Twenty or more years ago you could just eat anything you wanted and the calories just burned up and your weight stayed the same. No longer? Well, as we get older, metabolism slows down and just doesn't burn up those calories like it used to. And all those leftover calories turn into fat.
If you want to lose weight, you have to take in less calories than you burn up - so that some of the fat gets used up as calories. But it can be easier than just counting calories by taking into account these three things:
1. With age the body's glands produce fewer hormones. Replacing them burns up more fat by increasing metabolism.
2. Exercise, which burns more calories than just a resting body.
3. A sensible and healthful diet of proper foods and nutritional supplements.
HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy) restores the hormones produced by the endocrine system to a level similar to what one had as a young adult. Hormones needed can vary from person to person, but basically, as a person ages, levels of thyroid hormone decrease, and that hormone directly affects metabolism.
Other hormones that affect body weight are estrogen, testosterone and human growth hormone (HGH). A medical doctor must make tests to determine what hormones need replacement and how much is needed. In order to actually restore the dwindling hormones, the replacements must be bioidentical - in other words, exactly the same as the lost hormones, not synthetic.
A sensible exercise program is absolutely necessary to any weight loss plan. Exercise not only increases metabolism, but also keeps the body in working order in other ways. As regards weight loss, exercise simply burns up more calories and helps take that fat off while building up muscle.
The third point of the program is appropriate diet. A good nutritionist is necessary to determine what constitutes a proper diet for each individual. Even if you take in plenty of calories, they are not necessarily the right kind of calories, and in addition a body may be starved for essential vitamins and minerals.
The ideal would be a medical office that would help people tailor a plan which includes all three points above to each person's individual needs. Such a program results not only in weight loss, but dramatic improvement in mood and energy level and a renewed outlook on life. - 14130
If you want to lose weight, you have to take in less calories than you burn up - so that some of the fat gets used up as calories. But it can be easier than just counting calories by taking into account these three things:
1. With age the body's glands produce fewer hormones. Replacing them burns up more fat by increasing metabolism.
2. Exercise, which burns more calories than just a resting body.
3. A sensible and healthful diet of proper foods and nutritional supplements.
HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy) restores the hormones produced by the endocrine system to a level similar to what one had as a young adult. Hormones needed can vary from person to person, but basically, as a person ages, levels of thyroid hormone decrease, and that hormone directly affects metabolism.
Other hormones that affect body weight are estrogen, testosterone and human growth hormone (HGH). A medical doctor must make tests to determine what hormones need replacement and how much is needed. In order to actually restore the dwindling hormones, the replacements must be bioidentical - in other words, exactly the same as the lost hormones, not synthetic.
A sensible exercise program is absolutely necessary to any weight loss plan. Exercise not only increases metabolism, but also keeps the body in working order in other ways. As regards weight loss, exercise simply burns up more calories and helps take that fat off while building up muscle.
The third point of the program is appropriate diet. A good nutritionist is necessary to determine what constitutes a proper diet for each individual. Even if you take in plenty of calories, they are not necessarily the right kind of calories, and in addition a body may be starved for essential vitamins and minerals.
The ideal would be a medical office that would help people tailor a plan which includes all three points above to each person's individual needs. Such a program results not only in weight loss, but dramatic improvement in mood and energy level and a renewed outlook on life. - 14130
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Find out more about Dr. Anju Mathur and Bioidentical Hormone Replacement at the Angel Longevity Medical Center
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