The Ideal Protein Diet

I've gotta take a moment to brag about my wife, Caryn.  She started the diet program that we utilize at our clinic (Ideal Protein) about 2 months ago.  She's already lost 32 pounds!  Way to go, Caryn!  So!  She has motivated me to start it up myself.  She's an absolute inspiration!  Here we go!

There's a couple great principles incorporated in this Ideal Protein diet that make me a fan:

• You don't lose muscle mass in the process (as is common with most other diets).
• It resets your pancreas.
• It embraces the fact that it is a purposefully imbalanced diet, noting the accurate, biochemical uses of our 3 major fuels (carbs, proteins, and fats).

So let's quickly go over these 3 bullet points, one by one.  First, this diet doesn't make you lose muscle mass.  Other typical diets usually have some form of reducing your calorie intake.  Meaning, you still take in carbs, proteins and fats, just in smaller quantities.  With the Ideal Protein diet, you relatively stop the carb intake (eating just enough to maintain adequate organ health).  Under this system, your body falls into a state of ketosis (no more of the usual glycolysis) and your body has to use your fat cell storage to fuel your daily activities.  The stipulation being that you don't get to work out during this weight loss phase of the diet.  Working out would cause your body to utilize muscle fuel (since the blood sugar fuel from the carbs and sugars are gone from lack of intake)-- your body uses the muscle protein fuel when working out and not the fat cell fuel.  So just know that we're putting our body into ketosis on purpose so that we use fat cell fuel without working out.

Second, by cutting out the sugars and carbs, your pancreas no longer has to repetitively spike that well-known hormone known as insulin.  Since your pancreas no longer has to work so hard to spike the insulin (which happens to the majority of people on the standard American diet, a.k.a. SAD), your pancreas is given the reset that it deserves!  Many people who are pre-diabetic or even have diabetes have found that they no longer have diabetic problems after going on this diet.  Now, that being said, I've gotta throw in the disclaimer that Ideal Protein doesn't claim to cure diabetes, it just often happens to be one of the great side-effects.

Third, this diet embraces that to lose weight effectively, we need an imbalanced diet for a time.  We hear all the time that we should always maintain a balanced diet.  Well, that's true, if you're at your target weight already.  But if you're overweight, you should be utilizing this process your body is programmed to do when we have deprived ourselves of carbs-- and that's the process of ketosis.  It's there and designed to burn your fat cells as your body's source of fuel.  And!  By eating all the ideal proteins, you maintain your muscle mass!  So awesome!

If you've tried all the fad diets, if you've tried cutting calories and exercising more, and if you've tried a host of other frustrating methods, I invite you to join Caryn and myself on this Ideal Protein diet journey.

Know that our clinic requires that you attend (for free) one of our Ideal Protein classes to gain a more in-depth understanding of the process before diving in.  This class also provides a great opportunity to get all of your questions answered.

Are you or someone you know ready to lose that excess weight?  Or are you worried about someone you know?  Maybe someone that is pre-diabetic or has diabetes?  Aside from the superficial weight loss to just look better, it is time to get our bodies healthy!!!  So please give yourself or that loved one the gift of resetting their health.  Now is the time.  Caryn and I are here to go through the journey with you!


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Contact info:

Dr. Kelby Martin
(929) 33-KELBY   [929-335-3529]

South Jordan Chiropractic
10456 S Redwood Road
South Jordan, UT 84095
Office phone:  (801) 446-5100