MetX - METABOLIC SYNDROME
Are you experiencing weight you can’t lose, low energy, cardiovascular, heart, liver and blood sugar problems?
Any combination of these factors are signs that you are experiencing metabolic disorder that may develop into metabolic syndrome.
Metabolic Syndrome is when the liver, pancreas, and gut stop communicating correctly - sending your blood chemistry into disarray, and, if sustained can result in the development of chronic health conditions - obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Signs will start to appear in your blood tests - blood glucose levels, insulin levels, high levels of lipids/fats, raised liver enzymes and high blood pressure.
Physical symptoms that you will be experiencing include:
weight you can’t lose (especially tummy fat),
low energy,
brain fog,
hormonal problems,
headaches,
digestive disorders,
sleep disturbances.
What has happened? Why has the communication gone wrong?
Something has triggered YOUR hormones (insulin, glucagon) to stop functioning correctly, that results in imbalances across multiple body systems.
There are several factors that can disturb this communication that causes a shift and ultimately alter function of your organs (especially the pancreas and liver). Our body works constantly to maintain balance, such as body temperature, blood glucose levels, level of hormone production. However, metabolic syndrome will occur after an extended period of disturbance or challenge to the normal correcting functions of the body. This may occur with exposure to such activities or events as:
diet - processed refined foods with low fibre and fresh food, alcohol, excess sugar
lifestyle - sedentary lifestyle with minimal or low exercise
digestive dysfunction - indigestion, gallbladder/liver, dysbiosis (imbalance of gut bacteria)
stress - constant daily stress, or an intense stressful period
toxic environment - exposure to environmental chemicals
Often our body systems can cope for a length of time, i.e. when we are younger we don’t experience the effects of a poor diet, or little or no exercise, but after an extended period of time our natural systems cannot continue to cope and changes will start to occur. The most common is the development of insulin resistance. This is where the pancreatic insulin and cellular response to insulin is no longer sufficient, and type 2 diabetes can result.
Metabolic Syndrome may also occur when hormonal changes occur such as changes in reproductive hormone profile, especially at the time of puberty, pregnancy, or perimenopause.
When the normal mechanisms and hormone responses that govern glucose metabolism, cholesterol production stop working properly a vicious cycle is created, promoting the environment for chronic disease to develop as you age – diabetes, liver disease, cardiovascular disease and cardiac incidents, kidney disease and cancers.
This cycle won’t be broken if you don’t focus on the right areas. Just going on “another diet” won’t change what needs to be changed - correction of the hormone signalling.
But you can regain your health and change the course you are on and the progression of disease. You can start to make changes so that your body will respond appropriately to the food you eat, and correct the functioning of your organs - gut, liver, pancreas and ultimately your blood chemistry.
In Naturopathic Clinic we put piece by piece the puzzle together of
1. why you got to where you are at, and then
2. break the cycle and work towards lowering blood pressure, improving blood sugar and insulin levels, improving liver function
And then you lose excess weight, gain monthly hormonal balance, regain energy and clarity of thought. Goodbye headaches, sleep problems, bloating, mood swings.
Metabolic Assessment and Recovery Program
N&B program to determine the root cause of your metabolic dysfunction and correct your blood sugar & insulin levels, improve blood lipids and cholesterol and lower blood pressure.
Clinic testing (Blood Glucose and Glucose Tolerance Test, triglycerides, cholesterol, HDL, LDL. Blood Pressure) & blood tests (liver enzymes, insulin), health history and questionnaires.
Together we will develop a personalised treatment based on your root cause. This can involve:
Gut Health and Repair program,
Cleanse program,
Stress Less Program,
Dietary and Lifestyle guidelines,
All with herbal and nutritional treatments.
