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Title: HAVE YOU GOT THE GUTS TO LOSE WEIGHT?


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HAVE YOU GOT THE GUTS TO LOSE WEIGHT?
  • WAYNE GARD
  • CHIROPRACTOR ? ACUPUNCTURIST ? NATUROPATH
  • 1 Secant St Liverpool (Near Westfields)
  • 96009593
  • gardchiropractic_at_people.net.au

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Who Am I and Why Should You Listen To Me?
  • Wayne Gard is a qualified Chiropractor,
    Naturopath, and Acupuncturist
  • He has been serving Liverpool residents for 23
    years.
  • Served as a Sports Chiropractor at the 2009 World
    Masters Games.
  • Examiner and Tutor at Macquarie University
  • He is a keen amateur athlete, enjoys swimming,
    running and bike riding.

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  • This seminar is a brief look at Natural
    Treatments for weight loss.
  • For those who want more detail a full copy of
    this presentation is available on my website.
  • This website also contains an offer to a great
    book called The 7 Things Your Doctor Forgot To
    Tell You
  • www.gardchiropracticclinic.com.au

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HAVE YOU GOT THE GUTS TO LOSE WEIGHT?
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What is Going On???
  • Australia, new Zealand and the United States are
    now officially the fattest nations in the world
  • A staggering 60 of Australians are overweight or
    obese
  • Skyrocketing since the 1980s
  • In 2010 obesity took over smoking as the major
    contributor to ill health - including diabetes,
    cardiovascular disease, cancer, osteoarthritis
    and dementia
  • WHY???
  • We are living in an OBESIGENIC ENVIRONMENT a
    lifestyle that creates obesity!!!
  • 24 hour supermarkets providing affordable, never
    ending supply of calories
  • Portion sizes sold that are twice the recommended
    meal serving size
  • Our primitive appetite regulation centres are
    bombarded by highly palatable foods, and these
    centres act to increase our intake in preparation
    of leaner times, which never arrive
  • Time is scarce many people find it hard to find
    the time (or are too tired) to cook healthy meals
    and exercise
  • Modern conveniences/gadgets that reduce our
    physical exertion

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What is Fat?
  • How Does Your Body Store Fat?
  • After puberty the number of fat cells remains the
    same - Each fat cell simply gets bigger!
  • Fat is stored in 3 places
  • 1. Subcutaneous under your skin
  • 2. Organs around your internal organs
    liver, kidneys
  • 3. Muscles large muscles (eg football
    players) can simply be too much fat in their
    muscles.as opposed to a lean runner little
    muscle fat
  • These 3 fat areas are related to each other so
    if you have fat in one area you tend to have fat
    elsewhere!.therefore any treatment needs to
    target all 3 areas.
  • BUT it is the Organ Fat that is the major health
    risk factor!
  • Organ Fat can occur in skinny people !!! eg
    high Cholesterol
  • - we have all heard of the skinny person who
    suddenly dies of a heart attack, and the fat
    person who never seems to have heart problems
  • Some people say I have large bones OR I am a
    naturally large person OR my weight is due to bad
    genes.however these are just excuses!
  • Where fat is concentrated in your body depends
    upon whether you are a man or woman
  • An adult man tends to carry body fat in his
    chest, abdomen and buttocks, producing an "apple"
    shape.
  • An adult woman tends to carry fat in her breasts,
    hips, waist and buttocks, creating a "pear"
    shape.

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What Does Fat Do?
  • Traditional View fat is an inert stored energy
    source it has no other purpose or function
  • Current view fat cells secrete a wealth of
    chemicals and hormones that alter your
    metabolism
  • These hormones are significant drivers of chronic
    (long term) diseases (eg heart disease, diabetes,
    and cancer) and inflammation
  • Inflammation causes PAIN and FATIGUEso
    overweight people commonly have more aches and
    pains, and more easily become tired and
    fatigued!!!
  • Common organs that become damaged/diseased in
    overweight people include the heart, liver, and
    pancreas

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Why Do Compliant Patients Fail?
  • How come that getting weight off AND keeping it
    off is so difficult???
  • If we assume that Poor Diet and Lack of Exercise
    are the most common reasons that people become
    overweightthen how come even people who eat well
    and exercise regularly are getting fatter and
    cant seem to lose their weight???
  • Australians spend billions of dollars every year
    on weight loss products and ideas, yet we are
    getting fatter with each passing year!!!
  • How many people here tonight are taking a weight
    loss supplement? Or some other natural medicine?
    Show of hands
  • What is the missing link???
  • While diet and exercise are undoubtedly the path
    back to a healthy weightmany people PLATEAU
    after some initial results.
  • keeping people moving on the weight loss path
    requires skilful assessment and treatment of
    OTHER HEALTH factors!
  • In this talk I will discuss Natural Treatment
    Strategies to target some of these key factors
    that confound weight loss attempts.

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Briefly - Dietary Supplements???Do I need
them?Which one?
  • A trip these days into any chemist, health food
    store, or supermarket and you will see a HUGE
    range of vitamin and mineral products
  • Should you consider a supplement? Dont I get
    everything I need from my diet??
  • Bottom line - Food quality is not what it used to
    be most people require some sort of
    supplementation
  • Many people choose a MULTIVITAMIN TABLET
  • However a much better choice would be a quality
    Protein Supplement

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  • KEY CONCEPT
  • Being Overweight is a Disease
  • Just like heart disease, diabetes, arthritis,
    cancer
  • What is the disease Slow Metabolism
  • We all know the skinny person who eats whatever
    they want and never put on any weight.and the
    overweight person who just has to look at food to
    put weight on ?
  • What is going on?
  • Well just like any disease, it just doesnt
    happen! It develops over time
  • The SLIDING HEALTH SCALE

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1. Health is a Sliding Scale
  • Strength
  • Flexibility
  • Fitness
  • Positive Mental Attitude
  • Posture
  • Immunity
  • Digestion
  • Sleep
  • Pain Free
  • Good Skin and Hair
  • Fertility
  • Energetic
  • Ease of breathing
  • NORMAL METABOLISM
  • All tests normal
  • Loss of Strength
  • Loss of Flexibility
  • Loss of Fitness
  • Negative Mental Attitude
  • Poor Posture
  • Lowered Immunity
  • Decreased Digestion
  • Sleep Problems
  • Frequent pain
  • Skin hair problems
  • Fertility problems
  • Fatigue
  • Poor breathing
  • SLOWING METABOLISM
  • Chiropractic/Naturopathic tests positive.
  • Medical tests normal
  • Arthritis
  • Bulging Spinal Discs
  • Pinched Nerves
  • Depression Anxiety
  • Cancer, Colds Flus
  • Reflux. Ulcers, constipation
  • Insomnia
  • Pain
  • Heart Disease
  • Eczema, Psoriasis
  • Infertility
  • Asthma
  • SLOW METABOLISM
  • Chiropractic/Naturopathic/ Medical tests all
    positive

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  • First Step Decide where you are on this scale
  • If you are not in Optimal Health make a decision
    to do something about it! TODAY!
  • Recognise that being Overweight is a disease
    process that has taken time to develop
  • Therefore be patient with your body to get
    results
  • 1 to 2 years is a realistic time frame

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  • How Do You Know if You Are Fat?
  • Central obesityCentral obesity is when the main
    deposits of body fat are around the abdomen and
    the upper body. The greater your waist
    circumference, the higher your risk. A persons
    risk for central obesity varies depending on
    their gender and ethnic background. As a general
    rule, if your waist measures 94cm or more (men)
    or 80cm or more (women), you probably need to
    lose some weight. Men from Middle Eastern, South
    Asian, Chinese, Asian-Indian, South and Central
    American ethnic backgrounds are considered at
    risk if their waist measures 90cm or more.
  • How to Measure Waist measurements
  • Waist measurements should be taken as you
    breathe out. You should relax and not contract
    any abdominal muscles. The tape measure should be
    aligned at the level of the belly button, and
    circle the whole way around the body and back to
    the starting point.

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  • FASTER METABOLISM THE GOAL

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A Healthy Gut and Weight Control?
  • A key concept in Natural Medicine is that we need
    to have a healthy functioning Digestive System or
    Gut in order to have Good Health, Including Good
    Weight Control
  • Our Gut had 3 main Roles
  • 1 Absorb nutrients from our diet
    food and drink
  • 2 Remove Toxins from our body
    bowel and kidneys
  • 3 Eliminate excess Fat
  • The following Disorders all cause the gut to not
    work properly

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6 Disorders and Treatment Strategies
  • Fatty Liver
  • Thyroid Gland Type 2
  • Acid/Alkaline Balance
  • Adrenal Fatigue Stress
  • Insulin Resistance Syndrome
  • Gut Nerve Supply

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FATTY LIVER
  • A condition where large vacuoles of
    triglyceride fat accumulate in liver think
    marbled steak!
  • Fatty liver disease is the most common liver
    complaint in Western countries.
  • It affects about 15-20 of people.
  • It is THE MOST COMMON Metabolic Disorder in
    man!!!
  • It is caused by a build-up of fats in the liver,
    which replace healthy tissue and trigger
    enlargement of the rest of the liver cells.
  • The healthy liver regulates fat metabolism and is
    the major fat-burning organ in the body.  Indeed
    the healthy liver not only burns fat, it can pump
    excessive fat out of your body through the bile
    into the gut. Thus, if your liver is healthy you
    will not have much difficulty in controlling your
    weight.

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  • Normal Liver
  • A healthy liver is much redder in colour and has
    a uniform texture
  • Fatty Liver on leftNote it is slightly
    enlarged and yellow in colour and "shiny" or
    "greasy" in appearance because it is
    congested with fat.
  • Severe Fatty LiverThis is a more severe degree
    of fatty liver and is more often due to incorrect
    diet, alcohol excess or obesity.

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  • How do you know if you have a fatty liver?
  • You will probably be overweight, especially in
    the abdominal area
  • You will find it very hard to lose weight
  • You may have elevated cholesterol and
    triglycerides in your blood
  • You may have Syndrome X Metabolic Syndrome
  • You may have diabetes type 2
  • You will be very tired
  • You may have problems with your immune system
  • Diet Guidelines
  • Reduce the consumption of refined carbohydrates
    from sugar and bread, pastry, pasta, noodles,
    cakes, biscuits and desserts.
  • Increase the amount of raw fruits and vegetables
  • Use raw vegetable juices
  • Avoid deep fried, fatty, and processed foods
  • Aim to limit dairy foods including milk,
    processed cheese, cream and butter.  Opt for
    organic yogurt and cheese such as ricotta,
    parmesan or cottage. Try some different brands
    and varieties of soy as they vary greatly. The
    fresh soy products in the dairy cabinet are much
    lighter and not as strong in taste as the long
    life products. There are also rice milks and oat
    milks to try.
  • Avoid ALL margarines and similar type spreads.  
  • Avoid sugary processed foods and drinks
  • Limit chicken and turkey that is not free range
    as this contains artificial growth hormones,
    antibiotics and steroids that increase the
    liver's workload.
  • Drink 2 liters of water each day.

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Fatty Liver Treatment
  • 2 Treatment Concepts Internal
    Nutrients..External Nerve Signals from
    Brain/Spine
  • Increase Fibre Psyllium Husks
  • Nutrient Lecithin
  • Cocoa Powder! yes the natural ingredient in
    chocolate ?
  • Phytosterols the stuff that is now being put
    into margarines, milk etc
  • Globe Artichoke herbal medicine
  • Sugar Can Wax alcohols
  • Spinal Nerve Supply Neck C1-2 and Mid Back T4 -
    12
  • Product
    CHOLESTAHEALTH

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THYROID TYPE 2
  • there is a complex relationship between thyroid
    disease, body weight and metabolism.
  • Thyroid hormone regulates metabolism in both
    animals and humans
  • an underactive thyroid (HYPOTHYROIDISM) is
    generally associated with weight gain
  • Lack of thyroid hormones leads to an increase in
    fat, salt, and water in your body
  • There are 2 types of Hypothyroidism
  • Type 1 Hypothyroidism is where there is a lack of
    the hormone produced. This is easily detected in
    a blood test, and commonly treated with drugs
    though there are some natural alternatives!
  • Type 2 Hypothyroidism is where there is enough
    hormone produced but this hormone is unable to
    get into your cells, and therefore it is rendered
    ineffective. This is NOT detected in blood tests!
    But by other clinical tests such as Basal
    Temperature Testing.
  • Type 2 is thought to be due to be due to genetic
    thyroid imbalances, autoimmune dysfunction, and
    environmental toxins
  • Interestingly thyroid disease is commonly
    associated with chronic PAIN SYNDROMES, and
    therefore must be treated in order to help with
    pain levels.
  • Also it is commonly associated with poor
    Sleeping patterns. So if you are a poor sleeper
    then it is worthwhile having this checked.

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Thyroid Imbalance Treatment
  • STRESS - A large body of scientific evidence
    suggests that the impact of stress can affect the
    body on multiple levels and that there is indeed
    a STRESS SYSTEM that responds and deals with
    stresses in our lives
  • What is STRESS - it is comprised of Neurological
    (Spinal Misalignments), Endocrine (Hormone)
    imbalance, Psychological (Emotions) and
    Environmental (Toxins) components.
  • Spinal Nerve Supply Neck Vagus nerve C1, C2
  • - Upper
    Back T1 T4
  • Herbs Rehmannia, Coleus, Bladderwrack, Broccoli
    Sprouts, Turmeric
  • Nutrients Tyrosine, Selenium, Iodine, Zinc, B
    Vitamins, Vit C, Vit E

  • Product P2 Detox

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ACID / ALKALINE BALANCE
  • In patients who are eating well and exercising
    but still not losing enough weight. An important
    consideration is acid/alkaline balance in you
    body
  • As a general rule we want our bodies to be
    slightly alkaline. to have a proper functioning
    digestive system or gut
  • Much of the Western diet consists of refined
    carbohydrates (sugars) that creates a low grade
    metabolic acidosis.
  • As a general rule
  • - Meat, Dairy, and Animal Proteins
    acid forming
  • - Fruit and vegetable alkaline
    forming
  • HOWEVER a dilemma exists that helps explain why
    we stop losing weight losing weight creates a
    breakdown of fat that creates body acidity!!! So
    this is one of the reasons why weight loss stops
    or plateaus, just when your weight starts to
    reduce.
  • So your body starts to look at ways to alkalise
    itself and one way of doing this is to
    breakdown protein in muscles to excrete thru your
    urine!!! Which then creates LESS muscle mass,
    which leads to our metabolisms slowing, leading
    to weight gain ?
  • It is crucial then that throughout weight loss
    that sufficient alkalising foods and supplements
    are consumed

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Acid/Alkaline Imbalance Treatment
  • Magnesium
  • Potassium Citrate
  • Cherry Extract
  • Celery Extract

  • Product ALKA CAP

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ADRENAL FATIGUE STRESS
  • Stress comes in many forms over work,
    relational difficulties, poor diet, financial,
    lack of sleep, pain, health problems,
    environmental toxins etc
  • These Stressors deplete our energy reserves, and
    so we dig deeper and deeper into ourselves we
    push even harder which creates even more
    fatigue!!! Its a vicious cycle.
  • Long term stress has been shown to increase
    appetite especially craving high fat, high
    carbohydrate, high salt foods
  • Chronic stress raises the hormone Cortisol
    which breaks down muscle massleading to slower
    metabolism and weight gain
  • Cortisol also suppresses Serotonin production,
    leading to depression, and then we choose simple
    carbohydrates and Binge or Comfort eating to
    temporarily boost your mood !
  • The organ that tries to regulate or cope with our
    stressors is the Adrenal Gland sits just above
    our kidneys
  • Eventually the Adrenal Gland becomes exhausted or
    run down and we enter a state of Hypoadrenia.
    Which is a long term underactive performing
    adrenal gland.
  • Apart from stress response, the adrenals also
    control blood pressure, sugar levels, growth
    (therefore critical in children), and sexual
    function.
  • Hypoadrenia often leads to weight gain and
    conditions such as - chronic fatigue syndrome,
    fibromyalgia, allergies, pain and inflammation,
    anxiety and depression, blood pressure high or
    low, stomach ulcers, menopausal syndrome in
    women, and prostate problems in men

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How is Adrenal Fatigue Treated?
  • NUTRIENTS
  • Magnesium
  • Taurine
  • Glutamine
  • HERBS
  • Licorice
  • Tribulus
  • Reduce Stress on your body similar to the
    Thyroid Gland, too many stressors on your body
    lead to adrenal dysfunction and disease
  • Spinal Nerves Neck C1-2 and Mid Back T4 - 12

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Insulin Resistance Syndrome
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  • Insulin resistance
  • Insulin is the hormone that regulates sugar
    metabolism in our bodies. Most of us are aware of
    insulin deficiency leading to Diabetes (an ever
    increasing disease!)
  • Insulin resistance means that your body does not
    use the hormone insulin as effectively as it
    should, especially in the muscles and liver.
  • Normally your digestive system breaks down
    carbohydrates into glucose, which then passes
    from your intestine into your bloodstream. As
    your blood glucose level rises, your pancreas
    secretes insulin into your bloodstream. Insulin
    allows glucose to move into your muscle cells
    from your blood. Once inside a cell, the glucose
    is burned along with oxygen to produce
    energy.
  • When a person has insulin resistance, the
    pancreas needs to release more insulin than usual
    to maintain normal blood glucose levels. This
    fatigues the pancreas and can lead to diabetes.
  • It is thought that more than a quarter of the
    population (25) has some degree of resistance to
    insulin.
  • NOTE - it is possible to have NORMAL Blood Sugar
    results, but still have Insulin Resistance!
  • Also linked to High Blood Pressure, Heart
    Disease, Sleep Apnoea, Respiratory Problems

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  • How is Insulin Resistance Syndrome Treated?
  • Herbs - D-Purslane, Gymnema,
  • Nutrients chromium, zinc, magnesium,
    selenium,manganese and B vitamins
  • Spinal Nerve Supply Neck C1-2
  • - Mid
    back T4 12
  • Product
    Gluco Control

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  • YOUR SPINE AND YOUR GUT

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Your Spine Controls Your Body
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  • Did you know that your Brain and Spine control
    every other part of the body?
  • Nerve signals Brain gt Spine gt Organs gt Spine gt
    Brain.
  • Its a never ending, constant process
  • SO if your spine is misaligned then your body
    cant work properly!
  • This includes controlling your metabolism
  • Your Spine is easily misaligned from birth
    trauma, falls, injuries, bumps, poor posture,
    incorrect sporting technique, car accidents etc.
  • 60 of spinal disorders are genetic inherited
    from your family!
  • Most spinal problems do not cause pain - waiting
    for pain is waiting too long!!!
  • We only feel 10 of our misalignments.

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  • It is a great idea to have your spine checked by
    a chiropractor.
  • Chiropractors use X-rays, computer scanning, and
    physical examination to find nerve pressure
  • Modern Chiropractic Care is safe, gentle and
    effective
  • Chiropractic is suitable for all ages, from
    babies to elderly, including pregnant women
  • The bad old days of chiropractic involved
    twisting and cracking the spine into alignment.
  • However modern chiropractic is gentle and pain
    free.

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Posture Check
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Computer Spinal Scan
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Spinal X-Ray Analysis
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So What is the Next Step?
  • Option 1
  • Keep doing what you are doing now
  • Definition of insanity doing the same thing but
    expecting a different result ?
  • The Risk here is that you will get poor
    resultsoverweight plus all the associated health
    problems!!!
  • Option 2
  • Do something different ?
  • Your body needs to be stimulated into a faster
    metabolism HOW???

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  • Do Something Different???
  • Over many years I have seen good results with
  • 1. Get your spine checked by a Chiropractor to
    stimulate the nerve flow from your brain and
    therefore speed up your metabolism.
  • 2. Get your organs checked by a Naturopath to
    find out which nutrients you need to take to heal
    your organs and so speed up your metabolism

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  • To make it easy for you I am offering a Free
    Initial Consultation and Assessment.
  • Simply fill in the handout and we will contact
    you for an appointment time.
  • If you wish to speak with me about a specific
    health concern or your suitability for treatment,
    please visit my website or phone me on 96009593
  • Linda and I will be available after this seminar
    to talk with anyone.

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