The Secret to Get YOUR Body To Burn FAT (Part 1)

Let’s talk about loosing FAT.

Many of you have probably made some sort of New Year’s resolution about weight loss and exercise and many of you have probably already broken it.   If you fit into that category, don’t beat yourself up, 95% of all New Year resolutions are broken by January 15^th!

Weight loss is a billion dollar industry and if you asked most people they would tell you that they would like to lose a little weight.  But what really are people talking about when it comes to weight loss?

Loosing Fat!

Most people want to lose FAT.  Sure we want to see the number on the scale decrease but anyone who understands health knows that it is the loss of fat that will make the most difference in your life.  Having said this,

MOST PEOPLE CAN’T BURN FAT!

Unfortunately, many of you are probably half starving yourself and overexercising right now and it is doing NOTHING to burn your fat.  The process of burning fat is much more complicated that just

Calories In < Calories Out.

Fat is actually regulated in your body by a hormone called Leptin.  Leptin is produced by fat cells and indicates to your body that fat is available for energy.

In a normal working body, the hypothalamus would hear the Leptin in the body and utilize the fat for energy.  The problem is, MOST people can not burn Fat as fuel!

This is because, due to the Standard American Diet (SAD), most people are Leptin Resistant.

Many of you are probably familiar with insulin resistance (Type II Diabetes).  This is a condition where, due to too much insulin being secreted, your insulin receptors become overburdened and quits working.  This is the same mechanism that happens with too much Leptin.  When your body becomes overburdened with Leptin, your leptin receptors will eventually stop working and your body will not know that fat is available for energy and stores it instead.

So how does your body get too much Leptin?

Leptin is directly correlated with Insulin.   When you have a increase in insulin you have an increase with Leptin.

Insulin is increased as a result of adding glucose (sugar) to your system.  For a cell to utilize glucose as energy, the pancreas must release insulin to attach to the glucose so the it can enter the cell through the insulin receptors.   So when you consume food/products high in sugar, your insulin levels spike as well as your leptin levels.  You do this often enough and long enough, your receptors-both insulin and leptin- can become overburdened and quit working.

Unfortunately, this is exactly where many Americans are right now.  Because of the amount of sugar that is consumed in our diet (2-3 lbs. Per week!), there is an obesity epidemic and why 64% of the United States adult population is overweight.

How do you burn Fat then?

In order to help your body heal so it can begin utilizing fat for energy you must STOP adding sugar to your body.   The largest source of sugar is from soft drinks and fruit juices.  Sugar, however, is in ALMOST every processed food, and you must begin to eat and buy fresh food.  Sugar has many names and forms so read the ingredients on the label and look for words ending in -OSE. (glucose, fructose, high fructose corn syrup, sucrose, etc.)

The second food you MUST eliminate is GRAINS.

YES, EVEN WHOLE GRAINS!

I know many of you are shaking your head in despair right now wondering how in the world you are ever going to survive without them, but the truth is YOU CAN!   Unfortunately, grains turn into sugar within seconds of touching your tongue and we just went over why you need to reduce sugar.

Now, for some of you this will be temporary, but for others this should be a permanent lifestyle change.  If you are attempting to lose any fat, however, I STRONGLY suggest total elimination of grains until you reach your desired goal.

There is obviously more information that I could share with you about insulin, leptin, grains, sugar, glycerol-3-phosphate, etc. but for now this will do.

What you MUST take away from this is that YOU probably are not a FAT burner and YOUR body is burning sugar for fuel and is why despite your exercise efforts and “diet” you can never seem to reach your desired goal.

The good news is, it can all change.  YOU can reach your goal and become a FAT burner but you MUST do what it takes to allow your body to heal.

Unless you let your receptors heal, your body will never begin to burn fat.

I challenge you to a 10 day experiment.

I challenge you to eliminate ALL grains from your diet and drastically reduce your sugar for 10 days.  I am willing to bet if you do this that you will lose more weight/fat in the next 10 days that you have over the last 30 days.

Results require specific actions and unless you are willing to do what it requires, you will NEVER experience the results you desire.

Do yourself a favor by eliminating grains and reducing the amount of sugar you consume and take one more step to achieving Optimal Health.

About the Author: Dr Tunis Hunt Jr is a chiropractor serving the Charlotte area. In addition to administering chiropractic care, Dr. Hunt lectures and educates the public on nutrition and health based information. Dr. Hunt is also is an author of a popular blog: Dr Tunis Jr’s Blog. To reach Dr. Hunt for questions and comments or to schedule him to speak to your group or company please call 704-588-1792 or email him at drtunisjr@HuntChiropractic.com.   www.HuntChiropractic.com