negative influences will start to drain your energy and form bad habits and pessimistic attitudes. Your energy and optimism is what will ultimately shape your lifestyle.

Investment in your health

• Save money or make money– reducing food bills at grocery stores and restaurants, less insurance co-pays and health bills, less sick days, increased productivity and of course the value of your happiness.
• Disease prevention – living a healthier lifestyle means a lower risk of developing many illnesses. The health of our society is worsening, you have the opportunity to be in the percentage of the population that is well.
• Take control of the one thing you and only you can control – your body. You are a walking expression of how you manage your body. It feels really good to show off your hard work.

Investing in your wellness has been proven to provide more than a seven-dollar return on each dollar spent – this number is actually higher if you can put a price tag on health and happiness.