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FirstLine Therapy

What Is FirstLine Therapy?

How many times have we heard that we need to eat healthier, exercise more, and reduce our stress? We know that many health conditions including low energy/fatigue, overweight and obesity, hypertension, diabetes and metabolic syndrome, high cholesterol, heart disease, osteoarthritis, chronic low back pain, and hormone imbalance are all helped by Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLC). Yet we find it difficult to fit all of these things into our busy days. Many practitioners know that there patients would benefit from these changes but do not have the time, resources, or training to educate them in how to actually achieve long-lasting Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes.

Our FirstLine Therapy course is a hands-on, realistic way of achieving better health. We use a combination of clinically designed dietary plans, customized exercise programs, medical foods, and nutritional supplements to help our patients become healthier without medications. The most important part of this program is that it is not a "diet" or temporary weight loss program. It is a new way of approaching life. We will teach you how to eat for life, choosing foods geared toward reversing your specific health problems and maintaining her vitality. We will teach you the healthiest way to prepare and cook foods, maintaining their phytonutrients (medicines in plants) and beneficial properties. We will teach you a gradual and healthy way to exercise, and techniques for maintaining a regular activity program for the rest of your life. We will demonstrate different stress management techniques. This will help to reduce your fight-or-flight response and restore hormonal balance.

A recent clinical trial showed the FirstLine Therapy course was superior to the American Heart Association Therapeutic Lifestyle Change program. There are many benefits to the FirstLine Therapy course besides fat loss; people note more energy, less stress and headaches, better sleep, lower blood pressure, lower cholesterol, and a greater sense of overall well-being.

To learn more about FirstLine Therapy, visit Metagenics' FirstLine Therapy site.