Nutrition
PLEASE READ SHOCKING STATISTICS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE!
Why is our Nutrition Program different from all the others!
“Education is Power”
We have a program in place which has never been done before. We believe that diets are only temporarily fixes and it is more important to educate everyone on how to buy the right food. Our Nutritionist will take each individual person shopping at a Grocery Store and teach how to read labels and what is best for that individual and their family.
Learn the secrets to healthy eating and never diet again. Together we can change your eating habits to get you the results you wish for, whether it is weight loss, more energy, optimizing the quality of your life, better sleep and/or increase your productivity.
In our safe, nurturing setting, you will be guided in the unique healing process developed by Dr. Jyotsna Gupta. Her wellness program consists of a nutrition consultation, a medical exam, metabolic testing, one face detoxification therapy, one body detoxification theraphy and a one on one education hour at a local Grocery Store followed by
FREE CONSULTATION!
Assessment with J. Gupta M.D. includes:
- Personalized Blood work
- Nutritional Labs
- Metabolic Rate Assessment
- Grocery Store Tour “Shopping for Health/ Food as Medicine”
- Personalized Detoxification Body Treatment
- Personalized Cleansing and Detoxifying Face Treatment
- Chiropractic Musculature Assessment
- Program Review
- Follow up Sessions
Physical Benefits:
- Helps decrease the craving for fatty foods
- Helps with detoxifying the body
- Increases relaxation
- Decreases stress
- Helps with reduction of muscle spasms
- Reduces blood pressure
- Improves posture and balance
- Decreases and relieves tension headaches
- Enhances the immune system
- Relieves work related repetitive motion injuries
- Improves the blood circulation
Mental Benefits:
- Creates a relaxed state of mental alertness
- Stimulates the release of endorphins
- Increases awareness of mind/body connection
- Reduces anxiety
- Promotes a feeling of well-being
- Helps with the relief of mental stress
- Enhances the ability to monitor stress signals
- Enhances body awareness
- Enhances & promotes peace of mind
This new Program includes Diet and Nutrition Therapy for a variety of Medical Conditions and Disorders including: Cardiovascular disorders, Celiac Disease, Diabetes, Food Intolerances and Sensitivities, Gastrointestinal Disorders, Gestational Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, Insulin Resistance, Metabolic Syndrome, Obesity, Thyroid Disorders and Weight Loss.
Here are the Benefits to our exclusive Nutritional Education Program:
- You will understand why it has been a challenge in the past to keep your weight steady over the years.
- You will be able to manage or reduce the risk of chronic diseases
- We will teach you how to identify healthy foods at the Supermarket and read Labels individually.
- You do not have to go on a Diet and give up your favorite food items. We will teach you how to make better choices.
- Our Program is closely supervised and monitored by Physicians.
- To partner up with our Nutritionist and Doctors is long term. We encourage repeat future visits to monitor your progress.
- Our education will fit your personal needs, whether you travel, eat on the run and have no time to prepare your own food.
- We diagnose eating disorders.
- We focus on is therapeutic diet counseling for sports, wellness and vegetarian nutrition.
- We work closely with the Community to provide nutrition consultations for Health care and Business Facilities.
At our Mc Lean location, we are pleased to offer metabolic testing. This is a simple 10 minute breath test. During the test, the air you breathe out is analyzed to determine exactly how much oxygen your body consumes and this is how your metabolic rate is determined. Your rate will be used to calculate a calorie level to maximize the amount of food that you can eat.
This new program includes diet and nutrition therapy for a variety of medical conditions and disorders including: cardiovascular disorders, celiac disease, diabetes, food intolerances and sensitivities, gastrointestinal disorders, gestational diabetes, high blood pressure, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, obesity, thyroid disorders, weight loss/gain. We provide all the education, motivation, and behavior modification systems for you to succeed at making lifestyle changes to achieve all of your health goals. As a Medical Facility at the forefront of many treatment options, we focus on evidence based solutions to restore optimal health rather than simply suppressing symptoms and treating diseases with a drug.
Shocking Statistics !
Childhood weight problems can lead to complications such as elevated blood .
pressure and cholesterol, joint problems, type 2 diabetes, gallbladder disease, asthma, depression and anxiety.
Obese children are more likely to become obese adults.
77% of obese children followed in the Bogalusa Heart Study remained obese as adults.
More than two out of three U.S. adults are overweight or obese.
During the past 30 years, adult obesity rates have doubled.
Since 1980, obesity prevalence among children ages two to 19 has more than tripled, rising to nearly 17%.
One in three children born in 2000 will develop diabetes at some point in his or her Lifetime. Among African-American and Latino children, that number is one-in-two.
Heart disease is the number one killer in America.
More than one in three U.S. adults has heart disease.
69% of people suffering a first heart attack and 74% of stroke patients have high-blood pressure.
In 2010, heart disease cost the United States $316 billion, including the cost of health care services, medications and lost productivity.
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease was largely undetected in society until recently.
Now it’s estimated that as many as 25% of American adults have excess fat in their liver.
Autopsy studies have revealed that 38% of obese children have excess fat in their liver.
Obesity costs the nation an estimated $147 billion per year in medical costs.
1 in 4 young Americans do not meet the weight requirement to join the armed
forces.
The annual medical costs of an obese person are, on average, $1,400 more than those of someone in the normal BMI range
In the last 10 years, about 70% of adult females and 30% of males have been on
a diet. At any given time, 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men are on a diet.
People who complete intensive weight-loss programs lose approximately 10% of
their body weight. Once they stop the program, people tend to regain the weight
they lost—about one-third within a year and almost all of it within 5 years.
The diet industry is a $68.7 billion industry and growing.
On average, Americans consume between 150 and 300 more calories a day
than they did 25 years ago.
1 in 4 adults gets no moderate or rigorous physical activity at all.
The average American adult spends 4.5 hours a day watching TV, 2.5 hour a day online.
Less than 5% of adults 20 years and older meet the guidelines for physical activity, which is 30 minutes per day of moderate intensity activity (e.g., brisk walking) at least 5 days per week.
Less than half (42%) of 6–11 year olds meet the recommended 60 minutes per day
of physical activity.
Even fewer, only 8%, of 12-19 year olds meet the recommended physical activity goal of 60 minutes per day.
The National Weight Control Registry has been tracking more than 5,000 people
who have lost at least 30 pounds and kept it off for more than a year. Of these
registry participants:
- 62% watch fewer than ten hours of TV a week
- 78% weigh themselves at least once a week, many daily
- 78% eat breakfast every day
- 90% exercise about an hour a day on average
- 98% continue to eat a healthier diet
- 100% say their quality of life is higher
In the Bogalusa Heart Study, 39% of obese children had two or more risk factors
for heart disease (e.g., high cholesterol, high blood pressure).
Being overweight or obese increases a child’s risk of developing asthma by as
much as 52%.
Only 10% of parents seek medical help for their obese children.
Sugar-sweetened beverages and fruit juice are the largest source of sugar in the
diets of American children and adolescents.
Soda, sports drinks and energy drinks are the third largest source of calories
among American children and adolescents ages 2-13.
In 2010 preschoolers were exposed to as many ads for energy drinks as for soda.
In both cases, they were exposed to roughly 50% more ads than in 2008.
Every day, our children see an average of 12-21 TV commercials for food products, or as many as almost 7,600 ads per kid a year, 98 percent of which are for foods high in fat, sugar and/or salt.
94% of American schools served meals that met vitamin and mineral
requirements, but exceeded federal limits for fat and saturated fat.
Under current school regulations, french fries qualify as a vegetable and can be served more than once a week.
Currently in the United States, 4% of elementary schools, 8% of middle schools,
and 2% of high schools provide daily physical education.
Children ages 8-18 are exposed to more than 10 hours of media a day (though
some of that is multitasking with multiple media, so total media use is about 7.5 hours). TV time constitutes 4.5 hours of that.
Approximately one-third of American adults are obese and another third are
overweight.
More than 36% of adults have cardiovascular disease; as many as 25% of adults
have excess fat in their liver.
Obesity reduces productivity and causes millions of lost days of work at a total annual cost to employers of more than $70 billion.
Roughly one in four adults gets no physical activity at all.
In the last 50 years, jobs requiring even moderate physical exertion have plummeted from 50% to 20%.
Screen time is high. Children and adolescents now consume more than 7.5 hours of media every single day.
About 48% of food expenditures go toward food consumed outside of the home.
A person today on average consumes about 300 more calories per day than a
person in 1974.
The profit margin for soft drinks for Grocery Stores is 90%, for fresh produce, just 10%.
