Understanding Peptides: Are They the Key to Weight Loss Success? Weight loss peptides are gaining attention for their potential role in helping individuals lose weight. When the extra weight packs on and doesn’t seem to want to budge despite your efforts, it is tempting to look for a quick fix. An extreme diet, an intense work program, or…peptides. “I am doing everything right and I still can’t lose weight” is something we hear a lot. Peptides are great for those instances and allow us to fix things at the same time. Peptides are naturally produced in our bodies and the GLP-1 and GIP peptides are created in your large intestine (these two are what make up tirzepatide). It is two of the peptides that signal your brain that you are full. Essentially, when you boost that peptide in your system, you are telling your brain daily that you are full so you stop eating food, hence the weight loss. Its controlled starvation. This can create many long term issues if not strategically handled throughout the process. Because peptides have become so easily accessible for consumers at lower costs than before, it’s easy to get sucked into the idea that a couple shots of peptides will change everything! It won’t. Unless you do peptides the right way. First of all, why are you gaining so much weight? There are so many different reasons why you are packing on the pounds that don’t even have to do with food! Leaky Gut-Your microbiome needs some nurturing and pruning Sickness and Infections Stress-You are constantly in fight or flight mode which increases cortisol...
Managing Autoimmune Disorders Your life isn’t going to end with suffering There is a rise in autoimmune disorders across America. It is said that 1 in 5 Americans have an autoimmune disorder. At The Healing Center Denver, a vast majority of the patients walking into the office unknowingly have an autoimmune disorder, but have not been diagnosed. Through lab testing and looking at the whole body, our doctors, autoimmune specialists, end up being the ones giving answers to people who have been sick for months, even years. These patients often have a mixed bag of symptoms that no one has been able to help. Our doctors provide clarity and hope to our patients, and teach them how to manage their condition powerfully. When one hears the word, “autoimmune”, it can leave a bad taste in the mouth. First of all, what is autoimmune? And second, what does that mean for the person? Let’s back up a little bit. Autoimmune, is defined by the Cleveland Clinic as, “the result of the immune system accidentally attacking your body instead of protecting it”. If you are autoimmune, your immune system, which is designed for attacking anything foreign in your body (bacterial infection, virus, etc.) is now using its forces to attack the very body parts that are keeping you alive. For instance, if you have type 1 diabetes, your body is attacking the pancreas. If you have rheumatoid arthritis, your body is attacking your joints. If you have hashimotos, your body is attacking your thyroid. Some autoimmune diseases are: Hashimotos Hypothyroid Rheumatoid Arthritis Multiple Sclerosis Celiac Psoriasis Hemolytic Anemia Crohn's Grave’s Disease Lupus...
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