“I eat like a bird, yet I continue to gain weight!” That’s a comment a friend of mine would always make. I can attest to the fact that she tended to eat very little when we would go out for a meal but I’ll admit that I assumed she went home and ate the entire contents of her refrigerator later.
Of course later when she was diagnosed with a pituitary disorder, I no longer assumed she wasn’t being honest.
When my friend asked her doctor what could have caused this, she was told that in cases like hers, it is thought that a build up of toxins did the damage over time and this in turn, led to her weight gain.
Of course, one does not have to be afflicted with a pituitary disorder to suffer weight gain due to food toxins. Does it seem like a paradox to you that we are living in an age of “low fat,” “no fat,” and “low carb” yet over a third of our population is overweight?
It is a known fact that chickens are fed a chemical hormone in order to cause them to gain weight without eating nearly as much as they would naturally. What do we think happens to this chemical when the chicken is packaged and sold as meat?
Chemicals used as food preservatives while, intended to save the consumer money, also lead to a build up in the body.
The liver, which filters the toxins out of the body before they can do damage to other organs, becomes overloaded. Fat then accumulates in order to protect the body from damage by these toxins.
It’s not just toxin laden food that causes toxins to build up in our bodies. Pesticides, make up and other “beauty” products are also oftentimes riddled with toxins.
Add to that what we do to ourselves – smoking and drinking alcohol to excess promote even further toxic buildup in our bodies.
For my friend, just knowing that there was a reason for her weight gain helped her. She started looking for organic foods when she shopped.
While it’s true that her meats and vegetables didn’t stay fresh as long as the processed foods she was used to but it was a small sacrifice for a bigger reward.
She also tried my Weight Loss Breeze program and loved the results! She, like so many of my clients, found the all natural program to be easy to start and even easier to maintain. If weight loss is your goal, I encourage you to try it as well!
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