Once people feel better, and they can resume their normal lives, and they actually feel better than they probably felt in a long time, they start to look at other ways to improve their health.
This brings us to part 3 of the evolution of a healthy person. The two most common questions that we get, is either about weight loss, or fatigue.
Here is a rough outline of weight management.
70% Is from your diet.
20% Is from your exercise level.
10% Is from toxicity of your liver, or thyroid, or adrenal gland problems or hormone problems.
Since about two thirds of the weight gain relates to diet and about two thirds of Americans are too heavy let's start with diet.
#1 Cut out the sugar. Sugar makes fat, it's no secret. The World Health Organization recommends that the average person on a 2000 cal diet gets no more than 50 grams of sugar a day. One soda, often contains about 35 grams of sugar.
Sugar can be sneaky. I saw a supplement this week that contained 24 grams of sugar.
Once you start busting over 50 grams, start thinking of that as fat.
We have a big two-page handout dedicated just to weight-loss.
#2 The next step is... Simplifying the diet. Starting to eat proteins, fats and veggies at each meal. Eating veggies can be harder than eating donuts. Bringing food to work is harder than getting fast food.
Once weight starts to come off, it gets to be a whole lot easier to eat healthy. This is the first step to having dietary control over your life.
Just like when people come in because they're in pain, and then they realize that coming in on a regular basis makes it a whole lot easier to stay healthy in the future.
It's exciting to see a patient be proactive about eating healthy. Weight loss is often the trigger for someone to understand what a healthy diet is all about. We'll cover the evolution of a healthy person part 4: A healthy diet, next time.
For this week, look at how much sugar you consume. I'll bet you can eliminate some...somewhere.