Question: I am more than 20 pounds overweight and I’ve done every diet on the planet. I can lose weight, but I cannot keep it off. Help!
Byron:
When metabolism and the related hormones, most specifically leptin, but also cortisol, insulin, and thyroid hormones, have had to go through the dieting roller coaster, it is absolutely imperative to provide proper nutrients for the body. Without proper nutrient support, it is virtually impossible to stabilize difficult weight management issues. The Leptin Control Pack® is the most comprehensive way to support weight management issues. It has been specifically designed to target each of the problematic areas of weight management including the hormone resistance issues with leptin, thyroid, insulin, and cortisol resistance. Additional nutrients have been included to help with the fluid retention frequently associated with obesity. The Leptin Control Pack® contains Leptinal®, LeptiSlim®, Stress Helper™, Thyroid Helper®, Pine Nut Oil, Cinnamon Plus™ and Mangosteen Plus™. These products are also available for purchase separately. Following the Five Rules (discussed in The Leptin Diet and Mastering Leptin) is also essential to getting the leptin hormone back on track. This will greatly influence metabolism towards burning extra fat stores.
Question: If I follow the Leptin diet, will I have more of an alkaline system? My typical diet has made me too acidic.
Byron:
The issue of acid and alkaline is one of the more confusing topics. Any time you become more physically fit and have better energy, your pH is more normal. When you use the calories you consume more efficiently, then your pH will always be better, which invariably happens when following the Leptin Diet.
Any type of calorie can make your pH more acid if it is not used properly. You can eat all alkaline-type carbohydrates and become very acid pH because your body isn’t using them. You can eat lots of protein and have more alkaline pH, as long as you exercise and your muscles are more fit. In fact, for those who like to measure urinary pH, when you can eat higher protein and have better muscle function you will notice you are more fit, your metabolism works better, and your pH is less acid.
Toxicity is the biggest issue that makes pH acid, so ensure you have adequate detoxification support while doing the Leptin Diet™.
Question: Is it true that if you have a leptin issue along with a slow metabolism, correcting the hypothalamus function is required in order to lose weight? In other words, will normalizing leptin function correct hypothalamus function, as well as metabolism?
Byron:
The hypothalamus gland is the main location in the brain that must register the leptin signal, in turn controlling thyroid and all of metabolism. Eating according to the Five Rules removes stress from the hypothalamus because leptin enters your brain properly.
The hypothalamus is also sensitive to progressive damage over time. This is primarily from exposure to pollutions, toxic by-products of infections or Candida, and stress chemicals. How much of a problem any one person has depends on their history with these issues and how well their brain functions in general.
This is one reason the issues of detoxification and stress typically need to be simultaneously addressed during weight loss – especially if progress is slow or it is difficult eating what you know you are supposed to.
Nutrients in Stress Helper®, Phosphatidyl Serine, DHA, Leptinal®, and many plant-derived antioxidants all help to protect the hypothalamus and can help to restore some of its “sensitivity” to a variety of hormone signals, including leptin.
Question: I always eat too much after dinner. I know I shouldn’t, but once I get started I can’t seem to stop, what can I do?
Byron:
The after dinner time is the key sign of serious leptin-driven imbalance and problems. In general, problems earlier in the day are what set you up for the problems at night. Ensuring you get through the day without any energy problems and ensuring you arrive home with a normal appetite (not ravenously hungry or tired) are the keys to potentially resolving this issue. This means following the Leptin Diet well, Using energy support nutrition like Daily Energy Multiple Vitamin, the Leptin Control Pack, Iosol Iodine, and possibly some Q10. After dinner, if still an issue, I would take 1-3 LeptiSlim, which helps most people in this evening time.
Question: I feel like there are so many things wrong with me I don’t know where to start. Can I use the Leptin Control Pack?
Byron:
The key to getting on track is getting your energy level to be more consistent throughout the day. If your energy falters or crashes out you will get food cravings or metabolism will simply stop burning calories efficiently. When a person has multiple health issues it means there can be multiple problems that adversely affect energy level. This complexity of issues is often overwhelming to the individual – and it ends up feeling like nothing is working or anything tried doesn’t work very well or work for very long.
The key is getting started and then adding nutrient support to facilitate energy improvement. Many individuals are surprised to find that following the Leptin Diet, especially after a few days on it, is really quite easy and readily starts to improve their energy. Others do indeed struggle to make it five to six hours without eating, and should begin with four meals four hoursapart and gradually work their way to the three meals a day.
Basic energy support is the Daily Energy Multiple Vitamin, Thyroid Helper, andIosol Iodine. It is fine to try Daily Energy, Iosol Iodine, and the entire Leptin Control Pack (which contains Thyroid Helper) – or you can add pack products one at a time to see which seem to help you the most.
Invariably, individuals with multiple health issues must have their plumbing and detox systems working well to support normal metabolism. This typically means extra fiber (like Fiber Helper), liver support (like Daily Balancer) and lymphatic support (like Immune Plus). Waste products must get out of the body efficiently in order for metabolism to regain a better quality of energy.
A person does not necessarily need all of these things, but one must find adequate support to sustain energy more consistently during the day while simultaneously improving the removal of waste products. When such a combination of support if found, a person will begin to feel on track – energetically speaking. Once this is achieved, they are then more likely to begin dumping stagnant water, accessing stored fat to use as fuel, and have some energy to exercise. Getting on track opens the door to a better quality of energy and a more consistent ability to exercise, which over time is likely to help the individual manage their weight more effectively.
Question: I’m an athlete. Do I have to stick with three meals a day? It seems hard to eat enough.
Byron:
Athletes, especially those who are performing intense exercise on a daily basis, can typically eat four meals a day due to the excessive calorie demand and general fitness of the insulin/glucagon system. This may not be true if the athlete is overweight.
In general, such a person should eat one meal an hour before intense exercise, and then eat the next meal within an hour of finishing exercise or as soon as a hunger signal occurs following the exercise. The rest of the day should then be divided up based on the hours left. This might leave two smaller meals four hours apart or one larger meal 5-6 hours later. Avoid eating within three hours of bed. There are many variables based on when in the day a person is exercising and how many times a day they are exercising. It is not difficult to extrapolate the principles of the Leptin Diet to meet the demands of an athlete or other individual with significant physical energy output.
An athletic event, such as a long distance run, may require a regular intake of fluids, electrolytes, and simple carbohydrates to maintain energy during the event. This is due to the rather abnormal situation of intense ongoing exercise – wherein the short term demand is to consume enough nutrients to keep going as efficiently as possible. In general, athletes during training should follow the Leptin Diet as closely as possible to maximize energy efficiency and conditioning.
Question: I was losing weight steadily for three months, taking the Leptin Control Pack, and then I hit a level I can’t get past. I’m stuck. Plus, if I’m not really careful I start gaining weight. What can I do?
Byron:
The weight loss plateau is a fragile time. The brain has not yet reset your body weight perception to your new weight, thus the ease with which you may regain weight. One remedy is to increase the amount of exercise – which demands more calories to be burned as fuel. In many cases individuals need to exercise far more than they think, up to three hours per day, especially when weight loss is not progressing.
Sometimes adjusting the timing of your supplements may help. If there is any time in the day when you tend to lose energy, like mid afternoon, that dip in energy is an “anti metabolism time.” You could try taking a Leptin Control Pack at that time, specifically to prevent the drop in energy – rather than at dinner. Most people take two Leptin Control Packs a day to support metabolism, while others find that 3 or 4 per day really help.
It is actually fine to stay at a plateau for a month or two, as long as you increase exercise enough so that a moderate increase in calorie intake does not induce weight gain.
Another factor is that individuals store toxins in fat and sooner or later on a diet an individual may hit one of these toxic layers. The body does not want to give up the toxic fat if the person’s detoxification systems are not adequate – a type of defense mechanism to prevent self-induced excess toxins in the circulation. This is often signified by irritable feelings that are now occurring on the diet, which did not exist before – along with the weight plateau. Products like Activator Plus, Daily Balancer, Fiber Helper, and/or Immune Plus can be used to support natural detoxification, as needed, which will help get a person on track to resolve this issue.
Question: I seem to bounce around, going up 5-10 pounds and then dropping the same weight. No matter what I try I can’t break through this plateau. Do you know why?
Byron:
Some individuals notice they can lose 5-10 pounds in a day or two – they are mostly dumping off stagnant water which is stuck in connective tissue. As soonas they eat carbohydrates or dink any other beverage than water, they tend to retain water again. This makes it look like they are gaining and losing weight (fat), when in fact they are dumping and regaining water.
Individuals who have been eating poorly are often carrying 10 pounds of stagnant water in their connective tissue – completely getting in the way of true fat burning that results in actual weight loss. This issue is always made worse by stress – since stress heats up the connective tissue in turn promoting fluid retention. Stress and a bad diet are the fastest ways to retain water.
In addition to following the Leptin Diet, basic nutrient support is for energy production, stress management, and fluid balance. The key products here are Daily Energy Multiple Vitamin, Stress Helper, and Mangosteen Plus. A more comprehensive approach is Daily Energy Multiple Vitamin and the Leptin Control Pack. In some cases taking extra Mangosteen Plus (which contains cranberry), up to six capsules per day, can help break through this issue.
Question: Are blood types important when considering what to eat on the Leptin Diet?
Byron:
No. Blood types are of secondary importance when considered next to leptin. Leptin is about survival, and is a far more fundamental truth. It is unlikely that blood types evolved in relationship to diet. Immunologists readily assert that blood types evolved in relationship to various diseases – not due to foods. Thus, the theory of blood types as an important dietary factor lacks credibility. As with just about any form of dietary restriction, if it seems to help a person in one way or another it is fine to do (assuming important nutrients are made up elsewhere), it is just not an essential or fundamental principle of health.
Question: It seems like I can drop a lot of weight eating no carbs, but then I get really tired and weak after a while. I don’t drop weight as fast following the five rules, but I have a lot better energy. What is the difference?
Byron:
Some carbohydrate is required for efficient fat burning, transporting water and calories to muscles, and electrolyte balance. The eventual and often significant loss of energy on a low carb diet is very unhealthy. It stresses the kidneys, heart, and muscles – inducing a catabolic state of muscle wasting. This is not a good way to lose weight.
As energy is lost on any diet, the brain – following the instructions of leptin – goes into a starvation mode. This means that when the person starts eating more they are likely to gain weight. It is far better to lose weight more gradually with energy fully intact – this is the healthy way to do it and can be accomplished by following the Leptin Diet and adding additional dietary supplements as desired to support and maintain a good energy level. When the program is working properly a person notices they have better energy on lessfood and the scale is working its way in the right direction.
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