WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES WEIGHT LOSS SO DIFFICULT? (PART III)

We left off last week with the obvious question, “If I have inflammation… how did it get there in the first place, and how do I get rid of it?” We are going to give you three major causes of inflammation so that you can learn how to begin reversing disease (and that includes obesity) and get your body into a much healthier state.

Number one, and this is extremely important, is eating the wrong kind of fat. This is non-negotiable, because the wrong fats drive inflammation. Products like canola, soybean, corn and cottonseed oils, are in absolutely everything because they are cheap industrial oils. You would be seriously appalled if you knew how they were processed.

Healthy fats, yes even healthy saturated fats in organic unrefined coconut oil (centrifuged being the best) and Kerry Gold butter from grass-fed only cows, actually fix and improve hormone resistance by healing cell membranes.

Omega-3’s & omega-6’s, need to exist in a certain ratio in order to be anti-inflammatory. When you have too much omega-6 in your diet, you are eating a pro-inflammatory diet. And let’s just say that Americans are way over their omega-6 limits.

So, let’s move on to the number two reason for inflammation, which is increased blood sugar and insulin. Rising glucose or blood sugar and insulin will increase inflammation and blunt your hormone receptors so that they can’t function correctly. This drives inflammation big time, ages you prematurely and creates hormone problems.

However, when a client begins to eat a diet that is anti-inflammatory and to consume food in a way that controls their blood sugar and insulin, they get their energy back and improve those issues. The answer is getting our cells to communicate with the hormones we already have.

And the third reason for inflammation, is toxicity. This is a factor that is downplayed greatly, yet becoming more of an epidemic over the last ten years. Toxins make their way to the cell membrane. They not only have an affinity for the cell receptors, taking up the receptor site meant for a particular hormone, but they also damage the fatty cell membrane. The result is that the cells don’t function properly. They are broken as the toxins enter the cell and damage the DNA, which increases aging and degeneration and greatly increases inflammation.

Toxins can accumulate over time. Many banned toxins in other countries are labeled GRAS (Generally Recognized as Safe) in the US, most without proper testing. The idea is that it is okay, because it is only a small amount. However, this does not deal with the issue of bioaccumulation over time. Constant exposure to the same toxin can cause it to build up in the body, thus creating a variety of health issues.

The three things that are really driving difficult weight loss when you are doing everything right and your scale just doesn’t budge, include inflammation and toxicity from eating bad fats and food additives, increased blood sugar and insulin, and hormone dysfunction or dysregulation. Once you begin to decrease your inflammation with proper nutrition, which helps heal cell membranes and create better hormone reception, you can then shift over into fat-burning mode.

So, if you are struggling to lose weight, be encouraged. You’re in the right place at GHS. Your body didn’t get sick overnight, and it may take a little longer for you than others, but you’re on the right path. Stay the course. Your success is imminent.