Obesity

Alternative Treatment

As you might well know, Obesity can lead to serious health consequences. Morbidity/mortality rates increase progressively with higher BMI. Raised Body Mass Index is a major risk factor for chronic diseases such as:

• Cardiovascular disease – already the world’s number one cause of death, killing 17 million people each year.
• Type 2 Diabetes – Diabetes has rapidly become a global epidemic. W.H.O.’s projections indicate that in the next 10 years diabetes-related deaths will increase by more than 50% worldwide.
• Musculoskeletal disorders – predominantly osteoarthritis.
• Some cancers (endometrial, breast, and colon).
• HBP
• Dyslipidemia
• Stroke
• Liver and gall bladder disease
• Sleep apnea and respiratory problems
• Gynecological problems (irregular menses, infertility)

These are just some of the reasons why you need to find solutions that will work for you and give you the results that you are looking for.

Here is an overview of some of the most effective treatments we have found for obesity and overweight issues. Our objective is to teach you a healthy lifestyle according to your biochemical individuality, and detoxify your body and get you started on an exercise program that will produce the results that you are looking for.

• Food as medicine: We will research the best meal timing, meal composition, glycemic load and phytonutrients of your food. With this, we will strive to reduce inflammation in your body, optimize digestion and excretion, balance the autonomic function by reducing stress, improve sleep and enhance mitochondrial function and detoxification, especially in treatment-resistant patients
• Homotoxicology protocol to promote detoxification and weight reduction
• Stress management with relaxation, meditation, yoga
• Metabolic typing and nutritional education
• I.V. treatments
• Spa treatment to promote relaxation and detoxification
• Fun exercise classes and individualized training sessions
• Treatments to stimulate your metabolism and promote detoxification of the intracellular matrix
• And more

As you can see, we do not just focus our attention on the excess weight; rather, we focus on your whole health, which includes an optimal body weight for you.

We know that your stay at Sanoviv is only the beginning of your healing process. To support you on your way to recovery, you will receive an individualized home program at the end of your stay which you will incorporate as part of your daily lifestyle. We will continue to support your progress with our After Care program that will effortlessly coordinate any questions or comments you might have for your health team.

Assessment

Body Mass Index (BMI) rather than body weight itself is the most widely utilized tool for assessing weight problems and the degree of their severity, although these measurements do not actually determine the percentage of body fat in a person. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines being overweight as a BMI equal to or higher than 25, and Obesity as a BMI equal to or higher than 30.

Although this information can be helpful, our assessments go beyond this to develop a more complete picture of what you are dealing with and how we can help you attain your goals.

The fundamental cause of obesity and overweight issues is an energy imbalance between the amount and the kind of calories consumed versus the amount of calories expended by the body. Global increases in overweight and obesity could thus be attributable to a number of factors including:

• A global shift in diet towards increased intake of energy-dense foods that are high in the wrong kinds of fat and sugars and deficient in proteins, vitamins and minerals
• A decrease of physical activity due to the ever-growing sedentary nature of our lifestyle associated with work, transportation and the spread of urbanization

But at Sanoviv, we know that bad diets and lack of exercise are not always the sole cause for obesity. We now see an increasing number of people who exercise, eat right and still cannot decrease their body mass index, fat percentage or total weight. We now know that environmental toxins can play a large role in obesity and overweight issues as well. They can:

• Interfere with metabolism
• Overload hepatic detoxification system
• Promote insulin resistance
• Disrupt central weight-control system
• Alter circadian rhythms
• Activate the stress response
• Interfere with thyroid function
• Increase inflammation
• Damage mitochondria

In other words, toxins promote fat accumulation. On top of that, fat is a storage depot for some toxins. A review published in 2003 in Obesity Reviews, concludes that pesticides and PCBs released from fat tissue, where they are typically stored, during weight loss can lower the metabolic rate. Releasing fat without a proper detoxification protocol can be detrimental for your overall health. Detoxification is a central component in long-term effective weight management and creating healthy metabolism. This aspect is overlooked in other facilities or trendy diets, but it is one that Sanoviv can address.

One of our main tools is the Bio Impedance Analysis, with which we evaluate your metabolic rate.

We also practice Metabolic Typing. Through a series of tests we can assess your metabolic type and which foods eaten at what intervals will allow you to thrive. We now know that depending on your metabolic type, certain foods will be more compatible with you and your goal of reaching your ideal weight and staying there. This is one of the reasons why some people do particularly well on a specific diet and why others fail. As you can see, it’s not all about will power or cutting down on calories.

With laboratory testing we verify markers that are related to obesity, such as your thyroid function, insulin and vitamin D levels among many others.

We can evaluate the presence of food allergens. We can do testing for sleep apnea which is often related to obesity.

Integration

Not only do we apply these and other assessments, we have a fully integrated team of health professionals who will study all of this information and connect the dots in determining not only why your biochemical, physiological, structural and psychospiritual individuality has developed obesity or overweight issues, but also how you can regain your health. Like Obesity, disease usually comes from multiple imbalances in a person’s life. You will work in partnership with your team of health professionals that in turn will work with the whole staff of health professionals to create a program specifically designed for you from all the information obtained.

In your health team:

Your Medical doctor will lead your medical treatment and coordinate all other treatments into your program.

Your Psychologist will help to determine any emotional factors that might contribute to the development of obesity and support a healthier relationship with food.

Your Dentist will assess and treat any issues that could exacerbate the inflammatory process like gingivitis, abscesses and heavy metal toxicity and contribute to your weight issues.

Your Nutritionist will assess your diet and give you information on the role food will play in your healing, especially after the metabolic typing.

Your Chiropractor will assess and treat any structural imbalances that might be contributing to your health issues.

Your Fitness Expert will help you strengthen and exercise your body in a holistic way to support weight management, detoxification and improving your overall health.

Sanoviv recommended diagnostics “Integrative Physical”.

About

Introduction

Are you just sick and tired of being obese or overweight and not finding viable solutions? Have you tried every diet and weight loss fad and still the results seem lackluster or too fleeting to be satisfying? Do you feel guilty and find that you blame yourself for this health problem? Do you feel like the main culprit is a lack of will power on your part to make healthier choices? We understand. We know how difficult it can be to attain your healthy weight, especially with the judgments and incomplete information with which this serious problem is usually approached.

Obesity and overweight issues are not single clinical disorders, but rather chronic complex illnesses that result from the interplay of genetics, environment and lifestyle choices. This has become a true pandemic in the 21st century.