Dear Dr. Dan:
I heard a guest on your radio show say that you can lose weight simply by counting calories, but that exercise must be done for 1 and 1/2 hours. Is this correct?
Fred
Dear Fred:
While calories are a factor in weight loss, there are other considerations that cannot be overlooked such as blood sugar regulation, lower hormone levels with aging, food allergies, body-fat ratio, and exercise. The body fat ratio is key for helping to ensure that muscle mass is not sacrificed during the weight loss process. If the body-fat ratio does not improve then the patient is less healthy than before losing weight and can be expected to gain back all that was lost plus more. At New Hope Medical Center, we use Bio-Energy Testing to help us determine at what point a patient changes from fat burning to carbohydrate metabolism. This information is important whether the patient is an athlete trying to refine his workout or a patient seeking to lose weight.
In regards to exercise, it stimulates the production of testosterone which, in turn, helps improve the body fat ratio. Exercise can be done more intensely over 20-25 minutes with interval training, which is where a person works up to a high heart rate and cools down repeatedly over a period of time as opposed to one continuous steady pace, and thus, burn calories more quickly than over a more prolonged period of time. The key for exercise in weight loss is to include it as part of your daily routine 5-6 days a week, as opposed to 3-4 days a week for maintaining weight. Cardiovascular training for fat burning can also be alternated with resistance training to promote lean muscle mass retention and/or development. In this way, the patient not only loses weight but redistributes it and looks healthier as a result.
I hope this helps!
Dr. Dan
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Friday, May 9, 2008
HORMONE TREATMENT FOR WEIGHT LOSS
Dear Dr. Royal:
I try to lose weight but I always seem to gain it back. What else can I do? Thanks!
Sammie
Dear Sammie:
It's important that your hormones are balanced. Be sure that you at least are supplementing with the daily physiologic doses of DHEA (2.5 mg) and Pregnenolong (30 mg) for a woman. Next, get your thyroid checked. You may need to supplement with a natural source (e.g., Thyroid USP) that has T3 (active thyroid) and divide your thyroid into 2-3 doses to keep it level throughout the day. If you're overweight, fatigued, and retaining water then your metabolism is probably too slow and you could be clinically hypothyroid despite whatever your lab tests may read. Don't forget to test your estradiol and testosterone (free and total) levels, too, and supplement with estrone and/or testosterone if necessary as both have some androgenic benefit. Also, add resistance training exercise to stimulate muscle growth as this is essential to improve your body-fat ratio and increase metabolism. Finally, make sure you're getting enough sleep because this helps with growth hormone production. If you need help here, take a product called, "Cortisol Manager", which you can get from New Hope Medical Center by calling (702) 476-0000 or (866) HEAL-NOW! Hope this helps!
Dr. Dan
I try to lose weight but I always seem to gain it back. What else can I do? Thanks!
Sammie
Dear Sammie:
It's important that your hormones are balanced. Be sure that you at least are supplementing with the daily physiologic doses of DHEA (2.5 mg) and Pregnenolong (30 mg) for a woman. Next, get your thyroid checked. You may need to supplement with a natural source (e.g., Thyroid USP) that has T3 (active thyroid) and divide your thyroid into 2-3 doses to keep it level throughout the day. If you're overweight, fatigued, and retaining water then your metabolism is probably too slow and you could be clinically hypothyroid despite whatever your lab tests may read. Don't forget to test your estradiol and testosterone (free and total) levels, too, and supplement with estrone and/or testosterone if necessary as both have some androgenic benefit. Also, add resistance training exercise to stimulate muscle growth as this is essential to improve your body-fat ratio and increase metabolism. Finally, make sure you're getting enough sleep because this helps with growth hormone production. If you need help here, take a product called, "Cortisol Manager", which you can get from New Hope Medical Center by calling (702) 476-0000 or (866) HEAL-NOW! Hope this helps!
Dr. Dan
Saturday, May 3, 2008
NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENT DEFICIENCIES & TREATMENTS
Dear Dr. Dan:
How do you test for nutritional deficiencies? Also, what are the most common nutritional deficiencies you see with the patients in your practice and how do you treat them?
John
Dear John:
We use SpectraCell Laboratories for nutritional testing because they have a patented test that that assesses what's actually getting into the white blood cells, not just what's floating around in the plasma. Although SpectraCell analyzes certain vitamins, minerals, and amino acids, the most common deficiencies I see are for general antioxidants (a.k.a. Spectrox) and immune function (a.k.a. Lymphocyte Proliferation Index). To treat deficiencies, we use proven professional supplements such as minerals complexed with the amino acid aspartic acid that delivers them directly to the cells where they're needed most. Nutritional injections and infusions are also very helpful because they bypass problems that may be associated with digestion. I hope this helps!
Dr. Dan
How do you test for nutritional deficiencies? Also, what are the most common nutritional deficiencies you see with the patients in your practice and how do you treat them?
John
Dear John:
We use SpectraCell Laboratories for nutritional testing because they have a patented test that that assesses what's actually getting into the white blood cells, not just what's floating around in the plasma. Although SpectraCell analyzes certain vitamins, minerals, and amino acids, the most common deficiencies I see are for general antioxidants (a.k.a. Spectrox) and immune function (a.k.a. Lymphocyte Proliferation Index). To treat deficiencies, we use proven professional supplements such as minerals complexed with the amino acid aspartic acid that delivers them directly to the cells where they're needed most. Nutritional injections and infusions are also very helpful because they bypass problems that may be associated with digestion. I hope this helps!
Dr. Dan
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