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Today’s changing food consumption has resulted in glucose metabolism disorder, such as carbohydrate intolerance, hypoglycemia and diabetes. Glucose metabolism disorders occur when the body cannot properly metabolize sugars.

Culprit: too little exercise and the ‘wrong calories". It is not necessarily the result of overeating. Six or more metabolic disturbances can lead to obesity.

Calorie Sensitivity

One metabolic type is referred to as "calorie sensitive." For these individuals the standard low calorie diet and increased exercise will do the trick. They tend to lose weight quickly on a low calorie program and are generally not more than 10 to 25 pounds over weight.

Symptoms:

• Normal body weight when younger but slowly gained weight after age 30

• Presently over weight by up to 25 pounds

• Normal appetite at appropriate times (mealtimes)

• Few food cravings

• Maintained basically the same eating habits through life

• Eat three meals a day

• After gaining extra body weight, tapered off in weight gain

• Only a few of the carbohydrate intolerance symptoms (listed next)

Carbohydrate Intolerance

Those more heavily overweight (more than 30 lbs. Of excess body fat) do not respond well to low calorie diets. They tend to regain weight rapidly after stopping a diet. Carbohydrate intolerance is also known as hyper-insulinism. The pancreas secretes too much insulin on a somewhat regular basis. Hyper-insulinism is linked to fluid retention and hypertension (high blood pressure). Over time this can lead to heart damage.

Excess insulin can result in hypoglycemia and adult onset diabetes. The function of insulin is to remove excess sugar (glucose) through converting it to tri-glycerides. Tri-glycerides are then stored in fat cells.People with carbohydrate intolerance tend to have food cravings, especially for sugary foods. They have a lower than normal appetite

Symptoms:

• 25 lbs. Or more overweight

• Tendency to be overweight through adult life

• Overweight since a child

• Poor appetite; skip meals or don’t think about eating

• Prefer not to eat in the mornings

• Food cravings that temporarily go away when starch or sugary foods are eaten.

• Intense cravings for specific foods

• Most of the symptoms listed under advanced carbohydrate intolerance apply to you.

Advanced Carbohydrate Intolerance

Symptoms:

• Nervousness, Irritability, Needless worrying

• Fatigue & exhaustion

• Faintness, Dizziness

• Cold sweats, Shakiness, Weak spells

• Depression, Insomnia

• Drowsiness (after meals and in afternoon)

• Headaches

• Digestive disturbances with no obvious cause

• Forgetfulness, Mental confusion

• Rapid pulse after eating certain foods

• Muscle pains, Leg cramps

• Antisocial behavior, Over-emotion, crying spells

• Lack of sex drive

• Blurred vision

• Shortness of breath

• Signing and excess yawning, cravings for starch and sugar rich foods

Nutrients that may help - The Green Turtle Bay Vitamin Co. products

Nutrients to avoid 
Safer nutrients

Other safer nutrients you might choose:

Garcinia Cambogia
L-Carnitine
Chromium
Alpha Keto-Glutaric Acid
L-Glutamine
Taurine
Choline
Inositol
Methionine
Calcium (take at bedtime; needs Vitamin D, magnesium and boron for absorption)
Potassium (bananas are a great source)
Magnesium
Guarana (herb)
5-HTP

The following Green Turtle Bay products may help you in your battle of the buldge:

Sunnie (if overeating is due to stress, feeling unhappy or brain chemistry)

Sunnie contains stress reducing nutrients. One of the reasons you are eating may be stress related. Some of the benefits of an ingredient TMG contained in Sunnie:

TMG which is used in animal husbandry to decrease fat and increase meat yield. While human studies have just started, a 200 pound individual with 20% body fat can expect to lose as much as 5 pounds of fat and gain as much as 12 pounds of muscle at a dose range of 500-2000 mg. Daily.

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Also contains:  inositol, choline bitartrate, L-glutamine, Betaine TMG product information to order now. Diabetiks is a product designed for people with or predisposed to diabetes. People with diabetes often crave sugars and carbohydrates. Half of the 16 million people walking around with diabetes haven’t even been diagnosed. These individuals have a greater need than most other people do for key specific nutrients that have the ability to influence the course of diabetic metabolism. Multi-vitamin mineral formulations designed for the general public usually lack certain of th4se nutrients, or incorporate them at sub-optimal doses. That is the gap that Diabetiks was formulated to repair. This product is taken along with a multi-vitamin.

Diabetiks also contains:  magnesium, chromium, L-carnitine-L-tartrate, taurine.

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PowerSleep because your cravings for sugars and carbohydrates may be due to low serotonin.PowerSleep contains 5-HTP (precursor to serotonin) as well as other nutrients that support serotonin production.

Serotonin may affect:

Appetite: Food intake is thought to suppress appetite through the productions of serotonin from the amino acid tryptophan. Because it is an intermediary in the conversion process of tryptophan to serotonin, 5-HTP (5-hydroxy-tryptophan) may reduce appetite in a similar manner as food intake, but without the calories. In a recent double-blind, placebo-controlled study, subjects taking 5-HTP lost significant weight compared to control subjects. A reduction in carbohydrate intake and early satiety were seen in the 5-HTP group.

Also contains:  inositol, calcium, L-glutamine product information to order nowPowerVites energy complex:  If you are not getting enough exercise because you are low on energy.The ingredients in PowerVites support normal body functioning. If you are not eating correctly or not absorbing nutrients efficiently, you may not be functioning with optimal energy. When you are energetic you are more active and burn more calories.PowerVites contain a balanced assortment of bio-available nutrients in an acidophilus base.  After all what good are nutrients that are not efficiently absorbed?   Also includes: inositol, calcium (but you need additional calcium; Calcium is bulky and can not be included in multi-vitamin formulas in appropriate quantities), magnesium, chromium, potassium, choline bitartrate.product information to order now Signal 369 omega blend:  because your brain may be signaling you to each due to a lack of omega oils in your diet.

This contains Essential Fatty Acids (EFA). One reason that people may overeat is that the body is looking for more nutrients, not just calories. The American diet can easily fall short of what the body needs in terms of essential nutrients. EFAs are involved with producing energy in our bodies from food substances and moving that energy throughout our systems. They aid in transferring oxygen, hemoglobin products and play a role in controlling the flow of nutrients through cell membranes.  This is an important, often overlooked, aspect of nutrition.Signal contains a blend of omega 3, 6 and 9 for optimal brain nourishment.  The brain is made of approximately 60% fat (Essential Fatty Acids).   EFAs have an effect on brain function:  mood and behavior, learning and memory, and movement and sensation and they lower fats in the blood.

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Think Detox to spot reduce using an  infra red sauna

One aim of taking nutrients is to raise the base metabolism rate. Certain nutrients such as ephedrine donating substances (i.e. Ma Huang) will speed up your metabolic rate but with a price to your health. We recommend you stay away from these products.