By taking Dia-Slim by itself, you will be increasing fat metabolism by about 4 times your normal metabolic rate. In order to make your herbal weight loss results last, simply follow my 5 keys for organic and sustainable weight loss:

1. Build lean muscle more than do aerobic exercise:

• Lean muscle is 5 times more metabolic than fat tissue.

• Simple weight lifting exercises creates a metabolic furnace that burns fat 24 hours a day.

2. It’s not just what you eat, it’s when you eat it. (most people make the huge mistake of not eating all day, or eating lightly only to become extremely hungry later in the evening at which time they eat a large dinner, this is HUGE mistake and causes people to gain weight):

•   Understand the glycemic index of the foods you eat and eliminate fried, fatty, greasy and sugary foods (this is the what you eat)

•   Eat more frequently but in smaller portions: 6 small meals, or three regular meals with 2 snacks in between. (For healthy food ideas and recipes just call us at the clinic: 828.254-4405).

• Eat a good size breakfast, have snack, a decent lunch, have a snack, eat a smaller dinner, have a snack. (this is the when you eat)

3. Detoxify your liver and rid your body of excess acid:

• Most people do not know that a toxic or stagnate liver can cause an immense backup of toxins that then get stored in fat cells. The creation of fat cells is often a defense mechanism that protects other cells from toxins; fat cells hold the toxins in a kind of hibernation until the liver is ready to deal with them.

• Experts agree most people need to detoxify the liver at least once a year. (To learn more about our detoxification program call us at (828) 254-4405.)

• As you detoxify your liver, you will automatically begin shedding fat because your liver will then have the ability to neutralize the toxins that have been stored in your fat cells.

•   I have seen so many people eat all the right foods and exercise more but they still could not lose weight, only when we detoxified their livers did they begin to shed the extra pounds.

4. Get more sleep:

• Sleeping 6 hours a night raises your risk of developing obesity to 23%, sleeping 4 hours a night raises your risk of developing obesity to 73%.

•   Continuing research demonstrates that 8 hours really seems to be ideal for most people regardless of age or constitutional type.

•   During sleep, the body does cellular repair, and rids itself of stress hormones that cause fat tissue to accumulate.

5. Let stress go:

• Realize that food acts as a stressor: fatty foods, refined foods, coffee, tobacco and excess alcohol all cause adrenaline and cortisol to be released into the bloodstream and this in turn cause the body to break down lean muscle and to store fat.

• Make a clear and frim decision not to do negative stress anymore

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So if you are looking for organic weight loss, then choose a program that will teach you how to lose weight organically and naturally using real whole food solutions and organic herbs.

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Our organic Chinese remedy for weight loss, sugar cravings and blood sugar issues, Dia-Slim, is the ONLY organic herbal formula based on the wisdom of Chinese herbal medicine combined with modern research in the world. Dia-Slim is an organic liquid herbal formula that comes in a 2oz and 8oz size bottle option. Liquid herbal remedies have been used for thousands of years because they are easily absorbable and easy to use.

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Dia-Slim can help stop sugar cravings, increase feelings of satiety, increase fat burning and balance blood sugar. Dia-Slim is also the first organic Chinese herbal formula for weight loss in the world.

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Our organic herbal formula, Dia-Slim, not only helps people lose weight and burn stubborn fat from the abdomen and thighs, but it also helps people with sugar cravings.

Sugar cravings, carb cravings and specific food cravings can impel a person to over eat and to make unhealthy food choices. In many cases, people fail to lose weight because they cannot resist their cravings for sugar.

Dia-Slim contains an herb, Gymnema, that is known as “the sugar destroyer” in India. But Gymenma alone is not enough to achieve the best results. We have combined Gymnema with 8 other herbs to create an herbal formula that short circuits and destroys sugar cravings.

People report not only losing weight with Dia-Slim, but having more energy, stopping sugar cravings, and feeling a deeper sense of well being.

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Fast forward 1500 years to today when companies like TCM Nutra use modern herbal research combined with traditional Chinese wisdom to create state of the art herbal remedies for disease states. Our flagship formula, Dia-Slim was researched as a natural remedy to help people attain a healthy weight, healthy blood sugar levels and improve insulin resistance. We have found that Dia-Slim really helps battle and short circuit intense carb and sugar cravings, making it easier for people to make wise and healthy food choices. Though we do not promote Dia-Slim as a natural remedy cure for diabetes, we feel certain that many people can benefit from side effect free natural remedy that can assist many of the complications of metabolic syndrome. Natural remedies for diabetes have existed for thousands of years, what is important is to know if there is good research behind them and if they work. We feel certain you will be thrilled at the results you see with Dia-Slim. To learn more go here.

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There’s a lot of misinformation about Chinese herbal medicine on the Internet.

Basically Chinese herbal medicine and its history, is many thousands of years old. Chinese herbs have been used for more than 10 thousand years and the written herbal tradition is more than 2 thousand years old.

Just because something is old doesn’t necessarily make it valid, but its pretty safe to say that the Chinese culture is one of the smartest cultures on the planet. The Chinese invented the printing press, they invented paper, they invented gunpowder, they invented the compass, they also invented Chinese herbal medicine. And this continual usage over time is now being verified with modern scientific studies and other methodologies. There are a lot of problems with those methodologies and they are debatable when used for herbal medicine, but they’ve also been useful in proving that the medicine is very valuable. There are a few things about Chinese herbs to keep in mind if you’re online and you’re seeking out herbal formulas on the Internet.

First, there’s a history of patent medicines in China, which means a combination of herbs used for a particular condition, so a patent formula might be what we consider an over-the-counter formula here in the US. We call these formulas OTC for short. Some of these patent Chinese herbal formulas have become popular here in the United States. For instance, Yin Qiao San is a popular Chinese herbal remedy sold in many health food stores.

Many people who know a little bit about Chinese herbal medicine know a formula called Yin Qiao San that they use for colds and flus when a sore throat is present. But you might not know that the formula “Airborne” that’s sold at Wal-Mart, Target and other major chains in the United States is based on Yin Qiao San.

So it’s interesting to see how many modern products are taking older Chinese herbal formulas and then repackaging them into something new for a particular condition. That’s the idea of a patent medicine, it’s like an over-the-counter (OTC) medicine. The Chinese would head down to their pharmacy and pick up a prepackaged herbal formula for their particular condition. So, you have pre-made formulas that you can buy for particular conditions. That is one way to use Chinese herbs. Patent formulas are very convenient.

Another way Chinese herbs are used is in bulk form.  In other words, typically you go see a medical Chinese practitioner, and they may have a pharmacy with roots and they may have twigs, leaves and flowers of particular herbs that they put together in a formula for you. You then boil those down in what’s called a decoction with water and then drink the finished product. That is another way to take Chinese herbs.

You have patent formulas, you have loose herbs or bulk formulas,  and there are also other ways to take Chinese herbs. For instance, Chinese herbs come in granulated form. Granules or powders can be just the powdered herb itself or more often, if you are taking granules, basically what your taking is a concentrated form of herbs more potent than just a powdered herb. Granules are herbs that are decocted in water and then the excess water is boiled off until there is a strong concentrate. The concentrated formula is sprayed onto a substrate that can be the used herbs or powdered starch material. Granules are more concentrated than powdered herbs. If you take a ginger root and you dry and powder the root that is a powdered herb. If you take ginger roots and boil them or heat them in water to extract the active ingredients with water, that is a water decoction. If you then grind up the remaining ginger root left over after decoction and you spray that concentrate back onto the ground up ginger root, you can sometimes concentrate the active constituents up to 5 times or 10 times the original herb. So if you see an extract and it says 10 to 1 or it says 5 to 1 it means that herbal formula is concentrated up to 10 times its original potency, so theoretically it would be 10 times more powerful then the actual herb itself, but that is debatable, and many schools of thought abound about the best way to take herbs.

So you have patent formulas, and they can come in granules, they can come in tea pills, you’ll often see small BB like pills in Chinese medicine. Those small pills, called “tea pills” because they are made by first decocting the herbs in water to make a tea, are decocted and the material is made more dense and then rolled into a ball. Chinese herbs can also be taken in tablet form, which is just a different manufacturing process that often uses ground up herbs that are not concentrated.

Chinese herbs come in tincture form as well. Tinctures are a form of Chinese herbs that I use with my company, TCM Nutra, and I’m really fond of tinctures. With tinctures, you get two powerful benefits: first you get the benefit of the water decoction, which is the way that all Chinese herbal formulas are traditionally made. And when you decoct an herb with water over time the water leaches out some of the active constituents of the herbal material. However with tinctures you get another powerful decoction method. Tinctures also use alcohol to extract the herbs, so then you take the physical herb and you put it into alcohol and that pulls out a number of other active constituents. Oftentimes the water cannot get out the oily constituents in an herb so with tinctures you get a broader range of the entire plant, you get more active constituents from the entire plant.

Tinctures are powerful because they are first water extracted then alcohol extracted, then combined to create a therapeutic herbal formula. The final product is preserved in alcohol, which has been used for thousands of years as a preserver. A lot of people are worried, especially those who are health-conscious, about the alcohol. Many people don’t want alcohol so they don’t want to take a tincture, but the reality of the tinctures is that the amount of alcohol per serving is usually less than the amount of a ripe banana.

So the amount of alcohol is really minimal and alcohol itself acts as a vasodilator and it helps the herbs to be absorbed. So tinctures are also a really good form of Chinese herbal medicine because the liquid delivery system makes them so absorbable and bioavailable.

There’s a lot of misinformation about Chinese herbs on the Internet. Yes, many of the herbs from China and many of the herbal products from China have been tested in third party scientific labs and they were contaminated. That is really important to know. So contamination is an issue. Many herbs from China have lead levels that are unsafe, or they have other metals including mercury and cadmium, or they contain herbicide or pesticide residue.

If you are buying herbs, you want to find a reputable company. I happen to use organic herbs in my formulas because I think organic is the best way to go. Not all of them are organic but the ones that are not organic we source very, very carefully in China to make sure they’re grown well and we always test our products in the lab to make sure there’s no pesticide or herbicide residue or heavy metals in the finished product.

You often can’t get a guarantee that products manufactured in China are safe that is why I prefer to have my products manufactured in the United States.

I hope this gives you some understanding of Chinese Herbal Medicine and how to use Chinese herbs. If you have any questions, you can always email me at james@blueridgeclinic.com and you can visit my website, www.tcmnutra.com where I have more information about herbs.

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For instance, it was observed that people who tended to worry and obsess often had digestive issues like diarrhea, constipation, gas, bloating and indigestion. Conversely, poor digestion tends to affect the mind causing worry and rumination. In fact, worrying and poor digestion are one connected phenomenon.

When we worry or ruminate, our thoughts tend to turn over again and again. We are not able digest our thoughts which obsess the mind. The form of the thought, often an image, scenario or sound, blocks the mind and inhibits the natural energy of transformation. This is why thoughts are often called thought-forms. Trans means to go beyond. If transformation is to take place, we have to go beyond the form, and “transform.” Proper digestion is mental and physical transformation and central to good health.

Transformation is digestion and vice versa. The Chinese classified the organs involved in digestion; the pancreas, spleen and stomach into a phase they called earth. They used the word phase because all human processes and events are moving and transforming in time. Though some people translate the word phase as “element’, the word element conveys something static. A phase is a state of being and becoming and it implies movement.

There are five phases in Chinese medical philosophy: earth, metal, water, wood and fire. The earth phase is all about transformation. We take the form of the earth into our body as food and make it into something else: the energy and life force of survival itself. When we are transforming, we are going beyond our current form: emotionally, mentally and spiritually. We go beyond mere bodily survival to realize the freedom of the innate awareness that we truly are.

Digestion is based on the principle of transformation: we take in form, or earth, and we transform it, or take the form and make utilizable energy out of the earth. The physical earth, food, in this alchemical reconfiguration, then becomes subtle energy for thought. And the more positive the thought, the more we are able to digest those thoughts back into freedom of thought altogether.

If we are not transforming our food well and absorbing it well, we will not transform thought well and we will ruminate or worry. Interestingly, cows are called ruminants. Rumination is the term we use to describe a cow chewing on its cud. A cow’s stomach has 4 compartments, so they ruminate for long periods of time, while humans need to be able to transform more quickly.

I have personally heard more than one friend lament after gaining weight: “I feel like a fat cow.” Why do they feel like a cow? Because they are not able to transform their food, so they ruminate and worry.

Each of the organs has a specific emotional and mental state associated with it as part and parcel of its continuum of energy, that is why in Chinese medical thought it is much more useful to use the term body-mind instead of body or mind. Body is just dense mind, or the unconscious mind and mind is just subtle body, or the self awareness of a discrete existence.

Our herbal formula, Dia-Slim, enhances and balances the stomach/spleen/pancreas energy and allows you to transform both food and thought. Dia-Slim not only helps you short circuit sugar cravings and burn more fat, but it helps clear the mind of unwanted thought-forms as well. It helps you digest your thought so you don’t ruminate or worry as much.

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As we developed the Dia-Slim herbal weight loss solution, we knew we wanted to use organic Chinese herbs and we have sourced these very carefully to ensure that our formula is pure and clean.

Dia-Slim can be bitter to taste for some people. If you find Dia-Slim bitter, this simple herbal recipe will help you.

In a tea or coffee mug:
1. Add one dropper of stevia.
2. Add one teaspoon of Dia-Slim.
3. Squeeze one quarter of a lemon into the cup.
4. Add a 1/2 cup hot water.
5. Stir briskly and let sit for 5 minutes.
6. Drink and enjoy.

This herbal recipe for weight loss will taste good. Stevia also will help satisfy your desire for a sweet taste. To learn more abour Dia-Slim, go here.

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Osteopenia and Osteoporosis both indicate a decline in bone mass and integrity. Of course, as one ages the health of the bones can decline and they can become weak and fragile over time, but how might one prevent bone loss and ensure strong, healthy and flexible bones well into old age?

While in western medicine biochemistry is the method of understanding and intervention, in Chinese medicine, energy is fundamental. I often see patients who are losing bone density and their hearing simultaneously. Yet, few understand that hearing is a skill that can be practiced, and that from a Chinese medical perspective, practicing hearing can energetically enhance your bone health.

So take some time to enhance the energetics of the kidneys by not only listening but deeply hearing and absorbing the sounds and vibrations around you. Could it be that in the same way that walking and weight training exert pressure on the bones making them stronger, sounds exert vibration on the bones that increase their strength? Try listening with your bones and find out.

Keeping your hearing sharp, your mind alert, and your bones strong will certainly create the living energy necessary for long life.

Chinese herbal formulas like Dia-Slim can balance your blood sugar, regulate your adrenaline and help you not only lose weight naturally but maintain healthy bone balance for life.

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