Kickstart your metabolic health

What is metabolic health?

Factors that can negatively impact on your metabolic health can be poor sleep, stress, lack of movement, poor nutrition, smoking and weight gain.

It’s estimated that more than 35 per cent of Australian adults currently meet the criteria for metabolic syndrome, which can develop as a result of increased blood pressure, blood sugar, waist circumference and cholesterol levels. These risk factors can put you at an increased risk of a heart attack, stroke, diabetes or kidney disease.

Consequently, metabolic syndrome is a group of disorders that can include obesity, increased waist measurement, diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol.

A sedentary lifestyle can often be a primary cause of disorders associated with metabolic syndrome.

For example, the average Australian sits for around 10 hours per day, which increases the risk for metabolic syndrome and other complications such as muscle degeneration, osteoporosis, and grows the risk of developing diabetes, cancer or heart disease by 40 per cent.

Lifestyle Breakthrough offers a kick-start guide to educating and assisting clients to incorporate health-focused changes that can lead to better metabolic health.

In fact, according to the Lifestyle Breakthrough team of medical and health professionals, just 30 minutes of activity a day can bring about vast health benefits, such as lowering of blood pressure, regulating of healthy blood sugar levels, and stronger mental health.

Prevention & management

How do you prevent metabolic syndrome or manage it in your daily life?

Lifestyle Breakthrough used this question to develop its mission of helping people achieve a healthier lifestyle. Whether you’re wanting prevention, management or treatment for a chronic health condition, looking for a lifestyle change, or just want to maintain good health, Lifestyle Breakthrough aims to provide clients with a one-stop shop for easier and streamlined healthcare.

For support in preventing or managing metabolic syndrome, Lifestyle Breakthrough developed a six-month Metabolic Health Program, which includes:

• A dedicated nurse practitioner to help coordinate your personalised care and provide very regular check-ins to help keep you on track

• Access to 1:1 exercise physiologist and dietitian assessments, and ongoing sessions

• Body composition scans

• Regular seminars and support resources

• Specialist consults and a dedicated nurse practitioner throughout the

program.

Access to one-on-one support means clients have the opportunity to work with health professionals in examining their individual risk factors and working to create a program that targets individual unique needs. Clients will also have access to regular seminars and resources to support knowledge around healthy eating and physical activity.

Whether an individual is currently diagnosed with a metabolic issue or simply looking for a way to live a healthier lifestyle, Lifestyle Breakthrough has the infrastructure and resources to help with health improvement and management. With consulting rooms based conveniently in Caulfield, Lifestyle Breakthrough offers all services onsite, including access to its state-of-the-art exercise studio that is private and exclusive to its clients only.

Lifestyle Breakthrough’s facilities were designed for inclusivity, with it also being disability friendly and a registered NDIS provider. Lifestyle Breakthrough’s mission is designed to help all people – catering for people across all abilities and ethnicities is very important. It also offers individual and group programs, including exercise classes, individual sessions, nutrition plans and cooking classes, which can be accessed privately (with health rebates) or through NDIS funding.

Lifestyle Breakthrough is located at 639 Glenhuntly Road, Caulfield.
For more information, visit lifestylebreakthrough.com.au or call (03) 9079 0477.

 

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