Weight loss specialist, Jenni Berman, PA-C discusses her 5 Tips to Prevent Weight Gain (or maybe even lose Abdominal Weight)
- (0:44): Targeted for postpartum, post menopause, or the struggle with abdominal weight.
- (1:00): The 3 primary reasons for abdominal weight, then we will discuss 5 tips to prevent weight gain or to help you to lose weight.
- (1:40): Insulin Resistance, Metabolic Dysfunction, Prediabetes, Diabetes
- (2:45): Sleep Apnea and Adrenal Fatigue can be symptoms of IR AND cause IR.
- (3:40): Many times the symptoms of the IR are treated with medication instead of fixing the CAUSE of IR.
- (5:37): We need to utilize food as fuel so the body can metabolize efficiently instead of storing food as sugar which turns to abdominal fat.
- (6:06): Vitamin Deficiencies are usually related to a leaky gut and malabsorption.
- (8:00): Calories in and Calories out do at the end of the day affect weight gain. However, we should focus on the macronutrients instead!
- (9:53): Three main issues that can cause weight gain: IR, Leaky Gut and Vitamin Deficiency, Calories In>Calories Out
- (10:15): Discussing the 5 Things to Prevent Weight Gain or to help you Lose weight
- (11:05): There is a reason that you crave carbs and sugars.
- (12:40): What is a carbohydrate? Carbohydrates and Sugar are interchangeable.
- (13:28): Are you drinking enough water?
- (15:25): The gut is the second brain. You must have a healthy gut to prevent inflammation, absorb nutrients, and to improve the metabolism.
- (16:58): Move everyday. We need a calorie deficit to lose weight.
- (18:15): You get Stiff and then Old. If you don’t move, you get stiff. You are not stiff because your age, you’re stiff because you aren’t moving enough.
- (19:04): You need adequate rest to lose weight.
- (19:38): Getting a normal REM cycle is important to stabilize cortisol level (high cortisol levels cause weight gain).
- (20:26): Magnesium deficiency can also affect sleep.
- (20:36): Cortisol elevation can affect sleep and the cause of this can be stress or insulin resistance.
- (22:05): Check out the Abdominal Weight Free Report!
- (22:45): We can help personalize meal plans for you!
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Dr. Jake Berman
After graduating from the University of Florida, Dr. Jake Berman, PT, DPT sought out mentorship first from Bob Seton in Destin, FL and then from Aaron Robles in Jacksonville, FL. Both of these mentors have 20+ years of experience helping people keep active and mobile so they can enjoy high quality active lifestyles. What Jake found was that back pain was by far the most debilitating pain and the highest factor leading to decreased physical activity later in life.
These experiences are what inspired Jake to specialize in helping people aged 50+ keep active, mobile and pain free despite the aging process. There is nothing more rewarding than being able to alleviate somebody’s back pain so that they can get back to living their best life- especially in Naples! Over the years of helping 100’s of people aged 65-75 become stronger and pain free, one thing for sure has become apparent: “he who rests rots”.
Jake is a firm believer that we become stiff then old, not old then stiff. Seriously, think about it...
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