Pages

Showing posts with label Diet Information. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Diet Information. Show all posts

Monday, August 8, 2011

Reducing Body Fat Reduces Disease Risk

The good news is that reducing body fat reduces the risk of disease. At the University of Pittsburgh, researchers studied 159 people when they followed a weight management program. research target is those aged under 45 and 30-70 pounds overweight. Those who are able to shed just 10-15 percent of their weight and maintain it during the 18-month study showed a significant increase in HDL cholesterol and triglycerides, waist-hip ratio, and blood pressure. In fact, according to the New England Journal of Medicine, decrease body fat is more powerful modulator of cardiac structure of drug therapy

For people with a family history of heart disease, active lifestyle can slow or stop the process of heart disease except for those with a serious genetic disorder. The study, conducted by Dean Ornish, MD, has demonstrated that a comprehensive intervention program that includes regular physical activity, low-fat diet and stress reduction program can even reverse heart disease processes.

Evidence also suggests that an active lifestyle that helps in reducing body fat was associated with a reduced risk of some types of cancers: prostate for men, breast and uterine cancer for women. (Frisch, et al 1985)

In addition, regular physical activity and low-fat diets are successful in treating non-insulin dependent diabetes (NIDDM), and for some patients, it has reduced or eliminated the need for insulin replacement. In general, regularly active adults have 42 percent lower risk for developing NIDDM.
»»  Readmore...

Friday, August 5, 2011

Diet Was Cheap and Fun

One reason people do not want a diet popular is because the diet is expensive. And to make matters worse, already considered expensive, the food can be consumed too bad. People who interpret the food as one of the pleasures of life certainly did not welcome the idea that such a diet.

But actually, the notion that diet is that we form our own from within. If we CHOOSE to think of the diet was cheap and fun, then it is. And if we CHOOSE to think diet is expensive and unpleasant, then that is what we experience.

The basic ingredients of healthy foods like vegetables, brown rice, wheat, potatoes, chicken, eggs, fish, and others are basically the same as the base material of less healthy foods. The difference is the presentation (HOW cook).

Just look at the instigation of food that actually we need to limit sugar, salt, flour, butter, cooking oil, coconut milk, and margarine. Is not to reduce or to avoid foods that contain these ingredients, that means we save on usage? Not to mention the limit fried foods, we also limit our spending in the shop?

Thankful we live in a fertile and rich country like Indonesia. All kinds of spices we can use to improve the taste of food. Nutmeg, pepper, cloves, galangal, lemongrass, bay leaves, lime leaves, coriander, nutmeg, onion, garlic, scallions, chili, turmeric, ginger ... everything is abundantly available at very affordable prices.

Believe me, I, you, and anyone could enjoy setting a healthier diet. And that again is more delicious and BOARD OF HEALTH NEW that we get from enjoying setting a healthier diet is. This pleasure will not be found if we just indulge in the pleasure that is limited to the tongue.
»»  Readmore...

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

More Slim More Healthy

We have plenty of reason for every bad choice we make every day: "I have bad parents", "No one tells the truth to me," "That's me." The sad fact that we think is that all of these reasons justify our actions. But when it comes time for us to choose our diet, we find that it's more about having a bad habit than a legacy environment that stimulates the bad behavior.

True, we can inherit bad eating habits from our parents or a bad diet that has been long we live, but we have many options these days to eat healthily. If we want to change where we are going, it starts with the choices we make today yng. I know there is a sentence that contradicts the advice in every place that you meet, and know what to do can be so complications. Here I offer simple tips to help you make positive health choices.

Start Eating In Dining Room Tables
Our tendency today is to eat out of the office, on the couch, or out of stock we carry. As the result is we eat more. Why? Because we eat whatever we think is delicious, eating with a number of more and sometimes we eat directly from bowl or food container - without restrictions or limits the number of servings, eat free - All You Can Eat.

If you take the time to sit at the table, you will be more aware of your portion sizes. You can talk with families, not racing to finish a meal. Attended events in your area, and if you like, you will have the opportunity to set the background music to make mealtimes more relaxed.

Redeem Plate Lunch With Dinner Plate
This is what I often do. When you use a smaller plate, your eyes will see more food - this is true! If our eyes are bigger than our stomachs, why we are not deceived? During this time I was put in mind that I have to eat everything on my plate because someone somewhere is experiencing a famine. This led me to eat a plate full of food and as a result I eat more calories than I need. So today I put on a smaller plate and the plate was full, but not completely full.

Lowering Tempo
Do you find yourself eating to get something into your stomach? Looks like you eat fast because eating activity has become a function and not a single experience. I have heard the statement: "Linda, my life was too painful for me to have my food". I assure you, we are indeed living the life of high tempo, but the meal with a high tempo will deliver us to the grave faster.

When we choose to take 15-20 minutes for breakfast, we find ourselves satisfied with eating less food. Set the fork down between bites of food while you taste the food will make you catch your mind and condition your stomach full sensation will be felt more quickly. Taking the time to really chew your food will help the process rather than kiss her eat better.

I am the worst person in terms of function rather than eat to enjoy the eating experience. However I have found a few years ago, if I really thought about what I eat (not in an obsessive way) and quiet as I do, the digestive process can be improved. Nothing that causes flatulence as well as swallowing eat quickly.

I guess this means we need to make time, not just take the time to eat. Even if you are one of the many people who choose to eat less but as much as six times a day, do it calmly and enjoy.

Portion sizes Hand Handful
If you set everything in place but choose to eat mounds of food, you lose the benefit of all. Portion size is key, and the easiest way to find out where you begin and end is to look at the palm of your own hands. Open up the palm of your hand - minus the fingers, that's your meal. Are we talking about eating meat, vegetables, or bread, this concept will keep us from excessive portion sizes.

Again, make it into something fun! When your kids are middle to fill their plates (the younger the child - the better for you to try it - of course, made sense here), remind them to look at the palm of their hands and seeing how close what they take with these portions. Hold in mind that when your children are grown, you do not want to restrict their diet as adults do.

You can use the 'method Segengam Hand' with family members and encourage them to put different colors in their dishes - from vegetables, salads, pasta, sweet potatoes and of course plus cheese macaroni, although there are few places to put them. Seek balance.

Out of Sight, Out Of Mind
The final step is to remove the tempting foods that cause you to feel tempted. As an adult, you control what is available at home for your family eat. Slowly try to replace foods that are not good choices for your health with good food for health. Still keep the freshness of fruit and vegetables in the refrigerator. Replace white bread with something that contains whole grains. Limit use of salt, sugar, coffee, and alcohol that you have.

Encourage a healthy life with the youngest family members by letting them help you clean the kitchen. Look at everything that you eat regularly and check list. If the first is the sugar content - immediately get rid of! It might surprise "family meal system", so do it slowly. Start with one or two items. Clean and then replace it with something healthy. Let your children choose healthy items. If it becomes part of the process, they will be easier to welcome those changes.

Small steps to a healthier life can be fulfilled if you keep your eye on the source of strength.

Sources: Linda Goldfarb / CBN.com
»»  Readmore...

Obesity factor

Dinner is less and exercise more but still too difficult to lose weight. Anything that causes obesity is hard to fight? Could there be an obesity virus?

Not a few obese people who have applied the same formula calories in with calories out, regular exercise, balanced diet that people normally do to maintain ideal weight. But the results are not there.

Health experts suspect there are additional factors that make weight gain. Effects of sleep deprivation to trigger the risk of overweight and obesity.

An increasing number of obese people is rapidly during the last three decades is thought to be associated with at least a reduced number of hours of sleep than the recommended 2 hours (7-8 hours a day).

"Lack of sleep will trigger the hormone ghrelin, the appetite stimulating hormone and reduced leptin, a hormone that triggers satiety. In essence, short bed will increase hunger and appetite to eat," said Dr. James Gangwisch of Columbia University, as quoted from Independent, Wednesday (6/1/2010).

Carole Caplin, director of the Health and Wellbeing LifeSmart Centre in London, said people who sleep less tend to accumulate fat. Dinner and drink alcohol that often do people stay up to relieve the mind from stress be the cause of obesity.

Apart from lack of sleep, there are some other things that can be obesity factor.

1. Side effects of medicines
Drugs such as steroids, antidepressants, anti psychotics and anti-epileptic can stimulate appetite. Besides high blood pressure drugs, heart disease and the contraceptive pill can cause weight gain. The only way to avoid these side effects is to be truthful with your doctor. If possible, the doctor will give other medications that do not cause side effects fat.

2. Old effect
As people age, most men and women will experience weight gain. No wonder, because typically the older person is also exercising less and less. This will affect the body's metabolism and hormones, especially in women.

3. Viral effect
It feels a bit odd to say there might be a virus that causes obesity. But Dr Dhurandher from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan said facts associated with it. According to obesity such as a virus that quickly spread like wildfire.

An epidemic of death of chickens in 1980 in Bombay showed that chickens infected with adenovirus (the virus that causes the common cold in humans) more overwrite chickens fatter than skinny chicken. Other studies also showed that one in five people of obesity shows adenovirus infection.

4. The effect is less mobile
Our bodies actually want to move but the environment that restrict and suppress that desire. According to Professor Levine, author of 'Move A Little, Lose A Lot', the average person just walk 5,000 to 6,000 steps per day, when it should be about over 10.0000 step.

5. Effect of quitting smoking
Heavy smokers burn about 200 calories each day. Smoking is also an appetite suppressant because it can inhibit the production of the hormone insulin in the pancreas. But the surprise is, quitting smoking is a cause of weight gain.

The average former smoker will experience weight gain after a few months of quitting smoking. That's because the food used as a substitute for cigarettes to create a sense of comfort. However, to keep in mind is weight loss can be overcome but the lungs are already damaged will be difficult to repair.

6. Gene effects in the body
There are at least 50 genes associated with obesity in humans, most notably the gene FTO. The gene will be reduced and would lead to stimulation of appetite in the brain. But according to Dr. Sarah Leibowitz of Rockefeller University, genetic factors could be manipulated and defeated by environmental factors.

7. Effect at room temperature
Researchers from the American National Center for Healthy Housing has been proved in rats that a warm environment will lead to obesity. When the body heat and sweat, the most widely released by the body is fluid rather than calories. But when in a cold environment, the body will move more to get the heat and warmth of the body.

The point is to prevent obesity and ideal body gets a lot of things that must be considered. Intention to have a healthy and ideal body will be in vain if only relying on one kind of business. For healthy, one must be willing to pursue all things, from exercise, eating right to adequate sleep. The total concept is simple secrets to get the ideal body and healthy living.

"We can not just rely on just one kind of factors eg exercise constant or consumption of healthy food but lack of sleep for example. To get a good result needed a total concept or the overall concept," said Dr. Phaidon L Toruan, MM is also the author of Fat Loss Not Weight Loss detikhealth when contacted on Wednesday (01/06/2020).

According to him, everyone does have a biological clock and the biological factors that vary, but with a good arrangement are possible, including maintaining weight loss.

"It was like a car, despite wearing Pertamax but if that car is not treated properly then in vain," said Dr. Phaidon.
»»  Readmore...

Consider Your Food When Dieting!

Healthy living programs emerging discussed. Not to forget the programs of a healthy diet and not too bad also so coveted. But be careful with any diet you eat, consider every abortion. Check out the full info here!

The new year must have a new resolution that you want. Especially for women who still want to look beautiful and definitely healthy. Consider the food you eat, whether the content in it is safe for health or not. Well, try to note the following nine tips for your diet program is still running well and safely by reducing substances that are not needed by the body.

1. Reduce consumption of animal fats
Foods derived from animals sometimes contain synthetic hormones, antibiotics or other chemicals that settle in the fat of animals. The material was not necessarily lost during the cooking process, and additives will move into our bodies when we eat it. When buying meat, chicken, or milk fat content search a little, fat by the body's needs should be replaced by vegetable fats such as walnuts. Even if have to consume chicken should remove the skin where the fat and a variety of drug injections beneath it.

2. Jelly Choosing Seafood
Eating seafood, allowing us exposed to methylmercury, a neurotoxin that potential. Increasing pollution caused this might happen. International Agency for Research on Cancer and the Environmental Protection Agency has found carcinogenic in several species of fish, so the news that was launched from WeebMD. This is due to the fish contaminated by PCBs, a cancer-causing substances.

3. Consumption of Organic Materials
Use of pesticides in vegetables and fruits did not cause direct damage to bodily functions, but it will be seen next few years. To prevent it, begin to consume vegetables and fruits are organic. Such as apples, peaches, spinach, mustard greens, kale, broccoli, potatoes, until the rice is organic.

4. Prepare The Right Foods
To be assured their health, make sure the vegetables and fruit that you consume is clean and free from chemicals. Always wash fruits and vegetables in running water before it is processed or eaten. In addition to eliminating the bacteria, also to remove chemicals that may still stick to the vegetables and fruit. In fact there is no harm in washing the fruit is peeled so that these substances do not stick to the cutter blade.

5. Avoid Canned Food and Beverage
Canned foods and beverages typically contain bisphenol-A, one of the chemicals that can disrupt our body system even our environment. This does not happen immediately, but should avoid as much as possible. It is better to consume foods that are fresh, dried, packaged, or if you should choose tetra packs or glass packaging because it is much safer.

6. Cook It Healthy and True
If you like grilling meat, this would increase the risk of esophageal cancer. Roasting process that emit smoke contains carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons or PAHs are known by the term. This substance attaches to any surface that you cook by baking. When meat, poultry, and fish cooked at high temperatures and long periods of time or well-done, it creates a carcinogenic heterocyclic amines, or HCAs.

7. Note label Listed on Food Packaging
Always look at labels printed on the back of food packaging. Whether it's the materials used or the manufacturing process. Sometimes we neglect and forget to read the description. Though it is very important as the information for us to know what was entered into the body.

8. Avoid Beverage Plastic Packaging
In America, the amount of bottled beverages such as sodas, sports drinks, energy drinks, juices and so is many. The biggest problem is these drinks contain sweeteners, flavorings, and artificial coloring. In addition, the packaging used is a plastic package that contained a chemical in plastic could be eroded and mixed into drinks. If this continues not rule out going to disrupt our systems.

9. Get used to Eating Houses
While at the restaurant or cafe, we often forget ourselves checkers to order various types of food because the view from the looks tempting. Though we do not yet know exactly how to ripening and also the materials used by the restaurant. Better to eat at home, but can save you even can control the use of food ingredients and choosing a much more healthy.
»»  Readmore...

Diet Secrets of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is famous for its lead anti-liberalism have a very special tricks to lose weight. Chavez even suggested his supporters to exercise and healthy eating to reduce waist circumference.

Chavez's invitation to go on a diet primarily addressed to men in Latin American countries. Chavez like most men in the country are overweight until he had to go on a diet.

Chavez in a speech on television said there were many fat people in Venezuela. Chavez emphasized the problem of obesity in men.

"I'm not saying fat women, because they never get fat. Women sometimes just containing it," Chavez said as quoted Chinadaily, Tuesday (17/11/2009).

55-year-old president was admitted to lose 9 kilograms (20 pounds) weight by exercising and eating properly. Chavez, who still looks fatter than when he first served in 1999, said he could still lose a few pounds more weight.

What are the diet secrets of the President?

"Doing sit ups and eating well. We must learn how to eat right," he said.

Chavez advised to eat rice instead of spaghetti made ​​from wheat. He also recommends that people who diet to drink soy milk because soy milk can help fight aging.

The President was phenomenal to say diet and exercise had made him feel stronger and 'ready to continue leading the Bolivarian Revolution', his aspirations for the movement toward socialism in Venezuela supported the poor.

Chavez's Bolivarian Revolution named his political movement that took inspiration from the ideals of Simon Bolivar, leader of the radical in Latin America who live in the times of colonialism.

Sources copies: health.detik.com
»»  Readmore...

Laughter Can You Lose Weight

Someone who is doing weight-loss can now try this way as long as that is ruled out with a sense of humor. Researchers have found evidence of a sense of humor that often lead to laughter can burn calories. Compared with the way exercise in a gym or a strict diet, this way is to burn fewer calories. However, U.S. researchers found giggling for 10 to 15 minutes to burn calories by 50 calories. The discovery of weight loss through laughing it was first introduced at the annual congress of obesity in Europe, on Saturday (06/04/2005). Researchers at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, involved 45 participants who are placed in a room that has been decorated and named as the metabolic room. In the room was a TV comedy clips played to find out how many calories the participants that can burn through a laugh. In separate tests conducted on seven male participants, 17 participants were female, and 21 participants were men and women. Maciej Buchowski, a leader who is also director of research at Vanderbilt Bionutrisi said researchers did not tell participants that laughter as the goal of this research. It is feared that if the participants know the purpose of this research will laugh so unnatural not obtained the actual test results. Participants were only informed of this research is to test emotional reactions of various video klips played. The room also specifically designed by the researchers that the results will be taken through how much oxygen is inhaled and how much CO2 they remove. So far, oxygen and CO2 is inhaled and exhaled as the standard for measuring energy burning. Through this breathing pattern researchers calculate whether laughter used more energy. Participants were also measured heart rate and respiration correlated with the energy needed to laugh. Pulse rate, laughing, and breathing and organized information through an instrument and analyzed from second to second. The results obtained turned out when they laugh - while enjoying the clip, calories burned as much as 20% compared with those who did not laugh. Laughing for 10 to 15 minutes a day can burn as many as 50 calories. However, weight and intensity of laughter also affects the burning of calories. Maciej Buchowski concluded laughing for 10 to 15 minutes a day, in a year will burn calories as much as two kilograms as reported by the AP.

Sources : health.detik.com
»»  Readmore...

Diet Sharpen Your Memory

One more reason why you should start a healthy lifestyle early on. For someone who did not have weight problems, usually there is no reason for them to reduce daily caloric intake.

But you know, that in fact, by reducing calories, a person's memory can be sharper.

This was evidenced by a study conducted by researchers from the University of Munster, Germany. Their studies show that reducing calories will make a person's memory increased.

The study was conducted by analyzing the volunteers who average 60 years old. The volunteers were divided into three groups and given diets of different shapes.

The first group consumed an average calories per day, which both diets and reduce their calories, and a third to a strict diet.

After three months, they were given tests of memory. In the first and second group, no significant changes in their memory. But in the third group, their memories become much better.

Not only that, when examined, brain cells in all three groups became more healthy. Insulin levels and inflammation in the body was reduced.

Let's start a healthy lifestyle!
»»  Readmore...

Bread for the Right Diet

Carbohydrates are the nutrients that should be reduced when dieting. In Indonesia to replace rice, bread is usually used. But did you know that not all good for a diet of bread. Wrong choice, lest even make you gain weight. Consider the following tips.

1. Bread is best for your diet is bread wheat. Two pieces of whole wheat bread contains 130 calories and 1.6 grams of fat content.

2. White bread can also be an option for dieters. White bread contains only 134 calories and 2 grams of fat.

3. Ribbons, typical Mexican bread is equally healthy. Pita bread with a diameter of 10 cm contains 77 calories and 3 grams of fat content.

4. For you who like a typical British bread Bagels, prepare to be disappointed. Should not consume them when dieting. Fat content in one bagel is not high, only 1 gram. However, it contains 340 calories.

So, smart to choose bread. Adjust the portions and eat the right friends. Do not let the bread you choose is just right, but you eat it with jam super fatty or fatty meats.
»»  Readmore...

The story of Connor McCreaddie Diet

McCreaddie Connor was only 8 years old but already weighs 89 pounds. This is tolerable because two months ago his condition worse, her weight is 99 kilograms.

This makes Social Services in Wallsend, North of England, threatened to forcibly take him from his mother to be treated by the state.

The reason they are worried that Connor, who weighs four times the healthy size for his age, health and his life threatened.

And Social Services usually snatch a child from the care of his parents when he was persecuted.

But the threat is not to be implemented because of Social Services at the residence Connor, decided that his mother, Nicola McKeown, still be caring for the child, on condition that he should pay attention to their child's health.

Anyway, that's the decision of Social Service, Connor's weight must be lost.

Diet

Really? Countries to threaten to rob a child of the mother's arms because he was suffering from obesity.

Is not fat sign of affection? The mothers themselves surprised by the attitude of social services. If his emaciated malnourished and angry state, he is more able to understand.

He said it was trying hard to reduce child foods high in fat and sugar, but to no avail.

His attempt to make Connor eat fruit instead make the child vomit.

Nicola McKeown precisely during this behind the counter that Health and Social Services who will not help him.

Thus the atmosphere of the debate about nutrition and obesity in the UK.

Number of children who suffer from obesity in Britain today reached 13%, tripled the figure of the 1980s.

The causes include unhealthy diet, too much fast food is full of fat and sugar, less vegetables and fresh fruits.

Usually the victims are unable to like the Connor, a diet full of food processing result, rather than fresh food.

At first glance seem odd that the poor are actually overweight. But in the UK fast food is often cheaper and more practical than fresh foods.

Against obesity

No less than Prince Charles who was involved debate is healthy food.

During a visit to a diabetes research center in Abu Dhabi, the prince came to ask a nutritionist: "What, you've managed to ban McDonald's? That's where the key," he said about how to improve public health in the Gulf countries.

Prince Charles about the intervention of agriculture and food pros and cons of inviting sharp in the UK.

In a vast land, the prince of organically farmed, to practice his anti-pesticides in agriculture.

Critics of the Prince was directly addressed by this giant restaurant chain. They replied that knowledge of Prince Charles on their menu are obsolete.

McDonald's has reduced levels of salt and fat in foods proposes.

In recent years, McDonald's also become the target of criticism for allegedly serving food full of fat and salt that is contributing to the prevalence of obesity in England.

Back to the case of Connor McCreadie, a threat that he would be taken by force by the state makes a lot of people stunned.

But this incident illustrates how seriously the public and the government here facing the dangers of obesity.

Sources: BBC Indonesia
»»  Readmore...

Fat Men Beware Your Sperm

Obesity can reduce your chances of becoming a father. These latest findings are based examination of 500 men. U.S. scientists say they have discovered a link between body weight and quality of male sperm. The quality of sperm worsens as body weight men over the recommended limits.

"Once you are overweight, your chances of becoming a father is very small, because the quality of the sperm to be ugly," said Dr. William Roudebush, from a fertility clinic in Atlanta, USA, which analyzed 500 male sperm, as it had been contained in the Compass some time ago. Dr Williams and colleagues at Reproductive Biology Associates, successfully found a direct correlation between the BODY MASS INDEX (BMI) or body mass index with the volume and quality of sperm. You could measure the BMI by dividing weight (kg) by the square of height (meters).

Someone said to be obese when BMI above 30 have, in other words the person is overweight by 20%. "Once a man is allowed to increase their BMI, was directly related to their semen parameters," Dr. Roudebush. Researchers say this, if you are obese then your sperm count is far below the level required to fertilize the female egg cell.

Even if you manage to fertilize an egg of your partner, then chances are your partner having a miscarriage is very large, because the poor sperm quality. This influence does not only occur in very obese men, but also on a rather fat man.

This study seems to explain why the number of infertile increased along with the increasing number of men who are overweight. The following categories BMI (kg/m2) and disease risk.

Underweight <> 25, Pre-obese 25.0 - 29.9 kg/m2 Escalate, I Obese 30.0 - 34.9kg/m2 Medium, Obese II 35.0 - 39.9 kg/m2 Dangerous, Obese III> 40.0 kg/m2 Very Dangerous.
»»  Readmore...

Reduce Oil In Your Food

Oil is one of the most familiar form of fat found. Her presence was urgently needed for food processing, but if excessive use can also be a carrier of misfortune. Try to follow these things so you avoid the cycle of unhealthy food.

Measure carefully
You know, one tablespoon of oil contains 100 calories? Therefore, use of oil as needed. Avoid fried foods. When he wants to eat fried foods, consumption in moderation. After all that fried food is not good for the throat and not also good for your health in general. Moreover, when fried in used oil.

Balance with healthy food
Almost all Indonesian-style favorite dishes prepared by frying. Want to stay healthy while eating fried foods? Also provide fresh vegetables fresh fruits and vegetables at the dinner table. Vary your diet with fiber so that it stays balanced.

Better baking
So like fried, coat the food with canola cooking spray. Then, bake until browned on the outside. In this way, but does not reduce the unpleasant taste of the cuisine, you can still keep your diet healthy.

Can also dry dioven
Dry oven also gives effect to the fried food. Marinate foods with olive or canola oil first, then baked with temperatures up to 200 degrees Celsius.

Remove excess fat
Discard chicken skin or eliminate fat from beef processed. Do not worry, meat dishes remain delicious and you definitely do not suffer from excess calories. Avoid fats that can not be digested well by the body because there is no usefulness to your body.
»»  Readmore...

Overweight Vs Global Warming

A concept, "Ecological Foot Print" or ecological footprint is one which asserts that almost all the actions and behavior of human life will bring the ecological impact or impact on the environment. Ranging from transportation, consumption and other behaviors. Included on people who are overweight or obese.

People who are obese and overweight need more fuel to transport them and the food he eats. According to the research team at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, this is exacerbated because the population increase. Researchers Phil Edwards and Ian Roberts wrote in the journal Lancet in May 2008.

We become more severe and this is a global responsibility. Obesity plays a big key. At least 400 million adults worldwide are obese. World Health Organization (WHO) projected that by 2015 there were 2.3 billion adults are overweight and more than 700 million will be obese.

In his model, the investigators determined 40% of global population, including obesity with a body mass index (BMI) close to 30. Many countries approaching rapidly and has exceeded this limit. BMI is a calculation of height to weight and normal ranges between 18-25, with a BMI of more than 25 considered overweight and above 30 is obese.

The researchers found that obese people require 1680 calories to sustain normal energy and 1280 calories for daily activities, this figure is 18% higher than someone with normal BMI. Because thinner people eat less and are more likely to walk than ride the vehicle, slim man of the world population requires less transportation fuel and agriculture, Edwards said. it is also important because 20% of greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture, he added.

The next stage is to determine how much a heavier population contribute to climate change, higher fuel prices and the reduction of food, he added. Promotion of normal BMI may reduce global food demand and of course price.
»»  Readmore...

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Heart Healthy slimming Waist

To maintain and establish an ideal curve of the waist, women willing to perform a variety of ways. Start of treatment in the salon or spa to reduce fat, to undergo cosmetic surgery. All for the sake of appearance.

Unfortunately, not many are doing it for health. According to the research described in the symposium of the American Heart Association (American Heart Association) said that waist size is an indication of the high risk of heart attack or other serious illnesses. "Waist circumference is an important note, because a large waist circumference could be an indication of irregularities in the body, especially heart disease," said Dr.. Robert Eckel, chairman of the American Heart Association.

Why Dangerous?
Did you know that fat accumulates in the abdominal cavity is more dangerous than fat in the buttocks or thighs. Because the fat in the abdominal fat cells have a greater resulting in excessive fat accumulation in adipose tissue and ultimately produce harmful proteins. From the results of research conducted by researchers from France to the 7000 French policeman who died between the years 1967-1984 was caused by a heart attack. After measurement of waist circumference, it turns out most of the policemen died of having a distended abdomen and a large waist circumference or commonly referred to as central obesity.

Measuring Waist Circumference
How do I measure it? Apparently you can do it manually, using meter pipe as used by tailors. As a benchmark, the size of the waist to look out for the male is if it exceeds 101 cm (40 inches), while for women, the risk of high cholesterol will increase when waist circumference larger than 89 centimeters (35 inches).

What to Do?
So, as closely related to health, you should not just do a waist reduction of performance reasons but it is a health reason. Here are some tips to shape your waist looks ideal and your body more healthy.

1. Changing Eating Habits
Healthy eating behaviors that are known to inhibit the accumulation of fat around the abdomen. The desire to eat well actually just to satisfy your appetite and indulge tongue. After passing through the esophagus, the delicacy of the food was not felt. So, so you can feel the delicacy of an optimal diet, chew the food as much as 30 times each time the bribe. In addition to indulge tongue with the taste of food, chew the optimal make you eat less, because the digestive system can digest food more quickly, and hunger is no longer perceived.

2. Reduce Carbohydrate Intake
High carbohydrate-containing foods are definitely fattening. Like protein, carbohydrates contain 4 calories per gram. It is advisable to replace the complex carbohydrates such as bread, pasta, rice and potatoes with foods derived from grain which is the best energy source for those who are dieting.

3. Recognize Foods Healthy And Unhealthy
In general, healthy food is bad food on the tongue because it contains very little saturated oils. While the food is not healthy, it feels good on the tongue, but has a high saturated fat content.

4. Instant Method Avoid Stomach Shrinking
Burn the calories into the body, is relatively difficult. According to the calculations of sports experts, the body takes 1 hour moves (jogging, brisk walking) to burn 500 calories. And if converted to the form of certain foods, has 500 calories is only tangible piece of banana molen. The illustration gives light to us that is not easy to believe and lured to the decay of fat in the abdomen and waist instantly.

5. Sport
Moves routine is the thing to do to burn body fat, including fat around the waistline.
»»  Readmore...

How to Expel Fat Around Stomach

A hoard fat around the abdomen, in addition to damaging the appearance, also harmful to health. If allowed to drag, fat around the stomach produces compounds that can damage body tissue and can increase the risk of heart problems.

A study done by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania to prove that the owner of the abdominal fat-free have less risk of heart problems and stroke 72% only 41%, compared to the owner of a fat belly. In the U.S., to eliminate fat in the abdominal area, many people who do injection therapy Human Growth Hormone (HGH). But besides being very painful, the cost of injection therapy is also very expensive.

These conditions encourage experts from the university to find alternative ways of freeing a person from the fat around the abdomen. Quite easy, but more integrated.

Perform light weight training, at least one hour each week. This method is proven to help you lose weight as much as 10 kg for 6 months. In this way, fat around the abdomen was also burned.

Popcorn is better snacking. These foods are proven to have very low calorie content. One cup of popcorn contains just 30 mg of calories, if processed without using butter.

Friendly with the wine. According to research conducted by experts at the University of Buffalo showed that people who drink wine every day, had fewer stomach than those who do not drink wine. The recommended amount is 120 ml per day. Wine in a dose known to stimulate the body's cells become more sensitive to insulin, thus preventing the blood sugar into fat stored around the abdomen.

Combine carbohydrates with proteins. Dala book "The Cortisol Connection", a nutrition expert, Shawn Talbott Ph.D. suggest that you put a few ounces of protein every time you eat carbohydrates. This method is very effective to reduce the production of cortisol in the body so that the process of storing fat around the abdomen can be minimized.

Stop counting calories and need not be obsessive. Someone who is too worried about weight gain appeared to have higher cortisol levels than those who are not too concerned about his weight. Cortisol shown to stimulate fatty deposits in the abdomen so that increase appetite and slow metabolism.
»»  Readmore...

Six Ways Hold Your Appetite

We tend to equate the appetite like the fuel indicator on the dashboard of our car. Indicators show that the fuel is running low so we had to stop to fill it again. Better before we'll talk about the mechanism of occurrence of 'hunger' which is different from the 'appetite'.

'Hunger' is a biological stimulation to make sure you have enough to eat, while the researchers say that the appetite is more toward the choices we make based on desire is more controlled.

'Appetite' is a complex collection of chemical reactions of the body, habits, social behavior and psychological conditions that are so well-known hard to control.

But that does not mean it's impossible to resist, especially after the scientists and therapists specifically examine the strength of appetite and how to reduce them.

Here are some key tips to monitor and reduce your appetite:

Ask Yourself Why
For most people, food is not the reason for the increase in body weight but more towards just in between munching and snacking. The experts emphasize eating this type is not related to hunger, but also apply when bored or stressed or daily routine. There is one antidote is simple: ask yourself honestly, for what you put food in your mouth. If hunger is not the main reason, stop immediately.

Find Other Alternatives
If you eat a lot of it due to boredom, stress and routines, what to do when bored, stressed or need a routine? The answer is easy: walk, turn on the music, call your friends, read your favorite magazine. Anything that gives you pleasure and relaxation. If you could create a new routine to face day after day, but without involving food, this is an appropriate measure to reduce weight.

Light the Lamp

When you go into the kitchen at night, turn on all the light there. Irvine, a researcher from the "University of California," says you'll find are in the spotlight when illuminated by many lights. The feeling of being in the spotlight this make you any additional awareness and will not act recklessly unnecessary, like eating ice cream for example.

Go To Store Candles
Next time you want to nibble, light a scented candle. Research shows a certain scent can restrain appetite. The aroma is good for this useful with the apple, peppermint and banana.

Press Appetite
You will not find this advice in the national library of medicine, but when you feel helpless against your appetite, try pinching a small area of ​​cartilage, the place where your jaw attached just below the ear, which some experts say that it akunpuktur is the point of appetite control. Do this for half a minute.

Eat Fast Food glut
To eat fewer meals and snacks, choose foods that have a high satiety level, which means more filling than other foods. Strangely though fatty food is tasty and fill you up, they do not have a glut of high value in the scale because we tend to want to continue to eat again. Some of the glut of food ie: popcorn, peanut butter, potatoes, brown pasta, cooked green beans, grapes and oranges.
»»  Readmore...

Friday, July 22, 2011

Five Cholesterol Food Enhancer

Healthy diet is the first attempt against the increase in cholesterol levels. "If you eat foods with lots of fruits and vegetables plus fish, you're on the right track to maintain healthy cholesterol," says Lisa Dorfman, a dietitian and spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association.

You must reduce the following foods:

Dairy Products
Saturated fat is the plug arteries and enhancing levels of bad cholesterol. Foods like ice cream and cheese is a source of saturated fat. Reduce consumption of both good food is more healthy for the heart.

Processed Meat
Bacon, sausage, corned beef and other processed meats are a source of saturated fat plug your blood vessels. Avoid these foods for cholesterol levels more stable.

Fried
"Fried worse than saturated fat because it contains trans fats. It's like directing a weapon on himself," says Dorfman. The main source of trans fats is partially hydrogenated oil, which is used in most fast food restaurants in frying food. Trans fats raise cholesterol is crazy with increasing levels of LDL or bad cholesterol and lowering HDL or good cholesterol.

Margarine

It also sources of saturated fat cholesterol enhancers. Instead, apply olive oil on your bread in the morning. Add the olive oil on salad vegetables.

Bread, Cake and Cookies
Cake and cookies are a source of trans fatty acids are bad for heart health. Bread and your own homemade cakes also contain saturated fats because margarinnya. Try not too often consume these foods for your heart health.
»»  Readmore...

Seven Secrets of Fat

What are the secrets of fat you need to know?

1. Fat cells can swell to 6 times its original size
When you are more likely to increase rather than burn calories, your body's fat cells to swell more than 6 times larger than the minimum size and begin to multiply as well from 40 billion to 100 miliiar in adults. Everyone certainly has the fat cells. Fats even before a person is born and formed. When man reaches the age of 16 years, the body's fat cells will be grown, and the genes and lifestyle will play a role and weight loss increase with age.

Fat cells is critical for survival and helps the body regulate and store the energy systems. Unused fat will be stored for later use. Mangkanya if you eat high-calorie foods every day and do not burn calories at all, your fat cells will swell and multiply and end up with obesity.

2. The relationship of fat and estrogen
Got a pile of fat in the body it can damage the balance of hormones that lead to disease and other health risks. The hormone estrogen, is a fat storage hormone that surely exist in women. The men also had very little though. Interestingly when a man became obese, these hormones will level up in men and masalahpun arise. This hormone in men may help brain health, especially memory and protect the heart. However, when multiplying the fatigue will occur in men, loss of muscle mass, decreased sexual ability, and other adverse effects. Excessive estrogen hormone in men due to being overweight is not good.

3. If your weight down, shrink fat cells instead of disappearing
Has 100 billion cells in the body due to increased body weight did sound terrible. But it turns out you can still lose weight even though the fat cells have multiplied even swell. When you lose weight, your fat cells will shrink. The amount will be reduced little by little, the cells that will become less active metabolism but remain in your body, waiting for you to eat a lot so he could expand again. This means you better continue to maintain a normal weight than diet to thin out. They are used to thin and become normal more easily maintain a normal weight than those who had become obese and normal. Usually these types of people is very easy to be fat anymore.

4. Inflammation of fatty tissue makes
In addition to not taste good to be fat, there are also internal complications that occur with the accumulation of fat. Attract fat tissue cell systems that cause inflammation in the body. So if you are getting fat, your body produces an immune response similar to if you have the flu or a body injury.

Inflammation is aimed at fighting infection. Therefore the body looking for the extra calories you consume as an attack against the body. But do not worry. A study showed lower the total weight up to at least 10% (if you are overweight) can help improve health and limit the body's immune response described above.

5. Abdominal fat is more evil than others
For men, the fat will be directly fixed on the stomach first. If you are a woman and have too much fat in the abdomen, then you must be careful. Fat in the abdomen makes high blood pressure and blood sugar. Abdominal fat is stored deeper into that than there is on the waist or thighs directly under the skin.

Belly fat is also more active metabolism than fat in other parts. They issued acids that can cause diabetes, heart disease, stroke, liver disease and even cancer. Therefore, exercise regularly in all parts of the body because the good news saying that abdominal fat is one of the most rapidly lost if the diligent exercise.

6. The danger if you do not eat fat at all
If you come to that extreme point and do not consume fat at all, you will shorten the journey vitamins natural systems throughout the body.

As mentioned above, fat is actually essential to maintain the body naturan processes such as absorption of vitamins and energy production. Without vitamins, the body can not absorb calcium properly, hormone production could be negatively affected and blood can not circulate properly.

Lack of an effect on the circulation of the fat of these vitamins can make short-sighted, anemia and even internal bleeding. If the body can not absorb calcium properly, then the bone of taxable participate receive the effects. Unsaturated fats are very good for lowering bad cholesterol the body.

7. Approximately 30% fat calories of total calorie consumption per day
It is essentially fat is not the enemy. Fat is needed as long as not excessive. 100% of the calories we receive daily, 30% should be from fat. But remember that fat contains twice as many calories than that of carbohydrate or protein. And remember there are healthy fats and unhealthy. Therefore, be a friend of the fat in normal levels.
»»  Readmore...

Do not stay up if Want to Slim

There is a kind of myth in society that the body fat caused by sleeping too much. However, a recent medical research states the opposite. People who sleep less tend to be obese.

According to Reuters, we are so emphatically on diet and exercise to combat obesity, to the extent that we forget the value of good sleep. The study, conducted by a medical team from the Eastern Virginia Medical School and involved about 1,000 people showed that the number of hours less sleep will lead to increased body mass index. Body mass index is the division between the height and weight and determines a person's body fat levels in the body.

The study says that men averaged 27 minutes less sleep than women. The patients who suffer from obesity appeared to have fewer hours of sleep than normal patients.

In the journal Archives of Internal Medicine, the study has been published in detail and said that their findings provide the idea that by increasing the hours of sleep a night just 20 minutes can decrease the body mass index. Please note, the reduced hours of sleep a person will cause increased appetite. When the body lacks sleep, there will be an emphasis protein hormone called leptin and cause hunger. This is one of the triggers of hunger at night which makes people look for snacks at midnight.

Thus, the prevailing myth in society that a lot of sleep makes you fat is wrong if viewed in terms of medical.
»»  Readmore...

Monday, July 18, 2011

Organic Diet Is That?

Organic diet is a lifestyle as practiced by ancient people are consuming food and beverages that contain no chemicals such as flavor agents, coloring agents, preservatives, sweeteners and other chemicals that generally we can find in almost all food ingredients we consume today. That we are familiar with the term naturopathy.

Even with the consumption of organic foods we can maintain our health and preventive medicine. That's why ancient people could live longer than those of today as well as healthier. We also know that once people are not familiar with the exotic diseases like today, we know different kinds of chronic diseases such as tumors, cancer, diabetes, kidney, cholesterol, hemorrhoids, stroke etc..

More than 25 years ago, some 200 pioneers of organic food in the United set up an organic farm in Arizona with the aim to spread and live on a diet free from pollution. This became the turning point of organic food revolution era.

Organic diet is very contrary to the basics of modern food technology which is often the production of food products using elements harmful to human health.

The basics of organic food tend to go back to nature by planting agricultural environment free from pollution, contamination of foodstuffs and food products processing time on it.

Natural healing philosophy that the best food is the best medicine and the best food is organic food. This is because organic food could serve as a toxin cleanser that is very impressive and can eliminate unwanted fat in the body. The result is a thorough cleaning of toxins in the body. In addition, organic foods can provide highly nutritious food for the body, activates body cells, enhance the regeneration system in the body and balance the hormone system. In addition can improve the function of internal organs as well as maintain the health balance.

Living with an organic diet can be a powerful basis to prevent diseases, so a doctor only helps us in the healing process.

Because the processing in the body is very important for your health overall, then I invite readers to immediately run an organic diet, so the body will grow a healthy protected from various kinds of modern diseases.
»»  Readmore...