DVD Available for Sale: Healthy Foods that Poison: Why You\’re Getting Sicker and Fatter Despite Eating Healthier
Yesterday, I held a seminar with the above title, and here are some of the things I talked about:
- What is the ideal diet (hint: it’s the one that’s always changing)
- When should you change your diet
- The upsides and downsides of a vegan or vegetarian diet
- The upsides and downsides of a paleo diet
- When are these foods beneficial and when are they harmful:
- Eggs
- Spinach
- Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower
- Tomatoes
- Chicken
- How to figure out what is right for you.
Here is a 5-minute video with the highlights from the seminar:
If you’d like the seminar, it will be on sale for $9.99+HST until Thursday, June 27, after which, the price will go up to $25.99.
Additionally, if you’d like to buy a copy of my previous seminar, strength training for beginners, it will also be on sale for $9.99 until Thursday, June 27, only if you buy it together with the current seminar.
If you’d like to buy it, just click on the button below.
Alternately, if you’d prefer not to send money online, you can mail a cheque. Just email me to find out the address to send to.
Are Your Medications Making You Fat?
A very important question I always ask clients during their personalized Dream Body MAP Session is what medications they are taking. Different medications have different effects, and while I’m not a doctor or a pharmacist, with experience I have realized which medications can make fat loss difficult or damn near impossible.
Prednisone
Prednisone is a synthetic form of the hormone cortisol. It’s given as an anti-inflammatory, and makes people gain fat especially around the belly. It makes fat loss difficult, but it can still be done.
Birth control
The birth control pill is better than it used to be. It wasn’t uncommon for women to gain 30 or more pounds when they went on the birth control pill. Nowadays, things are better, and my clients who are on the pill gain only 2-6 pounds.
The weight is especially gained in the backs of the arms, fronts of the thighs and hamstrings.
Fat can still be lost to a certain extent, but you’ll eventually hit a wall, and your triceps, and thighs will still have excess body fat when the rest of you is pretty slim.
I find that when clients switch to a non-hormonal IUD (intrauterine device), fat loss becomes much easier, and problem spots are not as problematic anymore.
Psychological medications
I saved the best for last: psychological medications. These include anti-psychotics, anti-anxiety and anti-depression. I don’t know why, but for whatever reason, people on these drugs just don’t lose body fat no matter how good their exercise and nutrition. That’s why if somebody has fat loss as their primary goal, unless they are working with their doctor or another practitioner to get off those medications, we won’t even take them on as clients. Of course, exercise and proper nutrition is still beneficial for those people, independent of their fat loss effects.
There are likely other medications that cause fat gain or make fat loss very difficult, but as I mentioned earlier, I am neither a doctor nor a pharmacist. But if you are actively seeking to get healthier and fitter and you’re taking these mentioned medications, I recommend speaking to a qualified practitioner. The one I refer all of my clients to is Dr. John Dempster from the Dempster clinic. If you’d like his help, give him a call at 416-551-9577. In case you’re wondering, no, I don’t get referral commissions.
Any Questions?
If you have any questions, leave your questions or comments below, and I’ll be sure to answer them.
Quick Summary
- Prednisone is an anti-inflammatory drug that will cause an accumulation of belly fat.
- The birth control pill will cause fat gain in the backs of the arms and the thighs.
- Consult with a healthcare professional about switching to a non-hormonal IUD.
- Psychological medications make it near impossible to lose body fat no matter how well you eat and exercise.