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At the International Institute for Metabolic Health we believe it's a big ask expecting to stay healthy without keeping yourself fit. It's an even bigger ask expecting to get better by having some one do something to you; sooner or later you have to do something to yourself.

THE EPIDEMIC

Across the Western world there is an epidemic of metabolic dysfunction.

Much of this dysfunction is personally generated. In its early stages the dysfunction is not a medical problem, it's a health and fitness problem. Without putting too fine a point on it, most people with metabolic dysfunction are neither fit nor healthy.

That's the problem.

The solution - become fitter and healthier.

At the International Institute for Metabolic Health we'll show you how to do that.

OUR AIM

The International Institute for Metabolic Health is dedicated to reducing the impact of metabolic dysfunction in the community by distributing a range of metabolic health-promoting products, services and books that assist people to avoid metabolic dysfunction, or, if they have it, restore poor function to good.

OUR PHILOSOPHY

Our guiding philosophy comes from the US Surgeon General, who in 1979 said; 'You, the individual can do more for your own health and wellbeing than any doctor, any hospital, any drug, any exotic medical advice.'

We also agree with Lao Tzu, who amongst other things is credited with saying; -

'Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy', 'a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step', and 'a big problem could have been solved easily when it was a small problem.'

THE SYMPTOMS OF METABOLIC DYSFUNCTION

The symptoms metabolic dysfunction are well known:

▪  being more than 10Kg over weight

▪  lack of energy

▪  chronic fatigue

▪  poor sleep

▪  snoring and sleep apnoea

▪  elevated blood pressure

▪  elevated blood glucose

▪  elevated blood fats

▪  elevated cholesterol

▪  elevated homocysteine

▪  irritable gut

▪  reflux

▪  depression

▪  breathlessness

▪  ...

It is not in the nature of the human condition to have to put up with these symptoms and the dysfunctions that they represent.

They're nature's way of telling you to get back into better shape. Ignore them at your peril

FITNESS

One of the keys to overcoming metabolic dysfunction is to increase your level of fitness. If you click on the fitness link on the left hand side of the page you'll be taken through to one of the most comprehensive fitness sites on the internet. We'll show you how to improve and monitor your fitness.

The second key to overcoming metabolic dysfunction is improving your diet.

Most people with metabolic dysfunction don't eat enough - of the right food at the right time. They eat too much of some foods and not enough of others.

The people of the Western world are eating too much fat, flour and sugar. That's why we're getting fatter. They're suffering from over-nutrition.

At the same time they're starving on full stomachs, not getting enough of the essential nutrients to sustain optimal function.

If you click on the diet link you'll be taken through to the Hourglass Diet, designed specifically to assist people to restore poor metabolic function to good.

NUTRACEUTICALS

As part of healthy eating we know the value of nutrient rich diet. Too many of the foods we eat are lacking in essential nutrition.

We're eating too little food containing the vitamins, minerals and other essential nutrients which play an important role in building and maintaining good health.

The International Institute for Metabolic Health promotes and sells a range of nutraceuticals to lower your blood pressure, lower your cholesterol, regulate your blood glucose  and improve metabolic health in general.

STRESS

The body is an ecosystem, all systems are inter-related and co-dependent. For instance there's a high and positive correlation between what's going on inside your head and what's going on in the other major body systems. It's called the psycho-somatic relationship. One of the most common signs of stress is your blood pressure goes up.

To effectively manage metabolic dysfunction you'll need a stress management program. We'll teach you how to relax in a way that your metabolic system starts to respond positively.

Depression

It is not widely known that aspects of depression are metabolically generated.  If you don't get enough vigorous physical activity or enough of the essential nutrients you can feel depressed.

One of the benefits of our metabolic fitness program is that you'll feel better, you'll have enhanced feelings of wellbeing.

MONITORING METABOLIC DYSFUNCTION

There are a number of ways you can monitor your metabolic health.

▪  aerobic fitness

▪  body fat

▪  blood pressure

▪  blood analysis

    - insulin

    - glucose

    - cholesterol

    - triglycerides

    - Homocystein

    - c-reactive protein

Some of these tests you can do yourself. Others require the help of your pathologist.

We'll show you how to interpret the results of these tests and what you can do to improve your health, fitness and wellbeing.

METABOLIC DEFRAG

If you've ever watched your computer defrag you'll have some sort of an idea of what happens to your body when you embark on a metabolic health, fitness and wellbeing program.

Your body works better. You feel better. You have more energy and vitality. Your vital signs return to normal. Metabolic function is restored to normal.

RESEARCH

At the International Institute for Metabolic Health we're focused on bringing you information on the latest research into ways in which poor metabolic function can be restored to good.

Our research underpins the programs, products and services we recommend to our clients. At all times the over-riding objective is to improve metabolic function, not to mask the symptoms of poor function.

JUNK MEDICINE

At the International Institute for Metabolic Fitness we do not believe that junk medicine is the best course to take if you want to improve your health. Junk medicine involves the prescription of pharmaceuticals to mask the symptom without restoring poor metabolic function to good. It leads to poorer health. We think you can do better than that.

You know it's junk medicine. Depression is not caused by a lack of Zoloft; high blood pressure is not caused by a lack of Avpro; an elevated cholesterol level is not caused by a lack of Lipitor; high blood glucose is not caused by a lack of Diabex; a headache is not caused by a lack of Panadol; reflux is not caused by a lack of Mylantin any more than piles are caused by a lack of Anusol!

INSPIRED AND MOTIVATED TO BE FIT AND HEALTHY

Our inspiration is the hurdler, symbolic of the hurdles you're going to have to cross if you're to restore poor metabolic health to good.

Here at the International Institute for Metabolic Fitness we're optimistic that you can do this. Whilst it won't happen over night, there is a high likelihood that you'll soon be on the way to better health.

It is likely that the first hurdle will be the hardest to cross.

You know what it's like. You get a rush of blood the the head and decide you'll get yourself fit and then find a few days, weeks or months later that you've fallen into a screaming heap. Things have got worse, not better. You've got fatter, not fitter. You can't sleep. You lack energy and vitality, the headaches are coming back, you've come down with a cold ...

We believe you can overcome the first and succeeding hurdles if you can reset your lifestyle goals, develop a strategy, find people who'll support you and galvanize yourself into action. After that it's one leg at a time.

We can't over-emphasize the importance of getting a training partner. A lot of people who improved their health because they arranged to meet someone with who to exercise.

That's just for starters. It's a fact that fit and healthy people have enquiring minds that seek out solutions for their own health and fitness problems. If you go to our fact sheets, useful links and newsletter pages, or the Health and Fitness Bookstore, and if you search the internet, you'll find a wealth of information about what you need to do more of and eat more of and do less of and eat less of to keep yourself fit and healthy.

DISCLAIMER

At the International Institute for Metabolic Fitness we're dedicated to assisting you improve your metabolic health.

We do not purport to provide you with medical advice. You'll need to seek that elsewhere. Our advice is strictly about health, fitness, diet and wellbeing.

if you feel you need a disclaimer's protection this may not be the right site for you.

One of our guiding principles is that the most important consultation is the one you have with yourself. Health starts with personal responsibility. Any disclaimer that suggests otherwise does a greater disservice.

We will provide you with information, products and services backed up by scientific evidence. In the end you need to decide whether what we provide is consistent with your own beliefs about health, fitness and wellbeing. We ask you to check it out.

Naturally you'll need to be discerning about any advice you receive, whether it be from your own doctor or people like us. But don't let that stop you from trying out some of the advice. If it works it works; if it doesn't, try something else. You'll need to create your own health and fitness pantheon.

Regrettably, the suburbs of our cities are littered with the bodies of people who were let down by the medical and pharmaceutrical industries. Despite repeated visits to the surgery and the pharmacy their health did not improve. The medications they were prescribed lulled them into the false sense of security that their health was getting better. They weren't.

A final word: as a rule, be circumspect about the advice from medical charities seeking donations. They're usually fronts for professional researchers whose time could be more productively spent supporting people like yourself in doing the things that make them fit and healthy.