Heart Disease, Diabetes, and Metabolic Conditions

Heart Disease

Did you know cholesterol is NOT a primary risk factor for cardiovascular disease? Many people have been led to believe that elevated serum (blood) cholesterol is the cause of heart attacks and strokes and have been recommended or put on statins. But statins cause problems of their own, because of the havoc they wreak on your liver.

The actual number one risk factor for cardiovascular disease is the ratio of triglycerides to HDL cholesterol. In other words, you want high HDL cholesterol and low triglycerides. Your body uses cholesterol to make a lot of necessary hormones your body needs to thrive.

At Valeo, we focus on the cause of why the ratio of triglycerides to HDL cholesterol is off and what other underlying conditions might be increasing your risk of heart disease.

Diabetes

What if we told you Type 2 Diabetes is not a sugar problem? You’d probably be taken aback. After all, that’s what many of us have been led to believe for so long. But really, it’s an insulin and insulin receptor problem. The cell can’t take the sugar from your bloodstream and get it into the cell like it should be able to.

This insulin resistance issue impacts millions of people’s quality of life and costs our country billions of dollars. Having Type 2 Diabetes puts you at an increased risk for complications from other conditions, even the flu or a virus. Many professionals say that diabetes is a chronic health condition that cannot be fixed. However, we have seen many patients reverse their Type 2 Diabetes.

To fix it, we don’t just want to focus on blood sugar. We want to reduce the insulin and find a way to increase insulin sensitivity. The great thing about this approach, too, is that since insulin is involved in so much more in the body, making the body more sensitive to insulin can improve lots of other issues, including improving brain health.

Weight Loss

Many people struggling with weight loss are told they have a self-control problem. Making drastic changes to diets, exercising for hours … it is very frustrating when our efforts don’t “pay off” or when it does but we gain the weight back not longer after.

While lack of diet, exercise, and “willpower” may be the problem for some, for many there could be an underlying condition that is preventing you from losing weight. For example, having a low functioning thyroid could make losing weight difficult. If the thyroid condition is not addressed, the weight just won’t come off.

Valeo can help you look for the root cause of your weight struggles. If there is a deeper problem, we show you how you can overcome it.

Care Procedures

Our practitioners may use a variety of the following:

• Functional blood chemistry analysis
• Brain-based therapy
• Diet and lifestyle recommendations
• Health coaching
• Supplementation
• Field control therapy (FCT)
• Emotional release technique