If you’re struggling to lose weight learn these Secret tools That Can Be Implemented into Any lifestyle
The CLM Philosophy
Here at Concord Longevity Medicine, our goal is to help clients achieve health and longevity through fuel, fitness, fasting, and faith.
FUEL
What foods are actually used to fuel our bodies and how?
FITNESS
Did you know the minimum amount of movement recommended for all adults is 150 minutes of cardio per week plus 2 days of weight training?
FASTING
Diet culture states that if you go more than 2-4 hours without food, your body will think it is starving and go into “starvation mode.” This is a lie.
FAITH
Finding your why. What drives you to make real and long-lasting changes?
We Are a DSC Office
You’re probably thinking “What’s a DSC office?”
A Direct Specialty Care (DSC) office primarily focuses on the doctor-patient relationship.
Hence there is no insurance-based billing or other third party payments.
A DSC office does not operate under any outside parties such as Medicare or private insurance companies.
This allows more freedom of interaction between the physician and patient.
While traditional medical offices are limited to 15 minute visits, a DSC office has no time cap.
With CLM, you will experience highly individualized medical care.
A Message From the CLM Team
Regular exercise and physical activity promotes strong muscles and bones. It improves respiratory, cardiovascular health, and overall health. Staying active can also help you maintain a healthy weight, reduce your risk for type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and reduce your risk for some cancers.
Sitting kills, if you work at a sedentary job, finding extra little ways to get up and move around throughout your day are really helpful.
Here are a few of our favorite ways to implement daily movement:
- Every hour, take a 5-10 minute walk, do some stretching. Just keep moving around.
- Make a chart with bodyweight moves on it and be sure to check off a few per work day.
- Take the stairs and park in the last parking spot.
- Every time you go to the bathroom, fill up your water bottle and take a trip up and down the steps.
- Do 5 pushups and 5 squats every hour.
That said, we absolutely believe the old adage that you can’t out-exercise a bad diet. Calories in don’t equal calories out.
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Fasting – Myth vs. Truth
- Fasting causes the body to go into starvation mode and could potentially slow your metabolism.
FALSE: When many people think of fasting, they often visualize a highly malnourished individual that has gone without substantial food for months or longer. However, your body was designed to alternate between fuels that come from the food we eat AND the fuel that we store–adipose tissue! The fuel, ketones, that comes from our fat stores is an excellent fuel source that sustains our bodies for periods of time.
- There are a variety of methods to carry out the practice of fasting.
TRUE: While traditional fasting uses water only, there are many other fasting tools that can be used to support your body depending on the goals of the fast. As some examples: pickle juice, electrolyte water, coffee, and bone broth are all excellent tools that CLM patients often use to support their fasting periods.
- Fatigue, brain fog, and irritability usually accompany the practice of fasting.
FALSE: Some people get nervous at the idea of going too long without food for fear of becoming “hangry”. While that is a valid concern for some, for most those unwanted symptoms can be avoided by simply fueling properly before a fast. In fact more often than not, those symptoms of fatigue and irritability are a sign of carbohydrate withdrawal and NOT the act of fasting.
- Fasting is one of the oldest practices dating back as far as ancient Egyptian times.
TRUE: Fasting has been recorded throughout world history as a religious practice as well as a practice of medicine. Hippocrates (c460-c370 B.C.), considered the father of medicine, heralded fasting as a means to heal the body of illness long before Instagram and YouTube jumped on board.
- Fasting is an unhealthy practice and should NOT be utilized in medicine.
FALSE: Fasting is a potent tool that promotes health in a myriad of ways such as improving health span, decreasing chances of chronic disease, and improving overall cognition–just to name a few. Researchers are only beginning to discover the benefits our bodies glean during a rest from eating.*
- Caveat: While fasting is an excellent tool for improving health, it can easily become harmful if used as a tool of restriction or punishment stemming from an unhealthy mindset. This tool, while powerful, must be handled with utmost care including a healthy mindset and strong support from your physician and healthcare team.