If you are already at a healthy weight, congratulations. For most people weight loss is on their minds – and for good reason. Statistics tell us that despite the billions of dollars spent each year in the weight loss market, U.S. obesity rates continue to rise. Many popular products offer quick fixes but fail to provide promised results leaving us disappointed and with feelings of failure. What’s more, some of these products have undesirable side effects, wreak havoc on the body’s natural energy systems, and are often addictive drugs. While nothing can take the place of physical activity and supportive eating, understanding a little bit about how our bodies function with the use of natural supplements can be helpful. First to know is that no supplement melts fat, whether it is natural or not. Fat burning requires fat mobilization and then the delivery of fatty acids into the muscle cell where they can be burned as fuel. You must understand that the supplement is just that;...
Supplementation for Weight Loss
Muscle is the sight where fat is burned. The body must be in the right hormonal and chemical balance in order to release fat to the muscle cell. (Much of this is acquired through exercise and nutrition.) There are a lot of little “helpers” or catalysts that can create the proper environment in our bodies to burn fat more efficiently. Starting with a good quality “whole food” vitamin and mineral complex is important. Beware of synthetically based vitamins that cannot be absorbed or utilized in the body. Vitamins and minerals are indispensable, essential, non-caloric organic nutrients needed in certain amounts in the diet. The role of many are to serve as “helpers” to the cell machinery that makes possible the processes by which other nutrients are digested, absorbed, metabolized or built into body structures. They liberate energy (the calories you get from macronutrients: carbohydrates, proteins and fats) into usable energy for the human body. Along...
How to Supplement
Sixty-four percent of Americans are overweight. Thirty-one percent are obese, meaning their body fat is 30% or more of their total body weight. These statistics are alarming and these numbers are rising every year! Yet the business of weight loss is a multi-billion dollar industry. What’s wrong with this picture? Processed foods, lack of exercise, stress, starvation, malnourishment and the masses of misinformation have created an imbalance in our bodies that make it impossible to lose weight. This article will address some of the natural supplements that can help you achieve a healthy body weight and stay there. As always, I remind you that a supplement is only that: a supplement. It will assist you with what you are already doing which is the right nutrition and physical activity. (Please feel free to contact me for more information on diet and exercise.) A great kick off to any health program is to detox. The Herbal Path offers several detoxification kits that are...
What Makes Cristyn Different?
Cristyn Peters has helped hundreds of people develop lean, tone, healthy bodies as well as healthy lifestyles. She is a professionally certified exercise specialist, personal trainer and health fitness instructor through ACSM, American College of Sports Medicine, ACE, American Council on Exercise and NSCA, National Strength and Conditioning Association.
She holds a B.S. in Human Services with a focus on counseling psychology from Springfield College and a A.S. in Substance Abuse Counseling from NH Technical Institute. Her college education extends to extensive work in Anatomy and Physiology, Human Kinesiology, Physical Therapy, Nutrition and Reiki as well as numerous seminars and workshops to maintain certification throughout the past 23 years.
Within this time she has held positions that include various levels of health club management and fitness instruction, social work and mental health counseling, and working with nutritional supplementation at The Herbal Path in Dover, NH.
Her personal experience includes several triathlons, two marathons, on and off road cycling, years of road races and fitness competitions. Remaining committed and dedicated to her individual clients, she consistently delivers results through education and personal empowerment. She currently offers individual, group, home, office, gym and online personal training services with openings for a limited number of new clients.
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