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Hello, I'm Kimberly King, and welcome to the mother's market radio show, a show dedicated to the Truth, Beauty and Goodness of the human condition. On today's show, we're going to discuss the many reasons why diets fail, this goes deeper than just willpower, there are several factors in play, so be sure to listen close.

Later, we'll find out what's new at mother's market and what's happening around town, but first step or extremely pleased to welcome back certified nutritional microscopes, Liliana Partido, in addition to being the onsite nutritionist with Dr. Kandel at the center for a new medicine, she has dedicated her life to health and fitness, including training aerobic instructors and teaching nutrition across the world to a winning State Championship herself and the 400 meter dash. And we welcome you back to the mother's market radio show. How are you all?

Thank you, Kim. I'm doing fantastic, and really happy to be back on to your show.

Well, good. We're happy to have you here. Well, for those of you in our audience that have not been familiar with your mission and your work, why don't you fill our audience in a little bit before we get to the show's topic.

Okay, well, great. Well, you know me, Kim, I'm really passionate about a healthy lifestyle, so my mission is really to educate and to support others, and really knowing how to live a healthy lifestyle so that they can regain their health and their vitality and meet their nutrition and fitness goals.

So let's talk about why diets fail, there are so many reasons, can you know I've done a lot of research, and one of the things that I have found is that our bodies are becoming overburdened by toxins, whether it's with the chemicals in the foods, the cosmetics that we use environmental... Besides the empty calories, most people are still thinking that old theory of calories in calories out, but really what I have found is that with this overburden load, our bodies really are becoming in an inflammatory state, and this in fact is causing a hormonal response that literally is stopping people from actually burning fat for fuel... That's a really good point. Yeah, it's almost as if we just can't get enough water to flush it through to clear it, well, you know, water is really important, and I tell my patients they need to drink half of their body weight in ounces of water, but really, it's even a body's ability to really eliminate in terms of even bifurcation or their liver actually being able to break down these toxins and what our body can't get rid of excess toxins, what does it do? It stores them in fat cells. That's a good point.

There are so many reasons, again, why diets fail, but let's also talk about obesity... Well, obesity, as we know, diabetes is the seventh cause of death, and usually obesity and diabetes go hand-in-hand, but once again, it's really that inflammatory cascade that really takes hold of the body, we call it obesity is really... It's the new term. And so we were talking a moment ago, just in terms of the bodies over-burdened in terms of toxicity, and some of those things that we're looking at that people actually aren't aware of are what we call obscene and absent are things that the body really cannot handle in terms of the plastics that were exposed to the tilts, and we were talking a little bit about the cosmetics, the parabens, the body really doesn't know what to do with these, so then again, it will store them in fat sell for the body to break it down in terms of the liver, to move it out of the system, so we really are exposed with an excess amount of inflammation that the body cannot handle, and therefore creating this as we spoke to a moment ago in ability to burn fat, which is what I call leptin resistant leptin resistance is really a hormonal dysfunction, it really disrupts the body's ability to regulate appetite and metabolism, and so once this happens, the body literally does not signal that we have enough fat stored in our reserve banks, and so therefore, we continue to have cravings. We continue to bang it and continue to get hungry and creating this overburden body of weight gain... Oh my goodness, I love that you have these new terms now, is in these terms, Is this something that people know about 'cause I have never heard of this before, the Oval...

I think this is a new term on the block really, is that people are aware that these chemicals that the body cannot break down are beginning to not only be stored in the body, but are causing hormonal disruption in the body creating excessive estrogen and also triggering responses so that the body cannot utilize fat for fuel now, and that would sort of answer the question about that epidemic of obesity across the country, and that's what we were just talking about.

You mentioned the reason of being the inflammation is that how we know we have the inflammation, does that go back to that hormonal disruption?

Well, many people think of inflammation as pain, redness, colitis arthritis, they're really not relating it to being overweight as a... What I call obesity is... And so one of the things that we regularly do here at the center for new medicine is that we check a very simple blood test called C-reactive protein, this is an indication if the body is in an inflammatory state, once again, I tell my patients that when this marker is elevated and a normal marker would be under one, that would be for anti-inflammatory, one to three would be a moderate of inflammation, and three and above would be considered severe inflammation.

So really, when patients are at this level, I really let them know that it's going to take them longer to heal their metabolism, because in essence, they're in a resistant state, just like you would be insulin-resistant, the body is no longer listening to the signal to burn and utilize fat for fuel, and so this is really besides the obvious of the fast foods and hydrogenated oils, the junk foods that are causing excess calories, empty calories and to be stored in the fat cells, but it's this inflammatory marker that really people are not addressing and really getting to the root cause of how to treat obesity... Okay, so when... Those are the markers, and then how do you actually treat it then... Well, my goal is really to educate people how to live an anti-inflammatory lifestyle, and of course it's gonna begin with food, and so I talk patients, it's important that we really look at food on a hormonal level, yes, we have to have protein with every single meal because protein is essential for neurological function, for detoxification and for repair, but at the same time, proteins can be very inflammatory, we really don't need the amount of protein that we were led to believe, and most of us are really all about renewing our warranty, we're really not athletes, we're really not in a very growth spurt, so a small amount of protein, two to three to four ounces rather than their 8 to 12 ounces of meat that often ends up on someone's plate, and so red meats are the most inflammatory... And one of the things that you can do to decrease that inflammation of those foods is to use a marinate them in a little bit of tart cherry juice or pomegranate use, because this reduces the toxic effects of the lipid peroxides that are produced when cooking red meat, and when you can grill them, of course, some of the fat will run off, so I recommend that if you are going to eat red meat that no more than once or twice a week, and again, if you can marinate it in that cherry juice or pomegranate would be best, but also, of course, a grass-fed is gonna be very important, and then above that, we go to the Wild, meets the elk, the deer, the bien, those are gonna be higher in omega-3 essential fatty acids, and that's what our goal is, is to decrease inflammation, so on the protein levels, of course, fish is gonna be your less inflammatory, the white fish, the smaller fish, the salmon, those that are going to be the least burden with mercury, the sardines, the herring, the soul, those are going to be... What I would say are my preferred choice of protein, so if we could do fish several times a week would be great, an advocate of using beans as a source of vegetarian protein as well, and so beans are fantastic because they are going to be more alkaline and less acidic. So again, I always tell patients that being shared the same seat as a carbohydrate, so we use them with respect, so when we utilize means we would have them on a salad or in a soup, and that way you're not gonna put them with some other high sugar like rice or tortilla, that can again cause a high influx of insulin because of the glucose load and then again, an inflammatory response, so I love nutting seeds as well as protein sources. Again, we've got to watch that we don't consume too much nuts because again, a fat is a fat, so when I talk about Nata, talk about a handful, a quarter of a cup at the most and not salted, because oftentimes when we're eating salty nets, we think we are hungry, but really it's causing us to be dehydrated in thirsty, so we can end up going through a bag and that's really, really pretty easily.

So I like using that hemp seed or my favorite, they are high and M3 essential fatty acids, so I love using them on salads 'cause they're a high protein along with some sunflower seeds or pumpkin seeds or walnuts or a almonds, those are all fantastic sources of protein that I'd like to implement with my patients, of course, all of the vegetable kingdom, the bitter is better, always, not only are they gonna be low sugar, they're gonna be higher on the alkalinity skill, which is gonna support an anti-inflammatory lifestyle. All the Christopher is vegetables, the broccoli and the cauliflower, those are all fantastic, not only for heart disease and for the fiber, but again, they really serve as an anti-inflammatory as well. The fruits are fantastic, but then again, better is better, so we're always gonna wanna go with the Raspberry, the blue berries, the darker the berry, the more anti-oxidants they have to quench free radicals that inflammation can produce, so if really, if we can have just a variety of what I just talked about on our plate, we're really able to decrease the inflammation and have those healthy fats in our diet, when I talk about healthy thoughts, of course, I'm talking about more of the montacute thoughts like you're... All of oil, you're not your seeds, your thats in your fish. I, of course, avoid all hydrogenated oils or partially hydrogenated because the body cannot utilize that at all, and it ends up creating too much plaque from these facts that are what we call a Frank intact, absolutely unusable. Creating a huge amount of inflammation in the body as well as weight gain, so if we really have a variety of... I would say Build your meal around your greens, lots of vegetables and solid with our small portion of protein and are good fats, then I think we're pretty on a pretty good start to an anti-inflammatory diet. That's gonna be number one.

Number two is to pay attention to your household products and really go green here because that you can get the out-gases when you're utilizing these products, again, they can become hormonal disruptors, the cosmetics, it's interesting to note that you actually absorb more quantity through the palms of your hand, than in any other part of your skin, so when you're using these products with the parabens, Laurel sulfates, these toxins enter the palms at a greater speed in... Of course, well, we do law, there are palms up to put it on to our body, so if we're just careful with the household products and with the cosmetics and our hair products, then I think, again, really we're creating that anti-inflammatory lifestyle. I tell patients, even taking your shoes off when you enter our house is gonna be important because you actually are carrying in a lot of lead from the dirt and the dust on the feet.

So if we look at creating a better environment in which we live in, consuming those foods that are going to be higher in alkalinity, higher and water higher in fiber, high in anti-oxidants, minimalistic the animal protein in our diet, adding more vegetarian source of beans and nuts and seeds into our diet, again, that really promotes an anti-inflammatory... A lifestyle. Wow, well, that's throughout.

Every time I was gonna interject a question, you hit it, so... Excellent information. That was very thorough and... Alright, so when we come right back, we'll talk about more dieting information and what works. Interesting, thank you so much, Liliana, we'll be right back. Stay with this.

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So Liliana Does the theory still hold calories in and calories out, and which equates to losing weight or maintaining one's weight?

Well, I think that is really an arching archaic way of looking at weight loss because obviously, if that would work, then the majority of the people who are out there who are doing a regular exercise program and watching their calories would be thin, but unfortunately, that isn't the case, so once again, we're looking at potentially, are they in an inflammatory state either from... We talked about the food that they're consuming, which maybe could be allergenic to them, so some foods that people consider health foods, like say food, a lot of people who are vegetarian or consuming an excessive amount of say, which again, acts as a hormonal disruptor producing estrone, which is a bad estrogen? They could cause weight game, so when you're eating foods that your body cannot utilize their breakdown, whether it's SLA products, whether it's gluten products, or any other food sensitivities, this is another factor that we look at as inflammation, so really the calorie and the calorie out theory. It does not hold any more, we really are at the whole person and how the chemistry is affected by what they do, and something that you do that we were just talking about here is that part of what you do is that you put the bread... The blood, and that's something that as the whole picture... Can you explain that a little bit? Well, yes, it's really fun because when you're getting a visual into the inside of your body, when we do microscopy, we take a little pin point a blood, put it up on a TV screen and... Wow, it's like you see your red blood cells and you see your white blood cells, you can see how you're digesting, if you are not digesting well, they're potentially eating foods that are allergen, your red, but are really sticky. And then a white blood cell literally has to go and clean up each one of those cells in order for it to enter the capillary wall, which would be less oxygen, so it's a great visual for patients to pay attention to, which really works very nice.

You get the inside look.

Yeah, you get the inside long, that gets fascinating and it's excellent because... Yeah, you get the full picture. Does... Okay, the part of metabolism... What part does that have to do with losing white... Well, again, it's really important for people to understand that the more muscle mass that they have, their metabolism will be utilizing in terms of breaking down calories for fuel, so I really tell patients that they must exercise, and of course, oftentimes people who are obese or overweight are really walking around weight training in terms of the way that they are carrying around, oftentimes in an inflammatory state makes it more difficult, so I say it's really important for moderate exercise, so really starting out with walking, because actually, any exercise that leaves you in invigorated is really what we're looking for, if it leaves you more fatigued, tired, then that's really too much for your fitness level and can cause inflammation, so I love walking, I love weight training, so that it increases the muscle Math, the more muscle you have, the more calories you burn while you're sleeping.

That's a good point.

And then overall, that just makes you feel healthier and... Yeah, and then the weight will just fall off... Well, you get the endorphins, which are really wonderful, and we are all about pleasure enhancement, so you get those endorphins flowing through your Binyamin a little easier to make better choices.

That's a good point. In that stress too. Right, absolutely. I think stress is the number one cause of inflammation in the body because you're producing cortisol, which is a flight or fright response, which triggers the body to produce sugars for that response, which triggers the body to produce insulin. So then again, if we're in a fight in fright state, which is most of the time in our lifestyle to busy schedules rushing around, then it's almost like you're being chased by the predator 247, so you've got this influx of insulin and glucose and cortisol, which again, creates CRP level C-reactive protein and inflammation, blocking your variability to burn Pat for fuel, that's a really good way that you explained it just now, but those of us that are always being chased by that, that... Absolutely.

So get out and exercise.

How do we increase our metabolism to burn more fat besides... Okay, so you talk about exercise, are there any other ways that we can increase that metabolism besides the exercise or their other... Well, I believe that when you actually begin to lose weight and you have at a connection, which is a hormone in a fat cell that tells the body to actually burn fat for fuel, when it does that, it raises the metabolism, so when you become sensitive to Lepton to trigger the body to stop eating, I have enough calories stored in my fat cells, and then at Connect and says, Oh, increase your metabolism, let's use up those calories, then that's really what we would call a body that is functioning chemically... Correct, so in eating anti-inflammatory foods and living an anti-inflammatory lifestyle and exercise and stress modification is really the key to increasing your metabolism, so how would you approach somebody going on this weight loss program after I had identified their particular needs in terms of their lab report whether they were diabetic or they at CRP level elevation, any of those concerns, then really, I would approach it with my basic structure is the first thing I do is I explain to patients what is food, I get them to understand the importance of creating that harm only balanced plate, here's your portion in size of protein, here is your build your meal around your greens, our goal is really to have between five to nine cups of fruits and vegetables a day, so I tell my patients no more than... Really, one cup to two cups of fruit a day, people think, Okay, fruit is great, it's organic, it's natural, and they eat a lot of fruit. And for example, one Apple is gonna be 18 grams of sugar on banana 27, and so it really all they're allowed to consume at one meal, because we're gonna think of food as energy or fuel, 27 ground is the maximum amount of carbohydrates they should be eating at a meal. So if they're walking around eating fruit all day long, that's the first thing we have them stop doing, so the first thing I do is explain to them You gotta have protein, breakfast, lunch and dinner, about anywhere between 10 to 27 grams of protein with each meal.

I have them do between 18 and 27 grams of carbohydrates if they're a woman and for a man, no more than 36 to 45 grams of sugar per meal, and when I'm talking about sugar, I'm talking about everything that equates to glucose, whether it's a vegetable, a fruit, of being or a grain, so I really teach them, what does that mean? When you look at something that doesn't have water in it, for example, and is sweet, it's gonna have a higher content of sugar, potatoes, bread, pasta, even beans, fruits, so I say limit those to no more than a half a cup, to one slide on your plate, breakfast lunch and dinner, and all of the ones that are vegetables that are going to be started or bitter in nature, you can have as much as you want, the broccoli, the asparagus, so those are gonna be not only a high anti-inflammatory foods, low sugar foods, very alkaline foods, so I teach them that first, how do we create a plate that has a harmony balanced meal with good fats, protein and low carbohydrates, the next thing I do is try to alter their lifestyle that if they are not exercising that they need to move and let's do some walking, some low-impact exercise that at least gets them moving, I also explain to them that they need to really look at how they manage stress, we're never gonna get rid of our stress entirely... It's impossible, good stress, bad stress. Our body perceives it the same, so I really help them get on a stress management protocol, whether it's just taking a hot bath every night listening to melodic music, meditating, doing affirmation, what is that they're going to do to reduce their stress level. And then of course, I try to inspire them to, when they go shopping, not to purchase those products that are gonna have those toxins that we talked about, and just if they can just go green, it would be fantastic and stop drinking out of water bottles, plastic water, bottles, especially with the number seven on the bottom, that are going to really be a hormonal disruptor to them, so we're going to address the food, what is it? So they have a full understanding on how to make right choices.

Number two is that they need to move their body for lymphatic stimulation, detoxification and respiration, they need to do stress management to lower their cortisol levels, and they need to be conscious of the things that they're putting on and into their body in terms of those potential toxins, that's a nice wrap up with what it goes through, and typically how long are you these patients with you to see a complete turn around?

Well, I like to see my patients once a week 'cause I do body fat testing, and we wanna make sure that when they're actually losing weight, they're losing fat and not just Muscle and water, so this gives me an excellent indication on what I need to do to alter their program, whether they... I can always tell by doing these testings if they're even eating enough food, 'cause a lot of times they wanna be really drastic, and all of a sudden here not eating enough calories and even not enough calories is gonna hold on to fat and burn lean muscle tissue. So I'd like to see them once a week for six weeks, and then after that, I like to see them once a month for three months. And then really from that point, depending on their balance in terms of chemistry, then I might see them every three months, but I'd like to work with a patient for at least one year, a total... I tell them, it's gonna take a full year for you to really re-balance your chemistry, and then you're gonna be really creating a lifestyle that has something to do with this anti-inflammatory, high vitality, high energy lifestyle.

You're certainly giving them the tools here, teaching them how to fish, in other words, a... Well, thank you so very much for your time and we look forward to having you on again. In the mean time, you can catch more of Liliana on the Center for New Medicine website at Santa Fe, New Medicine dot com, or see her at mother's market and take in one of her great seminars. And thank you so much, Lilian us.

Thank you, Kim, thank you for having me.

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