by Robert Garrison
Relora is an all-natural, patentpending
ingredient proven to help
stressed individuals relax and to normalize
levels of hormones associated with
stress-related weight gain—a condition
called metabolic syndrome.
James LaValle, R.Ph., N.M.D., C.N.N., describes
the syndrome as a stress-related condition
that is keeping as many as 47 million adults
overweight and frustrated. Scientists at the
National Institute of Health (NIH) and other
research centers have demonstrated that hormonal
imbalances associated with stress and
metabolic syndrome contribute to excess
body fat (especially around the middle),
immune dysfunction, cardiovascular disease
and a number of other age-related disorders.
“Most people haven’t heard of this condition,”
says LaValle. “They try to treat the
obvious symptom—the belly fat—and ignore
the other symptoms. Unless you treat the condition
as a whole, it’s hard to get results.”
For the past eight years, Dr. LaValle has
specialized in the treatment of metabolic
syndrome at his clinic in Cincinnati.
Recently he has found that Relora has special
properties that go beyond its ability to help
stressed individuals relax. Several of his
patients lost dramatic inches and pounds
thanks to his program of nutrition, exercise
and Relora. According to LaValle, Relora
plays a key role in the reversal of metabolic
syndrome. In a study of stressed individuals
at Dr. LaValle’s clinic, Relora was found to
normalize the levels of cortisol, a stress hormone
that is a key culprit in metabolic syndrome
and its associated weight gain,
especially around the belly.
In addition to addressing the weight
problems associated with stress, Relora has
exciting promise in light of the data currently
available regarding stress:
- 43 percent of all adults suffer adverse health effects due to stress.
- 75–90 percent of all visits to primary care physicians are for stress-related complaints or disorders.
- Stress has been linked to all the leading causes of death including heart disease, cancer, lung ailments, accidents, cirrhosis and suicide.
- An estimated one million workers are absent on an average work day because of stress-related complaints. Stress is said to be responsible for more than half of the 550,000,000 work days lost annually because of absenteeism.
- A three-year study conducted by a large corporation showed that 60 percent of employee absences were due to psychological problems such as stress.
- Nearly half of all American workers suffer from symptoms of burnout, a disabling reaction to stress on the job.
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