HO! HO! HO! Got Belly Fat?
by Michelle M Pearson
Belly fat makes for funny jokes, yes, but it’s actually the beginning stages of the medical diagnosis for “Syndrome X” or Insulin Resistance Syndrome. And it leads to a whole host of other major, life-threatening diseases. Not really funny when you size it up that way. (Pun intended. Laughter is good medicine.) But seriously,
It’s more than weight… it’s the first sign of diabetes and many other diseases.
(By the way, have you taken the FREE Health Quiz on the right sidebar of our site? Now is a great time to do that. We call it “The Wake Up Call” pop-quiz.)
All month in November is Diabetes Awareness Month in the media, so we are taking advantage of the awareness to educate, activate, challenge and equip you to defeat diabetes! Defeating Diabetes 101 was our first blog on the topic, including a video clip. In that post I wrote:
“Health is not achieved by symptom driven courses of action. Health comes as a result of and a response to working with the design of your fearfully and wonderfully made body.
If you work with the design and the function of the body, it will produce health… every time. If you work against the design and function, it will produce disease… every time.”
So let’s go deeper now into the causes and prevention of disease, including diabetes, with this dynamic (and humorous) video training clip. This is an excerpt from our “Series 3 – 40 Days to Freedom Bootcamp”, taught live in The Picture of Health classroom and now available online in our coaching teams.
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(You can see testimonies “Picture of Health Clients Say…” from the bootcamp participants on our YouTube Channel)
Thanks so much for being with us here! If these blogs are a help to you, please take a minute to comment or ask a question and we will try to answer it in future blogs! And keep joining us for more discussion this month on Defeating Disease 101, including but not limited to Diabetes!
Dr. Ray Pearson is a licensed Chiropractic Physician and a Pharmacist, with over 40 years in healthcare. Dr. Ray has post-graduate training and certification in numerous advanced wellness therapies and Chiropractic techniques.
Dr. Pearson and wife, Michelle M. Pearson, have more than 1000 hours of continuing education in advanced nutrition and wellness topics. Both are dynamic wellness coaches, speakers, authors and founders of http://thepictureofhealth.com. Together, their mission is to educate, activate, challenge and equip others to live a full, satisfying life through the use of state-of-the-art educational resources to produce significant and lasting health breakthroughs.
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Dr. Michelle's mission is to educate, activate, challenge and equip others to live a full, satisfying life, ever-growing in the Kingdom of God.
Michelle is a mountain-taker in all expressions of her calling. Sometimes it is on literal mountains leading ladies on spiritual adventures in faith. Other days, it is consulting with Kingdom-minded businesses and ministries to develop professional website platforms and social media strategies. Still other times, you will find her training mountain-takers to possess their physical land - their health, spirit, soul, and body - teaching classes and doing wellness evaluations for churches and corporations large and small, as well as providing "secret service" concierge wellness services for other speakers and ministers.
Wherever the call of God takes her, she firmly believes it is time for Christian businesses, entrepreneurs, and ministry leaders to be diligent to ‘write the vision and post it so plainly upon tablets that everyone who passes may be able to read it easily and quickly as they hasten by.’ And then ACT on the vision.
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Great article Michelle, thanks. Love the video and "40 days to freedom" concept. So often we worry about our appearance without thinking about what's really important – the health implications of "belly fat" (and too much body fat in general). Thanks for sharing.
Love the quote. Health is really wealth to me. It is harder to get well, then prevent it. It is very costly in the sick model. Thankful many diseases are reversible. One person I love is radical Dr. Lorraine Day — her vid – Diseases Just Don't Happen. This is why my site is designed to educate people on choices and upcoming coaching programs. Love your attractive header. You that creative in designing?
Thanks! So agree! About the site, we did the logo years ago, but Kim Garst did my mini-me character & header design. She is tops! Thanks for commenting!
Over the past couple of years, I really have paid even more attention to what I am eating and have added even more exercises that I do on a regular basis. I always try to keep in mind the old saying, "You are what you eat." Thank you, for such great information. I love the graphics on your header of your blog. I just told a friend of mine wants to lose weight, don't put yourself on a diet…it's about lifestyle choices. You can break a diet, but focusing on lifestyle choices, there will be times where you need to just make better choices 😉
Great reminder of our need to pay attention to our health and develop healthy habits. I,too, did not know that belly fat could be a warning sign for diabetes.
If you work with the design of the body…. Yup! When the body is given the fuel it needs to function properly, it becomes the Miracle machine it was created to be. AWESOME!
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Thanks Michelle, our health is important & it's easy to forget that sometimes.
This was such an informative post! I didn't know that belly fat could be a sign of beginning diabetes. Thanks, Michelle!
Thanks so much for sharing Michelle. Diabetes runs in my family and I pray that I do not get it! I need to work hard to keep myself healthy! Thanks for the reminder and encouragement. Many blessings to you!
I eliminated cigarettes a year ago…now i am focusing on some major lifestyle changes with an awesome coach. I am a work in progress! This is an awesome resources. Thanks:)
So pleased you came by and excited for you on the changes! Way to go!
Great reminder that we need to take more time to be healthy! Loved this quote…"If you work with the design and the function of the body, it will produce health… every time. If you work against the design and function, it will produce disease… every time."
Thanks! It is so true!
Thank you for this article! I really need to put more focus on my health! I love how you mentioning getting back to God's design for health!
Thanks much! The Master plan is the one that works! Good to coonect with you!
We should always reminder that our health is important! Thank you for reminding us through this article!
Love your humorous yet informative tone throughout. So important to focus on our wellbeing and not let our waistlines expand indefinitely 🙂 My husband and I are beginning a dedicated exercise and eating plan this month. Hoping to be healthier ourselves very soon!
Loving your 40 Days to Freedom, and the clear ways you explain basic principles of health!
Thank you for this post. It's amazing how paying attention to our bodies and increasing our knowledge will show exactly why certain problem areas of our body… are problematic.
If you work with the design and the function of the body, it will produce health… every time. If you work against the design and function, it will produce disease… every time."
I love this quote and share this concept with my patients regularly 🙂
Makes it so simple doesn’t it! Everyone can get that and pay closer attention to the good advice you give them! Thanks Dr. Malone!
Just work healthy tactics into your daily routine. Eventually it will become the norm and you'll feel better than ever!
Better, Better, Better than ever before! That’s it!
Thank you for sharing Michelle. I like the quote you shared "If you work with the design and the function of the body, it will produce health… every time. If you work against the design and function, it will produce disease… every time." Thank you for continuing to increase awareness on this topic and to educate others.
Thanks so much! Appreciate you!
A good reminder to focus on the our health. To me, it's easier to stay on track when I am focusing on our body being the temple and our health instead of just "the bowl full of jelly!" 🙂
Thank you!
absolutely! me too!