Lose Weight Now with Alternatives' Comprehensive Weight Loss Program

Lose Weight Now with Alternatives' Comprehensive Weight Loss Program

From Alternatives Newsletter February 2012

The New Year is upon us. The fun and over-indulgence of the holidays is over and now it is time to get serous about our health and weight loss.

I am throwing the word DIET out of my vocabulary, because diet implies something that is short lived and difficult, then over. Usually this means going back to our old ways of doing things, which will put the weight back on over time.  I want us all to start thinking about supporting good health instead, and make lifestyle changes.

I have been looking at some of the legitimate weight loss programs out there, and there are many. In truth, they probably all have some validity as far as losing weight because less calories usually, but not always, equate with weight loss. Many have their own products you purchase, and without naming names, I looked at these products and found very over processed ingredients and the very things that I educate you to avoid eating: High Fructose Corn Syrup, Artificial sweeteners, and partially hydrogenated fatty acids.

Yes these ready-made diets are convenient, but can also get very expensive over time and once you are done with their program, CAN YOU KEEP THE WEIGHT OFF WHEN YOU GO BACK TO EATING REAL FOOD AGAIN? Do they teach you how to find, prepare, and appreciate good healthy power foods from healthy planetary sources, free of toxins and genetically modified ingredients? This very type of education is what we offer you here at Alternatives and Knowledge is Power!

The weight loss program we use at Alternatives is the HCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) protocol with real food equaling about 500 calories a day. The particulars of the diet were explained in a previous newsletter.

There are 3 goals most people are trying to achieve by completing the HCG program:

            Lose weight

            Reset / Fix/ Increase base metabolism

            Maintain the weight loss

The beauty of the HCG weight loss program (notice I did not say diet) is that is does reset the metabolism. Long term weight loss is maintained by learning to modulate what caused that weight gain in the first place i.e. hormone imbalances, toxicity, infections, poor quality foods, gastro-intestinal problems, food intolerances, stress. Again these are all the areas we can help you with here at Alternatives.

There are no magic bullets when it comes to our health. There is no one cure-all. The body is a very complex organism and we are all very individual. We are geared for survival, but to survive and thrive for as long as possible we need balance between the mental, structural and chemical components of our life. 

If you have any questions about current diet fads and wish to learn why our weight loss programs will work better for you - schedule a free consultation with one of our clinicians. Call 402-827-9450 or email us.

Wishing you success in health,
Kathi Bratberg RN, MS Holistic Nutrition

Better Health, Better Body, Better Baby

Better Health, Better Body, Better Baby

From Alternatives Newsletter February 2012

Are you planning to have a baby (or are you a concerned “Grandparent-to-be”)? What kind of a “home” would you wish to provide for a growing baby in the first most important 9 months of intrauterine growth?

A home that is supportive of new growth and development, one in which your precious growing child feels comforted and loved, one that is free and clear of toxins – this environment begins long before a woman is pregnant!

We live in an unbelievably toxic environment. There are 90,000 plus chemicals in our American system.  We eat them, drink them, smell them, rub them on our bodies, clean with them, spray them on our lawns and gardens.  The Environmental Working Group has done studies on the cord blood of newborn babies and found 200 plus chemicals – some of them carcinogenic.   

This means that these chemicals the mother is exposed to are NOT able to be filtered by the placenta. At Alternatives, we believe that the ideal time to begin to cleanse your body of this toxic overload is 1 YEAR before you even consider pregnancy. This is the time to learn and practice healthier things to do to prevent this toxicity in a future child.

We are offering a 6 month program to educate you about the toxic load and ways to avoid it.  This will help to protect you, your family, and future unborn children.  In the program we will provide guidance for your gradual detoxification and teach you importance of liver and gastrointestinal health.

Because we are firm believers of good health “powerfoods” from healthy planetary sources you will learn what this means and how it benefits your overall health and healing abilities. We will discuss the importance of vitamins and minerals and the way to get these with food

We will be using a simple textbook of dietary guidelines formulated by the Weston A. Price foundation – to guide you on your way.

At Alternatives we are passionate about good health and would be honored to support you at this most important time of your life.  To find out more about how our Better Body, Better Baby program will benefit you please call 402-827-9450, or email us with any questions you may have.