Stop Cravings for Salts and Sugars
Many people struggle with food cravings control. Having an awareness of this fact and knowing a little bit about our health and food nutrition can help when it comes to making wise decisions. At My Weight Doctor, our physicians will customize your weight loss plan to fit your body’s unique chemical balance through a combination of time tested therapies.
The Food Cravings Imbalance
Clinicians note that deficiencies in certain minerals may trigger carbohydrate and sugar cravings. Five minerals (and their co-factors) are critical for adequate blood sugar control: chromium, magnesium, manganese, zinc, and vanadium. Chromium is a cofactor with insulin and is essential for normal glucose utilization, for growth, and for longevity, working hand in hand with nicotinic acid and glutathione. Chromium is required for normal fat and carbohydrate metabolism.
What does Chromium do?
Combined with exercise and a sensible diet, Chromium helps:
- Maintain healthy body weight and promotes normal energy metabolism
- Maintain healthy cholesterol levels and promotes cardiovascular health
- Promote normal insulin function and maintains healthy blood sugar levels
- Prevent fat rebound
How does Chromium work?
Chromium is at the heart of a biologically active complex which is responsible for increasing the action of insulin in the body. Insulin is a vital hormone responsible for transporting glucose inside cells and maintaining proper blood sugar and blood lipid (cholesterol) levels in the body. Chromium helps insulin metabolize (burn) fat, turn protein into muscle and convert sugar into energy. In fact, chromium-activated insulin increases the amount of blood sugar available for energy production nearly twenty-fold.
A lack of chromium can result in type II diabetes, obesity and heart disease.
Studies show that there is a significant age-related decrease in chromium levels, which may play a part in the increased risk of diabetes and arteriosclerosis in older people. Poorly absorbed, only 2-10 percent of dietary chromium intake is absorbed by the body. Niacin bound, oxygen generated chromium polynicotinate is the most absorbed form of chromium available, mimicking the biologically active form found in the body.
About CHROMEMATE™ Brand of Chromium Polynicotinate
ChromeMate™ is a unique form of oxygen-coordinated niacin-bound chromium found to be 18-times more potent than other forms of niacin-bound chromium tested. ChromeMate™ significantly increases the bioavailability and biological activity of chromium. Studies have shown that ChromeMate™ is absorbed and retained more than 600% greater than chromium chloride and 300% greater than chromium picolinate. Additional clinical (human) and sub-clinical (animal) studies have shown that ChromeMate™ lowers serum cholesterol and improves HDL (good) cholesterol levels, lowers blood pressure, reduces body weight, increases lean body mass and promotes proper insulin function in the body. One study showed that ChromeMate™ plus exercise in obese women resulted in significant loss of body weight, while chromium picolinate did not. Another study in obese human subjects showed that ChromeMate™ reduced body fat, while sparing lean muscle mass.
5-HTP Supplementation
The physicians at My Weight Doctor® prescribe 5-HTP, when appropriate, along with other medications to help control the appetite, eliminate cravings, and boost the metabolism. The medication therapies are administered as a whole, not just as a drug therapy program. They work best when combined with the Nutritional and Exercise Therapies. Our medical staff will inform you and prescribe the right weight management medications for the safest and fasted weight loss.
Correcting mineral deficiencies can go a long way toward helping the frustrated dieter control his or her impulses to eat something sweet, something fatty, or something devoid of nutrition in an attempt to satisfy an inner compulsion.
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