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Daily cardio exercise is extremely valuable in reducing inflammation and losing fat weight. Research shows that 40 minutes of elevated heart rate (aerobic) exercise every day not only reduces inflammatory markers (like HSCRP and Lp-PLA2), it also reduces your risk of both heart attack and stroke. Weight loss will come from reducing your calorie intake, but working out in this manner will ensure that you burn fat instead of muscle.
Carbohydrates are pro-inflammatory compounds, so limiting your exposure to them through a low carb diet can significantly reduce inflammation as well as decreasing your risk of heart attack, stroke, and some types of cancer. It can also prevent, manage, or even reverse diabetes. While there are many low carb diets to choose from, this option seems to be the most user friendly. Restrict your carbohydrate intake to no more than 25 carbs every 4 hours. You can have 25 carbs for breakfast, (use them or lose them, but you can’t save them for later). You can have 25 more for lunch, 25 for dinner, 25 for a late night snack, and so on. That’s up to 150 carbs in a 24 hour period, but no more than 25 at any one time. The goal is to limit yourself to a small enough number of carbs that your pancreas can process them over a 4 hour period without recruiting help from other organs. If you can consistently follow this diet, you can reduce inflammation, lose weight, and even reverse type 2 diabetes.
Whether you prefer traditional, nutritional, or cutting edge therapies, there are many great treatments available. Choose between them based on your needs, your budget, or your beliefs. Or you can decide to take them all if you like. Print the summaries to discuss with your physician, or just review this site on your phone during your next office visit. Either way, Touchstone makes it easy to understand and share treatment options so you can make informed decisions about your own care.
Human Growth Hormone (hGH) has many health benefits, but it also carries the risk of many potential side effects. hGH helps to increase muscle mass and decrease fat, it boosts energy, increases bone density, and can improve skin health. Unfortunately, too much hGH can result in joint pain, fluid retention, high cholesterol, diabetes, elongation of body features, (like Lurch from the “Addams Family”), and even an increased risk for cancer. These side effects can occur naturally in conditions like Cushing’s Disease or Pituitary tumors, or they can develop artificially when people inject excessively high levels of hGH. Sermorelin is the safety valve that stimulates natural hGH production without introducing excessive levels that could cause negative side effects. It creates the right conditions for your system to maximize the healthy release of its own hGH.
Astaxanthin is a natural red pigment found in salmon, shrimp, lobster, and red algae. It is a natural anti-inflammatory and a potent antioxidant with some research indicating it may be 6,000 times stronger than Vitamin C. It is helpful in protecting your tissue from free radical damage resulting in healthier skin, eyes, muscles, and improved cognitive function.
