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Health
through Lifestyle Modification
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FirstLine Therapy
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FirstLine
Therapy®
is a therapeutic lifestyle modification program that can help
you improve
your health, achieve your health goals, and reduce your health risks.
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With FirstLine Therapy, you'll learn simple things you
can do every day to take control of your health such as diet,
exercise,
stress management, and appropriate nutritional supplementation.
Therapeutic
Lifestyle
Changes
(TLC) are the first, and
possibly the most important therapy to treat
many chronic health problems. Lifestyle changes are now recommended
as the
"first line of therapy" for treating chronic illness or
reducing
the risk of other serious health conditions, such as:
- Heart disease
- Stroke
- Diabetes
- Arthritis
- Osteoporosis
- Overweight/Obesity
- High cholesterol
- High blood pressure
- High blood sugar
- Alzheimer's disease
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| Lifestyle
choices are also the key to addressing other health concerns and symptoms,
such as: |
- Fatigue
- Hormone imbalance
- Low sex drive
- Stress-related symptoms
- Poor memory or lack of mental clarity
- And many others
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of these health problems can be reversed or even treated by adopting a
healthy lifestyle.
A healthy lifestyle starts with knowledge - the
knowledge to make informed decisions that impact
your health every day.
With this program you'll also get easy ways to track your progress, tips
for success, reminders, and other support that will help you achieve your
goals. |
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FirstLine
Therapy® will help you:
- Address the underlying cause(s) of common health
problems
- Take control of your health by providing you with
the necessary tools
- Live your life in a way that improves your health
- Feel good now, and maintain good health for years
to come
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is FLT Different? |
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are three key reasons that make FirstLine
Therapy® (FLT) different than conventional lifestyle programs: |
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FLT is about more than just weight loss.
- FLT can help you lose unhealthy fat
while retaining healthy, lean muscle.
- FLT integrates body composition
testing (fat & lean tissue ratios) because being thin doesn't
necessarily mean you're healthy.
- An imbalance in body composition
(gaining too much fat or losing too much muscle) can lead to serious
health problems such as high blood pressure, altered cholesterol
levels, etc.
- Loss of muscle results in loss of
ability to burn calories, which makes it much more difficult to
maintain weight loss over time.
- FLT focuses on lifestyle factors
that are the underlying cause of many health problems.
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2.
The FLT eating plan is different.
- Most diets focus on NOT eating -
not eating fat, not eating carbs, or just plain not eating much of
anything. With most diets, success is based primarily on will power.
- The FLT eating plan emphasizes the
need to eat, and to eat frequently.
- The focus is on eating THE RIGHT
KIND OF FOODS - the right kind of fat, the right kind of
carbohydrates, and the right kind of protein - all
in the right portion size.
- FLT incorporates a low-glycemic-index
eating plan based on the latest scientific research that will help you
maintain stable blood sugar and energy levels.
- According to recent studies, low-glycemic
diets are more effective than low-fat diets in treating obesity,
insulin resistance, high cholesterol, heart disease, and type 2
diabetes.
- People report less hunger and more
energy, making it much easier to stick with the program.
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3. FLT
incorporates medical foods and dietary supplements.
- Using appropriate medical foods and
dietary supplements as part of this program can
improve the effectiveness of the program for you and
help you achieve your health goals.
- Medical
foods are designed to address the unique nutritional needs of
patients with specific health concerns.
- Dietary supplements provide
targeted nutritional support for specific functions, such
as healthy blood
cholesterol or blood sugar levels,
joint function
and mobility, or healthy
hormone
metabolism.
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| FLT has been
demonstrated to be effective in controlled clinical
trials, while most other diets have not. |
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| Personalizing
Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes |
| We will
personalize your FirstLine Therapy®
program based on your individual
health
concerns. We may also recommend a medical food program to address
one or more of your healthcare issues.
Each program includes a specific,
clinically designed dietary plan to maximize effectiveness of the
nutritional support and is designed to fit the way you live: tasty
recipes, portable and delicious nutritional support, simple exercise, and
reliable outcomes.
Let us help you get on the road to
better health with a little lifestyle guidance. |
FirstLineTherapy®
is a registered trademark of Metagenics, Inc.
(www.metagenics.com)
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