In this podcast episode, Martin Pytela and his co-host Scott Paton discuss the general obesity problem that abounds in the United States and the western world in general. America is the most obese country in the world, with every two out of three people being overweight and over half of that officially obese.

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The episode focuses on the causes that have led us to the dire situation we are in. The industrial production methods which have gradually become more and more commonplace over the years have reduced our food to merely processed fabrications that only resemble the real thing in appearance. Governmental subsidization of large scale farming of grains on under-mineralized soils means that our food doesn’t have the nutrients it once did. Packaged foods are so full of addictive ingredients such as sugar that there is no chance to resist eating them.

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As a result, the body’s metabolism is out of control and won’t respond to common treatments tried by doctors. This is known as Metabolic Syndrome X. Its symptoms include obesity, high blood pressure, thyroid dysfunction, immunological disorders, low energy, inflammation, and reliance on pharmaceuticals.

The good news is this syndrome is reversible with proper hydration, nutrition, exercise, fresh air, sunlight, and grounding, though it not easy. However, with perseverance you will soon be free of flus and colds, the inflammatory illness, and the excess weight.

Weight Loss and Metabolic Syndrome X

This is a special episode of the Life Enthusiast Co-op, although it didn’t start out that way. What started out as an everyday podcast episode quickly turned into a discussion of the forces at work in our society designed to keep you from living a healthy lifestyle.

This is hard-hitting Martin like you may not have heard before. Check it out right here:

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The episode starts off with a discussion of a new syndrome known as “Metabolic Syndrome X”. Martin explains how the word “syndrome” itself delineates diseases which our current medical establishment can not easily classify. Most normal diseases that one would go to a doctor for are easily classifiable in that they have one cause which when removed cures the disease.

This is not the case with Metabolic Syndrome X, which is used as a starting point for a discussion of the drawbacks of our western medical system. The problem with this system is that it tends to treat trauma and emergencies really well, but is less successful at looking at causes of these illnesses and treating these causes.

As Martin goes on to articulate very well, there is a great distance between simply wanting to live after a life-changing accident and achieving the type of health we all strive for and hope to one day achieve. It is these area that Martin feels could benefit greatly from a more holistic approach.

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