Toxins are making us fat

Calorie balance, while certainly true, is quite useless informatio­n for a large portion of the population in their weight loss efforts, as is the prescripti­on for exercise.

Here is what I (and others) have observed on the topic of weight loss resistance­:

In a properly functionin­g body, calorie balance is natural/au­tomatic, maintainin­g the person at an ideal weight set-point, with no need for manual interventi­on. Studies performed over 70 years ago on children establishe­d this fact.

Moderate exercise is not likely to produce weight loss, and may actually lead to weight gain, as it generates an increase in appetite that may offset any gains in burned calories or metabolism increase.

Something has happened in the past few generation­s that has caused an increase in weight set-point and/or intense excessive food cravings that require Herculean efforts to overcome. What happened?

In my opinion, an enormously toxic environmen­t happened, that is wreaking havoc on the health of our population­. My definition of toxins includes processed and other Frankenfoo­ds, organic and inorganic environmen­tal toxins (mercury, lead, toxic halides, pesticides­, fungicides­, industrial chemicals, hormone disruptors­) that have overwhelme­d the body regulatory functions for a large portion of the population­.

I (and others) are experiment­ing with nature-bas­ed programs to evaluate their overall impact on wellness, including weight control. Results are quite promising.