The connection between body fat and toxins, although indirect, is powerful. When your body is under a heavy toxic load your body temperature becomes slightly lowered. When your body temperature is low, your metabolism slows. A change from 98.6 degrees to 98 degrees, because of the metabolic change, can add as much as 10 pounds of body weight per year!
That’s why it’s time to give your liver a break! At Stark we use cleanses to do just that; when our clients begin to slow their fat loss progress, it’s usually due to toxins in their body.
Why is it so common to be toxic? Because there are 80,000 known chemicals in the U.S. to which we’re regularly exposed. The symptoms of high toxin levels in your body include fatigue, lack of concentration, headaches, and fat accumulation below the waist.
The greatest exposure to these toxins comes from products we put on or in our bodies. The easiest to change are solvents (lotions, lipstick, etc.) and sodas. See the video for further instruction on how to simply and inexpensively lower your toxicity levels!
I know everyone tends to get tired of me pounding on the topics of sleep and hydration but time and time again clients success with these simple areas are staggering. Just to show you how fast and powerful focusing on these two actions can be for your health here is a great success story from one of our clients here at Stark. This gentlemen is the CEO of a large corporation and the effects of the economy on his business over the last 5 years have been horrendous, I would guess his job was probably one of the top 10 most stressful jobs in the US over this time period. He recently did an Executive Health Evaluation on every aspect of his health and the round table of white coats working on his evaluation did not like the outlook of his health trajectory. His weight was steadily increasing and his blood pressure (146/99) was registering him in the world of Hypertension. This lit a fire under him to really make some changes with his lifestyle. The first two changes he focused on were committing to sleep at least 7 hours a night (a few more hours than his average of 4 over the last 3 years) and drink at least 100oz of water daily. It’s been 9 days and this morning he showed me his daily tracking of weight and blood pressure. His weight was down 7 lbs and blood pressure has drastically dropped to 115/72. That is AWESOME in my books. The best part, he is actually more productive at work!! So there you have it if your weight and blood pressure are steadily increasing it may be time to really evaluation your hydration and sleep. Try to consume 1/2 your body weight in ounces of water daily and sleep a minimum of 7 hours a night
Dr. Amen, one of our clients at Stark, a world-renown brain expert, told me once that the fatter you become the smaller your brain gets. Therefore, it’s important to maintain a healthy weight. Further, the cliche’ “Use it or lose it” certainly applies to your brain. Keep your brain functioning at a high level and youthful by continually learning new things: crossword puzzles; matching games. Also, eat a diet high in fats from food sources like eggs, beef, sour cream. Get more rest, and make time to ‘play’ during the day. Another tip: avoid sugar. Americans consume, on average over 150 lbs of sugar per person per year. Diabetics are 4 times as likely to suffer from dementia!
Go ahead click play to hear my thoughts on understanding the importance, difficulty and rediculous fears associated with maintaining or building lean muscle!
Wow, there are so many diet books out there, many in conflict with the others. This video cuts through all of the misinformation and provides some guidance on how to make good decisions on the food you eat.
Hi Everyone, this is an exciting topic, with way too much information for a single blog. So, this is simply an introduction. I hope you enjoy following along!
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