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AI versus II

With all the talk about AI, Artificial Intelligence, it will never be able to compete with the awesome power of your body’s Innate Intelligence! Acknowledging this reality will empower you to take charge of your health so you and your loved ones can perform at 100% for 100 years and beyond. And the numbers back it up, big time!

The following calculation was performed by Yale University biophysicist Harold J. Morowitz and published way back on February 11, 1976 in the New York Times.

“A pound of human flesh is worth about $111,475 and a whole body around $6 million. And those prices only cover raw materials, hormones, proteins, enzymes, RNA, DNA, amino acids, and other complex biochemicals that are the stuff of life,” Dr. Harold J. Morowitz said.

“Fashioning the $6 million chemical shopping list into human cells might cost $6,000,000,000,000 [six thousand trillion dollars], Morowitz estimates assembling the resulting heap of cells into tissue, the tissue into organs, and organs into a warm body might drain all the treasuries of the world, with no guarantee of success,” Morowitz concluded.

“Morowitz was prompted to do the calculations by the popular saying that the materials which make up the average human body are worth only 97 cents. This piddling sum only reflects the market value of basic atomic elements—carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, iron, phosphorus, calcium, sodium—found in the molecules of the average body.  A more appropriate measure, Morowitz thought, would be the retail cost of complete human biochemicals, most of which can be purchased from chemical specialty supply firms, so he began checking catalogues.”

“The prices ranged from a modest $2.95 a gram for hemoglobin [the blood’s oxygen-carrying substance] to $17,500,000 a gram for prolactic, a hormone that stimulates and helps regulate milk production by the female breasts. Other items in a do-it-yourself human kit would include DNA, at $768 a gram, crystalline insulin for $47.50 a gram, alkaline phosphatase at $225 a gram, and acetate kinase for $8,860 a gram, Morowitz found.”

“The real shocker came when I got to follicle-stimulating hormone at $4,800,000 a gram—clearly outside the reach of anything Tiffany’s could offer,” he said. “I’m going to suggest it as a gift for people who have everything. For the wealthy, there is prolactin at $175,000,000 a gram, street price.”

“Collagen, a fibrous protein “glue” that holds the body together, was a relative bargain at $15 a gram.”

“Using the best scientific estimate of the amount of each biochemical in an average human body, Morowitz calculated that human tissue is worth $245.54 per gram dry weight, based on the catalogue prices. He computed his own 168-pound body weight in grams, subtracted the 68 percent that is water, and multiplied by $245.54.”

“The number literally jumped out at me—$6,000,015.44—I was a Six Million Dollar Man, no doubt about it, and really an enormous upgrade to my ego after the 97-cent evaluation,” Morowitz quipped.”

“From there Morowitz went on to calculate that assembly costs for a human body indeed are incalculable.”

More than 40 years after Morowitz made this calculation, it is still true that the top scientists in the world are not even close to making a single human cell using the raw materials and assembling that cell into a highly functional human being. Yet, your body’s Innate Intelligence makes trillions of new cells for you throughout your lifetime and as long as there is no interference, will keep you functioning at your highest level for a lifetime.

Honor this Innate Intelligence through your lifestyle and health care choices. The chiropractic care we provide will work to optimize the funtion of your spine, brain and nervous system to support your body’s natural ability to heal itself and function optimally.

No matter what your health concerns or goals may be, this approach and care can make a big difference for you like it has for millions of others.

Ask our office for more advice on how to make your health goals more achievable.

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How to harness the power of the placebo effect?

The placebo effect is a target of ridicule but studies show it has become increasingly effective in recent years, particularly in the United States, where drugs for pain, depression, anxiety sometimes barely outmatch placebos.

Fortunately, researchers have decided to study how and why the placebo effect works.

By embracing the mystery of the placebo effect, you can harness its powers to enhance your health protocol or better cope with your ailment.

What is the placebo effect?

Researchers give one group of subjects a new drug or procedure and a different group a sham, then compare the results. Neither group knows which treatment they received. In some studies, the placebo treatment works as well or even better than the real treatment.

1: Use belief to enhance placebo effect

A person’s beliefs and expectations play a profound role in how their body will respond to something. When subjects are told their pain will drop before receiving a placebo, it does. Likewise, when they are told they will experience more pain, they do, even though pain delivery was not increased.

Scans during these experiments show brain activity corresponds with the expected outcome, even though neither pain relief nor increased pain was delivered.

Scientists have also learned that positive expectations release endorphins and dopamine, the “reward” brain chemical. Endorphins dampen inflammation and both endorphins and dopamine help relieve pain.

Spend some time every day reaffirming why you’re on your health journey and the positive things you expect to gain from it. Visualize feeling and functioning better.

2: Receive care and attention to enhance placebo

Increased attention, concern, and care are also believed to be why the placebo effect has become much stronger in recent years. When people take part in these studies, they receive an increased level of interaction and care that positively impacts their health.

Seek out supportive care and nurturing during your health journey. This can be from a practitioner you work with, through body work appointments, or in the company of a support group or class. Include plenty of in-person social time as it is better for you than online socializing.

3: Develop a positivity and gratitude practice

Negativity is stressful and inflammatory. Doctors report that patients who are angry, don’t believe their treatment will work, or who are not supported by their friends and family in their healing journey may not experience optimal results.

However, the person who expects the best from their protocol, learns about their new diet and supplements, and enjoys working with their practitioner experiences less stress and inflammation and better results.

Take some time each day to think positive thoughts about your health journey and what it involves. Keep a daily or weekly gratitude journal and make sure to note your progress. These tips really do help your health!

Remember, it’s the placebo effect and not superstition

Although we’ve all heard miracle healing stories, it’s best not to pin your hopes on one. The placebo effect alone is estimated to work between 18 to 80 percent of the time, which is a wide spread to bank on.

Nutritional Medicine is about creating new lifelong habits as much as it is about restoring function. By injecting the best the placebo effect has to offer into your daily diet and protocol, you are laying the groundwork for a lifetime of more positive outcomes.

Ask our office for more advice on how to make your health goals more achievable.

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KeeogoTM For PD

Evidence that Parkinson’s disease may start off in the gut is mounting, according to new research showing proteins thought to play a key role in the disease can spread from the gastrointestinal tract to the brain.

The human body naturally forms a protein called alpha-synuclein which is found, among other places, in the brain in the endings of nerve cells. However, misfolded forms of this protein that clump together are linked to damage to nerve cells, a deterioration of the dopamine system and the development of problems with movement and speech – hallmarks of Parkinson’s disease.

The latest findings, which are based on studies in mice, back up a long-held theory that abnormally folded alpha-synuclein may start off in the gut and then spread to the brain via the vagus nerve – a bundle of fibres that starts in the brainstem and transports signals to and from many of the body’s organs, including the gut.

“It supports and really provides the first experimental evidence that Parkinson’s disease can start in the gut and go up the vagus nerve,” said Ted Dawson, professor of neurology at the Johns Hopkins University school of medicine and co-author of the research. At PRI, we teach patients how to stimulate the vagal nerve in congruence with this research.

The researchers say the way the misfolded alpha-synuclein spreads in the brains of the mice, and the animals’ symptoms, closely mirrors the disease in humans.

While the medical community is trying to reach the root of this issue, patients with difficulty in locomation can already greatly improve their lifestyle. One such option is an exoskeleton KeegoTM  device, that facilitates people with PD with locomotion. Without the KeegoTM device, patients had a difficult time moving their legs, had to stop when taking stairs from exhaustion, had a difficult time picking up objects from the floor, exerted strenuous effort, when getting up from a chair to walk down the hall.

These same patients wearing a KeegoTM device were able to achieve much more fluid movement patterns during several clinical trials. These same patients were able to move quicker from one location to another, were able to promptly walk up or down the stairs, picked up objects from the floor with little effort, and were able to easily sit down, and get up from the seat without propping themselves up with their hands.

If you have been suffering from PD, please see a specialist at the PRI clinic. This multi-disciplinary team is specifically trained to properly introduce your body to the KeegoTM device, which will allow your body to achieve a remarkable improvement in your lifestyle. To book an appointment, please call or follow these links.

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Physical Therapy For Wrist Osteoarthritis

What problems does arthritis of the wrist cause?

Pain is the main symptom of osteoarthritis of any joint. At first, the pain comes only with activity. Most of the time the pain lessens while doing the activity, but after stopping the activity the pain and stiffness increase. As the condition worsens, you may feel pain even when resting. The pain may interfere with sleep.

The wrist joints may be swollen. Your wrist may fill with fluid and feel tight, especially after use. When all the articular cartilage is worn off the joint surface, you may notice a squeaking sound when you move your wrist. Doctors call this creaking crepitus.

Osteoarthritis eventually affects the wrist’s motion. The wrist joint becomes stiff. Certain motions become painful. You may not be able to trust the joint when you lift objects in certain positions. This is because a pain reflex freezes the muscles when a joint is put in a position that causes pain. This happens without warning, and you can end up dropping whatever is in your hand.

How will by health care provider identify this condition?

When you visit PRI Physical Therapy, the diagnosis of wrist osteoarthritis will begin with a medical history. Our Physical Therapist will ask questions about your pain, how it interferes with your daily life, and whether anyone in your family has had similar problems. It is especially important to tell us about the details of any wrist injuries you’ve had, even if they happened many years ago.

Our Physical Therapist will then physically examine your wrist joint, and possibly other joints in your body. It may hurt when your Physical Therapist moves or probes your sore wrist. But it is important that we see how your wrist moves, how it is aligned, and exactly where it hurts.

Some patients may be referred to a doctor for further diagnosis. Once your diagnostic examination is complete, the Physical Therapists at PRI will have treatment options that will help speed your recovery, so that you can more quickly return to your active lifestyle.

Non-surgical Rehabilitation

In almost all cases, it is preferable to try nonsurgical treatments first. Surgery is usually not considered until it has become impossible to control your symptoms.

To get rid of your pain, you may also need to limit your activities. You may even need to change jobs, if your work requires heavy, repetitive motions with the hand and wrist.

The first step in your Physical Therapy rehabilitation program is to help you manage your pain and use your wrist without causing more harm. Our Physical Therapist may recommend nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as aspirin and ibuprofen, to help control swelling and pain.

Our rehabilitation services have a critical role in the treatment plan for wrist joint arthritis. The main goal of our Physical Therapy is to help you learn how to control symptoms and maximize the health of your wrist. Our Physical Therapist will teach you ways to calm your pain and symptoms. We may also implement other treatments, such as heat and topical rubs to control your pain.

Our Physical Therapist may have you fitted with a special brace to help support the wrist and reduce your pain during activity. We may use range-of-motion and stretching exercises to improve your wrist motion. Dexterity and fine motor exercises are then used to get your hand moving smoothly. Eventually we will have you do strength exercises for the arm and hand. Strengthening exercises help steady the wrist and protect the joint from shock and stress. Our Physical Therapist will give you tips on how to get your tasks done with less strain on the joint and keep your symptoms under control.

Although the rate of recovery is different for each person, you can expect to progress to a home program within about four to six weeks.

Post-surgical Rehabilitation

Your hand and wrist will be bandaged with a well-padded dressing and a splint for support after surgery. Although the time needed for rehabilitation varies, you may need to attend Physical Therapy sessions for up to three months after surgery.

Our first few treatment sessions will focus on controlling the pain and swelling after surgery. We will then have you begin exercises that help strengthen and stabilize the muscles around the wrist joint. You will do other exercises to improve the fine motor control and dexterity of your hand. Our Physical Therapist will give you tips on ways to do your activities without straining the wrist joint.

Our Physical Therapists work collaboratively with their patients and their doctors to design personalized treatment plans to meet your individual challenges, needs and goals. For more information, contact us at

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Aquatic Therapy – History and Rehabilitation Applications

Since the earliest recorded history, water has always been believed to promote healing and has therefore been widely used in the management of medical ailments. Through observation and centuries of trial and error, and scientific methodology, traditions of healing through aquatic treatments have evolved.

Aquatic therapies are beneficial in the management of patients with musculoskeletal problems, neurological problems, cardiopulmonary pathology, and other conditions. In addition, the margin of therapeutic safety is wider than that of almost any other treatment milieu.

Knowledge of these biological effects can aid the skilled rehabilitative clinician to create an optimal treatment plan, through appropriate modification of aquatic activities, immersion temperatures, and treatment duration.

Historically, the field of Physical Medicine viewed hydrotherapy as a central treatment methodology. In 1911, Charles Leroy Lowman, the founder of the Orthopaedic Hospital in Los Angeles, which later became Rancho Los Amigos, began using therapeutic tubs to treat spastic patients and those with cerebral palsy after a visit to the Spaulding School for Crippled Children in Chicago, where he observed paralyzed patients exercising in a wooden tank. On returning to California, he transformed the hospital’s lily pond into 2 therapeutic pools

At Warm Springs, Georgia, Leroy Hubbard developed his famous tank, and in 1924, Warm Springs received its most famous aquatic patient, Franklin D. Roosevelt. A wealth of information, research, and articles on spa therapy and pool treatments appeared in professional journals during the 1930s.

At Hot Springs, Arkansas, a warm swimming pool was installed for special underwater physical therapy exercises and pool therapy treatments with chronic arthritic patients.

By 1937, Dr. Charles Leroy Lowman published his Technique of Underwater Gymnastics: A Study in Practical Application, in which he detailed aquatic therapy methods for specific underwater exercises that “carefully regulated dosage, character, frequency, and duration for remedying bodily deformities and restoring muscle function.”

During the 1950s, the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis supported the corrective swimming pools, and hydrogymnastics of Charles L. Lowman and the therapeutic use of pools and tanks for the treatment of poliomyelitis.

In 1962, Dr. Sidney Licht and a group of physiatrists organized the American Society of Medical Hydrology and Climatology, which historically met at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

PRI started offering Aquatherapy classes over 5 years ago. Join us in our 92-degree salt-water pool. This is the safest possible low-impact therapy with world-class fitness results. Includes cardiovascular strengthening, core work, and stretching. If appropriate for patients, there are also running and jumping exercises. Bring your own towel and lock. Spacious locker room and post therapy shower space are also available.

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What Is IMS

What is Intramuscular Stimulation (IMS)?

IMS is a unique treatment for the relief of muscular pain that combines traditional acupuncture techniques with modern, scientific neurophysiological principles of western medicine. During IMS treatment, acupuncture needles are inserted into muscles to relieve painful conditions caused by nerve dysfunction. The location points for the needles are determined by detailed physical examination based on western anatomical knowledge. The result is an effective treatment for pain of neuropathic origin (pain caused by shortened muscles and irritated nerves).

What are the effects of IMS?

  • Pain relief
  • Increased mobility and range of motion
  • Increased strength
  • Promotion of tissue healing
  • Increased blood flow
  • Lengthening of muscles by releasing shortened muscles

What conditions are treated with IMS?

IMS can treat many conditions that are caused by nerve dysfunction and chronic muscle tightness when there is no acute injury or ongoing inflammation. These can include the following.

  • Low back pain
  • Neck pain
  • Rotator cuff (shoulder) injuries
  • Tennis elbow
  • Golfer’s elbow
  • Achilles tendinopathy
  • Plantar fasciitis
  • Hamstring injuries
  • Repetitive strain injuries
  • Whiplash
  • Headaches

How many sessions are needed?

This depends on the nature of the injury, the length of time it has been going on for and other factors. It is best to speak with your therapist so he/she can do a full history and assessment to ensure whether or not it is the right treatment for you. People usually notice a difference after 2 sessions depending on the injury.

 

PRI offers IMS in North Toronto for a wide range of injuries and conditions. To book your IMS session, please call the clinic to book with our physiotherapists.

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Physiotherapy For Ankle Sprains

Ankle sprains involve the stretching or tearing of the ligaments that hold together the ankle joint and can be classified as either mild, moderate, or severe.

Background: The most common ankle sprains are lateral ligament sprains (85% of all sprains) and occur from rolling of the foot and rotation of the lower leg. As the foot rotates, the 3 main ligaments supporting the ankle tear in succession, depending upon the severity of the sprain.

Risk Factors: Lateral ankle sprains occur most commonly in athletics, comprising 2-25% of all sports injuries. Up to 40% of ankle sprains become a long-term problem.

History and Symptoms: Following injury, swelling and bruising are observed. Pain, which is often worse with weight bearing; altered walking; and decreased range of motion are reported. Mild sprains typically heal within 12 days, moderate sprains heal within 2 weeks, and severe sprains heal after 4.5-26 weeks. Symptoms may worsen before starting to improve. Swelling may take months to completely resolve, and decreased range of motion and weakness may persist.

Physical Exam: Physical examination may reveal altered walking, tenderness near the injured ligaments, and swelling. Stability of the ligaments should be assessed, and a full assessment of movement should be performed in both the affected and unaffected ankles.

Diagnostic Process: X-rays, ultrasound, or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may be used to rule out fractures or to determine the severity of the sprain.

Rehab Management: Most ankle sprains warrant “PRICE” therapy, consisting of protection, relative rest, ice, compression, and elevation to reduce swelling, minimize pain, and restore range of motion. More conservative approaches may utilize a walking boot and rest in early care. Rehabilitation is intended to optimize function and strengthen the ankle, using appropriate exercises. Pain can be relieved with oral or topical medications and by reducing swelling. Using ankle supports, such as elastic bandages or tape, encourages a faster return to sports and work compared to complete immobilization of the ankle.

Other Resources for Patients and Families: Physicians work with patients and coaches or employers as well as with athletic trainers, physical therapists, and orthotists. Patients should be taught appropriate home exercises and balance training, and athletes should receive a sport-specific program.

Our physiotherapists work collaboratively with their patients and their doctors to design personalized treatment plans to meet your individual challenges, needs and goals. For more information, contact us at

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KeeogoTM For Muscular Dystrophy

For more than four decades, on telethons featuring celebrity performers and children in wheelchairs, Jerry Lewis has been raising money each Labor Day for the Muscular Dystrophy Association and the disease that helped make “poster child” part of the American idiom.

But for all the money collected toward a cure, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, the most common form of the disease that afflicts children, still confines thousands of boys in this country to wheelchairs in their early teens. Many do not live past their 20s.

It is a stark reminder of how Western Medicine with its focus on breakthrough treatments can sometimes fail a complex, rare and stubbornly uncurable disease. Single-minded in their pursuit of a cure, doctors and researchers for years all but ignored the necessary and unglamorous work of managing Duchenne as a chronic condition.

The approach is changing at a few medical centers, which are focused on making better use of available therapies to eke out higher quality lives for their patients. Rather than concentrate only on a cure, some researchers are now intent on developing drugs that may alleviate the effects of the disease.

One such option is an exoskeleton KeegoTM  device, that facilitates people with Duchennes with locomotion. Without the KeegoTM device, patients had a difficult time moving their legs, had to stop when taking stairs from exhaustion, had a difficult time picking up objects from the floor, exerted strenuous effort, when getting up from a chair to walk down the hall.

These same patients wearing a KeegoTM device were able to achieve much more fluid movement patterns during several clinical trials. These same patients were able to move quicker from one location to another, were able to promptly walk up or down the stairs, picked up objects from the floor with little effort, and were able to easily sit down, and get up from the seat without propping themselves up with their hands.

If you have been suffering from Muscular Dystrophy, please see a specialist at the PRI clinic. This multi-disciplinary team is specifically trained to properly introduce your body to the KeegoTM device, which will allow your body to achieve a remarkable improvement in your lifestyle. To book an appointment, please call or follow these links.

Tel:      (416) 477-1101

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We look forward to helping you out!

Improve your marathon performance

Marathons are on the rise and people are striving to improve their marathon performance. If this is you or you know someone who is into extreme sports, you will love the book Born to Run by Christopher McDougall.

Flying through the book, we’ve come up with two things, that we  believe are the most important two things anyone training for a marathon, ultramarathon, iron man, etc. should consider; sleep and chiropractic care.

We all know sleep is important, whether we’re training hard or just doing our normal routine, but I think we fail to realize just how important sleep actually is for athletic performance. Studies have shown an increase in sprinting speed by 9% among basketball players who slept two extra hours each night. Their shooting accuracy also improved. Imagine carrying these benefits over to running and how your time will improve! It might be difficult to get an extra two hours of sleep every night while you’re training, but even increasing your sleep the week leading up to the event can boost your race-day performance.

A reduction of time spent sleeping reduces your reaction time, regardless of what sport you play or participate in. Just one night without sleep can reduce reaction times by up to 300%. If you’re training for a race and you’re also a student studying hard for finals, a CEO running a company, or a mom just trying to keep up with daily life, make sure you’re getting at least eight hours of sleep each night to keep your reaction times on point.

You might think the strongest predictor of sports injuries would be how many hours you practice, and you’d be in the majority. However, studies have shown that sleep is actually the biggest predictor of injuries. Without adequate sleep, your body doesn’t have enough time to regenerate cells needed to heal and protect your body. Without adequate sleep, your reaction times are slower, as previously discussed, so you can’t stop an injury as it’s about to occur. Make sure you’re getting enough sleep to keep you healthy and off the sidelines as you train.

Another benefit of getting enough sleep is improved growth hormone regulation. Growth hormone is vital to sustaining athletic performance as it aids in muscle repair, muscle building, and bone growth. Almost 75% of growth hormone is released during sleep. Getting a regular seven to nine hours of sleep each night guarantees the production of growth hormone and your ability to recover so you can keep up with your training schedule.

Sleep is something most people understand when it comes to athletic performance. Something that not many people understand is how chiropractic care can help athletic performance. Chiropractic adjustments balance the body while also enhancing the function of the nervous system, the master control system of the body. The nervous system controls everything; the thoughts we think, our hearts beating, digestion of our food, breathing and muscle contraction. Studies have shown that after a single adjustment, athletes had stronger muscle contractions measured by EMG technology. By maintaining a healthy nervous system as a part of a healthy lifestyle, your muscles will be bigger, faster and stronger. Imagine how having faster and stronger muscles will improve your athletic performance!

There you have it. If you’re looking to increase marathon performance, or any other athletic activity, adequate amounts of sleep and chiropractic care are two things you can implement immediately. To find a provider near you, click here. Good luck on your training endeavors!

Where does fat go when you lose weight?

If you’re like most people you were hoping to start the New Year by losing a few pounds. Now that we’re half way done through the year, hopefully, you were able to fully commit to your resolution.  Did you ever stop to wonder just where those pounds go when you lose them? Turns out most experts don’t know either, and the answer may surprise you.

Most people think that when we burn fat it creates heat and energy, but that’s not true. Instead, the majority of the fat we burn leaves through our lungs when we breathe – the more you breathe the more fat you can burn (providing of course you’re eating consciously). And what’s the best way to increase respiration? That’s right, exercise! So although exercise promotes weight loss by boosting metabolism and building muscle, simply increasing the number of breaths you take is going to help release those unwanted pounds from your body.

A recent Australian study was able to show exactly where our fat goes when we lose weight. For every 22 pounds of weight lost, more than 18 pounds are exhaled as carbon dioxide. The rest leaves as water through urine, sweat, tears, and other bodily fluid. The extra breathing you do when you exercise unlocks the carbon atoms found in fat, thus breaking the fat molecules down. The carbon then leaves through your lungs.

On average, people breathe about 12 times a minute when at rest, which takes with it 10 milligrams of carbon. If you’re completely sedentary and not going above that 12 breaths a minute it will put a cap on how much fat you can release.

And in case you’re wondering, losing weight is not contributing to climate change. It is simply returning carbon atoms that previously had been trapped in food to the atmosphere.

How you gain weight

We gain weight when we eat more food than we need. Those excess carbohydrates and proteins are converted into triglycerides (compounds made up of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen), which are stored in lipid droplets inside fat cells. Losing weight requires breaking down those triglycerides to access their carbon.

Making triglycerides is an energy demanding process. Do you ever feel sleepy after a high-carbohydrate meal, like a big plate of pasta, a bowl or rice, a large dessert, or maybe simply too much food? That tired feeling stems in part from the energy your body requires to make triglycerides that can be stored as fat.

Other weight loss tips

Naturally, you want to avoid that sleepy feeling, not only because naps are inappropriate at your work desk, but also because you’re making fat! Try reducing the amount of carbohydrates you eat and/or the amount of food to avoid that fat-promoting sleepy feeling. If you still feel sleepy after eating a healthy meal of moderate portion size and sensible carbohydrate content, you may need nutritional support to address insulin resistance.

Regular exercise not only helps you breathe away excess fat, but it also better sensitizes and regulates cell function to be fat burning rather than fat promoting.

The key to promoting fat burning is to keep your blood sugar stable by not overdoing carbohydrates or portion sizes and by keeping your body active.

Ask our office for more advice on how to turn your body into a better fat burner.

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