London Ontario Naturopathic Doctor - Forest City Naturopathic Clinic

BODY COMPOSITION AND WEIGHT MANAGEMENT

Happy New Year from the Forest City Naturopathic Clinic!

This newsletter is for any of you who have made a new year’s resolution involving weight loss, increasing exercise, improving your diet, or just taking better care of yourself – we can help!

Weight and fitness are huge concerns in North America right now. More than 60% of the American population is overweight and 25% are considered obese. Even more alarming, 25% of children and adolescents are overweight or obese. And the Canadian numbers are not much better!

Excess body weight and unhealthy body composition are associated with many health concerns and chronic diseases, including:
• Heart disease
• Stroke
• High blood pressure
• High cholesterol
• Metabolic syndrome
• Diabetes
• Back pain
• Arthritis
• Fatigue
• Sleep apnea
• Hormonal imbalance (PMS, uterine fibroids, endometriosis)
• Estrogen related cancers (breast, uterine, and ovarian)

Many of these conditions can be treated and prevented by adopting a healthy lifestyle, and as naturopathic doctors, we have many tools to help you do this.

At the Forest City Naturopathic Clinic, we offer FirstLine Therapy, which is a comprehensive therapeutic lifestyle program. It is not just about weight loss, more about improving your body composition: decreasing fat, increasing muscle, and improving your overall health and wellbeing. Whether you have been diagnosed with any of the above conditions, or are looking to prevent their onset, FirstLine Therapy could be the answer for you.

This is a scientifically based program, which has been proven to decrease body fat, and increase lean muscle mass, while improving the symptoms of the above conditions. One study compared the effectiveness of the FirstLine Therapy program, to an over the counter diet drink program. Participants in the diet drink program lost 85% of their weight from muscle, and only 15% of their weight from fat. Participants in the FirstLine Therapy program lost 100% of their weight from fat! This is a very important difference, since maintaining or building lean muscle mass gives you a huge advantage in maintaining the weight loss long term.

The program involves three main components: a healthy diet, personalized nutritional support, and a simple exercise program. The diet is structured, and easy to follow, in order to manage your caloric intake while balancing blood sugar and controlling insulin. Your naturopathic doctor will design a supplement program specifically tailored to your body, to help you achieve your desired results. Exercise is an important component of any lasting body composition program, but can be as simple as a regular walking program, and designed to fit your schedule.

Most importantly, you will be closely supervised by your naturopathic doctor, in order to make sure that you are getting the most out of your program. We do monthly body composition analysis, in order to track your progress, and identify any changes that need to be made.

This is a very important lifestyle change, and could help to prevent and treat any of these chronic conditions. However, it is also about living life to the fullest: increasing energy, improving mood, sleep, and confidence, and aging healthfully and gracefully.

If you have any questions about the program, or want to get started – give us a call at the clinic today! Have a happy New Year, and we hope to see you all soon!

Christy Wallace & Kelly Rau
Forest City Naturopathic Clinic