Want to achieve lasting weight loss? Did you know that 97% of diets fail and that 40% of those that lose weight gain back all the weight they lost and then some more? Our nutritional recommendations have lead to an obesity epidemic and new science of nutrition has shed light as to why. Your hormones are the most powerful compounds in your body and they control your weight and metabolism. Let me share the 5 most common hormonal abnormalities leading to Weight loss resistance. These 5 hormonal imbalances include: 1. Increase Insulin Levels 2. Increased Cortisol Levels 3. Low Thyroid Hormone 4. Increased Estrogen Levels 5. Low Testosterone Levels If you don't correct these imbalances it is impossible to achieve lasting weight loss. I will also provide you with 3 tips you can start using today.

2. Quick Intro
Dr. Childs -
- Residency in Internal Medicine and Radiology
- Post-Graduate Training: Institute for Functional Medicine and American
Academy of Anti-aging Medicine
Specializing in:
- Functional Endocrinology (Hashimoto’s and Hypothyroidism, Diabetes
Reversal, Weight loss management)
- Metabolic Abnormalities (Metabolic syndrome, Leptin/Insulin Resistance,
PCOS etc.)

3. What you will learn today...
- Why you may be causing your body more harm than
good by dieting
- Why “Conventional” Weight Loss recommendations are
wrong
- What is really causing you to gain weight
- What you can do to fix it… starting today

4. Why doesn’t my doctor know about this stuff?

5. It takes on average 17 years for Doctors
to start implementing the newest
research into their clinical practice!
In other words they are 17 years
behind...

6. Let's get started:
35,000” view

8. Some perspective...
Hormones (Includes Thyroid, Sex hormones, Adrenal
hormones, Leptin, Insulin, etc.)
Most powerful molecules in biology
Critical to life (Change your DNA)
Control metabolism of every cell
Determine gender differences
Determine energy and mood
Optimal levels are essential for health and quality of life

10. Has anyone ever lost and kept weight off by dieting?
Real statistics:
- 97% of Dieters who try to lose weight fail
- 40% of these people not only gain all the weight back but also gain more
- 25 days calorie restricted dieting reduces metabolism (and free thyroid
hormone) by up to 50% and this lasts for years [this explains weight gain]
Why do Doctors and Nutritionists keep telling you to lose weight this way when it
always fails?

11. Conventional advice for the last 30 years:
- A calorie is a calorie [AKA counting calories]
- Eating fat will make you fat
- Weight loss is a simple equation: eat less and exercise more [weight = calorie
in - calorie out]
- Eat frequent meals = boost metabolism
- If you eat bad food just exercise more
- Hormones don’t matter for weight loss

12. Obesity trend with this advice

13. New approach that leads to long lasting weight loss:
- Hormones are the number 1 reason for weight gain and weight loss
resistance
- Quality counts more than quantity (don’t count calories)
- Exercising won’t make you lose weight, but it still helps your overall health
- Stress (and not enough sleep) makes you fat, relaxing makes you thin
- Eat large meals less frequently
- Eat high fat meals (healthy high quality fats)
- Exercise should be high intensity training + low intensity training throughout
the day
- Avoid sugar

14. Conventional Advice VS New science

15. Question: Can I achieve long lasting weight loss
with these principles?
Answer: Yes, but these 5 hormonal systems MUST
be balanced first.

16. #1 Increased Insulin Levels (AKA Insulin
Resistance)
- Insulin = growth hormone (makes fat cells bigger, cancer cells bigger, etc.)
- Tells your body to store ALL Calories as fat
- Causes diabetes, heart disease, stroke, etc.
- All systems age in response to insulin (Skin, Joints, Organs, etc.)
- Leads to Chronic Pain and Inflammation
- insulin = Testosterone, Estrogen
****Must be reversed to have long lasting weight loss

18. #2 Increased Cortisol Levels (AKA Adrenal
Problems)
- Cortisol = Stress hormone
- Cortisol makes insulin resistance worse and tells your body to store fat in your
belly and in/around your organs
- Stress and Lack of sleep = Increase insulin = make you fat
- Works in tandem with thyroid hormone to produce normal metabolism
****Stress gives you belly fat, relaxing makes you thin
"Stress and body shape: stress-
induced cortisol secretion is
consistently greater among women
with central fat." Psychosomatic
medicine 62.5 (2000): 623-632.

19. #3 Low Thyroid Hormone (AKA Hypothyroidism)
- Epidemic of hypothyroidism that is being under-treated and underdiagnosed
(1 in 7 in the US have hypothyroidism)
- Essential for function of other hormones (Cortisol, Sex hormones, etc.)
- Controls Metabolism of every cell in your body
- Small changes in blood level = HUGE symptoms
- Doctors have irrational fear of supplementing
- Thyroid system is damaged by yo-yo dieting!
****MUST be part of any weight loss evaluation and Doctor must be
knowledgeable

21. #4 Increased Estrogen Levels (AKA Estrogen
Dominance)
- Estrogen causes weight gain in the hips,
butt and thigh area
- 3 causes:
- Too much Estrogen
- Normal Estrogen with Low Progesterone
- Normal Estrogen and Progesterone, too many
Xeno-Estrogens
- Balanced by progesterone levels (yin
and yang)
- High Estrogen = Weight Gain, PMS,
PMDD, Breast Tenderness, PCOS,
Fibrocystic Breast Disease, Uterine
Fibroids, etc.

22. ****Estrogen levels heavily influenced by Insulin and Diet

23. #5 Low Testosterone Levels (AKA Low “T”)
- Not just for Men (Women too!)
- Testosterone builds lean muscle mass and causes
you to burn fat
- Controls libido and sex drive
- Low testosterone = Decreased Mood
- Controls energy and “Well Being”
- insulin = Testosterone, Estrogen (bad for
Men and Women)

24. 3 Tips You Can Start Using Today
All three tips based on new scientific literature

25. #1 The Right Dose of Exercise
- 1 hour of low intensity
exercise per day (walking
counts) = 80% reduction in
death from all causes
- Add 15-20 mins of high
intensity interval training per
week for greater benefit

26. #2 The Right Diet
- Don’t count your calories,
focus on eating real whole
foods without a food label
- If it has more than 3
ingredients DO NOT BUY IT
OR EAT IT!

27. #3 The Right
Food Pyramid
- Eat Healthy fats and high
quality protein with every
meal to balance blood sugar
levels
- ½ of your plate should be
Vegetables with every meal
- Eat until you are satisfied

28. Key Takeaways:
1. Don’t follow old and outdated
nutritional advice
2. Long lasting weight loss is
impossible without Hormonal
Balancing
3. You may need hormone
replacement and special
strategies to balance your
hormones

29. New and Emerging Therapies for Weight Loss
- Laser and Thermal Ablation of Adipocytes
- Gastrointestinal and Microbial Balancing
- Reversing Leptin Resistance with
Medications
- Reprogramming your Body Set Point
- Detoxification Techniques to remove
Xeno-Estrogens and other Endocrine
Disruptors
- Treating and Reversing Thyroid
Resistance

30. What Does a Comprehensive Weight Loss Program
Look Like?
1. Hormonal Balancing of 5 major systems
2. Hormonal Replacement Therapy (Many will need for lasting Weight Loss)
3. Prescription Weight Loss Medications
4. Personalized Dietary Recommendations
5. Prescription Exercise Routine
6. Personalized Detoxification Routine
7. Mechanical Disruption of Adipocytes via Laser and Thermal Ablation
8. Stress Reduction and Balancing Techniques
9. Replacement of Nutritional Deficiencies
10. Intermittent Fasting Routine
****Highly variable between individuals

31. Questions?
Email: drchilds@restartmed.com
Website: www.restartmed.com