The Easy Way Out of Obesity
The easy way out of obesity
America is the fattest nation on earth. Why? Is it because we eat too much junk food, don’t exercise enough, eat too much sugar? Those are all true, and could be reasons, but they don’t explain why the obesity epidemic is becoming so much worse. After all, Americans have eaten too much junk food and sugar and lounged on the couch for a long time. What’s different the past fifteen years to make obesity so much more common?
There are a lot of theories, ranging from dioxins in canned foods altering the brain’s satiety center, to the blend of fats we eat – omega 3s and 6s versus trans fats, saturated fats – wrong types of carbohydrates, artificial sweeteners, and so on.
But really, the reason people are fat doesn’t matter that much, because there is now an easy, painless way to lose weight without having to starve yourself, or sweat, or eat brown rice and tofu. It’s a common-sensical approach to eating based on understanding why the Mediterranean diet is so effective at keeping people healthy. It’s based on well-balanced meals and strategic snacks, so you never go hungry. It involves gentle exercise, to get yourself moving, and informed food choices, so the things you eat don’t sabotage your efforts.
It’s called First Line Therapy (Therapeutic Lifestyle Change) – the first line of treatment (or prevention) of heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, arthritis, fibromyalgia and other common chronic ailments. And it works. It’s easy to tolerate, offers encouragement and support through a lifestyle coach, and has been proven in controlled trials to be tolerated and enjoyed by practically everybody. Best of all, it has been proven more effective head-to-head than the heart and diabetes diets. It also includes bioimpedance measurements to keep track of fat and muscle body composition.
We offer First Line Therapy in our office as a package deal, complete with supervised exercise, at very competitive prices. Whether you need to lose weight to keep or regain your health, or just want to tone up your body composition for the upcoming beach season, give us a call at 805-640-0180.