Why Isn’t Your Diet Working?

Harrison, N.Y. – Did you know that more than 80% of people who lose weight, eventually gain it back? Do you believe, like most people, that to lose weight, you just need to eat less and exercise more? Why does a specific diet work so well for one individual, while another may actually gain weight as a result?

The mysteries of weight loss is now the focus of a $931 million study by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) aiming to understand why dieting is so hard and why keeping the weight off is even harder. Scientists there are learning that the key to weight loss is highly personalized. Simply put, there is no “one size fits all” diet plan that works for everyone.

Most trendy weight loss plans focus on controlling a particular dietary villain -- calories or carbs, sugars or fats -- but fail to address the underlying causes that lead to these unhealthy cravings in the first place. This kind of oversimplification can put dieters into the impossible position of having to resist one food or another indefinitely. Sooner or later, that resistance always breaks down, and the diet fails.

According to Dr. Siobhan Kealy, medical director at NY Health & Wellness, the only way to stop that cycle -- permanently is through a holistic approach which teaches each client the best ways to manage stress, exercise effectively, supplement sensibly and eat healthfully.

And, one of the most important and least talked-about pieces of the weight-loss puzzle is hormonal balance. Dr. Kealy reports that a critical step in losing weight is learning how key hormones work to support (or sabotage) optimal body weight and health -- and what you can do to control this.

To learn more about achieving hormonal balance and to find out which diet would work best for you, please contact Dr. Kealy for a free assessment by calling (914) 703-4811, www.nyhealthandwellness.com.