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Excerpts from Your Drug Free Guide to Healthy Weight Loss; Removing Barriers that Cause Weight Gain Using Diet, Homeopathic and Other Natural Treatments by Heather Caruso B.Sc., DHMS, HD Read Your Drug Free Guide to Healthy Weight Loss and finally shed those unwanted pounds by discovering your obstacles to losing weight. Find out how to eat, feel satisfied and lose excess pounds. Learn how to wrap your mind around your weight and stay focused on reaching your goal. Read about the common barriers to weight loss – such as blood sugar instability, thyroid dysfunction, hormonal imbalance, stress, emotional disturbances, food allergies and candida – and learn their natural solutions. In praise of Your Drug Free Guide to Healthy Weight Loss Author and Homeopathic Doctor Heather Caruso guides you through the potential underlying causes to inappropriate weight gain while helping you to discover a deeper motivation to succeed. Your Drug Free Guide to Healthy Weight Loss educates and inspires and is perfect for those who have experienced an unsuccessful battle of weight loss through fad diets and who are ready to dedicate themselves to excellent health and optimal body composition while using the power of natural medicine. ~Bryce Wylde HD, TV host - Wylde On Health, Author of The Antioxidant Prescription The most effective weight loss efforts do not simply seek to reduce caloric intake and increase exercise but also seek to improve the overall health functioning so that the person’s body operates in the most efficient and effective way possible. Ultimately, THIS book will teach the reader to achieve this higher level of health…and one of the “sideeffects” of these efforts will be most sustained weight loss and improved quality of life. If THIS is your goal, get and read this book. ~Dana Ullman, MPH, www.homeopathic.com, author of The Homeopathic Revolution: Why Famous People and Cultural Heroes Choose Homeopathy and Everybody’s Guide to Homeopathic Medicines. Losing weight is high on many people's "to do" list – and with good reason. Obesity is a leading cause of disease as well as a host of other mental, emotional and physical problems. Heather Caruso's Your Drug Free Guide to Natural Weight Loss comes to the rescue for the alternative-minded individual who wishes to find answers and help using homeopathy, supplements and other holistic approaches to the problem of weight loss. It also provides a comprehensive examination of this deep and multi-factorial problem, all through the lens of alternative medicine. Caruso provides some nice recipes too! This book will be devoured by anyone who wants to tackle the issue of weight loss from a holistic perspective. ~Amy L. Lansky, PhD, author of Impossible Cure: The Promise of Homeopathy www.impossiblecure.com Your Drug Free Guide to Healthy Weight Loss by Heather Caruso is a work that fills in the gaps left by most weight loss programs... The book is immensely practical, providing information on why people gain weight, steps to follow when designing an individual weight loss program, nutrient suggestions to help the body utilize fat stores, nutrition guidelines, menus, exercise suggestions, and advice on the use of homeopathic medicines… Even if you are undergoing one of the current weight loss programs, Your Drug Free Guide to Healthy Weight Loss will be a useful companion. I highly recommend this book to anyone wishing to lose weight and keep it off. ~Thomas A. Kruzel, N.D., author of The Homeopathic Emergency Guide, Rockwood Natural Medicine Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona www.rockwoodnaturalmedicine.com As with her previous book, Heather Caruso has hit the nail on the head with a superb balance of helpful self care tips and homeopathic medicinal advice. This is an excellent resource for anyone seeking thoughtful and reliable solutions for weight loss and its associated conditions. ~David Brulé, HD, Riverdale Homeopathic Resources www.rhronline.ca This book is a fabulous gift. It brings all the aspects of weight loss issues together in one package. If you want to take the 'short course' on everything to do with weight loss, I highly recommend Caruso's new book. It covers all the bases, a compilation of safe, effective approaches to weight loss that will do more than take the pounds off. You will start to look, feel, act and even think better if you utilize these techniques. The information is there for you to absorb and learn. This book reminds you to take your time, be patient and forgiving with yourself. ~Debby Bruck, Homeopath, founder of Homeopathy World Community www.homeopathyworldcommunity.com Dr. Caruso's book, "Your Drug Free Guide to Natural Weight Loss" is a big Winner. Her creative style explores the details of "weight loss" in both a medical and alternative manner but she writes with the ease that any layperson can understand. This is the most comprehensive Weight Loss book I've ever read. Bravo Heather! ~Caron DeVita, President Biotics Research Canada www.bioticscan.com Wisdom + Wit = Wonderful! Heather Caruso's latest book, "Your Drug Free Guide to Healthy Weight Loss" is a book packed with information and hilarity and is a guaranteed path to a slimmer, healthier you. From how to psyche yourself up to begin the process, to finding delicious foods to eat, providing recipes and appropriate homeopathic remedies to take, this book is an easy-to-read guide with fun anecdotes and friendly motivation to take you to that level of health and fitness you dream of but never quite get to! Everyone needs a good friend like Heather - with this book, you have that friend - and before you know it, you'll also have that weight loss goal sheet marked "Completed"! ~Sandra Lewis, Life Coach, Advanced EFT Practitioner, Homeopath and author of “Getting It Right: Cutting to the Chase and Creating the Life Your Want”. www.lewislifecoach.com Table of Contents Introduction 2 Chapter 1: You Have to Wrap Your Mind Around It 7 Chapter 2: Getting Started: How Much Weight Do You Want to Lose and How Will You Lose It? 15 Chapter 3: What Should I Eat? How to Eat for Health and Longevity 25 Chapter 4: Get Up and Get Moving 32 Chapter 5: Enhance Your Weight Loss with Natural Remedies 37 Treating the Underlying Causes Chapter 6: How to Beat Food Cravings 54 Chapter 7: Insulin Resistance, Diabetes and Hypoglycemia, The Leading Cause of Many Diseases 60 Chapter 8: How Sleep Disorders Undermine Weight Loss 71 Chapter 9: Hormonal Imbalances such as Menopause and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome 82 Chapter 10: Manage Your Thyroid, Manage Your Weight 91 Chapter 11: Emotional Issues and Your Weight 101 Chapter 12: Candida Albicans, the Yeasty Beasty 118 Chapter 13: Food Sensitivities 124 Chapter 14: Recipes: How to Prepare Meals that Keep You Healthy and Lean 136 Bibliography 147 Index 151 CHAPTER FIVE: Enhance Your Weight Loss with Natural Remedies Each of us has our own set of unique circumstances. Some of us may only need to lose a few pounds and some of us may need to lose more. Natural remedies can be your answer. However, if you have a serious health concern, seek the help of a professional such as a medical doctor and/or a complimentary health practitioner like a homeopath or naturopath. If you are taking prescription medications, you should be aware that sometimes there are contraindications with taking natural remedies and prescription drugs. For example, some people who have hypertension should avoid certain types of supplements like ginseng and liquorice because it can exacerbate the problem. If you are taking sleeping pills or anti-depressants some herbs such as St. John’s Wort may add to the drugs’ effects. You want to be careful in using supplements. However, for the most part they are safe to take if you are in good health. Don’t hesitate to seek the help of your doctor or health practitioner to help you with your concerns. If you need a little bit of support in your weight loss goal, here are some effective solutions. There are a number of conditions that can hinder your weight loss goals however, the solutions are here. Some conditions that may affect weight gain are: • Diabetes, insulin resistance and hypoglycemia • Hormonal imbalances such as menopause, polycystic ovarian disease, estrogen dominance • Sleep disorders • Physical disabilities and injuries • High cortisol, adrenal fatigue • Fat digestion and bile insufficiency • Inflammation and an acid pH • Infections such as candida and parasites • Hypothyroidism • Emotional disorders depression and anxiety • Use of medication, marijuana and alcoholism • Food cravings Most of these conditions will be discussed here, with their symptoms, potential causes and solutions. There are many natural remedies that help to support you during your weight loss. As mentioned earlier, do not hesitate to get professional help if you have a serious health condition or are taking other prescriptions. Some of the natural remedies mentioned will be homeopathic, vitamins, minerals or herbs. Homeopathic remedies are prepared differently from regular supplements. I prefer homeopathic remedies because they have no side effects and are safe and gentle for everyone, despite a person’s age, size and health condition. What are Homeopathic Remedies? Homeopathy has been a healing art for over 200 years. It was founded by a German named Samuel Hahnemann a maverick who challenged the medical system of his day. Today, homeopathy is used worldwide by lay people and professional homeopaths. It is practiced in hospitals in many countries such as England, India and Germany. It is an inexpensive form of medicine that offers people a chance to heal deeply. Homeopathy has no side effects and is safe and gentle for any age or ailment. It can safely be used in conjunction with traditional medical treatment. Often times a person will fare better when they use a complementary approach to their health care.Homeopathy is built on a foundation of a few basic principles. Here are some of these principles. 1. Like Cures Like The first most popular principle is the theory that like cures like. If you give a dose of a crude substance to someone, it can produce certain symptoms. When you give the same thing to a sick person who suffers from these same symptoms, it can heal them. It works because a person cannot suffer from two similar diseases at the same time. For example, one cannot have cowpox and smallpox at the same time. This is why people were vaccinated with cow pox to successfully prevent small pox. A common remedy in homeopathic medicine, Allium Cepa, made from red onion, illustrates this principle. When we cut an onion, our nose and eyes water and burn. If you have a cold with these same symptoms, it will be cured with homeopathic doses of Allium Cepa. In healthy people the substance produces the same symptoms one wants to cure in the sick. Many people are amazed that this principle is effective. However, many times in the news I have heard reports of so-called “medical breakthroughs.” One was that low doses of Arsenic cure some cancers. We all know Arsenic is a poison in crude doses and actually causes symptoms like cancer. Diluted doses cure the symptoms it causes. Homeopaths have been preaching this for years! 2. The Minimum Dose Another principle of homeopathic medicine is to use the smallest dose required to elicit a cure. This is called the minimum dose. Homeopathic remedies are very diluted and carry an energetic quality to them, due to their preparation. Between each dilution remedies are succussed, which means shaken, 10 times. This gives the remedy potency yet it is still diluted. Despite being very dilute, homeopathic medicine still remains effective. The minimum dose affects the greatest cure. Less is more with homeopathic prescribing. When potencies are diluted, after a 12CH or 24X there are no molecules left of the original substance. This is called Avogadro’s number, which is named after Amadeo Avogadro (1776-1856), a physicist who first recorded this principle in his own scientific studies unrelated to homeopathy. Typical dosage for homeopathic remedies are a 12 or 30CH potency taken four pellets two times a day for five to tens days. Dosage would be more frequent in acute conditions or less frequent in chronic diseases. Remedies are usually in pellet form and taken under the tongue, away from food by at least a half an hour. 3. The Symptoms, Not the Disease Remedies must match the person’s symptoms not the disease name. This differs greatly from traditional Western medicine. Homeopathy is more time consuming. However, if used correctly, it heals people at a very deep level. Such symptoms as a person’s emotional state and physical symptoms are considered important in homeopathy. This stimulates one’s unique healing mechanism. Symptoms that are important are often those that are considered strange, rare and peculiar. A person who has a sore foot, cannot walk on it and is exceedingly irritable may receive a dose of Bryonia Alba. Another person who claims they are well but are lame with an injured foot may receive Arnica Montana. 4. Our Vital Force Acts, Yet it is Intangible Physical and emotional symptoms may be an expression of ill health through our vital force. Our vital force is an energy that maintains life and is an expression of health or disease. Everyone has a unique vital force that invisibly animates our existence. Scientists have found by attaching electrodes on the head that thoughts actually carry an energy that can be physically measured and documented. We cannot see thoughts. It is said that what we put out, we attract. We seek things that confirm our way of being. We choose certain friends, our clothes, our jobs and even our diseases to match our “vibration”. People look for certain events in their life, no matter how trivial, to validate certain parts of their belief systems. Homeopathic medicine is congruently matched to one’s symptoms, which deeply resonate on an energetic level to the person’s healing core. After the correct homeopathic remedy, your body will be asking, “Where have you been all my life?” I believe homeopathy works in the following manner: when we take a homeopathic substance that matches the totality of our symptoms or our vibration, it awakens our healing mechanism. Since we cannot accept two diseases of the same kind at the same time, our vital force is stimulated to rid itself of this foreign vibration that has been introduced. Along with the ridding of the foreign vibration comes healing, as the vital force’s dormant healing powers have been awakened. The homeopathic medicine causes a medley of healing events. 5. From Within Outward and Top Down Homeopathy cures from inside out and up to down. This means that the remedies act first on the areas that are most crucial to survival. For example, with a constitutional remedy, (meaning a remedy suited to one’s emotional, mental and physical symptoms), the medicine will act on the inner organs before clearing up a skin disorder. This is because the body’s natural healing mechanism will protect the heart or liver before the skin, because they are more crucial for life. Symptoms heal from the mind or brain area first and then the lower extremities depending on the condition. This is the body’s method of self-preservation. 6. Order of Appearance Remedies may act to cure the latest symptom first, in the reverse order of their appearance. This is called Hering’s Law. This essentially means that if someone had asthma after they had eczema their asthma would be cured first and then their eczema. This is usually the case if someone has used suppressive treatments that did not cure. These treatments drive the symptoms deeper into the organism. With complicated cases, layers of disease like those of an onion present physically in reverse order of their appearance. One of my teachers used to say, “You do not outgrow your allergies, only your pants.” Diseases that are suppressed can turn into other disorders. An example of suppression would be eczema which is a superficial ailment of the skin that when treated with steroids, often later manifests in asthma. The lungs are a deeper organ and are more pertinent for survival. The vital force is always looking for ways to express its disharmony. A non-suppressive treatment with a gentle constitutional remedy guides our unique vital force to heal deeply. 7. Types of Prescribing i) Constitutional Prescribing Homeopathic prescribing can be constitutional which means that the prescription is suited to all of a person’s symptoms, physical and emotional. A prescriber would look at someone’s history, heredity and susceptibility to disease as well as their current condition. Personality plays a role in homeopathic prescribing. Traits such as whether a person desires company or solitude, has irrational fears and how they express anger are taken into account. Diet, digestion, sleep, weather preferences, body temperature and sexual function are all considered important. This method empowers a healing mechanism (i.e. the vital force) and can prevent the expression of disease. Even things that seem unrelated to a disease are important. Here is a good example to highlight this point. A woman with premenstrual syndrome had seen me for years. She would improve a bit and then relapse, but never experienced a complete cure. During her last appointment she told me she was separating from her husband. He had been living with another woman on weekends. This was a shock to me, because she had not let any emotional distress, heartbreak or anger come to the surface. I gave her the remedy, Natrum Muriaticum, for suppressed emotions. Her premenstrual discomfort swiftly went away. Homeopaths usually prescribe on the unusual symptoms if it is a chronic condition. If it had just happened and she was rightfully upset, an acute remedy like Ignatia for grief could be used. "Homeopathy .... cures a larger percentage of cases than any other method of treatment and is beyond doubt safer and more economical." ~Mahatama Gandhi ii) Acute Prescribing Acute prescribing is a type of homeopathic prescribing suited to ailments of rapid onset that last only a few days or weeks. The superficial symptoms of the acute ailment are considered. These complaints can be things such as viruses, parasites or bacterial infections. Acute injuries, sprains, strains, shocks and traumas are successfully treated with homeopathic medicine. One of the most common acute injury remedies is Arnica Montana. It is an excellent remedy to keep on hand. Arnica speeds up the healing process and relieves pain. Keep a 6 or 30CH potency on hand and take four pellets every few hours as needed. iii) Combination Remedies Combination remedies can be quite useful for healing. They are diluted and safe; however, they are not suited to a person’s unique symptoms. These remedies are made by combining a few key homeopathic remedies in one bottle to target a particular ailment. For example, for liver trouble a combination of Lycopodium, Nux Vomica, Chelidonium and Taraxicum may help to effectively drain toxins from the liver. It will not however, offer deep healing so as to prevent the liver from soon becoming congested again. 8. Homeopathic Potency; what does “X”, “D” and “CH” mean? Homeopathic potency and frequency may vary. If you are a homeopathic novice, it is best to use the lower potencies, such as those ranging from a six CH to 30 CH. The CH refers to the Centesimal Hahnemann potency scale. This potency is diluted in the ratio of one part original substance to 99 parts carrier liquid. An X or D potency is the decimal potency, which is diluted one part original substance to nine parts carrier liquid. X potencies are used often and typically in a six or 30 X dilution. Did you know... In days gone by physicians who practiced at homeopathic hospitals had an acronym they used in patient files when they were not responding to conventional treatments. This acronym “T.E.E.T.H.” was found written in patient charts and it stood for “tried everything else try homeopathy”. Homeopathy is much safer than pharmaceutical drugs. You don’t have to exhaust your medical options before choosing this safe and gentle type of medicine. Homeopathic Remedies for Weight Loss As mentioned earlier, homeopathic remedies are suited to a person’s physical as well as emotional symptoms. There are many remedies that are used in cases where a person is overweight. Here are just a few commonly prescribed ones. Keep in mind that remedies are suited to people’s unique nature. If you have a serious health concern or are not sure which remedy suits you, seek the help of a professional homeopath for guidance. For tips on how to prescribe a homeopathic remedy, read the beginning of this chapter.