Could your own body chemistry be making weight loss more difficult?
Losing weight is hard. Feelings of deprivation and cravings make it difficult to stick to a “diet.” Missing out on social functions and worrying about every single calorie isn’t any fun either. The hurdles we face and the excuses we make are plentiful: “There’s no time to exercise.” “I’m just big-boned.” “I’ll start tomorrow.” “I’m eating right — most of the time.”
We’ve all been told that weight loss should be easy: Calories in versus calories out. But maybe it’s not so simple. That’s why BH2 takes a different approach. Perhaps it’s not just about calorie calculation. We believe, for many, it’s metabolic and involves hormones, stress, neurotransmitters or even food allergies — hormone imbalance to be exact.
The solution to the struggle to lose weight is not “one size fits all.” At BH2, we run specific diagnostic tests to determine the best course of action for YOU. Your program begins with testing to start formulating your personalized plan. These specialized tests include:
- Neurotransmitter: Just as your fingerprint is your very own, so is your brain chemistry. And when your neurotransmitters (such as serotonin and norepinephrine) are out of balance, you feel it. Balanced brain chemistry is extremely important to weight loss success.
- Biophysical: This is a wide-reaching blood test. Bio-markers linked to obesity and appetite are measured, along with bio-markers for diabetes and insulin resistance. Our staff will explain how these biomarkers can impact your waistline.
- ALCAT: An ALCAT test will look at more than 300 foods, chemicals and nutrients that may be causing weight-loss difficulty — or even weight gain. You may be allergic or sensitive to a food that is making weight loss tough for you and never show any other symptoms or reactions to it.
- Spectracell: This is intracellular, nutrient-level testing. Results from this test help our staff devise a specific regimen of supplements and plan of nutrition to best support your weight-loss efforts.
- Hormones: Progesterone and estrogen are normally the culprits that lead to weight-loss difficulties, but hormone testing will tell us for sure. Other hormones such as insulin, testosterone and cortisol could be placing roadblocks along your journey.
Looking at all these test results together allows our staff to best work with you as you achieve weight-loss success.
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