Metabolic Support Programs for Weight loss
Metabolic support is a technique TriStar uses to optimize your body's cellular and metabolic processes so they become more efficient and promote fat burning. This will help you achieve better weight loss.
Losing weight can be a significant challenge for many obese people as they often have several underlying metabolic abnormalities, such as insulin resistance and/or metabolic syndrome, that need to be addressed in order for them to achieve success.
One major metabolic factor that can make it difficult for obese people to lose weight is a condition known as insulin resistance. Insulin is the major hormone responsible for transporting blood sugar obtained from the diet into the individual cells making up the body's tissues. Insulin acts like a doorman chemically signaling the cells to allow sugar to pass through their membranes and into the interior of the cell where it can be burned for energy. When people develop insulin resistance, their cells become less sensitive (hence more resistant) to insulin. As a result the sugar their bodies obtained from dietary carbohydrate during digestion, cannot easily be absorbed by their tissues and burned as an energy source. Rather, it accumulates in their blood until it is converted to fat and stored in their bodies fat pads.
Some overweight or obese people with insulin resistance also have a related condition known as metabolic syndrome which is both more complex and more serious than insulin resistance alone. Individuals with metabolic syndrome have 3-5 of the following conditions: insulin resistance, high blood pressure, high blood fat (triglycerides), low HDL (good) cholesterol, and/or a large waist circumference (in men 40 inches or more, in women 35 inches or more).
Patients seeking weight loss treatment from TriStar medical Clinic are screened for insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome before they begin treatment in order to maximize their chance of success.
All TriStar weight loss programs, including OPTIFAST, address the conditions of insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome at the level of cellular metabolism. TriStar's carbohydrate restricted meal plans restore sensitivity of the body's cells to insulin which results in a metabolic shift that promotes fat burning as opposed to fat storage. When people follow any TriStar diet plan, their bodies become more efficient at deriving energy from fat stores, and they begin to lose weight, usually more rapidly than they have on any other program. This metabolic shift improves weight loss results in all individuals.
If you have had trouble losing weight in the past, or you have been diagnosed with insulin resistance or metabolic syndrome contact TriStar today to learn how to improve you health and your weight.
