Eight Things That Affect Obesity Besides Diet and Exercise

You can’t control everything by watching what you eat and increasing how much you move.

Photo by Judy Rodriguez, 5/6/21

I’m 54 years old, 5'2″ tall (1.57 m), 197 pounds (89 kg), and I wear a size 20 (52 EU). I became fat at the age of 46 and after a few years, I decided I wanted to bend easily again. In 2016 I began seeing a Nutrition Response Testing practitioner and one of the the things I wanted to work on was getting rid of my fatness (I’m avoiding using the word “weight” since fitness experts say you should focus on inches and size, not pounds). In five years, the treatment of Claire Boye-Doe of Gnosis Natural Health has achieved remarkable results with my health including improving my digestion, blood iron level, chronic depression, hot flashes, and food cravings. Gnosis Natural Health always tries to correct problems through diet first so it’s been a wonderful way to heal without prescriptions. (I also work part-time for this business, but that didn’t start until after I’d been a client for 2.5 years.)

Here are the ways we’ve tackled my fatness.

1. Infections, Parasites and Toxins. When the body can’t get rid of things, it manages them in specific ways. Infections often turn into cysts. Toxins often turn into skin tags or fat storage. Clearing all infections…