Summer is a time for shorts, swimsuits and short skirts. But for many women, revealing more of their body (especially if it is overweight) can be stressful. Summer is often a time when people increase their efforts to lose weight, but many find their body resisting weight loss despite their efforts. Getting to the root cause of weight gain, or weight loss resistance, can be as easy as consulting with a natural health professional.

A Roswell firm, Natural Health Consultants, offers its clients a variety of tests to determine where the body is stressed – which in turn can be the cause of weight gain or stubbornness to weight loss products or regimens.

“Stress of any kind has a very adverse affect on your body, especially when it comes to weight loss,” explains Chris Sembera, co-owner and founder of Natural Health Consultants. “Many people don’t think to find out where and how their body is stressed. But stress can greatly affect blood sugar levels in the body, which (when this not balanced) in turn causes your body to store fat more readily.”

According to Natural Health Consultants, stress that affects weight loss isn’t just about your body’s response to that traffic jam on 400, or a tight deadline at work, it’s ANY kind of stress in your body. It can be from food allergies that you don’t realize you have. It could be dental work that is affecting your body’s natural balance. Or, it could be exposure to toxins or other environmental elements.

“Because there are so many types of stresses that can keep the body from losing weight and digesting food properly, we conduct customized tests to determine the root cause of someone’s inability to lose weight when they follow a calorie reduction meal plan and they are increasing their physical activity,” said Debbie Sembera, co-owner of Natural Health Consultants.

In addition to determining where stress is in your body, it is important to know your body type and develop a nutrionally sound program that works best with your body type. According to Debbie Sembera, a person can even be a combination of body types. The following are recognized by the natural health field as being the most common body types. They include:

• Estro – this is the typical “pear” shaped body that accumulates fat in the lower part of the body. It does not burn carbohydrates very well or digest fats at a normal rate.
• Para – this body type accumulates weight all over the body – evenly distributed. Carbohydrates and sugars are a problem for this body type.
• Supra – this is the typical “beer belly” body type that typically has skinny legs and arms, but weight accumulates around the belly. It has problems digesting proteins properly.
• Neuro – this is the typical “boyish” body type. Think runway model waif. But this body type can have GI track sensitivities and other health sensitivities.

Once your body type is determined and customized testing is completed, Natural Health

Consultants can also determine if specific weight loss products or supplements might either help or harm you in your efforts to lose weight. Many of the over-the-counter supplements that people take thinking they are helping them with their weight loss efforts, can actually harm the body’s ability to lose weight properly.

“We can do a specific test for a specific product that someone is considering using, and tell them if it is a good idea to take it. We can also suggest natural remedies that might work better according to their body type and the test results of stresses in their body,” said Chris Sembera.

About Natural Health Consultants
Natural Health Consulting was co-founded in 1996 by Chris and Debbie Sembera, both Doctors in Bio-Energetics. The practice was originally located in New Orleans, La. and relocated to the Roswell, Ga. area after Hurricane Katrina destroyed its business and personal home. The practice uses the most advanced technologies to perform health assessments and to determine stress and imbalance in the body. Based on Quantum Physics, the technology the firm uses combines Western and Eastern medicines approaches. Chris Sembera is the author of H3, Health, Healing & Happiness – a book describing his personal journey toward health using natural health techniques – now available through www.authorhouse.com.