The Need for Vitamin D

The Need for Vitamin D

Unless you are out in the sun on regular basis, adequate amounts of Vitamin D can be hard to come by. This is mostly due to the fact that it is more difficult to get this vitamin from the diet than it is to get adequate amounts if, say, calcium or iron. This is because there are very few dietary source of it to be had, fish like salmon being one of the best ways to get it. Vitamin D is often added to products like milk and many people use Vitamin D supplements, but absorption of this nutrient can also be a problem. So it’s important to know what signs of Vitamin D deficiency to look for. These are examined below.

Muscle Weakness

Since adequate amounts of Vitamin D are needed for the development and maintenance of muscles, then muscle weakness can be one of the signs that you are lacking in the this nutrient, especially if you have not made any changes to your diet or exercise regimen to otherwise account for this.

Depression

While depression has many possible causes, there have been many studies linking this emotional disorder with inadequate levels of Vitamin D. According to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, women in particular are more vulnerable to depression with this lack.

Pain

If you find yourself chronically achy or sore without any apparent reason for it, this could be another sign that you are Vitamin D-deficient. It appears that the link between lack of this nutrient and chronic pain is particularly strong in those of African American descent.

Brittle Bones

Vitamin D is needed for bone growth and strength and, without it, bones can become brittle. This can put you at a much greater risk for fractures – in fact, it can more than double your risk if your vitamin levels are particularly low.

High Blood Pressure

High blood pressure (hypertension) is a common problem in America and it puts those who suffer from it at a great risk for heart attacks and strokes. While the cause is not known, several studies have uncovered a link between Vitamin D deficiency and elevated blood pressure.

Sleepiness

Vitamin D deficiency also appears to affect your sleep cycles and in the Journal of Clinical Sleep, a study was published in 2012 that found a correlation between low Vitamin D levels and increased frequency of daytime sleepiness.

Irritability

If you feel grouchy most days and have no reason to be, this might also be because of insufficient Vitamin D. Deficiencies in Vitamin D can affect the levels of serotonin in your brain – and serotonin is one of the hormones that heavily influences the mood.
If these symptoms match what you have been experiencing, it might be a good idea to go into your doctor or practitioner and voice your concerns. Bloodwork can reveal if your Vitamin D levels are adequate and from there, you and your physician can come up with a plan of care to help you improve your levels if needed.

Women & Weight Training......

Women & Weight Training...... 

I attended a continuing education seminar a few weeks back and still to this day some medical some doctors do not feel that females should lift weights. I was shocked to hear these words come out of the mouth of a medical doctor. I do not have much respect for them in the first place but when I heard this I almost got up and walked out of the room. However I paid to listen to this buffoon and I needed the CEU's so I bit a hole through my lip and remained in my chair. After the lecture I told him what I felt about his theories of conditioning and attempted to explain his mistake in not promoting weight training for his female patients. He asked me if I had every picked up a Muscle Magazine and seen the horrible damage that weight training had done to the women in these Magazines and I laughed out-loud at the man. I then asked him if he ever once thought that just maybe it was not the weight training changing these women into men , it is the anabolic steroids they were using? Then I pointed out many of our current fitness and figure women that have maintained a beautiful physique and he informed me that they maintained their looks through strict diet and cardiovascular exercise! Once again I laughed out-loud. I ended up just walking away from him and chalking him up as a lost cause.

The moral to this story is DO NOT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU HEAR FROM YOUR MEDICAL DOCTOR!

These doctors are not trained in the benefits of a healthy life-style at all! Very few doctors have ever taken classes or studied nutrition and almost none of them know anything about a weight room!

Until the medical industry comes out of the dark ages and accepts the facts of prevention instead of shoving a pill down your throat we will continue to be a sick and fat society. In fact if you really think about it what is their motivation to change it?

If we were all healthy we would not need them, nor would we need the expensive tests or drugs they prescribe.

We must take it upon ourselves to understand proper nutrition and exercise leads to a longer healthier life!

Diets Don't Work!!!

Lose Fat not Weight!

As many of you may already know the weight loss industry is one of the biggest scams being run on poor unsuspecting people.

The bottom line is DIETS DON'T WORK!!!!

Your biggest enemy is in the term itself, "Weight Loss"! The truth is your focus should be fat loss not weight loss.

I know it's so easy to just step up on the scale and watch the pounds drop off from the exercise and lack of calories.

However you most likely are causing more damage than good in this situation.

Many people that follow diets end up with a higher percentage of body-fat after they've dropped the weight than when they started. You see the body is very good at storing fat and wasting muscle, especially when you starve the weight off or don't eat enough protein.

You see muscle is the only thing that helps you burn fat for energy and when you starve yourself the body starts burning the muscle because you do not have the proper calories to feed the muscle you have. When you go into that catobolic phase your metabolism slows down to a snails pace and when you do eat your body stores those calories as fat because you're in starvation mode.

Tip: STAY OFF THE BATHROOM WEIGHT SCALE! The results you need to see are in the mirror and how your cloths fit you. Remember muscle is 5 times more dense that fat, so muscle is smaller in size yet much heavier. Get the idea out of your head that you need to weigh a particular number to get into a size number of cloths. That is SO WRONG and that's what keeps most people from truly reaching their goal.

The diet industry is in high hopes you will follow their advice because they know, they have a customer for life as long as you follow their advice.

Albert Einstein said, " The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting different results". Ask yourself, "Are you guilty of this?"

Find someone that is experienced in fat loss and not weight loss and get on a program that will help you spare muscle loss and burn the fat. Stop worrying about how much you weigh and focus on how you look in the mirror and how great you look in your cloths and naked!!!!

Texas Metabolics is the perfect place for you to learn the TRUTH about fat loss. We design training programs, custom meal programs, supplements and vitamins and a positive atmosphere to reach your goals. We've been successful in help other reach their fat loss goals for close to 20+ years now. So give us a call at 713-870-6960  and get started dropping the FAT today!!!