How To: Have a Healthy Waistline
April 24, 2013
For many years I have mentioned companies are permitted to request testing and compliance to accepted health norms from their employees if employers are to continue paying for personnel health care insurance. For instance, there are health care facilities that do not employ people who smoke for various reasons; one being the fact that health care workers ought to be setting an example to the patients they serve. Last week I gave a link to a WSJ article in regards to the “Boss” having more impact on your life. We have a huge health crisis occurring in America and raising health insurance deductibles or co-pays is not going to solve the dilemma; people need to control their weight.
I recently flew on an airplane between destinations where they asked how many pounds the passengers weighed because the amount determined your seat placement on the flight. It did not make any apparent difference as to whom you were with; the passengers were to sit in the seat that would support the flight with the least potential for the plane to crash. I was surprised that the people in line did not make a big deal. They obviously knew that if they did not tell the truth it could jeopardize the whole flight.
The waistline measurement tells me a lot about what is going on inside a person’s body and metabolism. Did you know most diabetics are overweight but not all overweight people become diabetics? We have recently had several celebrities who have openly began to discuss their weight and diabetes issues; the “magic” number most individuals accomplished was a release of 30 pounds to bring their blood sugar under control without medication. If you contend with blood sugar distress, I suggest you do what I tell my patients – lose weight and strength train. We have also helped patients manage blood sugar distress with Glucobalance™ and/or Bio-Glycozyme Forte™; both of these products along with a diet focused on green vegetables and animal protein also has helped lower the HA1C levels (a blood test for the glucose on a red blood cell).
You may suffer with chronic varicose and spider veins, hemorrhoids and swelling of the lower legs. These are body signals of a congested liver (which, by the way, an enlarged liver can be seen on an x-ray) and heart stress. Your blood must flow through the liver on the way to the heart. If the liver is “plugged” because you have been eating toxic, manmade food including artificial sweeteners you will have to contend with the consequences. I do not recommend taking a “water pill” to dump the fluid. You need to purify your diet and get your waist below 35 inches if you are female and men must get below 40 inches.
To lose weight you are going to want to reduce the amount of calories – “that is a given” and you would do best to exercise. I have patients who have complained about not losing the ten or fifteen pounds that have hung around for years and when I told them to cut out the wine, they looked at me with the “deer in the headlight” look. If you drink a glass or two of wine (per night) on the weekdays (a bit more on the weekends), you will not see the 35/40 waist until you reduce calories. Your waistline is a marker for your overall health.
I will leave you with this thought – every ten pounds of weight is equivalent to one loop added on to your belt and one inch off for every ten you release. I know this may sound uncomplicated, but most do not seem to connect their waistline to their weight. How many people, especially men, have four to six inches of abdominal fat hanging over their “stretched” belt? Go ahead, take the tape measure out and see if you pass the 35/40 test.
