We all know we need to pay more attention to what we eat, our stress level and a good exercise regime - but it's never easy. Now, best-selling author Mark Hyman, M.D. (ULTRAPREVENTION) brings together revolutionary science and his own proprietary studies for the first time to show public television viewers precisely how to turn back the biological clock in ULTRAMETABOLISM: The Simple Plan for Automatic Weight Loss.

Speaking before a studio audience, Dr. Hyman begins the program with some alarming statistics - for the first time in a century American children can expect shorter life spans than their parents. Children's obesity rates have tripled over the past 40 years, and in the last decade type 2 diabetes has increased 1000 percent! Following the ULTRAMETABOLISM lifestyle program, Dr. Hyman explains, our generation can learn how to prevent disease, prolong life and make dieting obsolete. No calorie counting, no talk of "carbs" or other fads - just cutting edge science that can be tailored to a customizable program that's easy to follow for automatic weight loss and good health - at any age.

ULTRAMETABOLISM is based on a groundbreaking concept called nutrigenomics -- the science of how food is information that "talks" to our genes. The concept is simple: by learning how to work with our bodies instead of against them, we can ignite the natural fat burning furnaces that are lying dormant in each of our bodies. Throughout the program, Dr. Hyman explains how to fit into your genes to forever fit into your jeans -- eat the right foods and send instructions of weight loss and health; eat the wrong foods and send messages of weight gain and disease.

Next, Dr. Hyman reveals the causes behind today's obesity epidemic: the food and drug industries effect on American eating habits and popular diet myths that lead to weight gain, including:

  • The Starvation Myth: Eat Less + Exercise More = Weight Loss
  • The Calorie Myth: You Can Control Weight By Counting Calories
  • The Sumo Wrestler Myth: Skipping Meals Helps You Lose Weight
  • The French Paradox Myth: The French are Thin Because They Drink Wine and Eat Butter

Understanding how our bodies run is essential to achieving ULTRAMETABOLISM, and Dr. Hyman explains the key principles to "reboot" the bodyıs metabolism by reprogramming our genes to automatically burn fat and keep weight off for good:

  • Stress Makes You Gain Weight, Relaxing Makes You Thin. Under any physical or psychological stress, the body is designed to protect itself. It stores calories and conserves weight. It pumps hormones into the system that increase blood fats, sugar and insulin to prepare the body for 'fight or flight.' Without eating more or exercising less, stress alone will cause weight gain and lead to diabetes. Active relaxation turns on nerves that reduce inflammation, increase fat burning and give the body the ability to control blood sugar.
  • Cool the Fire of Inflammation. Inflammation is part of the bodyıs natural defense system against infection, irritation, and toxins. When the immune systemıs natural balance is disrupted, it shifts into a chronic state of alarm or inflammation, spreading a smoldering fire through the body. This fire can occur without any symptoms and is a major cause of weight gain and disease. Being overweight promotes inflammation and inflammation promotes obesity in a vicious cycle that causes premature aging and fatal chronic diseases including heart disease, cancer, Alzheimerıs and diabetes. More than half of Americans are inflamed, and most of them donıt know it. The fat cells around the stomach area are common inflammation sources. Supply the body with anti-inflammatories like exercise and omega 3 fatty acids (fish, ginger, garlic, and cocoa), and avoid sugar, trans fat, processed foods, and stress.
  • Turn Calories Into Energy. Turbocharge the body's metabolic engine to more efficiently turn calories into energy. The ability to burn calories is dependent on the health, number and efficiency of mitochondria, the little powerhouses that produce energy in every cell. Reverse mitochondria damage by turning up the body's metabolic fire through smarter - not longer - exercise like interval training.
  • Love Your Liver. Detoxify the liver so it will properly metabolize sugars and fats. Toxins from within our bodies and toxins from our environment both contribute to obesity. Getting rid of these toxins and boosting the natural detoxification system is an essential component of long-term weight loss and a healthy metabolism.

ULTRAMETABOLISM concludes with a basic instruction manual for the body to help viewers create what Dr. Hyman describes in the program as "hormonal harmony between your brain, gut and fat cells to control your appetite." Tips include eating real whole foods, eating breakfast and omega 3 fats daily, fitting in more fiber and anti-inflammatory foods, making protein part of every meal, drinking clean filtered water, and eating every four hours.

Mark Hyman, M.D. is a pioneer in the emerging field of functional medicine and served as co-medical director of the award-winning Canyon Ranch Lenox health resort for eight years.

A co-production of WLIW New York and Hyman Integrative Therapies, LLC. Executive Producers: Mark Hyman, MD and Roy A. Hammond. This program made possible in part by ForSaleByOwner.Com, The Park Foundation, The Woodmere Foundation, and Genova Diagnostics.

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