Body fat: not just an inert energy storage tissue

One of the most dysregulated endocrine tissues of our time. Increased body fat is both a cause and result of dysregulation of the immune system, sex hormones, and appetite control. Fat cell endocrine functions have significant interaction with your regular food choices and the resulting microorganism balance within your gastrointestinal tract.

These microorganisms known collectively as the microbiome, make up your gastrointestinal ecology. This ecology is composed of organisms collected throughout life, starting with your mother at birth. Broad spectrum antibiotics, other medications, highly processed ready to eat foods, and commodity foods sprayed with agricultural herbicides and pesticides can have a significant negative effect on the health of the microbiome, and consequently your fat endocrine functions.

Restoring a healthy microbiome to reduce excess hunger and systemic inflammation requires a specific treatment plan. With Dr. Clark it starts with antimicrobial treatments to reduce the predominance of less desirable microorganisms in your microbiome. A person’s diet needs to change to foods with as few agricultural chemical residues as possible, and to seek out foods that specifically promote the growth of desirable microbes.

Rebalancing gastrointestinal ecology is the first step in the medically supervised weight loss plans Dr. Clark offers.