My health goals were more

important than a 6 pack!

As a young fella I was pretty active, athletics, working in the building trade etc…I always thought I was pretty fit and healthy even into my late 30’s. I always knew that there could be areas for improvement – slightly better food choices and less alcohol for example!

However nothing prepared me for what my doctor told me after having a recent check up.

My cholesterol reading was over 7; with an LDL reading of 4.1mmol/l. (that’s the bad cholesterol). My blood pressure was high enough for my doctor to consider putting me on medication. I also had high levels of uric acid in my blood, and early signs of poor thyroid function. My liver function was hugely elevated which could have caused problems later on in life.

My initial thoughts were: I’m only 38 years old, these test results are consistent with someone much older than that!

Enter Real Nutrition. My wife had been seeing a nutritionist at Real Nutrition for a few weeks, so I thought I’d tag along to see what I could learn. I decided to sign up with her and see how it went.

They constructed me a healthy eating plan and recommended breaking into some gentle exercise. I followed the plan carefully (with a couple of minor hiccups!) and began running again – nothing too strenuous. The eating plan was quite varied and I was actually surprised at how much I had to eat.

That was in October 2006. I visited Real Nutrition 3 times between the 12th of November and the 9th of December. On the 15th of December I had the same tests taken again, the results were as follows.

• Total cholesterol 5.9mmol/l, LDL cholesterol 3.8mmol/l. Down from total cholesterol of 7.0mmol/l, LDL cholesterol of 4.1mmol/l.
• My blood pressure was lowered enough to not require medication (Reduced from 170/105 to 128/85)
• Uric acid level 0.35mmol/l, down from 42mmol/l.
• Liver function results: GGT 408 units, reduced to 80 units.
• ALT 284 units, reduced to 72 units.
• AST 137 IU/L, reduced to 37 IU/L.
• Thyroid function results: TSH 4.4 units/ml, reduced to 2.8 units/ml.

I’m now converted, and thanks to Real Nutrition educating me on how to make smarter food choices, I’ll be able to keep myself healthy on the inside for a long time. What started as a serious wake up call has become an educational process that will keep me healthy for life. It was a huge return on investment.

Thanks, Stu Airs.

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