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Submitted by support on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 03:18

Weight Loss Controversy Series - 2

The last article about weight loss looked at a few common theories about weight loss - this article will explore a few questions you should ask yourself about a given program to know if it is right for you - there is no one program fits all - despite what people would have you believe.

So let's look at two questions:

1) How do you know if you have a good program:

…they all claim to have good scientists (sorry, an nose/eye/ear/mouth specialist who has “studied” nutrition is not the same as a leading nutritional scientist with umpteen peer review clinical studies);
please note: many physicians will sell their names for endorsements - they have no idea what the product is or does - but a physician's name is a good selling feature ; this started with pharmaceutical products and has now rolled over into health products
they all have some hype : personally I don’t like the loud noise hype but prefer the calm rational discussion – but the masses and in particular young people can get caught up in the loud noise hype. The same type of social psychology that Hitler used, is used in many of the marketing strategies.
or you may be more interested in the financial reward ; with today's economic market it is easy to understand how and why people are looking at the financial reimbursements. The problem is : all the MLM plans claim to be the best

Personally, I love learning the research behind them; looking at the analysis; understanding the theory behind the programs, etc.

Far too many that I have looked at:

don’t understand the different theories;
can’t answer my questions;
and hide behind “it’s a patented formula…I can’t tell you”

Yet, when you find a good company –

the years of good research and analysis is there;
along with well credited nutritionists and scientists (who are not just selling their names)
they can explain the theory behind the formulations;
they can tell you where and how the crops were grown;
how and when they were harvested;
and they have transparency about the formulation (they will not tell the exact amounts, of course, as they are typically patented)
and the processing
and whether they use any of the stearates or benzoates (which when combined with citric acid are carcinogenic), etc

That is when they catch my interest. There is a lot of “crap” out there; there are some good ones out there; and there are a few excellent ones out there. Often the ones that put the money into the hype are not as good as the ones that put more money into research.

2) The second question is:

is it important to get a good program if they all will work to some degree…I would answer : definitely and here is why.

a) what good is a program that will simply help you loose water in the short term but put on more weight in the long term
b) what good is a program that increases the difference between leptin and grehlin in the short term which causes more weight gain in the long term
c) what good is a program that helps you detox in the short term but doesn’t address muscle metabolism , adrenal / thyroid issues and the leptin/grehlin balance so you put more on in the long term
d) what is good a program that keeps you on a given regime for a prolonged period when the data shows that most people don’t stay on the program for more than two weeks

Part 3 will look at what is a good program

If you are interested in more info, contact Dr Holly at holly@choicesunlimited.ca

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