| Statistics show that 75% of Americans are | | | | metabolism (under-active thyroid, clogged or sluggish |
| overweight. This statistic has been rising decade after | | | | liver, and sluggish digestive system) |
| decade. The interesting thing to note about the fact | | | | What does this mean? This means you eat some |
| that we are so overweight in America is that we are | | | | food and even if you eat a small amount your body |
| doing more to lose weight than ever before, yet we | | | | doesn't burn it off quickly and instead turns it into fat in |
| continue to be overweight. More people are on diets | | | | your body. When your metabolism is slow there is a |
| than ever before, eating low fat food, eating low | | | | good chance that some glands like the thyroid, |
| carbohydrate foods and eating lower calories than | | | | pancreas, liver, small and large intestines are not |
| ever before. So the question at hand is; Why are | | | | working at their optimal level. One of the reasons that |
| Americans having trouble losing weight? | | | | a metabolism can slow down is from yo-yo dieting |
| 1) Most people who are overweight have low | | | | (repeatedly losing and gaining weight). |