It might surprise you to learn that being overweight, most especially severely overweight, was relatively rare until the 20th century. The
incidence began to increase dramatically in the early 80s.
What is even more disturbing is that this phenomenon has occurred despite supposedly increasing knowledge, awareness and education about
obesity, nutrition and exercise. And despite the fact that overall calorie intake has gone DOWN by twenty percent over the past ten years,
and exercise clubs have mushroomed. More people are cutting calories now than ever before in our history, yet more of them are becoming
overweight.
Something is clearly wrong with the ‘popular wisdom’ that promises weight loss, but produces an endless cycle of weight loss and
gain, disappointment and despair. ‘Diets’, at least as we have been influenced to perceive them, are not the answer.
Our bodies are ‘genetically programmed’ to make us gain weight and keep it on. Ten thousand years ago, our forebears had to have
that ability. In times of famine, stored fat meant survival. And while our diet has changed dramatically since, our genes have changed
little. To correctly manage our weight, we need to take into account our individual ‘chemistry’, and tailor our diet
accordingly, avoiding foods more geared to taste and convenience than nutrition.
If you’re trying to simply lose weight, you’re chasing the wrong objective. By focusing on weight loss, we often inadvertently
reset our metabolic rate, develop poor iron or protein status and experience a drop in white blood cell count - all of which indicate state
of poor health.
Instead, Nutrition Diagnostics subscribes to the idea of ‘changing body composition’ - losing fat whilst increasing muscle mass
as opposed to simply ‘weight’. At Nutrition Diagnostics, fat loss programmes are tailored specifically to you based on your
blood chemistry.