High levels of stress, inflammatory foods, lack of exercise and poor dietary choices can all contribute to obesity and overall poor health. Whether your goal is to prevent obesity-related diseases such as diabetes and hypertension or to simply look and feel better, a naturopathic program involving supplements, a healthy Mediterranean-style diet and lifestyle changes can help you reach your ideal weight and stay there.

Contributing factors for obesity vary in men and women, many of which are identifiable through blood tests known as male and female weight loss panels. These include measurements of reproductive and thyroid-stimulating hormones, insulin, glucose, cholesterol, triglycerides, lipoproteins, and liver and kidney function. Dr. Amauri will also test your basic metabolic rate and cellular fat content. After thorough analysis, the restoration of hormonal balance and optimal metabolic function can begin, contributing to successful, prolonged weight loss.

Is designed by Dr. Amauri ND to help bring balance back into your body by incorporating diet with natural supplements and a recommended sensible daily regime, including plenty of rest, meditation and a good old fashion “quiet time”.

Don’t think of it as a short-term deprivation diet to endure until you lose weight. Think of it as the first step you’re taking toward the new healthy you! Resting, cleansing and nourishing the body from the inside out, eliminating toxins and reintroducing healthy nutrients into your body; help protect your body from diseases and renew your ability to maintain optimum health.

So make detoxification part of the New Healthy You. Besides exercise and a determination to lose the “indulgence” weight gained over the Holidays, this year, why not increase your efforts by including PURE…Cleansing Program.

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Naturopathic physicians specialize in treatment of factors which inhibit weight loss including: specific dietary counseling, promoting proper digestion, restoring compromised liver function, promoting proper thyroid metabolism, identifying nutrient deficiencies, treating food allergies, treating insulin resistance, detoxification of heavy metals, and treatment of intestinal imbalances.

Never use a low calorie diet again. This is not a diet. Banish the word from your vocabulary. Replace it with “I choose to live a particular way that includes a moderate amount of good clean food, regular exercise, relaxation, fun, time for myself and caring for myself and others.”

Atkins Diet...Zone Diet…Low Fat Diet… They all share a common flaw: a "one size fits all" approach. Naturopathic physicians can work with you to determine the lifetime eating plan that is right for you which will promote overall health as well as permanent weight loss.

Exercise helps reduce weight. Research shows that frequency of exercise is the most important factor in weight loss. Duration of exercise is the second most important factor. Exercise has important benefits:

Increases lean body mass, which automatically increases your metabolism - muscle tissue has a higher metabolic rate (burns more calories) than adipose (fat) tissue.

Improves mood, improves sleep, improves balance and coordination, lowers blood sugar, improves insulin sensitivity, improves immune system function, improves circulation, lowers blood pressure, lowers LDL (“bad”) cholesterol, raises HDL (“good”) cholesterol and overall significantly reduces the risk of heart disease.

Consult your physician before starting any exercise program.

If you have hormonal imbalances that are caused by chronic stress, stress management will help with weight loss.

It is often necessary to take a hard look at how one reacts to stress from mental/emotional issues in one’s life and how to resolve/manage/change these responses to be more healthy.

Difficulties losing weight are often related to deficiencies in nutrients which are necessary for proper metabolism. If fats can’t be broken down properly, weight loss is difficult or impossible.

Weight loss is not only something you do physically, it also depends on your mental approach. Like, have you bothered to find out why are you putting on weight? Is there any plausible reason for it? Is your diet not in order or your exercise regime not working? Or is there a psychological disorder forcing you to overeat? Many people who suffer from depression or other psychological disorders find solace in over-eating. So here is why you should seek naturopathy diet for obesity. To get to the bottom of all the emotional and physical problems ailing you to no end, the approach to weight loss should be balanced on three pillars: physical, social and psychological. An approach which caters to all these issues forms the crux of naturopathy.

A naturopath’s best technique for intrinsic healing is natural supplementation. Mother Nature has an abundant source of nutritional wealth which can treat the deadliest of all diseases. What a pill cannot achieve, a natural herb or spice can, and weight-loss is no exception.

Excess calorie consumption and insufficient working out is just one small reason for gaining weight. The equation, if calories in is less than calories out then it amounts to weight loss, is an oversimplification for most people to trying to reduce weight, according to naturopaths.

Naturopathy is not a one-size-fit-all healing system, so naturopathic solution differs from person to person. That said, from a naturopathic perspective, determined by delving deep into the root cause of the disorder (yes, weight gain and obesity is a disorder),

These are common causes why you can gain weight. Stress and depression are emotional causes that could also lead to weight gain.

Your naturopathic doctor will determine the cause through your medical history, your family history, physical, mental and emotional condition, quality and quantity of sleep, exposure to toxins, as well as through various tests you might be asked to get done.

Says endocrinologist Diana Schwarzbein, ‘It is first necessary to be healthy in order to lose weight and not that losing weight makes for health. Healing the metabolism must happen before weight loss, or more accurately, fat loss, can occur’.

Understanding of your stress level is also critical for developing a treatment program. This is because stress influences sleep quality and duration, food choices, levels of insulin and glucose, and digestion and assimilation of food, all of these affect your weight problem.
 
The mind-body connection does not end there. Your doctor will guide you to being present with yourself, in a way that fosters self-awareness, self-acceptance and the ability to change. For example, your naturopath will guide you to become aware how you eat your food, on the run, or absentmindedly in front of the TV, or while driving, etc. Once you start paying attention and start having an internal dialogue that arises around food choices or cravings, you will be advised to do breathing/relaxation exercises or learn a mindfulness meditation. This is just one tiny example of how your naturopath will proceed with your treatment.

Your naturopath will also help you by charting out a diet plan for you, creating an individualized exercise regime, and prescribing medicinal herbs and supplements to you.