“The Supplement Shopper”, is a reader-friendly, comprehensive guide for the ‘average' American to be able:
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Do You Want To Permanently Lose Weight ?
We at Leanbodyforher.com Will Teach You:
• The facts about obesity in America .
• The facts about dieting, and why diets don't work.
• Key questions: Underlying factors to weight gain
• Free “Clinical Insights” from Maile Pouls, Ph.D., Clinical Nutritionist.
Let's start with some background:
Obesity is defined as the excessive accumulation of body fat, or an increase in body weight beyond the limitation of skeletal and physical abilities. Overweight and obese people face a clear health risk. Obesity has been linked with numerous health conditions including heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, gall bladder disease, respiratory conditions, complications of pregnancy, even certain cancers. Obesity shortens a person's life span. Once a person becomes obese, all that is required to remain obese is that the energy input (food) equal the energy output. In other words, once a person becomes obese, all they have to eat is the same amount of food as a person of average weight to remain obese.
It is estimated that approximately 300,000 Americans die prematurely each year of diseases related to obesity. Overweight and obese people face a clear health risk. Obesity has been linked with numerous health conditions including heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, gall bladder disease, respiratory conditions, complications of pregnancy, even certain cancers.
• A recent Harris Poll showed that 75% of Americans, twenty-five or older, are overweight or obese. Most health care providers agree that men with more than 25 percent body fat and women with more than 30 percent body fat are obese.
• It is now estimated that up to 40% of all adolescents in America are overweight or obese. The number of severely obese children in the United States nearly doubled between 1965 and 1980. If this trend continues, the number of overweight and obese adult Americans will continue to rise.
• As many as 50% of women and 25% of men in America are trying to lose weight at any given time by dieting, exercise, behavior modification, or drugs.
• Many diets for weight loss have been shown to be ineffective and even damaging to one's health. Most low-calorie diets that aren't accompanied by heavy exercise can result in a loss of lean muscle mass.
• Most people are able to lose one tenth of their body weight, however, up to two-thirds of that weight is regained within a year, and all (or more) is regained after five years.
Key Questions: Underlying Factors to Weight Gain
• Is your thyroid gland sluggish? This will lower your metabolic rate (rate of burning fuel for energy in the body) and make it more difficult to lose weight.
• Do you have bloating and swelling from excessive fluid retention?
• Do you have poor digestion and assimilation (receiving the calories but not the nutrients)?
• Are you constipated and/or do you have poor liver function or toxicity?
• Are you deficient in digestive enzymes, acidophilus, or have improper pH levels (acid-base levels) in your digestive or body chemistry?
• Are you a binge eater, stress eater, reward eater, do you have a sweet-tooth?
Crucial factors for a successful weight loss program:
• Balance your energy intake (calories from food) and output (activities of daily life and exercise) to maintain a healthy weight.
• Eat a diet containing as few processed foods and sugars as possible. Avoid ‘dead' foods like canned, salted, pickled, preserved, and overcooked foods. Reduce foods containing animal fats. Try to avoid food with “empty calories”, or those containing low nutrient content.
• Perform regular, significant exercise daily.
• Drink plenty of pure, filtered water. A simple way to determine your optimal requirement is by dividing your body weight in half and drinking that number of ounces of water per day.
• Seek psychological or emotional counseling or work to help determine underlying emotional causes of weight gain.
• Seek nutritional support for a ‘sluggish' thyroid gland or a detoxification program, if needed.
Having a knowledge of how your body works, and if your individual chemistry is working properly or is unbalanced, and looking at what type of eating habits you have will make it easier for you to choose the correct program to make the necessary long-term changes in diet, body chemistry, and lifestyle to gain the results you desire. This way, permanent weight loss can be achieved safely, and without side-effects.
Maile Pouls, Ph.D. is a clinical nutritionist, enzyme therapist, health educator, author, and co-founder of the Health Enhancement Center . She is a contributing author to the book, “Weight Loss” (Alternative Medicine, 2000). For local and long-distance consultations, new patient information, or to ask about your specific health concerns, please call 831-423-7554 or toll free 866-424-HEAL (4325).
Over the past sixteen years, Dr. Pouls has utilized a 24-hour urinalysis, blood panels, hair, saliva, and stool analysis, extensive symptom charts, and diet and health histories to evaluate and correlate her patient's nutritional and biochemical deficiencies and needs, relative to the health conditions their bodies are expressing. For over 16 years, Maile has assisted people in determining the relationship between underlying nutritional deficiencies and body chemistry imbalances, accumulated toxins or metals and acute or chronic health conditions. She has developed a long-distance consulting program (by telephone) to provide specific, individual dietary, nutritional, and detoxification protocols to support the body's natural healing abilities.
Maile Pouls, Ph.D.
Weight Loss:
Our society is very confused as to why so many people are obese. It is commonly assumed that obesity is due to a lack of character, discipline, or will power. It is also commonly believed that one must severely restrict calories in order to lose weight. Another popular myth is that obesity is due only to overeating. The truth is that there is a complex interaction of many variables, unique to each person, which determines their “set point” and “basic metabolic rate” (BMR), including one's environment, culture, eating and exercise habits, genetic makeup, and individual biochemistry. The “set point” theory states that one's size and body fat are determined by genetics and eating patterns at certain life stages, which determine adult body weight. To try to lose or gain weight away from this “set point” will cause a shift in body physiology and biochemistry that will cause the person to return to the set point. This is why most people return to their previous weight after a diet. Basic metabolic rate (BMR) is the rate which the body utilizes energy. The BMR can be affected by age, sex, hormones, body size, fat to muscle ratio, and diet. BMR varies greatly between individuals. Thin people have higher metabolic rates and burn calories at a much higher rate than obese people.
The best answers seem to combine common knowledge and basic logic. If you don't want to gain fat, don't put more fat in you mouth than you plan to exercise off or your body can metabolize before your next meal. To properly manage weight, people have to be conscious about how much fat is in the food they eat in relationship to their individual metabolic rate. A well-balanced diet, which avoids fat-laden foods, an individual nutritional supplement plan, regular exercise, plenty of pure water, and stress reduction will all help maintain a healthy weight compatible with one's body type. Lack of certain specific nutrients is often the reason people cannot properly digest and utilize fats. Fat is not easily or fully burned and utilized as a fuel by the body. If metabolic conditions aren't correct or if certain nutrients are not available, the body will store fat as a source of future potential energy rather than break it down.
There are numerous nutrients that I recommend in my clinical practice to help in maintaining nutritional sufficiency, to curb the appetite, to balance and stabilize blood sugar, to increase the basic metabolic rate (BMR), to maintain healthy cholesterol levels, to assist the body in the digestion, breakdown and elimination of fat, and to support healthy thyroid and liver function.
I always recommend that all adults take a high quality, comprehensive daily multiple formula. If you are currently taking any of the popular daily multiple vitamins, I encourage you to switch to the “Healthy Alternatives Plus” Physician's Rx- Daily Multiple Support formula. Numerous governmental health agencies and major university hospitals are now recommending that all adults take a good daily multiple vitamin to prevent numerous degenerative diseases in the body. To compare the “Healthy Alternatives Plus” Physician's Rx- Daily Multiple Support formula to your existing multivitamin, or to read a complete ingredient rational, click the links below:
The Physician's Rx- Daily Multiple Support formula supports the body's natural processes directly related to:
- Protecting and maintaining healthy body structure and function
- Increasing overall fitness and well-being
- Heart health, maintains healthy homocysteine levels
- Immune system health
- Energy production
- Protecting against premature aging
Regarding weight loss: The “Healthy Alternatives Plus” Physician's Rx- Daily Multiple Support formula contains special lipotrophic nutrients used to promote the digestion and utilization of fat, fatty acids and fat-soluble vitamins. Lipotrophic nutrients in the “Healthy Alternatives Plus” Physician's Daily Multiple formula: DL-Methionine, Choline (bitartrate), and Inositol.
Poor digestion can also be a cause of weight gain. How is this possible? If you have enzyme deficiencies due to eating mainly cooked, processed, refined, and “fast” foods and do not digest well, you may be absorbing the fat and calories from your diet, but not absorbing the nutrients. Many people in this situation crave food to overcome nutritional deficiencies, as this is the only way your body knows to obtain nutrients. As you can see, this is a lose-lose situation, making weight loss very difficult. By consuming digestive enzymes you greatly enhance the digestive process, ensuring proper breakdown of dietary fats, and improved delivery and absorption of the nutrients from your diet and nutritional supplements.
The Digestion & Stomach Upset Support System formula contains numerous digestive enzymes, including lipase enzyme, necessary for the breakdown and metabolism of dietary fats. Lipase is a digestive enzyme secreted into the digestive tract from the pancreas, or taken from plant sources, that catalyze the breakdown of dietary fats into individual fatty acids that can then be absorbed into the bloodstream as nutrients. “Healthy Alternatives Plus” Digestive Support contains a unique combination of nutrients and herbs in a base of plant enzymes designed for optimal assimilation. It provides relief from heartburn, nausea, burping, upset stomach, acid indigestion, diarrhea, gastritis, and ulcerative conditions. Neutralizes excess stomach acid, helps with digestion, restores appetite. It is suitable for even the most sensitive digestive systems and helps support the body's natural pH balance. Dairy-free and contains no soy, yeast, wheat or lactose.
A safe and natural way to ‘fool' the body into thinking it is more full is by using fiber products. When fiber products are mixed with water or juice it forms a gelatinous mass, which assists in cleaning out the intestinal tract as it passes through, and also assists in controlling blood sugar levels, and reduces the number of calories the body absorbs. This fiber-gelatin mass also makes a person feel full. Weight loss studies have shown that guar gum fiber, a water- soluble fiber, has produced the most impressive results. It has also been shown that a person can lose up to 50 percent more weight by supplementing the diet with fiber than by simply reducing or restricting calories. It is important to take fiber products at least one hour before or after taking nutritional supplements or other medications as their absorption into the body may be decreased by the fiber. Of course, I only recommend fiber products as an adjunct to a total weight loss program. See the Everyday Fiber System-Multi-fiber and Herbal System , which is used to support daily regularity and internal cleansing.
Two ingredients that I often recommend for food cravings associated with hypoglycemia are chromium picolinate and free from amino acids, both found in the “Amino Balance Support System” . When these two nutrients are taken between meals they help balance blood sugar, curb the appetite, and stop sugar cravings.
Imbalances in the function of the thyroid gland can often bring about weight problems. A sluggish thyroid is associated with weight gain in the body. Nutrients which support balanced thyroid function include ionic trace minerals “Concentrated Liquid Ionic Mineral Support System” and in some cases iodine. Whenever addressing hormonal conditions it is imperative you are working with a knowledgeable health care professional.
Medium-chain triglycerides (MCT) are special types of saturated fats prepared from coconut oil. MCT's are an easily absorbed energy source and are a popular natural aid in weight loss. Unlike regular fats, MCT's do not appear to cause weight gain and actually promote weight loss by increasing the rate at which calories burned (are used up by the body).
The liver is the organ in your body that handles the metabolism of fats, carbohydrates, and proteins. A healthy liver is critical to proper protein, carbohydrate, and fat metabolism. The liver is the organ responsible for both the storage and breakdown of fats in the body. Improving liver and gall bladder function is a crucial part of any weight loss program.
The “Liver Support System” is a special, flavonoid-rich artichoke and sarsaparilla concentrate complex designed specifically for detoxifying the body by supporting the functions of the liver and gall bladder. Recommended for those who are overweight, or have a history of liver or gall bladder problems. This formula is recommended for those who desire to lose weight, and for those who consume alcohol, tobacco products, drugs of any kind, or for those exposed to environmental pollutants and desire to eliminate stored toxins. It also promotes the elimination of excess water through the kidneys, and stimulates bile flow from the gall bladder and other digestive substances, which improves digestion.
Another useful tool for people attempting to control or lose weight is to refer to the glycemic index, which is a listing of most foods and drinks and their ability to raise (or lower) blood sugar and their effects on insulin levels in the body. Insulin is the hormone produced by the pancreas which assists the body in balancing blood sugar by regulating carbohydrate (sugar), fat (lipid), and protein (amino acid) metabolism. The glycemic index also tells you the fat-storing properties of foods and drinks. People who want to lose weight can eat as much of the low glycemic index foods as they want. Diabetics and hypoglycemic patients should also eat primarily low glycemic index foods. High glycemic index foods stimulate the release of lipoprotein lipase (LPL), which is responsible for fat storage in the cells of the body.
Books Maile Pouls, Ph.D. has co-authored or contributed to:
Maile Pouls, Ph.D., has co-authored or is a contributing author to the following books:
“The Supplement Shopper”
“The Supplement Shopper”, is a reader-friendly, comprehensive guide for the ‘average' American to be able:
1. To understand 50+ health conditions from a natural medicine/nutritional perspective,
2. To learn which specific nutrients and foods can support and reverse these conditions,
3. And how to go into a health food store, pharmacy, grocery store and be able to find the correct nutritional supplement for your condition. There is no such book available to Americans today.
“The Supplement Shopper” reviews hundreds of nutritional supplements from over 100 manufacturers.
Amazon.com Review:
"Must" reading for the health conscious!
"Weight Loss"
Safe and simple ways to lose weight based on how your body works, or ought to.
Amazon.com Reviews:
"A GOLD MINE!!!"
"One of the best diet books I've found"
“Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia & Environmental Illness"
This book will teach you how to reverse these conditions with clinically proven alternative therapies.
Chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia and environmental illness can be permanently reversed using non-toxic alternative medicine treatments. In this book, 26 leading physicians explain the techniques and natural substances that brought complete recovery to their patients.
Amazon.com Reviews:
"A must have for those afflicted, needing solid facts/answers"
"A Roadmap to Health -- A Destination Guide to Recovery!"
"A must have for the Chronic Fatigue/Fibromyalgia sufferer!"
"Changed My Life (For the Better)"
"Women's Health 2"
Clinically proven alternative therapies for relief from women's health conditions.
In this book, 37 leading physicians provide their clinically safe and proven alternative medicine treatments for seven more major women's health conditions, complete with details on 22 actual patient success stories. Health conditions covered include breast cancer, fibrocystic breasts, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, environmental illness, depression, and osteoporosis. Extensive information is also provided on the dangers of mammograms and effective alternatives.
“Natural Medicine Guide to Autism”
This book covers the basics of autism—what it is and what causes it. The book includes discussion of the following factors that are often involved in the disorder: vaccines, heavy metal toxicity, nutritional deficiencies/imbalances, food allergies, digestive problems and fungal overgrowth, viruses or viral overload, immune dysfunction, problems in the birthing process, and energetic legacies from unresolved family issues in previous generations.
Also discussed and described are targeted therapeutic nutritional protocols, specific laboratory analysis, and heavy metal detoxification programs for autistic children (and adults).
Amazon.com Reviews: 
The Chelation Controversy:
How to Safely Detoxify Your Body and Improve Your Health and Well Being
By: Gregory Pouls, D.C., and Maile Pouls, Ph.D.
The delivery of intravenous and oral chelation therapies by medical doctors, naturopathic physicians, clinical nutritionists, and numerous other professional health care providers
is a well established discipline that is quickly gaining recognition nationally and around the world. Many people ask, “how does chelation work”, or, “what is the difference between intravenous and oral chelation”? Certainly, much confusion exists today regarding these subjects. This booklet was written to assist you to gain an understanding of both intravenous and oral chelation, and targeted nutritional therapies that enhance and support the chelation and detoxification process. First, we review the sources of metals, chemicals and other toxins that are present in your air, food, water, and personal environments- and how they are being identified as primary and/or contributing underlying causes of numerous health conditions and degenerative diseases. Second, we review the benefits of nutritional supplements, herbal medicines, and antioxidant nutrition. Third, we will cover the history, research, benefits and drawbacks of both oral and intravenous chelation therapies. Fourth, we will list specific nutrients to look for in an effective oral chelation formula. Finally, we will provide contact numbers for how to find qualified medical doctors across America that provide intravenous chelation therapies, and also give the contact numbers of manufacturers of oral chelation formulas.
Would you like to address your health condition(s) in a personal, long-distance consultation with an experienced clinical nutritionist ?
For over 16 years, Maile Pouls, Ph.D., one of America 's leading clinical nutritionists, has provided the following services to thousands of Americans: Analysis of nutritional deficiencies and body chemistry imbalances, determination of environmental and nutritional stress factors and resulting organ and glandular dysfunction. Her specialty is determining the relationship between underlying deficiencies and body chemistry imbalances and recommendation of specific, individual nutritional programs to support the body's natural healing abilities.
Services include chemistry balancing, digestive enzyme therapy, diet and nutritional planning; cellular, liver and colon detoxification. Maile's area's of expertise include digestive problems, stress and anxiety-related conditions, allergies, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, candida therapies, athletic nutrition, weight and obesity management, balancing hormones, various laboratory studies, and alternative solutions to household and environmental toxins.
Professionals who refer patients to Dr. Pouls include medical doctors, chiropractors, acupuncturists, pediatricians, dentists, naturopathic physicians, neurologists, urologists, and oncologists, their families and the general public. "My practice has been built on referrals and success stories, not by advertising."
Through the variety of body analysis described above, Dr. Pouls is able to determine which of the major body imbalances are contributing to the person's health conditions and special needs. Each person is then placed on an individual protocol of therapeutic supplements and diet to correct these deficiencies, imbalances and toxicities.
Please call the " Health Enhancement Center " toll-free at 866-424-4325 and leave your name, phone number, and a good time for a return call from Dr. Maile Pouls or her nurse associate. Please have available a list of your most significant health concerns and any brief questions you may have. Please speak clearly and slowly.
Email: drpouls@yournutrition.com .
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