Weight Management: Psychology & Functional Health OfCourse
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  • Duration: Flexible

Course details

Includes 56 lectures and 2.5 hours of content.
  • Become aware of bad habits and how they cause you to gain weight.
  • Explains exactly what happens on a cellular, hormonal and metabolic level.
  • Clarifies how to make healthy food choices without feeling deprived.
  • Suitable for anyone struggling with their weight.

This course will teach you how to make healthy food choices and lose weight. You will learn the difference between how a slim body processes food and how an overweight body processes food. Become aware of bad habits and patterns you may have developed that prevent optimal health. Health is a process, not a quick fix, each of the solutions in this course will assist you in the journey to sustainable weight loss.

Jules Allen - Rowland trained initially as a podiatrist and then went on to do a Bachelor's Degree in psychology and communication. She has a private podiatry practice specialising in diabetic and arthritic patients and studied Exercise Science (SA), Health and Nutrition (UK) and Functional Medicine (USA).

This course is suitable for anyone struggling with their weight or having trouble maintaining normal a weight. This course explains exactly what happens on a cellular, hormonal and metabolic level and clearly explains the processes in the body. Making healthy food choices can often be difficult due to high stress levels, misinformation and busy lives. This course will provide you with the physiological knowledge to finally keep the weight off, once and for all.

Introduction
  • Introduction
  • Share
  • Say hi to your fellow course
Begin your Journey to a slimmer, healthier you.
  • Disclaimer
  • What will you take away form this program
  • 10 commonly asked questions and a deeper understanding
  • 10 commonly asked questions a deeper understanding
  • 10 Common Questions PDF
  • Question 1. How does a slim person process food?
  • What is a Mitochondrion and why are they essential for health.
  • All about carbohydrates and where the body stores the excess plus the
  • Fats and when they are burned.
  • Fats and when they are burned.
  • Glycemic Index vs Glycemic Load PDF
  • Foods to eat and foods to avoid
  • Glucose Management PDF
  • Intermittent Fasting
  • High Intensity Interval Training
  • Tabata Training
Responding to Food
  • Question 2. Why do we get fat in the first place?
  • Practical examples of how weight creeps up.
  • Dangers of Fructose and where does it hide?
  • Question 3: Why do people respond so differently to the same foods.
  • Summary so far. What is the number 1 change to make and what hormones do
  • Fat making hormone no 1. Insulin and Insulin Resistance.
  • First Impactful change. How to start influencing insulin?
More In-depth
  • Question 4. Why do I crave bread and sweets?
  • What about Insulin and Leptin resistance?
  • Important supplements for weight loss
  • Question 5. Why do some people put fat on their bum and others on other areas?
  • More about those enzymes and how they act and what role does insulin play
  • Perspective summary
  • 3rd Impactful change. Eliminating Carbohydrates. What can I eat and
  • Question 6. Do I need to be scared of my belly fat? What does havi
  • More dangers associated with Insulin Resistance
Impact
  • Question 7. What can I do to reduce the impact of Insulin?
  • Intermittent Fasting
  • When do I exercise to maximize the benefit?
  • What exercises can I do that won't take ages?
  • 4th and 5th impactful change: Small changes: Big Impact
  • Question 8. Why am I struggling to lose weight even though I eat vegetables
  • How does Leptin act in the body and what happens when it goes awry?
More Material
  • Leptin Resistance. How does Leptin affect my metabolic rate?
  • Question 9. Why am I so exhausted every time I go on a diet?
  • Practical reality example.
  • Hunger and weight loss. Why never to go hungry.
  • What about protein? Is it important and how much is ideal?
  • Question 10. Will stress make me fatter?
  • How can I reduce my stress levels?
  • Big picture perspective and getting started.
  • Summary of 10 small changes that have a big impact.
  • Thanks and contact details for personal contact.
  • Protein for Breakfast
  • Protein for Breakfast PDF
  • Common Proteins
  • Common Proteins
  • Stress Management
  • Stress Management PDF
  • Eat with Attention
  • Eat with Attention PDF
  • Sleep Aids
  • Sleep Aids PDF
  • Summary 10 Changes
  • Summary 10 Changes PDF
  • List Overview PDF
  • List Overview PDF
Updated on 14 October, 2018

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