HCG AND THE "SARASOTA DIET" Day 21, Research proves that Vitamin D . ROBERT G CARLSON, MD,FACS

HCG AND THE "SARASOTA DIET" Day 21,Research proves that Vitamin D improves weight loss. ROBERT G CARLSON, MD,FACS

Day 21: 214.6 HCG injection 300 units ( .3 cc) days 15-25

This morning I started my day with some coffee and three fried eggs with bacon and cheddar cheese on a low carb wrap. I used the one wrap for all three eggs. This is a little more carbs that I should have in the morning, but I will just have to restrict my carbohydrate intake tonight. I ate two hard boiled eggs , i made yesterday for a mid morning snack and ate three thick turkey roll-ups with Muenster cheese ( I will show you that in the next blog). No afternoon snack, but again focused on drinking alot of water between seeing patients. For dinner I heated a pound, yes a pound of bay scallops in a frying pain with olive oil, and then after browning them on both sides (about 4 minutes each side) , I put them in the oven on broil with some Parmesan and Romano cheese. It was really filling and my 11 year old actually really liked it too. Life sure has its mysteries. I went with the sugar free jello and low sugar whip cream for dessert, and thus consumed no carbohydrates for dessert. Another key to successful weight loss is to have an adequate level of Vitamin D. Let me explain how beneficial this really is to weight loss.

Research proves that Vitamin D improves weight loss Robert G Carlson, MD, FACS

RESEARCH PROVES THAT VITAMIN D IMPROVES WEIGHT LOSS

Researchers at Aberdeen University found that low levels of vitamin D interfered with the function of a hormone called leptin, which tells the brain when the stomach is full. The study also found that excess body fat absorbs vitamin D, stopping it entering the bloodstream. Unfortunately in the winter months, when exercise is difficult and seasonal depression creeps in, low vitamin D levels are epidemic and will cause weight gain. In addition, the rapid spiral worsens as the accumulation of excess body fat leads to the fat-soluble vitamin D becoming locked away in fat cells.

In another study involving 60 overweight/obese women aged 20-35 years adhering to a low calorie diet, those with higher vitamin D levels lost more weight and fat. This supports the theory that women with a better vitamin D status will respond better to low calorie diets and lose more body fat.

In postmenopausal women calcium/vitamin D supplements have been shown to slow weight gain This finding comes from a detailed, seven-year study of more than 36,000 U.S. women enrolled in the Women's Health Initiative. It clearly demonstrates that most weight gain was in the youngest postmenopausal women and that Vitamin D and calcium slowed the process of weight gain.

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have discovered that if you are struggling to lose weight or have lost weight but plateaued, that adding vitamin D3 to a high protein diet may be just be the boost you need. They found that you could lose 25 pounds of flab from your body in about 7 seconds per day, simply by adding vitamin D3 this year. So it appears that Vitamin D3 may be the "SWITCH" that turns on automatic fat burning engine.

A 2009 study conducted by researchers from the University of Minnesota found that overweight people have better success in losing weight when their vitamin D levels are increased. When combined with a reduced-calorie diet, it appears that supplementation with vitamin D helps to promote increased weight loss among those whose levels are low. For each nanogram per milliliter increase in vitamin D precursor, it was observed that an extra half-pound loss in weight occurred while on the diet plan.

To address the Metabolic syndrome and the increase in visceral abdominal fat, I believe it is critical to understand the connection between vitamin D levels and insulin resistance. Vitamin D deficiency may contribute to the wide set of disorders associated with this syndrome of high cholesterol, insulin resistance, high blood pressure and increased abdominal fat. In a study published in 2004, the authors saw a 60% improvement in insulin sensitivity in healthy, vitamin D replete adults — and determined that vitamin D was more potent than two prescription medications commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes.

Clearly, vitamin D is critical in regulating our weight, and knowing the dramatic impact on thyroid function, and optimizing metabolism, the correlation between rising rates of obesity and vitamin D deficiency aren’t a surprise. Vitamin D3 or cholecalciferol supports so many important functions in our bodies and interacts with over 2000 Genes. To believe that the only benefit of Vitamin D is to improve bone growth seems short cited at best. Focus on optimizing your vitamin D levels, and a healthy and active lifestyle will be in your future. MORE INFO AT WWW.ANDLOS.COM

HCG AND THE "SARASOTA DIET" Day #13 MAKING YOUR LOW CARBOHYDRATE APPROACH SUCCESSFUL BY SHOPPING CORRECTLY ROBERT G CARLSON, MD,FACS

HCG AND THE "SARASOTA DIET" Day #12 MAKING YOUR LOW CARBOHYDRATE APPROACH SUCCESSFUL BY SHOPPING CORRECTLY ROBERT G CARLSON, MD,FACS

Day # 13: 218.4

Went by the Deli at Publix and had them cut a pound of Turkey nice and thick, and then added a pound of smoked Gouda cheese. I ate that for lunch and I had a late dinner with it as well while working at the office on some manuscripts I'm trying to complete on Hormone Replacement Therapies and a second on The Myths of Cholesterol From A Heart Surgeon's Perspective. I focused on drinking more water today. Sometimes I forget, but I like the "rule" that whenever you feel like you want a "snack", just drink an entire glass of water and you will be amazed how that satisfies your hunger. But of course, with this approach there are no caloric restrictions , so you can eat anything (of course no carbohydrates) that you want and eat all day if you want.

Here is the last section on your Grocery Shopping Adventure, and How important it is to pick the correct foods( All Low carbohydrate, except romaine lettuce, spinach, and even asparagus are allowed and will consist of 75% of your carbohydrate input each day.)

The critical part of the Sarasota Diet or what I would like to think of as a New Lifestyle with limited carbohydrate intake( accentuated by HCG), is to firmly avoid the foods we have restricted on the Sarasota Diet. For the first round of 28 days you can’t eat these items because the sugar cravings will take hold and your weight loss will screech to a halt. Avoid those simple sugars like sugar filled drinks and juices, pastry, cookies, sweets and candy( STOP-IT helps you fight those nasty cravings: http://andlos.com/information/stop%20it%20booklet.pdf ). Also you absolutely need to avoid those complex carbohydrates that rapidly become sugar in your body like bread, whole wheat and white, rice, oatmeal and grains. We have been told that oatmeal is good for your, Brown rice is so healthy, and whole grain breads and pasta are the best things to eat. The answer to all of those is a resounding “NO”. All of these presumably “healthy items” contain massive amounts of carbohydrates and are absolutely restricted from the Sarasota low carbohydrate approach. My goal is to restrict the total carbohydrates to 20 grams for 4 weeks and with the use of HCG , you will have the strength to fight the cravings, the energy needed to carry on your daily activities and the development of a physiology that is the healthiest form to reduce inflammation, diabetes, triglyceride levels, without experiencing the “blah” feelings that are so common with diets that aggressively restrict caloric intact, and push people into a starvation mode.

This low carbohydrate approach will now train your body to live on the fats and not the carbohydrates which are promoting inflammation and making you feel so bad. This low carbohydrate Sarasota Diet will drive your body to ketosis , where it will preferentially learn to burn your excess fat because no excess sugar is around. We know that excess sugar in your body will cause insulin levels to rise and these chronically elevated insulin levels cause excess sugar to be changed into fat and then stored inside of your belly as visceral fat, inside your blood vessels, inside your liver, and in all kinds of places we just don’t want it to be. Blocking the insulin directed fat accumulation program, will result in using your fats as energy instead of as storage units. I won’t discuss hormonal balance yet but one hormone, specifically progesterone ( which is essentially gone in women over 45 and is immeasurable in men over 50, will block the forced accumulation of fat inside of your belly as visceral fat( I LOVE NATURAL PROGESTERONE)

http://progesteroneandmen.blogspot.com/.

This is not necessarily the fat I refer to as Dunlap’s disease..or” It Dun Lapped Over My Belt”, but this is the fat that wraps around all your organs, and causes diabetes, massive inflammation and heart disease. It’s really bad stuff and I want to train our bodies to use that visceral fat as an energy source, as well as to block the creation of that “belly fat”.

HCG AND THE "SARASOTA DIET" Day 12, Continuing Our Grocery Shopping Adventure !! ROBERT G CARLSON, MD,FACS

HCG AND THE "SARASOTA DIET" Day 12, Continuing Our Grocery Shopping Adventure !! ROBERT G CARLSON, MD,FACS

HCG AND THE "SARASOTA DIET" Day 12, Continuing Our Grocery Shopping Adventure !! ROBERT G CARLSON, MD,FACS

Day 12: 218.8

Busy day in the office and had to drive to two meetings at the end of the day. Oh , what I would do for a run on the beach. I lost a little weight this time, but last night consumed an entire lemon pepper chicken from Publix, and a small spinach , cheese, and olive salad with Blue cheese dressing....and lost weight. Got to love this diet! Planning on checking my percent fat on Day 13 because I know my weight is relatively stable, but my clothes are fitting a lot more loose. Lets go back to the grocery trip again. I will tell you more about my Fat Burning Accelerator shots after we finish at the Grocery store. And then we will set up a sample week long schedule. Keep following with us and PLEASE add any comments or insights. I strongly believe that every day is a day at school, and I always love learning something new.

I like buying my meat in larger quantities, as this will be a mainstay for the next 4 weeks. Buy a few pounds of hamburger and make patties out of them and freeze the ones you won’t need for the first few days. Be aggressive with using cheeses, all kinds of cheese and spices to “soup-up” your hamburgers. I also get the sale steaks (any cuts) and eat them back to back using spices. A steak for dinner and a spinach salad will fill you up and you can pick up a few strawberries or my favorite cherry sugar free jello and cover it with either regular heavy whipping cream or the low sugar whipping cream options. Buy your cheese in bulk as well. Either the large blocks or go crazy when the individual grated cheese bags are on sale. Although, It is so much less expensive to grate your own cheese then to pay for the packaged kind . Also stay away from the low fat cheese or the kind made with milk. Always remember, when it says “lo w-fat”, it really means ‘high sugar”.

You can also purchase seafood options at almost any grocery deli. Recently I enjoyed eating over a ½ pound of lightly sauteed bay scallops with Parmesan and Romano cheese melt over the top. I was full after eating that meal and there were absolutely zero carbs in that meal.

The critical part of the diet or what I would like to think of as a New Lifestyle with limited carbohydrate intake, is to firmly avoid the foods restricted on the Sarasota Diet. For the first round of 28 days you can’t eat these items because the sugar cravings will take hold and your weight loss will screech to a halt.......... more to follow

HCG AND THE "SARASOTA DIET" DAY 9. Adding exercise to melt the fat ROBERT G CARLSON, MD,FACS

HCG AND THE "SARASOTA DIET" DAY 9. Adding exercise to melt the fat ROBERT G CARLSON, MD,FACS

Day 9: 218.4

I have been very dedicated to maintaining my diet approach, and why not? It is really easy, especially for those people who would never be able to tolerate the 500 calorie diet of the “classic” HCG approach. I would never be able to run 5 miles and eat only 500 calories. Incorporating exercise into your weight loss program is important, but timing is critical. The first few days on the low carbohydrate approach may make exercising difficult as you have depleting sugar levels in your blood stream and we begin teaching our body to burn fats for energy, not sugar. I really enjoy running and went for a 7 mile run this weekend, tolerating it amazingly well because of the addition of the HCG to the Low Carbohydrate approach. My morning weight was 218.4, but my post run weight was 214.2. I know it is mostly water weight, but I still enjoy seeing those decreasing numbers on my scales. For those who can walk, that is an excellent way to start burning that fat. If walking isn’t enough, jump into the T-Tapp mode. This exercise, nothing to do with tap dancing, is absolutely incredible, dousing the inflammation that is persecuting your body, and helping you melt the fat away and experience a disappearing waistline. Please try it! You can go onto the T-Tapp website, and the amazing Teresa Tapp has provided all kinds of FREE exercises, that she has devoted years developing. You will find the exercises easy to do, and the results amazing. So tie your low carb /HCG diet with an exercise program that burns the fat away.

http://www.t-tapp.com/index.html

Sarasota Diet:HCG and the Atkins Diet Robert G Carlson, MD, FACS

Sarasota Diet:HCG and the Atkins Diet Robert G Carlson, MD, FACS

Day 8: 219.4

http://www.t-tapp.com/index.html

I continue to tolerate the 20 grams of carbohydrates without too much fatigue. Saw patients in my office and performed a three hour liposuction, then ran to football practice. I continue with a cup of coffee in the morning, but moved from Coffee Mate to half and half or whipping cream, since they are lower in carbohydrates. Continue to enjoy my morning and late afternoon chocolate whey milkshake. Roll-ups for lunch with roast beef and horseradish cheddar cheese. For dinner I ate a steak after football practice as well as a salad with romaine lettuce, a few cherry tomatoes, olives, cheddar cheese and Blue cheese dressing.

I enjoyed meeting my new patient in the morning Friday. He is a very intelligent business man, struggling with weight issues. He felt he was eating well, consuming oatmeal (19 grams carbs) for breakfast and lunch, subway sandwiches (12 inch roasted chicken sandwich-96 carbs) for lunch and dinner while working out of town, but was really feeding his increasing abdominal fat with carbs. He also demonstrated high amount of visceral fat, percent body fat exceeding 36% and a percent muscle of only 29% . This gentleman was not only overweight, but severely sarcopenic…or lacking muscle. He has all the signs and symptoms of the metabolic syndrome, increased blood pressure, increased abdominal fat, increased cholesterol, and glucose intolerance with elevated sugars. The metabolic syndrome dramatically increases your risks of developing heart disease. It is the high sugars in his blood stream and his diet that were driving his whole body inflammation, causing his belly to grow even bigger, and his muscles to waste away. Balancing his hormones, optimizing his thyroid function and using the Sarasota Diet will lead to significant weight loss and restoration of his energy levels and youthfulness. I believe that “we spend the first 50 years of our lives sacrificing our health to make money, and the second 50 years of our lives spending our money regaining our health.” Don’t wait until it’s too late. Start now regaining your health and youthfulness.

HCG AND THE "SARASOTA DIET" DAY 7. WHAT IS KETOSIS ? ROBERT G CARLSON, MD,FACS

HCG AND THE "SARASOTA DIET" DAY 7. WHAT IS KETOSIS? ROBERT G CARLSON, MD,FACS

DAY 7: 219.

My weight loss, although steady, has been a bit slower than I anticipated. I wanted to confirm I wasn't getting any extra sugar from other sources, like maybe a dressing on the Cobb salad I enjoyed. Checking for ketosis, means using a urine dip stick to measure how much ketones are in your urine. The more ketones, the more fat you are burning. If you were to cheat and consume more than the 20 grams carbohydrate, your body would move out of the fat burning mode for a day or so and consume those sugars you had eaten. That will slow the weight loss process down.
Fortunately I remain in moderate ketosis, so keep on with the low carb veggies and meats.

I wanted to recount a story about a group of four men who were all at least 50-100 lbs overweight. Eating 500 calories with the standard HCG was NOT an option. So I told them for breakfast eat eggs and bacon, and for lunch, and for dinner to go to a place like Sonny's real pit BBQ. Only eat the meat, no fries, cole slaw, or BBQ sauce. And they have all different types of meat to choose from. After doing this for a month, 3 of the four guys lost over 20 pounds in the month, and they felt great. The fourth actually gained 5 pounds. After "grilling" him on his menu selection at the BBQ pit, we uncovered that he had been drinking three or four ice teas with each meal....sweet tea! So you have to be careful when you go out. Best bet is to drink a whole bunch of water, although I don't think one beer a night ( low carb) would significantly slow the process of weight loss.

WHY DO I CHECK FOR KETONES IN MY URINE AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN? In the absence of adequate available stores of carbohydrates, our body turns to fat for its primary energy source. And that’s good! The reason this occurs is because our body will release insulin when we eat carbohydrates. Insulin is the primary mechanism by which fat is escorted into the cells, and it is virtually impossible for your body to use fat as fuel in the presence of insulin. In fact in the face of excessive stress, our elevated insulin levels will convert excess sugar in our blood stream into fat, which is then forced inside your belly as visceral fat (that’s the bad stuff that causes heart disease and diabetes). Low carbohydrate diets carefully control insulin by limiting its release. Since your body almost always turns to carbohydrates as its primary source of energy, in their absence your body will instead turn to fat as fuel, and the small amount of the insulin present allows your body to burn stored fat as fuel. This is known as being in ketosis, a term which your body is now burning fat, not carbohydrates for fuel. Now that’s really good for fat loss. So it is the presence of ketosis and lowered insulin levels which are some of the reasons the low carbohydrate diet really works.

Research proves that Vitamin D improves weight loss Robert G Carlson, MD, FACS

RESEARCH PROVES THAT VITAMIN D IMPROVES WEIGHT LOSS

Researchers at Aberdeen University found that low levels of vitamin D interfered with the function of a hormone called leptin, which tells the brain when the stomach is full. The study also found that excess body fat absorbs vitamin D, stopping it entering the bloodstream. Unfortunately in the winter months, when exercise is difficult and seasonal depression creeps in, low vitamin D levels are epidemic and will cause weight gain. In addition, the rapid spiral worsens as the accumulation of excess body fat leads to the fat-soluble vitamin D becoming locked away in fat cells.

In another study involving 60 overweight/obese women aged 20-35 years adhering to a low calorie diet, those with higher vitamin D levels lost more weight and fat. This supports the theory that women with a better vitamin D status will respond better to low calorie diets and lose more body fat.

In postmenopausal women calcium/vitamin D supplements have been shown to slow weight gain This finding comes from a detailed, seven-year study of more than 36,000 U.S. women enrolled in the Women's Health Initiative. It clearly demonstrates that most weight gain was in the youngest postmenopausal women and that Vitamin D and calcium slowed the process of weight gain.

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have discovered that if you are struggling to lose weight or have lost weight but plateaued, that adding vitamin D3 to a high protein diet may be just be the boost you need. They found that you could lose 25 pounds of flab from your body in about 7 seconds per day, simply by adding vitamin D3 this year. So it appears that Vitamin D3 may be the "SWITCH" that turns on automatic fat burning engine.

A 2009 study conducted by researchers from the University of Minnesota found that overweight people have better success in losing weight when their vitamin D levels are increased. When combined with a reduced-calorie diet, it appears that supplementation with vitamin D helps to promote increased weight loss among those whose levels are low. For each nanogram per milliliter increase in vitamin D precursor, it was observed that an extra half-pound loss in weight occurred while on the diet plan.

To address the Metabolic syndrome and the increase in visceral abdominal fat, I believe it is critical to understand the connection between vitamin D levels and insulin resistance. Vitamin D deficiency may contribute to the wide set of disorders associated with this syndrome of high cholesterol, insulin resistance, high blood pressure and increased abdominal fat. In a study published in 2004, the authors saw a 60% improvement in insulin sensitivity in healthy, vitamin D replete adults — and determined that vitamin D was more potent than two prescription medications commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes.

Clearly, vitamin D is critical in regulating our weight, and knowing the dramatic impact on thyroid function, and optimizing metabolism, the correlation between rising rates of obesity and vitamin D deficiency aren’t a surprise. Vitamin D3 or cholecalciferol supports so many important functions in our bodies and interacts with over 2000 Genes. To believe that the only benefit of Vitamin D is to improve bone growth seems short cited at best. Focus on optimizing your vitamin D levels, and a healthy and active lifestyle will be in your future. MORE INFO AT WWW.ANDLOS.COM,

Dr Robert G Carlson, MD,FACS

Vitamin D Helps Weight Loss Robert G Carlson, MD, FACS

Vitamin D Helps Weight Loss

Being overweight with excess body fat and abdominal obesity represent an overwhelming threat to the health of millions of men, women and children. Obesity is out of control, and today the number of obese people exceeds 35 % and it is growing rapidly. It is a true epidemic. Closely tied with this epidemic is the high percentage of the population of the United States that is grossly deficient in vitamin D. We have been told that the sun is bad for us, and processed foods have minimal Vitamin D in them and even Vitamin D fortified milk and orange juice are a joke, with the wrong type of Vitamin D, and amounts so small that they are essentially worthless unless you drank five gallons of milk and juice a day.

Fortunately, there is hope. Vitamin D has been shown to be critical in the creation of stored fat. You can help your body burn abdominal fat and lose weight naturally by incorporating adequate amounts of vitamin D in your diet, primarily through extremely inexpensive supplementation. A Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism study showed that the lack of Vitamin D is important in the accumulation of excess body fat. In the absence of sufficient vitamin D the body increases the number and size of newly formed fat cells that will promote and accelerate abdominal obesity. Providing sufficient levels of vitamin D, will signal fat cells to shrink. This makes weight loss much easier when calories are restricted. So start taking at least 5000 units of vitamin D a day. You will reduce your risk of cancer, diabetes, heart disease, autoimmune diseases and even the common cold....and now even lose weight. www.andlos.com Dr. Rob

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