One the biggest misconceptions spread about weight loss is that “obesity is a disease” and has “risk factors.” Obesity is a symptom, not a cause, of an unhealthy body. The fat is not directly responsible for the problems of an overweight person; it’s their unhealthy body, which created the fat in the first place, that is creating health risks. You cannot be healthy and fat at the same time. Obesity is a severe out-of-balance state. The drug companies would like you to think that obesity is a disease, an epidemic that needs to be treated with a drug.

You have been solving the wrong problem—the weight; no wonder no diet is working. You need to switch your goal to getting healthy. Only through doing this will the weight come off and stay off.

FAT is not a cushion or an insulator. It is an energy storage or survival organ, which by the way produces hormones. When the health of a person goes south, their fat, or shall we say potential energy, is forced to compensate and expand. If you were the body, where would be the most important location to store this energy? It would be around the vital organs of course; thus the large sagging bellies you see everywhere. 

 

Dr. Eric Berg
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Dr. Eric Berg is a chiropractor who specializes in weight loss, nutrition and pain relief. He has taught as an associate professor at Howard University. He is the developer of the Acupressure Stress Elimination Technique (ASET) and has trained hundreds of healthcare practitioners. Dr. Berg is the author of the new book The 7 Principles of Fat Burning. This information is provided as information only and may not be construed as medical advice or instruction. No action should be taken based solely on the contents of this publication. Readers should consult competent healthcare professionals on any matter relating to their health and well-being.