In my long career as a trainer, I’ve noticed that the problems of most of my clients are strictly correlated with their state of health. As a result of poor eating habits and lack of physical activity, people start to put on weight and stop feeling comfortable in their own skin, so they come to me. Unfortunately, very often we don’t realize that appearance largely reflects our state of health. It is important to be aware that even if hormonal and metabolic disorders are not a cause of obesity, long-term obesity almost always results in many diseases and health problems (e.g. hyperinsulinism, leptin resistance, insulin resistance, hormonal disorders, etc.).

In connection with the fact that since I was 12 years old I’ve been suffering from incurable metabolic diseases and hormonal disorders, I know very well that achieving the desired “effects” by a person with a hormonal or metabolic disorder, in most cases, is extremely difficult or sometimes even impossible.

That’s why, long time ago I decided that the only way to help my clients effectively (including myself and my mother suffering from Hashimoto’s disease and many other autoimmune disorders) is to dive into endocrinology, biochemistry, clinical nutrition, neurology and the immune and digestive system. During that time, I’ve read a huge number of medical publications, books (mostly in English), textbooks and encyclopedias for doctors, and participated in numerous trainings, conferences and webinars.

All of that has been done to understand the mechanisms of action of our body, not only from a purely theoretical point of view, but also to be able to help people in practice, by diagnosing their health problems and disease units, and then finding the cause of their occurrence and effective treatment to improve their health condition.

Of course, I mean the right diet therapy, supplementation, life hygiene and choosing an appropriate type/intensity of physical activity for a given disease.

Unfortunately, there are a lot of such doctors and dietitians in our country. The big problem is the lack of holistic approach towards the patient. Physicians often concentrate on their narrow specialization, forgetting that our body is a huge collection of collaborating systems and organs, and that one’s dysfunction can greatly affect the work of others.

One of the key aspects is also the lack of diagnostic skills. During many years of work, I’ve consulted and collaborated with hundreds of people. The majority of them had a lot of experience with health services because they had been seeking help from many different doctors over the years. The number of stories I’ve heard, about the irresponsibility of some doctors, fills me with great anxiety and embarrassment. Unfortunately, these incompetent individuals cast a very unfavorable shadow on other doctors who approach their profession in a reliable and professional manner.

Diagnosis of thyroid/Hashimoto/Graves’ disease on the basis of TSH alone, glucose curve assignment without insulin measurement, being guided solely by exceeded norms, and total absence of interview while analyzing the test results (e.g. physical exercise affects the level of TSH, ALAT, ASPAT, etc. … the type of diet used so far will have an effect on insulin release after glucose load, etc. … the quantity and quality of sleep at night before the test has an effect on cortisol and glucose levels, which could be listed indefinitely). It is very common for a doctor to come up with a misdiagnosis because he/she hasn’t got familiar with the person’s lifestyle.

Basic factors influencing the health deterioration:

• lack of physical activity, sedentary lifestyle – physical activity is essential for our body to stay healthy. It has a huge impact on our metabolism, cardiovascular system and a number of other things closely related to the proper functioning of the body.
• chronic stress – in the natural environment, through the hundreds of thousands of years, stress was helping us to survive (mobilization to escape, race, search for food, etc.). In nature, stress was closely related to physical activity, unfortunately, today it is mainly psychological. Chronic stress is one of the main causes of a large number of health problems (hormonal, metabolic, psychological and nervous problems).
• toxins – the current exposure of human to various toxins is enormous. From paint, carpets, cosmetics, household chemicals to food and air. Excess amounts of toxic substances that enter our body are pro-inflammatory, intensify immune reactions (allergies, intolerances and autoimmune diseases), overload our livers and impair metabolism.
• blue light exposure – TVs, monitors, cell phones, tablets, etc. emit the so-called “blue light”, which is the equivalent of noon sunlight. It stimulates the brain and the adrenal glands to work. This is a kind of signal that it’s midday, and we should be active rather than rest. If, in the evening, we are excessively exposed to blue light, it can cause significant deterioration of sleep quality, related to hormonal and metabolic disorders.
• alcohol, drugs, stimulants – the current lifestyle is forcing many of us to reach for stimulants (caffeine, guarana, energy drinks) or, on the contrary, things that allow us to “relax” (alcohol, narcotics, psychotropic drugs). This leads to the imbalance of neurotransmitters (or blockages of their receptors) in our brain and is associated with major health problems and malaise.