| Dr. David Heber M.D., Ph.D. Graduate at the Harward | | | | So what's the key of understanding your body? |
| medical School and esteemed Director of UCLA | | | | You have to know your body protein, match the |
| Centre for Human Nutrition, championing a worldwide | | | | protein in your diet to the protein in your body and |
| battle against human obesity to a life one dedication | | | | understand that we each have a personal best shape. |
| to a science of the human nutrition. | | | | One size is not for all. Understand your body shape is |
| Three decades of researched and commitment of | | | | the first step for the loosing weight and setting your |
| helping save people's lives. | | | | personal best shape in the most effective and |
| Resulting of Dr. Heber's directions of the National | | | | easiest way possible. |
| Institute of Health and the National Cancer Institute. | | | | So first thing is understanding your body, |
| Director of the Mark Hughes Cellular and Molecular | | | | understanding your body shape, understanding your |
| Laboratories at UCLA, Chairman of the Medical | | | | body fat and how it relates to your diet and life |
| Advisory Board of Herbalife International. And now | | | | style. |
| hear directly form Dr. Heber how you can obtain your | | | | The first thing I will do to teach you to understand |
| best possible Shape. | | | | your body is to determine the amount of protein |
| Today everyone is talking about obesity. | | | | that is in your body. Protein is extremely important, it |
| One of two Americans are overweight, one of three | | | | helps to maintain healthy muscles and organs in your |
| are obese. Countries like Japan who has always had | | | | body. If you don't eat enough protein in your diet, |
| an healthy diet, today finds that obesity has been | | | | your body steal your protein from muscles, leaver |
| increase to 5 % to 20 % of the population! This is a | | | | and other organs. If there is not enough protein in |
| worldwide epidemic! | | | | your diet you don't' have enough energy during the |
| For the first time in human history there are 2 billion | | | | day. But if you eat enough protein you have a lot of |
| overweight people and 2 billion underweight people in | | | | energy and protein will help you to satisfy your |
| the world with the two numbers equal for the very | | | | hunger. So you won't be as tempted to eat the |
| first time in human history. | | | | wrong foods. |
| So what's happened in the last 20 years? | | | | Now, I am determining how much protein is in your |
| I like to say: "it's not a fish, it's the aquarium", we | | | | body. I estimate your lean. For every pound of lean |
| haven't changed, our genes are the same, they have | | | | in your body, you need 1 gram of protein. So a |
| been in our body for 50.000 years, what's changed is | | | | woman with 100 pounds of lean will need 100 grams |
| our diet and our lifestyle. | | | | of protein a day, her husband with 150 pounds of |
| We have fast food, we eat a lot of snacks, we | | | | lean, will need 150 grams of protein in his diet every |
| spend a lot of time in our cars, we have sedentary | | | | day. And I can also determine the amount of calories |
| job sitting at computers all day, if we can understand | | | | you burn every day, with a very simple tool. Two |
| our body, understand how they work, we can solve | | | | electrodes on your hands and feet, fully painless, and |
| this problem together. | | | | in a few seconds using your electrical properties of |
| So the first step is understanding your body shape, | | | | your body I can determine how much lean and how |
| and understanding your body fat and understanding | | | | much fat is in your body. |
| your body protein. | | | | A woman with 100 pounds of lean burns 1400 |
| People comes out with all different shapes, man can | | | | calories per day since every pound of lean burns 31 |
| get body fact mostly in the upper body, women get | | | | calories per day. |
| it either in the upper or in the lower body. | | | | Her husband with 150 pounds of lean burns 2100 |
| The upper body fat, is fat that allows you to hang | | | | calories per day. |
| on the calories while you search for food. You may | | | | So now I know how much protein you need in a diet |
| resist whole days without food in the jungle with | | | | and how many calories you burn per day. |
| your upper body fat. | | | | How can I find out how quickly you loose weight on |
| Women lower body fat is there to allowed them to | | | | a diet? What turns out is, if I can give you a diet |
| breast feed infant. It responds to the female | | | | that's 500 calories lower I calculate to be resting |
| hormones. It too is an important organ in your body, | | | | calories burned per day, you loose 1 pound per week. |
| just like your hearth, the kidney, or your brain. | | | | Finally I can determine your target weight, what will |
| Understanding how it works and understanding how | | | | be your right weight for you at the proper range of |
| your diet relates to your body shape, your body fat, | | | | body fat. |
| your body protein, is the key of being successful. | | | | All of that information in a few minutes from this |
| I've got a lots of different patients in the last 30 | | | | simple tools. So we are building a road map for you. |
| years. Typically a big man with a lot of upper body | | | | If you are gonna go on a trip for a city for vacation, |
| fat tells me: " Oh, I can loose weight any time I | | | | you'd like to know "which road do I take? How long |
| want, I can cut my stake in half and I loose 20 | | | | will take me to take there? What's my final |
| pounds!" | | | | destination? Using this simple tool we found to map |
| The bad side of habits he thinks he can loose weight | | | | out your journey to your personal best body shape. |
| any time he wants. So he doesn't care of what he | | | | How many calories you burn per day? How much |
| eats every day and he may continue to eat a 400 | | | | protein you need in your diet how quickly you loose |
| grams stakes with onions rings... | | | | weight, your ultimate target weight should be. |
| On the other hand of the spectrum, there is a small | | | | Now you know how much protein and how much |
| woman who wants to loose weight but can't. She | | | | calories you will need to loose weight properly. |
| follows all rules, eats the right food, but because her | | | | But how we do it? How it will do during the day? |
| metabolism is slow, because of her low level or body | | | | Well, it's very difficult for you to eat the right |
| protein, she is not able of loose weight as easily. | | | | number calories just try to eat less of your favourite |
| Women usually loose weight more slowly than man. | | | | foods. |