The beginning of the year usually hit us hard in the waistline. The biggest culprit of this "holiday haze" is an overburdened liver.

Although the liver is capable of doing its job on its own, the diets we eat and the increasing levels of chemicals in our environment can push it to capacity. The liver has to work harder to detoxify the body, leaving it less able to carry out its many other jobs, resulting in what is called an overburdened liver and weight gain.
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People will quit if they focus only on losing weight when trying some new diet. Diets are tough and as soon as it gets hard or you stop losing weight, you quit! Your goal needs to be to create health in this body. When creating health, there can be a delay in noticing actual weight loss results. If you stop focusing on weight loss and instead focus on your health, the weight will come off. You will first get confirmation of health in the form of improved energy, fewer cravings and feeling better...