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The weight loss program is for individuals who are currently exercising little or not at all. We encourage people to exercise because fat does not burn efficiently without activity. Many clients reach goals even with limited activity because the program if strictly followed will provide the calories, glycemic index, and insulin response that makes and sustains a certain weight. Given a well designed program, the body will reach and maintain a weight that the given substrates will allow and support. TPN encourages activity for efficient weight loss and to promote overall health.

The active weight loss program is for people who are already exercising in some manner two or more days per week. The program uses slightly elevated protein than a perfectly balanced diet to provide a positive nitrogen balance for maintaining lean body mass, but not high enough that the dehydration effect of deamination is established. The moderate amount of carbohydrates with adequate glycemic index and insulin response allows the client to maintain muscle, burn body fat efficiently and provide energy for moderate to intense physical activity.

Other programs that do not work well prescribe excessive carbohydrates. For twenty years with great results, forty percent carbohydrates have been used for weight gain. This is the lowest percentage carbohydrates used by other programs. With forty to sixty percent carbs, clients engage in poor, ineffective diet programs. For example, if a man wants to reach a goal of two hundred pounds, he is prescribed between 260 to 390 grams (about 13.76 oz) of carbs per day in a weight loss attempt. This is excessive and ineffective.

The human body is always attempting to maintain homeostasis. Homeostasis literally means equilibrium or balance. The human body needs to maintain reasonably strict physiological parameters to maximize health. For this reason, abnormal caloric or nutrient restriction or over consumption used by many fad diets to shock the body may have an adverse effect on metabolism. A desired weight or body fat and goals are used to determine daily caloric and nutrient intake as well as meal plans necessary to meet individual needs.

Exercise testing is done to assess cardiac dynamics and aerobic capacity. The primary way people are exercise tested in the U.S. is on a treadmill using the Bruce protocol. Generally, cardiac compromised patients do not possess the ability to run for very long or at all for many reasons. Therefore, Dr. Bruce decided to use walking speed for the protocol. For this reason, he was forced to use an excessive hill to create the workload. The initial grade is ten percent and goes to sixteen. When engineering roads I have been told on several occasions the maximum grade is seven percent.

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How do I choose the best program for me?

Amino acids all have a similar structure. They contain a central carbon with a carboxylic acid group, amino group, hydrogen and an R group which specifies the name of the amino acid. There are eleven non-essential and nine essential amino acids. Non-essential amino acids are produced at a sufficient rate by the body to meet its needs. Essential amino acids must be consumed in proper amounts to meet homeostatic needs. A complete protein contains all essential amino acids.

Do you love spicy foods? I do. Capsaicin is an active component of chili peppers. It is generally an irritant to mammals including humans and causes a sensation of burning in any tissue with which it comes into contact. Because of the burning sensation caused by capsaicin when it meets mucous membranes, it is commonly used in food products to promote taste and added spice or “heat” usually found spices such as chili powder and paprika.

Let us start with sugar. The word for sugar is saccharide. “Mono” means one. The monosaccharides are glucose, fructose, and galactose. Glucose will bind with other sugars to form a disaccharide. Glucose binds with fructose to form sucrose or table sugar. Fructose is the sugar found in fruit. Glucose binds with galactose to form lactose which is milk sugar. Glucose can bind other glucose to form maltose. Maltose gets together and before you know it we have dextrin. This progresses to polysaccharides and complex carbohydrates. Carbohydrates provide energy for all body processes.