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3. 3

5. Adrenal
Fa+gue
and
Hormone
Imbalances
Emo+onal,
Glycemic
and
Inflammatory
Overload
Glycemic
Dysregulation
Tissue Destruction,
Pain, and/or
Inflammation Sympathetic
Overload

8. Obesity

10.
Healthy
Colon
Toxic
Colon

17. 17

28. The
Pa7ent’s
Story
Retold
Antecedents
(Predisposing)

29. – Adrenal
Hormones
– Insulin
– Thyroid
Hormones
– Female
Hormones
– Male
Hormones
– Pregnenolone

30. Weight
management
is
complex
• NeurotransmiIers
– Epinephrine
– Norepinephrine
– Serotonin
– GABA
– Glutamate
– Histamine
– PEA

31. Weight
loss
is
not
a
one
size
fit
all
Program
• Detoxifica+on
• Inflamma+on
• Sleep
depriva+on
• Yeast
• Fiber
• Water
• Exercise

32. Harvard
Obesity,
2007
• Medica+ons
that
cause
weight
gain
:
an+
histamines
,
including
nytol,
tylenol
PM,
gravol,
all
drugs
with
an+
histaminic
side
effect
profile,
TCA’s,
etc.
• An+
depressants
,
an+
psycho+cs
we
are
crea+ng
diabe+cs
by
trea+ng
depression
and
thought
disorder

33. Harvard
Obesity,
2007
• Check
medica+on
side
effect
profiles
before
you
take
them;
Request
the
ones
that
decrease
weight
gain
or
are
at
least
weight
neutral
.
• An+
hypertensive
Medica+ons
that
do
NOT
increase
insulin
resistance,
ARB,
ACE
,
indapamide
,
CCB
,
HCTZ,
beta
blockers
increase
weight
gain.

34. The
An+-­‐aging
&
Func+onal
Medicine
approach
controls
obesity
• Essen+al
FaIy
Acids,
vitamin
D,
B3
• Hormonal
restora+on!
using
Anabolics
&
dhea
for
DM,
GH
for
depression
and
DM
• The
best
approach
to
the
obesity
epidemic
is
to
enhance
receptor
sensi+vity
&
receptors
numbers
by
nutri+onal
&
hormonal
op+miza+on
of
cellular
membrane
integrity
and
func+on

40.
STEP
1.
RESTORE
CONNECTION
Enhance
Communica+on
Between
Brain
Cells
• Step 1: Message forms in
the sending nerve Happy
(Presynaptic Nerve Cell)
• Step 2: The Message
binds with the
“neurotransmitter” (NT) NT
Happy
(Serotonin)
• Step 3: The NT is released
into the synapse (the gap
between the nerves)
• Step 4: The NT binds with
a receptor on the
receiving nerve cell
(Postsynaptic Nerve Cells)
• Step
5:
The
NT
releases
the
message
into
the
receiving
nerve
cell
altering
its
ac7vity

42. • Student
Name
Has studied diligently and participated fully in the Wellness U Lifestyle 101 program, and
has become fully qualified to live fully and completely, having found the Sparkle of Health.
Presenter Name and Title