What’s the Number One Obesity Mis-diagnosis?

 So it's not surprising that dietary changes didn't help. It wasn't their issue. It was always the cortisol-stress pathway.

If I'm being honest, these issues are more difficult to fix. The majority of patients simply do not take our advice to look into mindfulness, meditation, prayer, yoga, acupuncture, religion, or massage, despite the fact that there are tried-and-true methods of lowering stress and cortisol levels with Nutritionist’s Role in Your Healthy Lifestyle in Dubai.

A diet clinic offers meditation instruction to clients. I'm looked at like I have two heads by them!

However, there is a lot of evidence that mindfulness meditation can help people lose weight.

A trial of mindfulness meditation at the University of California, San Francisco demonstrated that it could lower cortisol levels. Since meditation has been used for stress relief for thousands of years, this is not surprising. Abdominal fat loss closely correlated with this decrease in cortisol.

It is essential to understand that meditation does not alter the actual stressor. Let's say, for instance, that your boss is making you crazy. There will be a lot of stress on you. That won't change at all with meditation. The way your body responds to stress will change. That is ultimately what matters. Abdominal fat is reduced as a result of a decrease in the cortisol response. Your previous boss is still a jerk. Only the way your body responds to this stressor has changed.

One last thought regarding stress management. It never ceases to amaze me how far organized religion has advanced. Consider the practices they advocate. (similar to meditation) prayer confession or belief in a higher power (for stress relief). Mass and other weekly rituals provide a sense of community and continuity—important for stress relief. Small-group therapy for stress relief (friendship and a sense of belonging). Fasting. Fasting is true. Thousands of years ago, all of these practices that are so crucial to good health were established.

Best Nutritionist in Dubai is a Functional Medicine Practitioner and Family Medicine Consultant based in Dubai. He earned his degree from The University of Nottingham and completed his training as a consultant at The University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. At DNA Health Medical Center, where he is Medical Director, he pioneered the use of obesity theory for weight loss and reversal of type 2 diabetes in the United Arab Emirates.