Welcome to Integrative Health, Weight Loss, and Detox Center.

What you need to know about

Weight Loss Resistance.

If three friends are having a conversation, invariably the talk will get around to weight loss and 2 out of the 3 claim to have problems losing or keeping off the weight.

Integrative Health, Weight Loss, and Detox Center is committed to helping people get rid of the toxic buildup in their bodies and to overcome weight loss resistance which is an accumulation of things such as leptin reistentance, insulin resistance, and adrenal fatigue so weight loss can be accomplished once and for all.

The products we use are some of the most complete and pharmaceutical grade supplements on the market today.  These are not sold in stores.  They are included with the cost of our weight loss program.

Simply eating less and exercising more is not enough to help most people remove excess body fat and keep it off. A comprehensive program is necessary to aggressively target the many factors that contribute to excess body fat. Excess body fat is not only unsightly, it can be deadly, increasing the risk for heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. Abdominal fat is particularly dangerous.

Certain nutritional supplements offer important support for reducing appetite, promoting satiety, and enhancing fat-burning.  The rewards of removing excess body fat go far beyond a slim physique to the promise of a lengthy, disease-free life.  

With our weight loss program we will address:

1.  Restore insulin resistance.  Normal aging causes the insulin receptors on cell membranes to lose their youthful sensitivity or functionality.  There are several ways to restore insulin sensitivity to our cell membranes.

2.  Adrenal balance.  Chronic stress can eventually lead to stealing or diverting from DHEA to make more cortisol to meet the stress demands.  The results of this will lead to the inability to build muscle, weight loss resistance, severe PMS, and poor stress tolerance.  Imbalance of cortisol levels can lead to a myriad of health problems, including premature aging, weight gain (especially around the midsection), insulin resistance, hypoglycemia, depression, anxiety, memory loss and cravings.

3.  Restore youthful hormone balance.  Imbalances of estrogen and progesterone will enhance fat storage.  High androgens (DHEA) and high progesterone levels will promote insulin resistance.  Low DHEA and testosterone in men and women negatively impact the ability to burn off fat and build muscle.

4.  Leptin resistance.  Leptin is a hormone that tells our brain that we have consumed enough calories and can stop eating.  Leptin also induces a process whereby fat stored in cells is broken down.  As we age, our cells (including the appetite control center in our brains) become "leptin resistant."  This means that leptin is unable to effectively regulate body weight.  Fat cells produce c-reactive protein, a pro-inflammatory compound that leads to "leptin resistance." Overweight people given Irvingia (one of the supplements included in our weight loss program) have lower levels of CRP, and therefore less CRP is able to block the activity of leptin.  Leptin is important in weight management because it promotes the breakdown of fat in adipocytes and tells the brain to turn off chronic hunger messages.

5.  Detoxification and liver support.  When our liver is unable to metabolize toxins in the body, we will encapsulate the toxins in fat and store it.  By decreasing the toxic load and burden on the liver we can increase the fat burning process in the body.