Food has become a feel-good substance…   The manager of a food company recently summed it up nicely: “Our products are not meant to satisfy hunger.  They are meant to whet your appetite.”  And to help us feel good about these products, the advertising industry suggests a celebration of the senses.  There is hardly a prepared food that does not contain flavor enhancers. We do not even notice anymore that everything seems to taste the same somehow.  It is impossible to recognize when inferior quality ingredients are blended into those wonders of industrial food processing of which we are so fond.  Today everything is a product of design, even the appearance of food.  The “kick” provided by many additives is well documented.  Studies show that certain combinations of these additives have an effect similar to that of serotonin (the happiness hormone) in the brain.  In this regard the sensation of hunger is very similar to a physical addiction.

 A Chance for the future

 A healthy diet does have the potential to gradually become part of a modern lifestyle, and it is indeed a trend.  As long as official nutritional recommendations favor carbohydrates in the form of grain products, as long as industrially processed food is designed along the lines of profit maximization, and as long as commercials keep pressing the right “shopping buttons” in our heads we will continue to search in vain for what is good for us.

 “Stick to such and such a food and you will be forever slim”… Atkins,SouthBeach, Five Element Diet, and others – all of their nutritional recommendations were standardized and narrowed down to one universal scale which triggered huge fads worldwide all with the same results. 

 Voluntary restraint of the appetite used to be a virtue.  Gluttony was viewed as a sin until the late 19^th century.

 Viewing Every Person as an individual

 All diets in the past 30 years have turned away from the moral of self control.  Reason versus greed doesn’t seem to be relevant nowadays. Criticism of anything that requires self-control seems to have made willpower and determination neither necessary nor desirable in the battle against the bulge.  Yet it is known that cravings and nutritional needs are strictly individual.

They are not uniform.  Because they are as personal as a fingerprint, they are part of a person’s constitution.  In order to reach and keep an appropriate weight, a program is necessary which connect the individuality of a person to the foods that fit the specific biochemical structure of his or her body.  The result is the personalized nutritional roadmap it defines your personal path to your target weight, which then remains stable.

 Taking Responsibility   

 You will neither have to starve, fast or chastise yourself, nor will you have to reward yourself.  It is our own personal vital statistics combined with the foods that agree with us, that grant us a healthy enjoyment of food, yet allow us to stay slim-just as our blue print intended. The (hormonal) equilibrium of these personalized dietetics (or Metabolic Balance) allows everybody who has been searching to take personal responsibility: while either selecting foods or following their nutritional plan.  This newly acquired self-determination is good for your health – and that without enslaving yourself to any trends or standards. 

 Metabolic Balance is the golden thread that will lead you.  When used as a compass, not only will your health and appearance improve, you will also regain your sense of orientation and new perspectives in life.

 Balanced Wellness

Experience the empowerment of optimized wellness and improved health. Feel energized and fantastic! We invite you to try this remarkable program yourself.

Join Me on January 25 @ 7:00 p.m. for a complimentary information session on the metabolic balance program.  At the Health First Group 49MississaugaRoad. 

Call 905-278-5896 to reserve your seat

Call today for more information or to book your consultation. 

Yours IN Health

 Charmain