tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15579844106872443702024-03-21T12:50:35.381-04:00HCG Diet AmericaWelcome to the Official Blog of HCG Diet America. This is a Health, Wellness, & Nutrition Resource. If you would like to learn about our product, service, and our programs, please contact us: www.HCGDietAmerica.com | 305.532.DIET (3438)HCG Diet Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11266043421016546129noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557984410687244370.post-54805560586959972952011-07-27T12:17:00.000-04:002011-07-27T12:17:53.190-04:00Should docs practice what they preach?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5qwKZsMdGjXNv_qrqx5fz2Ahf9Q57DIIkzdbHn4Ah4F7eTMDWcF6lR8rUlMy_QlS9vbsfHxctco_oNFc6QCjElWwyv9fsUZlUXmp7o8zIU8KwazbnW0IYcUarEfLkVfhqxlrbQOMGE0A/s1600/Should+docs+practice+what+they+preach.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5qwKZsMdGjXNv_qrqx5fz2Ahf9Q57DIIkzdbHn4Ah4F7eTMDWcF6lR8rUlMy_QlS9vbsfHxctco_oNFc6QCjElWwyv9fsUZlUXmp7o8zIU8KwazbnW0IYcUarEfLkVfhqxlrbQOMGE0A/s320/Should+docs+practice+what+they+preach.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="cnn_first" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">Should docs practice what they preach?</span></b></i></span></span></div><div class="cnn_first" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Anthony Youn, M.D., is a plastic surgeon in Metro Detroit. He is the author of <a href="http://www.institchesbook.com/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #004276; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“In Stitches,”</a> a humorous memoir about growing up Asian American and becoming a doctor.</em></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-20711" height="122" src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2011/images/07/06/tzleft.youn.anthony.courtesy.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; float: left; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 7px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="anthony.youn" width="214" />What do you call a chain-smoking, morbidly obese, soda addict who just graduated medical school?</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yep. Doctor.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How would you feel if he were your doctor? Would you listen to him if he asked you to adopt a healthier lifestyle?<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><span id="more-26318" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />My third year of medical school during my family medicine rotation, I was assigned to follow Dr. Ben, one of the residents in the outpatient clinic. Dr. Ben didn’t look like any other doctor I’d met. He was 5 feet 6, weighed well over 300 pounds, chain-smoked during his lunch break and hauled around a twelve-pack of Mountain Dew, which he polished off by the end of his shift.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dr. Ben was also well-read, intelligent, dedicated and caring.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My first day with Dr. Ben, a steady flow of patients arrived in the clinic with conditions ranging from ear infections to sprained ankles. They all listened to his advice carefully and agreed to undergo any necessary tests and take the proper medications to treat their ailments.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then in walked Joe, 55, an overweight desk jockey with hypertension and type 2 diabetes. Joe smoked, drank and the only exercise he got was lifting himself off the couch to waddle over to the fridge for another beer. He came to the clinic for a follow-up visit to check on his high blood pressure. Dr. Ben and I entered the exam room, introduced ourselves and looked over Joe’s chart. After a brief physical, Dr. Ben shook his head.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Joe, I have to be honest with you. Your blood pressure is way too high. You need to eat healthier, lose weight and stop smoking. You’re putting yourself at risk for a heart attack, lung cancer, or stroke, and I’m just getting started. Do you exercise?”</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Joe raised an eyebrow. “Me? No.”</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“If you don’t change your lifestyle, there’s nothing I can do. All the medication in the world won’t help you.”</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Are you serious?” Joe paused. “Look at you. No offense. When’s the last time you skipped a meal?”</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I felt my checks redden. I’d never heard a patient talk to a doctor this way.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dr. Ben blushed. “I’m not the patient,” he said.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Fine.”</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As Dr. Ben scribbled a prescription refill for a hypertension medication, Joe tapped his foot impatiently. Once Dr. Ben ripped the prescription from his pad, Joe grabbed it, flung open the door, took a last look at him, and rolled his eyes. As he lumbered down the hall I heard him mutter, “When’s the last time you saw your feet?”</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Out of earshot, Dr. Ben barreled into the kitchen, popped open his sixth Mountain Dew of the day, chugged it and belched.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fifteen years later, I offer full disclosure: I am not Dr. Perfect. Far from it. I try. I have a healthy BMI, I don’t smoke, and I exercise regularly. I also enjoy a Bud Light or two, drink a Pepsi every day at lunch, and - I admit it - my name is Tony and I’m a fast food addict. To me, the height of decadence would be to fly to Los Angeles for lunch just to gorge myself on In-N-Out cheeseburgers “animal style.”</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As physicians, we are advocates for our patients’ health and well-being. But what if we’re not advocates for ourselves? Does that make us lesser physicians? Will our patients follow our recommendations? Are we supposed to be role models?</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think we should be. Dr. Ben was an outstanding doctor, but the way he looked interfered with his ability to practice medicine. If we don’t work at attaining a healthy lifestyle, why should we expect our patients to? Do as we say, not as we do? That doesn’t work for parents or doctors.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And I’m kidding. I’d never fly to In-N-Out for lunch.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But I’d love them to deliver.</span></div>HCG Diet Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11266043421016546129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557984410687244370.post-74091983673825985842011-07-26T07:53:00.000-04:002011-07-26T07:53:28.976-04:00How sugar, fat feed our emotions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjihG-hSwMYngAAlGgFMHEgYqCchzMDSsGzvr4Ckh773oMBC4Byy4rhsFWBp3lr5OPdT-9h2o19aYJ06jwWpEaHejP7I6RrpJncHcq9TiN0jfAKasNUj8OKAGtR_RRc7SKP0tGs5RylO5g/s1600/fat+feed+our+emotions.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjihG-hSwMYngAAlGgFMHEgYqCchzMDSsGzvr4Ckh773oMBC4Byy4rhsFWBp3lr5OPdT-9h2o19aYJ06jwWpEaHejP7I6RrpJncHcq9TiN0jfAKasNUj8OKAGtR_RRc7SKP0tGs5RylO5g/s320/fat+feed+our+emotions.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">How sugar, fat feed our emotions</span></b><br />
<b>Study offers clues to emotional eating</b><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">By Anne Harding</span><br />
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Anyone who's sought solace in pizza or a pint of ice cream knows that food can be comforting. But experts still don't know exactly why we gravitate toward fatty or sugary foods when we're feeling down, or how those foods affect our emotions.<br />
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Taste and the pleasant memories associated with junk foods surely play a role, but that may be only part of the story. According to a small new study, hormones in our stomachs appear to communicate directly with our brains, independent of any feelings we have about a particular food.<br />
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Most research on food and emotion has looked at the overall experience of eating -- the tastes, smells, and textures, in addition to nutrients. In this study, however, the researchers took that subjective experience off the table by "feeding" the volunteers through an unmarked stomach tube.<br />
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Even in this artificial environment, saturated fat appeared to fend off negative emotions. The study volunteers were more upbeat after listening to sad music and seeing sad faces if their bellies were full of saturated fat versus a simple saline solution, which suggests that emotional eating operates on a biological as well as psychological level, researchers say.<br />
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The study is among the first to show that the effect of food on mood is "really independent of pleasant stimuli," says Giovanni Cizza, M.D., an obesity and neuroendocrinology researcher at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, in Bethesda, Maryland, who was not involved in the study. "It is even more rooted in our biology."<br />
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The biological mechanism at work is still unclear, but the findings suggest that the stomach may influence the brain by releasing hormones, says Lukas Van Oudenhove, M.D., one of the study authors and a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Leuven, in Belgium.<br />
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The deep-seated connection between our stomachs and our brains helped keep humans alive when food was scarce (as it was during most of human history), but it may have outlived its usefulness and may be contributing to modern health problems such as obesity, Van Oudenhove adds.<br />
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"Evolution has made every aspect of feeding as rewarding as possible," he says. "These days it may not be a good thing anymore. When food is available anywhere, then it may be a bad thing, leading to obesity or eating disorders in some people."<br />
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The study drives home just how difficult it can be to eat healthy and resist so-called emotional eating in our stressful world, says Susan Albers, Psy.D., a psychologist at the Cleveland Clinic and the author of "50 Ways to Soothe Yourself Without Food."<br />
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"Given the strong soothing effect of food on a biological level, we have to work even harder to find ways to soothe and comfort ourselves without calories," Albers says. "This is important in the long run for managing your weight, improving your self-esteem, and protecting your overall health."<br />
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The study, which appears in the August issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, included 12 healthy, normal-weight volunteers.<br />
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Van Oudenhove and his colleagues infused one of two "meals" into the stomachs of the volunteers: a solution of saturated fatty acids, or a saline control solution. (The researchers used a fat-based solution because comfort foods are often fatty, and because they were familiar with the brain's response to the solution from earlier research.)<br />
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After the feeding, the researchers induced feelings of sadness in the volunteers by playing sad classical music and showing them images of faces with sad expressions -- techniques that have proven to be downers in previous experiments.<br />
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Brief mood surveys administered throughout the experiment revealed that the participants found the sad music considerably more depressing after receiving the saline solution than after the fat solution.<br />
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Functional MRI brain scans taken during the experiment echoed these findings: Compared to the saline solution, the fatty solution appeared to dampen activity in parts of the brain that are involved in sadness and that responded to the gloomy music.<br />
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The fleeting feelings of sadness experienced by the study volunteers pale in comparison to some of the emotions that people try to address with food in real life, Albers says. "Think about how this compares to some real-world problems people face, like illness, loss of a job, or a divorce," she says. "We are often under a constant state of stress."<br />
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Therapy or other treatments that "teach people how to deal with strong emotions would likely...help people improve their eating habits," she says.<br />
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In an editorial accompanying the study, Cizza and a colleague at the NIDDK say that the "most important" question raised by the study is whether obese people respond to fatty foods in the same way as the normal-weight volunteers.<br />
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For instance, he says, the brains of obese people may resist soothing signals from the gut more strongly than the brains of leaner people.<br />
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But there's nothing wrong with occasionally eating unhealthy comfort food, Cizza adds.<br />
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"Evolution has provided us with, if you wish, an over-the-counter anti-anxiety or anti-sadness product," he says. "Maybe if you're sad and you feel like that chocolate could help you, go for it. Don't feel too guilty, but try to limit what you eat and maybe later cut down on something else."</span>HCG Diet Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11266043421016546129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557984410687244370.post-6084323375870987382011-07-25T10:04:00.000-04:002011-07-25T10:04:41.953-04:007 un-fun health milestones<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOoYjDuvGbXDUHE9fgGkVP4JkSnKLqxW8GXSbxAL_plxVPxMy5qo3nWPhVmkVqhu9S8bH9NU2CchmB9_HbufTTEOfhA5Y0ktrknq_fFh0LMlmYWJg7Cjh03aOomi6iTpayLIbWdk4AuiU/s1600/7+un-fun+health+milestones.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOoYjDuvGbXDUHE9fgGkVP4JkSnKLqxW8GXSbxAL_plxVPxMy5qo3nWPhVmkVqhu9S8bH9NU2CchmB9_HbufTTEOfhA5Y0ktrknq_fFh0LMlmYWJg7Cjh03aOomi6iTpayLIbWdk4AuiU/s320/7+un-fun+health+milestones.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;"><b>7 un-fun health milestones</b></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">By Meryl Davids Landau</span><br />
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How to handle braces, casts, stitches and more -- without the drama:<br />
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<b>1. A broken bone</b><br />
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You watch as if in slow motion as your child crashes his scooter or falls from the jungle gym, your worst fears realized as he screams and clutches his arm or leg. If the bone is actually protruding, don't move him; call 911.<br />
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Otherwise, call your doctor or head to the ER, says Meridith Sonnett, M.D., director of pediatric emergency medicine at the Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York-Presbyterian.<br />
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The ouch factor<br />
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"Breaking a bone hurts right away and usually a lot," Dr. Sonnett says, so expect your child to reprise the Home Alone scream -- over and over. Younger kids may hate holding still for the x-ray, not to mention it could be uncomfortable depending on how they need to be positioned.<br />
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And, of course, being immobilized for weeks or months in a tight, itchy cast is awful. Fortunately, if the doc does need to manipulate the bone extensively -- a horribly painful procedure -- your child will be sedated.<br />
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On-the-spot soothers<br />
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Ask for pain relief right away -- in fact, insist on it. You'll be there for a while, and there's no need for your child to suffer needlessly. Then distract, distract, distract. "When my ten-year-old son broke his arm last year, we talked and giggled about the science-fiction books he'd been reading while we waited in the ER," says Frances Schagen of Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada.<br />
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Littler kids will feel better just snuggling with you -- ask if he can sit on your lap for the x-ray or even the casting. If your child is at least 8, look into whether he can have a removable, soft cast; if a hard one is inevitable, consider a waterproof variety.<br />
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"The downside is it may start to smell after a while and so need to be replaced a few times. But for some kids, being able to swim all summer is worth it," Dr. Sonnett says. You'll still need to cover it at bathtime so that it will last longer.<br />
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Thinking ahead<br />
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Okay, no one really prepares for a broken bone, but if it does happen, try to take extra care about the words you use while waiting for the doctor. Even "broken bone" could conjure images of shattered glass in your child's head.<br />
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Instead, you might simply want to say that it's hurt or injured, cautions Betsy Cetnarowski, a child life specialist at Akron Children's Hospital in Ohio. Older kids can handle more detail, so use simple medical terminology and walk them through what they may see, hear, and feel.<br />
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<b>2. A from-the-vein blood draw</b><br />
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Most baby and toddler screening blood tests involve a quick prick of the finger. But to get a firm diagnosis, your child's doctor needs a bigger sample -- and that means inserting a needle into a vein.<br />
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The ouch factor<br />
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The tension of the band hurts, the needle pinches -- and the trauma of holding still with the thing dangling out of her arm is worst of all. Depending on your child's age, you may be asked to restrain her -- which could be more upsetting for you than her! "My son had his first big blood draw when he turned one," says Elizabeth Shaw, Parenting's deputy editor.<br />
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"The lab tech instructed me to lie across his shoulders so he couldn't move. As he screamed and looked at me with these big, pleading eyes, I cried right along with him." Plus, a small number of kids will actually experience a blood or needle phobia that could cause fainting, says Martin Antony, Ph.D., a psychologist at Ryerson University in Toronto and author of Overcoming Medical Phobias.<br />
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On-the-spot soothers<br />
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Before the technician gets started, ask for a topical anesthetic. If your child gets light-headed during the procedure, instruct her to tighten all the muscles in her body except the ones being used for the draw, Antony advises; this should raise dipping blood pressure enough to stave off a swoon.<br />
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For some kids, pointing out interesting aspects of the experience can relieve fear, says Lori Gottwein, a child life specialist at the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.<br />
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That's what Jennifer Harshman did for her 14-month-old son, Alexander. Knowing his fascination with how things work, the Carmi, IL, mom turned it into a science experiment of sorts. "As the technician laid out her supplies, I told him, 'Look, she's getting ready to take some blood from your arm with those tools,'" Harshman recalls. "Then I encouraged him to watch the blood flow into the tubes."<br />
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Alexander stared intently -- and never cried. But if you think your child is better off not watching, by all means have her look away.<br />
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Thinking ahead<br />
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Before arriving at the lab, give your child a brief explanation of what's going to happen and, most important, why. Try not to downplay the pain, but avoid overdramatizing it if you can.<br />
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Instead, Gottwein says, use age-appropriate, sense-oriented explanations, such as "The nurse will wrap something like a rubber band around your arm, which will feel tight." You can also do some pretending with a doll at home to help toddlers and preschoolers get the gist of what to expect.<br />
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One other tip: Do your best to control your own anxiety, suggests Antony. "Kids learn that a situation is okay by seeing that their parents aren't afraid."<br />
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<b>3. Filling a cavity</b><br />
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More than one in four children now has a cavity by preschool, and half of kids have one by age 9. Dentists blame the usual (too much exposure to juice and sugary snacks).<br />
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The ouch factor<br />
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It's not as bad as you're imagining, since in kids, a much smaller area of the mouth needs to be anesthetized; that limits the awful rubber-lip, exploding-face feeling.<br />
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And as with adults, most dentists will use a numbing agent before inserting the needle, says Michael J. Hanna, D.M.D., a pediatric dentist in Pittsburgh. Some offices now use a laser instead of a drill to clean out the decay-causing bacteria. The benefit? It's painless.<br />
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On-the-spot soothers<br />
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Let him break out his iPod (or borrow yours) and escape into music or an audiobook. And try not to let your own dental dread infect him.<br />
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If you cower in the corner or ask if it hurts, his fear level may rise. Instead, sit quietly and (fake) calmly, or read a book (okay, the same passage over and over).<br />
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Thinking ahead<br />
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Ask about the office policy on parents in the treatment room. Not all allow you to accompany your child (even toddlers), so if you know that will never fly with your kid, look for someone else.<br />
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As the appointment draws near, do a little role-playing: Two days before 4-year-old Grace Graham was to get a small cavity filled, her dad, Brock, lessened her anxiety by having her play dentist herself. The Gilbert, AZ, dad drew a black dot on a piece of wood in their garage.<br />
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"I told her the wood had a cavity, and we could use my electric rotary grinder to clean it out," he says. Then she filled the hole with wood putty.<br />
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You can also alleviate anxiety just by giving it a positive spin: "For young children, we say we're going to drip medicine around the tooth to make it fall asleep, and then we're going to power-wash the dark spot away," Dr. Hanna says.<br />
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<b>4. Getting stitches</b><br />
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It's usually not too hard to tell which gashes need more help than can be found in your first-aid kit: anything that's more than a quarter-inch deep (especially on the head) or gapes open is usually worthy of stitches.<br />
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The ouch factor<br />
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The blood, the gore, the idea of taking a needle and thread to the skin -- don't be surprised if there's anxiety from the minute your child's injured until the deed is done. And the needle delivering anesthesia can add (momentarily) to the pain. Smaller wounds may be glued instead of sewn shut, and that may sting, too.<br />
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On-the-spot soothers<br />
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Ask if a topical numbing gel can be applied before the anesthesia is injected. "You have to wait half an hour for it to kick in, but it's worth it," Dr. Sonnett says.<br />
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Thinking ahead<br />
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Remember that cuts -- especially on the head or face -- bleed profusely. (Using a red or other dark-colored cloth to cover the injury may help ease queasies.) Then be honest about what's to come.<br />
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"This way, your child can rely on what you say if something similar occurs in the future," Dr. Sonnett says. "I'd suggest something like 'The numbing medicine may pinch at first, but after that you won't feel anything.'?"<br />
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And if you're going to head to the emergency room, try to grab some books, toys, or a music player on the way out -- you could be in for a long wait.<br />
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<b>5. Having a hospital procedure</b><br />
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Maybe your child was born with a problem that now must be surgically corrected. Or perhaps he needs to stay overnight for tests. Or it could be that he got nabbed by appendicitis. Whatever the cause, he's in good company. More than 2 million kids under age 15 are admitted to hospitals annually.<br />
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The ouch factor<br />
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Some procedures often done on check-in -- giving blood, inserting a catheter -- are inevitably painful. But being in a foreign place with bunches of strangers poking and prodding is often more upsetting.<br />
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On-the-spot soothers<br />
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When a technician had to insert an IV into 2-year-old Jona Jaffe's hand, her mom, Jaelline, had her take a deep breath and blow a huge, fake bubble. As the technician proceeded, Jaelline told a story in great detail of them entering the bubble and flying over their favorite sites in Disneyland.<br />
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Also effective: Try to give your child choices whenever possible, to make him feel more empowered. "You can't say, 'Do you want this shot?' But you can say, 'Left arm or right arm? Sitting on my lap or lying down?'" child life specialist Cetnarowski advises. Finally, if the experience will be particularly unpleasant, feel free to resort to bribery. New deluxe Play-Doh set, anyone?<br />
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Thinking ahead<br />
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Many hospitals hold kids' orientation programs and tours, which your child attends a few days to a few weeks beforehand to help him visualize what's coming. "If yours doesn't, ask if there's someone who can give you a private walk-through," Cetnarowski says. She also warns about using words that have a scary double meaning. For example, "If your child will get general anesthesia, never say he's being 'put to sleep,'" she says. "He knows you did that to your dog!"<br />
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<b>6. Getting braces</b><br />
Her gap-toothed, crooked smile might be cute for a little while -- but not so much when she grows up.<br />
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The ouch factor<br />
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Holding still can be a challenge during the x-rays the orthodontist will take of her jaw and skull. To keep her from moving, tiny rods are placed on the outside of her ears -- awkward but painless.<br />
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Gagging may kick in during the next phase of the process: impressions. The child must bite into molds holding a plasterlike material. The braces don't hurt when the orthodontist puts them on, but -- as my 11-year-old daughter unhappily discovered -- the pressure of teeth shifting causes achiness (sometimes severe) several hours later and for days after.<br />
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On-the-spot soothers<br />
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If your child's a gagger, ask the orthodontist if he can use a numbing spray on the back of her throat prior to taking the impressions, says Bob Bray, D.D.S., president-elect of the American Association of Orthodontists. It can disable the reflex.<br />
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If it's allowed, just holding her hand and reminding her to breathe deeply through her nose (some kids may feel like they can't breathe well with the trays in) can help her relax. And after the braces are applied, some orthodontists offer a special wafer to munch.<br />
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"Chewing stimulates blood flow to the nerve sockets, which lessens the pain," Dr. Bray says. If yours doesn't, ask about using sugarless gum. Be sure to have an over-the-counter pain reliever for when you get home, and plan on having soup and applesauce for that first night's supper.<br />
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Thinking Ahead Just give your child a heads-up about what's going to take place. If she's worried about her appearance, it can help to remind her that all her friends will probably have them soon, too -- and that the payoff will be well worth it: gorgeous teeth for life!<br />
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<b>7. Swallowing a pill</b><br />
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For years your child has taken liquid medicines, or you've emptied capsules into applesauce and mixed melted pills into oatmeal. But now she needs to take a slow-release or coated pill, and there's no way around it: You've got to help her get it down.<br />
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The ouch factor<br />
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Your child might gag as soon as the pill hits her tongue; or she could worry so much about choking that her throat will instinctively tighten.<br />
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On-the-spot soothers<br />
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Let her take a few sips before the pill goes in; a dry mouth makes swallowing tougher. "This also reminds her that swallowing is a natural process, one her throat will do automatically if she lets it," says Paul Doering, professor of pharmacy practice at the University of Florida in Gainesville.<br />
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But forget the widespread advice to toss the head back; that actually closes the esophagus, says Cooper White, M.D., a pediatrician at Akron Children's Hospital.<br />
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Instead, have her slide the pill to the back of her mouth, slightly dip her chin toward her chest, and take a sip of water. If the pill feels stuck or is going down too slowly, just tell her to keep drinking. It won't take long before that feeling disappears.<br />
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Thinking ahead<br />
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Ask if there's a choice between a tablet and a capsule, and if so, choose the latter, says Doering. "Capsules float lightly on top of water, while a tablet sinks like a rock on the tongue," he says.<br />
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It can also help to practice with teeny bits of food. Toronto mom Audrey Ciccone had her son Michael, then 7, wash down grains of rice and then pill-size pieces of apple before moving on to his actual medicine, which he was able to swallow on the first try. Way to go!</span></div></div>HCG Diet Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11266043421016546129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557984410687244370.post-53035682145835719552011-07-22T11:32:00.000-04:002011-07-22T11:32:14.300-04:00When you're losing weight, where does the fat go?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiieHPUQy3Uywbm5E8gX8ZKshcnorRsDok9U6yeOF-8ENnk9JVKQMYeTBS4G7DefsUtqMKUxSlEQlI14pOfAStK_2YESyY-6bC5_mOV2AF38-sppzQ75J1CHJ2k06YqK_RKrmQFl9QDtS0/s1600/Where+the+Fat+Goes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiieHPUQy3Uywbm5E8gX8ZKshcnorRsDok9U6yeOF-8ENnk9JVKQMYeTBS4G7DefsUtqMKUxSlEQlI14pOfAStK_2YESyY-6bC5_mOV2AF38-sppzQ75J1CHJ2k06YqK_RKrmQFl9QDtS0/s320/Where+the+Fat+Goes.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">When you're losing weight, where does the fat go?</span></b><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">By Madison Park</span><br />
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Multiple chins, bulging tummies and flabby arms: It's easy to see where fat accumulates on the body.<br />
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When a person starts losing weight, where does the fat go? And what parts of the body can you expect to see results?<br />
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Headlines from fitness magazines promise exercises to blast away belly fat and activities to spot-reduce flab. The scientific evidence, unfortunately, doesn't back those sexy headlines.<br />
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Here are three things to know about weight-loss and body fat.<br />
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You can't change your shape, just your size.<br />
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You can't cherry-pick where you shed fat; weight loss doesn't work like a point-and-shoot.<br />
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MRIs, CT scans and dexa scans, which use X-ray beams to measure body composition, show no evidence for spot reduction.<br />
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"Basically, when we lose weight, we lose weight all over in exactly the proportion that's distributed throughout our body," said Susan Fried, director of the Boston Obesity and Nutrition Research Center at the Boston University School of Medicine.<br />
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This dexa scan of a woman who underwent bariatric surgery shows where she lost her body fat.<br />
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A pear-shaped woman who loses weight will remain a pear, just a daintier one, say researchers who specialize in body fat. More women tend to be pear-shaped, with fat around their hips and thighs. Men tend to be apple-shaped, because they have fat that accumulates around their waist.<br />
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"People come in with unrealistic expectations from magazines and spot-reducing," said Gary Foster, director of Temple University's Center for Obesity Research and Education. "That doesn't happen. When you start to lose fat, it's proportionate throughout your body, whether it's your neck, waist, ankle circumference. You'll come out smaller but have the same body shape."<br />
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Maggie and Andy Sorrells in 2002, before the couple started a faith-based weight loss program.<br />
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That was the case with Maggie Sorrells, 37, who lost nearly 300 pounds through diet and exercise in less than five years.<br />
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Her body was pear-shaped even when she weighed about 500 pounds. She reduced her portion sizes and attended weekly faith-based weight loss meetings called <a href="http://www.weighdown.com/">Weigh Down</a>. She noticed that her face and hips were getting smaller.<br />
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"My hips were like 73 inches," Sorrells said. They're now down to 39 inches.<br />
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"It's crazy to think how much they've come down."<br />
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<a href="http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-631753">See her iReport: Andy & Maggie 550 down</a><br />
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She and her husband, Andy, who live in Nashville, lost more than 500 pounds combined.<br />
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Sorrells essentially retained her pear shape, although she's 300 pounds lighter. "I'm still rounder in the bottom part of my body. I'm still pear-shaped," she said.<br />
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Maggie Sorrells said she essentially retained her pear shape, although she is 300 pounds lighter.<br />
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For most people, the problem is their weight, not their body shape, Foster said. Whether you're a pear or apple may be determined by genetics or hormones.<br />
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Not all body fat is created equal.<br />
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When Joe Dragon, an insurance company supervisor in Albany, New York, started losing weight from his 425-pound frame, he noticed the biggest difference in his stomach.<br />
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"I was never heavy on the bottom; it was more the gut, belly area," the 34-year-old said. "The differences I noticed, I have a flat stomach. It used to be huge round ball."<br />
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<a href="http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-581427">See his iReport: Joe from Albany</a><br />
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Joe Dragon lost 135 pounds on Weight Watchers and exercise.<br />
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Like Dragon, men tend to be apple-shaped and carry more belly fat, known as visceral fat. This is a dangerous type of fat because it surrounds abdominal organs and is metabolically active.<br />
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Essentially, it disturbs the regular mechanisms in your body.<br />
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The fat cells release biochemicals that lead to inflammation, which could lead to heart attacks, strokes and joint and muscle pain. This accumulates in the liver, said Dr. Robin Blackstone, surgeon and medical director of Scottsdale Healthcare Bariatric Center in Arizona.<br />
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"Fat is basically a store of energy," she said. "When you need energy, you break down the fat. That breaks down into a component called free fatty acid and goes into the liver for energy. When you have a lot of excess fat, it generates so much free fatty acid, the liver can't handle it, so it stores it."<br />
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That triggers a host of problems including non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, insulin resistance and diabetes.<br />
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"Belly fat is much more harmful than the so-called big butt," Foster said.<br />
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The fat in the hips causes much alarm because that part of the body is highly visible. Called subcutaneous fat, the masses of this fat may be unsightly, but scientists believe they're not as dangerous as internal abdominal fat.<br />
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For cosmetic or social reasons, women are more likely to seek obesity treatment than men.<br />
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"What that says is that men are likely to need obesity treatment more than women, but women, likely due to stigma socially for being overweight, are more likely to present for treatment," Foster said.<br />
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Where does the fat go?<br />
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Fat cells expand when people consume more energy than they can burn. During weight loss, the cells shrink.<br />
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"The fat is a very specialized cell, and it takes basically the fat we eat and it stores it in form of triglycerides," said Fried, who researches how fat is deposited. "It's doing that for the purpose of releasing it when other parts of the body need it."<br />
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Humans carry about 10 billion to 30 billion fat cells. People who are obese can have up to 100 billion.<br />
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"If anyone of us overeats long and hard enough, we can increase the number of fat cells in our body," Fried said. "When we lose weight, we don't lose the number of fat cells."<br />
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The size of the cells shrinks, but the capacity to expand is always there.<br />
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Liposuction can remove fat cells, but this procedure is ideally for people who are not obese.<br />
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"The fat cells are actually being removed," said Tony Youn, a plastic surgeon who performs liposuctions. "It doesn't mean that fat cells that remain can't get bigger."<br />
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Despite the extraction of fat cells, the ones remaining can always get bigger or smaller depending on a person's diet and fitness.</span>HCG Diet Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11266043421016546129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557984410687244370.post-5852483962551670952011-07-21T08:33:00.000-04:002011-07-21T08:33:32.286-04:0016 Guilt-Free Ways to Enjoy Soda<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;"></span></b></span><br />
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America's health-conscious crusade against soda has made it crystal clear that we're not supposed to drink the stuff -- it's bad for us, period. But it's important to note that not all sodas are the enemy; mostly just the type laden with high-fructose corn syrup and artificial ingredients. So when you're craving something sweet and sparkly, what to do?<br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The KitchenDaily editors gathered 16 different brands of all-natural sodas to find the best in a blind taste test. Not a single one of these brands contains high-fructose corn syrup -- most are flavored with cane syrup, agave nectar, or other noted natural sweeteners. With a few exceptions, we were pleasantly surprised by the whole pack of contenders -- and we were happy to find that the two winners (there was a tie!) were unknown to all of us. We're excited to help you discover some new favorites, too!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">By Elizabeth Cohen</span><br />
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You think you're being smart when, in an effort to eat more healthfully, you check a restaurant's website to see how many calories are in a dish you plan to order.<br />
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It turns out perhaps that effort isn't worth as much as you think. A new study by Tufts University nutrition researchers shows nearly one out of five restaurant dishes has at least 100 more calories than what a restaurant states on its website.<br />
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The underestimated foods came from several restaurant chains, including Chipotle Mexican Grill, Olive Garden, Boston Market and Outback Steakhouse.<br />
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"I think restaurants have a lot to answer for here," said Susan Roberts, senior author of the paper published in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association.<br />
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The study looked at 269 food items at 42 fast-food and sit-down restaurants in Massachusetts, Arkansas and Indiana between January and June 2010. Lead author Lorien Urban, then a Tufts graduate student, and others purchased the foods without telling the restaurants they were for a study. They brought the foods to the lab at Tufts, analyzed the calories and then compared them with the calories listed at that time on the restaurants' websites.<br />
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On average, the calorie counts were accurate. However, the lab analysis showed that 19% of the foods tested had 100 or more calories in excess of what was on the website.<br />
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"One food had more than 1,000 calories more than it was supposed to," Roberts said, referring to a side order of chips and salsa at On the Border Mexican Grill & Cantina. "It was just shocking."<br />
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Sit-down restaurants were more likely to have inaccurate readings. Roberts said she thinks this is because individual workers have some leeway in how they prepare the foods, whereas the process is more automated in fast food restaurants.<br />
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In fact, several restaurants have caveats such as the one on the Outback Steakhouse website, which states that "menu items are hand-prepared and caloric values may vary from the stated amount."<br />
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A new federal law will require calories to be stated on menus at large chain restaurants in the next year. Due to this new rule, the National Restaurant Association said, "Many restaurant chains are looking at tighter kitchen quality control standards."<br />
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The Tufts researchers looked at information on the restaurants' websites, which listed the number of calories absorbed by the body, which is different from the total number of calories in a dish. Using information from the restaurants' websites, the researchers estimated the total number of calories in the food and then tested the food in the lab and made a comparison.<br />
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According to the Tufts lab analysis, Chipotle's burrito bowl with rice, black beans, peppers, onions, lettuce, green tomatillo salsa and cheese had 703 total calories -- 249 more than what was expected based on information from the restaurant's website.<br />
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In a statement, Chipotle acknowledged there could be calorie differences between what's posted on its website and what's served to customers because of "the seasonality of ingredients, adherence to recipes, and cooking from scratch."<br />
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At Olive Garden, Tufts found the chicken and gnocchi soup had 529 calories, which was 246 more than what would be expected based on the restaurant's website.<br />
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Olive Garden told CNN the numbers on its website "are as accurate as they can be for dishes that are individually crafted by hand."<br />
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At Boston Market, three pieces of dark meat chicken (two drumsticks and a thigh) had 572 calories, according to the lab analysis -- 215 calories more than what would be expected from the restaurant's nutrition information. Boston Market did not respond to CNN's request for comment.<br />
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Some foods with the biggest discrepancies were lower-calorie items such as salads, which dieters would be more likely to choose. For example, the Tufts lab analysis showed the classic blue cheese wedge side salad at Outback Steakhouse contained 1,035 calories -- 659 calories more than what would be expected based on what was on the restaurant's website.<br />
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Joe Kadow, executive vice president of OSI Restaurant partners, which owns Outback Steakhouse, said he suspected the Tufts researchers tested an entrée-size salad rather than a side salad.<br />
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Urban said she's sure she ordered the side salad.<br />
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"Looking at it, I think the issue is they put on a lot of dressing -- more than they normally put," she added.<br />
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Roberts, author of "The 'I' Diet," said these discrepancies help explain why some people in her diet groups have had trouble losing weight even when they used a restaurant's website to select lower calorie dishes.<br />
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"If you have 100 calories more than you think (every day), that's something like 10 or 15 pounds of extra weight you gain over the course of the year," she said.<br />
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She advises dieters to order items such as dressing, cheese and sauce on the side, so they can have better control over calories.</span>HCG Diet Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11266043421016546129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557984410687244370.post-45746090119755742542011-07-19T10:25:00.000-04:002011-07-19T10:25:01.546-04:00Power Nutrients You May Not Know<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWqkYbNDkvoyxWu99pi1l54ApM-gAG5J0HtlpQI5gZH2csfFzoKK_LWtP0yK29g6OBqZHpo_gpcjDQfhCK3OuPGQ00KYxHLvm99Pznz0Gef9M5LqUx2GqbC6bFHPFhKFtm8poYwde1cAc/s1600/Power+Nutrients+You+May+Not+Know.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWqkYbNDkvoyxWu99pi1l54ApM-gAG5J0HtlpQI5gZH2csfFzoKK_LWtP0yK29g6OBqZHpo_gpcjDQfhCK3OuPGQ00KYxHLvm99Pznz0Gef9M5LqUx2GqbC6bFHPFhKFtm8poYwde1cAc/s320/Power+Nutrients+You+May+Not+Know.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>Prebiotics: Power Nutrients You Don't Know About</b></span><br />
<h2 style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal arial; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">To reap all the benefits of probiotics, these good bacteria need to be fed correctly. Find out how prebiotics help boost your digestive health.</h2><div class="bottom" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div class="byline" style="color: #999999; display: inline; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-top: 0px;">By Madeline Vann, MPH</div><div class="reviewedby" style="color: #999999; display: inline; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal arial;">Medically reviewed by Lindsey Marcellin, MD, MPH</div></div><div class="bottom" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div class="reviewedby" style="color: #999999; display: inline; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal arial;"><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">You’ve stocked your fridge with enough probiotics-rich low-fat or no-fat yogurt to feed a small army, but what can aid those “good” bacteria even more? The answer is the nutrient getting a lot of attention recently: prebiotics. A varied diet rich in fruits and vegetables, as well as prebiotic supplements, can support probiotic organisms and other beneficial bacteria in the gut and maximize the <a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/digestive-health/probiotics-for-digestive-health.aspx" style="color: #1b75bc; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">benefits of probiotics</a>.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Although the field of research on prebiotics is relatively new, preliminary data suggests that eating foods that contain prebiotics could help anyone feel full longer and manage weight more effectively, as well as helping women maintain healthy bones.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">You may already know about probiotics: If your doctor gives you a hefty antibiotic and recommends that you eat yogurt or take a probiotic supplement, that’s to restock the “good” bacteria in your gut that help the <a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/digestive-health/index.aspx" style="color: #1b75bc; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">digestive</a> process.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Recently, nutrition experts and physicians have been exploring what these good bacteria need to remain effective, and the answer seems to be prebiotics.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>Prebiotics: Form and Function</strong></div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Your intestines are inhabited by many kinds of bacteria, many of which help you stay healthy and also help you digest your food efficiently. When you eat <a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/digestive-health/experts-foods-to-improve-digestion.aspx" style="color: #1b75bc; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">digestion-friendly foods</a> containing prebiotics, the digestive process creates an atmosphere that favors the probiotics you are eating in that yogurt. This shifts the balance toward the good bacteria, which can boost your digestive health.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">“Prebiotics are a special form of dietary fiber that are available in plant foods, such as onions, leeks, and bananas,” says Shannon Rentz, RD, LD, adult clinical outpatient dietitian at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland. “The prebiotics help work with probiotics to keep the chain of events going. They are the fuel for the probiotic bacteria’s growth.”</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>Getting Prebiotics Into Your Diet</strong></div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">You have two options for adding prebiotics to your diet: Eat them naturally in whole fruits and vegetables, or take a prebiotic supplement. “As with all nutrients, dietitians recommend always trying to get prebiotics from food first,” says Rentz.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Foods that contain <a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/digestive-health/fiber-and-constipation.aspx" style="color: #1b75bc; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">fiber</a> which acts as prebiotics include:</div><ul style="color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://content.everydayhealth.com/images/v2/common/bullet.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0.7em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: list-item; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Artichokes</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://content.everydayhealth.com/images/v2/common/bullet.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0.7em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: list-item; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Jerusalem artichokes</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://content.everydayhealth.com/images/v2/common/bullet.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0.7em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: list-item; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Leeks</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://content.everydayhealth.com/images/v2/common/bullet.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0.7em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: list-item; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Onions</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://content.everydayhealth.com/images/v2/common/bullet.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0.7em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: list-item; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Garlic</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://content.everydayhealth.com/images/v2/common/bullet.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0.7em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: list-item; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Wheat</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://content.everydayhealth.com/images/v2/common/bullet.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0.7em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: list-item; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Oats</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://content.everydayhealth.com/images/v2/common/bullet.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0.7em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: list-item; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Soybeans</li>
</ul><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The more varied the fruits and vegetables you include in your diet, in combination with <a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/urinary-tract-infections-pictures/pick-yogurt-with-probiotics-1028.aspx" style="color: #1b75bc; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">probiotic-rich yogurt</a>, the better your digestive balance is going to be. “That’s why experts encourage five servings of fruits and or vegetables a day as a minimum,” says Rentz.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Many gastroenterology practices offer their own prebiotic supplement formulas, and you can find them online as well. However, prebiotic supplements can be pricey, ringing in at about $40 on average for a month’s supply, says Rentz.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">For an added boost to your digestive health, incorporate more foods with prebiotics into your diet, along with probiotic-friendly yogurt. Together, prebiotics and probiotics pack a one-two punch for your health.</div></div></div>HCG Diet Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11266043421016546129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557984410687244370.post-65469904694106790582011-07-18T07:55:00.000-04:002011-07-18T07:55:46.936-04:00Jonah Hill Shows Off Dramatic Weight Loss<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlWUE5SuaZ0yvsd_2eOJvDM23p_mr-0YPt4BYLLhiad8MEQI6PPaNWgIQn31U6JuYDunQXnqWuX_qeXns9A68C5EtgfWchqQ6pPhswTrajTweoR-MCO_MOPQ8tC3i3JIQvRo-T7z-74Ko/s1600/Jonah+Hill+Shows+Off+Dramatic+Weight+Loss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlWUE5SuaZ0yvsd_2eOJvDM23p_mr-0YPt4BYLLhiad8MEQI6PPaNWgIQn31U6JuYDunQXnqWuX_qeXns9A68C5EtgfWchqQ6pPhswTrajTweoR-MCO_MOPQ8tC3i3JIQvRo-T7z-74Ko/s1600/Jonah+Hill+Shows+Off+Dramatic+Weight+Loss.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>Jonah Hill Shows Off Dramatic Weight Loss</b></span><br />
<div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: black; line-height: 18px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's no secret that Jonah Hill has been working hard to shed some weight, and the '21 Jump Street' star showed off a svelte new figure at the ESPY Awards Wednesday night.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: black; line-height: 18px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Earlier this spring, it was reported that Hill set a <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/10/jonah-hills-epic-weight-l_n_833929.html" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #7c1417; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">goal to shed 30 pounds</a> for his demanding role in the action-packed '21 Jump Street,' and it looks like he achieved -- if not surpassed -- that goal.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: black; line-height: 18px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">According to <a href="http://www.usmagazine.com/healthylifestyle/news/pic-actor-jonah-hill-slims-down-201193" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #7c1417; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">Us Weekly</a>, the actor gained weight when he first started training for the role, but once he teamed up with a nutritionist and trainer, the weight started coming off.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: black; line-height: 18px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.moviefone.com/movie/21-jump-street/50931/main" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #7c1417; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">'21 Jump Street,'</a> which also stars Channing Tatum, is slated for a March 2012 release.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><img alt="Jonah Hill Weight Loss" height="167" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/309333/thumbs/r-JONAH-HILL-WEIGHT-LOSS-large570.jpg" width="400" /></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><img height="400" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/309334/thumbs/r-JONAH-HILL-large.jpg" width="380" /></div></div>HCG Diet Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11266043421016546129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557984410687244370.post-12623185414023776182011-07-15T10:03:00.000-04:002011-07-15T10:03:17.077-04:00Who Should Eat Gluten-Free Food?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPLXXcl6KA2mJ42kZcL4QSyvsJU_UkAzrgznXXR7_tvseLyq6sVzgFAKVXr1AH4MvJZ89gzkK7BHyZKxo2hjJtFAd51rfpsfnIv4waiAI4kELtUGNFDQrcmid-xzVFX-jXTmO0GHDUfgE/s1600/hcg+diet+america.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPLXXcl6KA2mJ42kZcL4QSyvsJU_UkAzrgznXXR7_tvseLyq6sVzgFAKVXr1AH4MvJZ89gzkK7BHyZKxo2hjJtFAd51rfpsfnIv4waiAI4kELtUGNFDQrcmid-xzVFX-jXTmO0GHDUfgE/s320/hcg+diet+america.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><h1 style="color: #86ab13; font-family: arial; font: normal normal bold 26px/normal arial; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Who Really Should Be on a Gluten-Free Diet?</span></h1><h2 style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal arial; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">It's no question that people with celiac disease and gluten sensitivity feel better on a gluten-free diet, and it's becoming increasingly popular in the mainstream as well. But sticking with a truly gluten-free diet is challenging. Find out if going "g-free" is right for you.</h2><div class="bottom" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div class="byline" style="color: #999999; display: inline; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-top: 0px;">By <a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/contributing-writers-and-editors.aspx" rel="nofollow" style="color: #999999; display: inline; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal arial; text-decoration: none;">Madeline Vann, MPH</a></div><div class="reviewedby" style="color: #999999; display: inline; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal arial;">Medically reviewed by <a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/medical-reviewers.aspx" rel="nofollow" style="color: #999999; display: inline; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal arial; text-decoration: none;">Lindsey Marcellin, MD, MPH</a></div></div><div class="bottom" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">A gluten-free <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/EverydayHealth#g/c/EF97AD8663C7E7E1" rel="nofollow" style="color: #1b75bc; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_new">diet</a> is as trendy as the latest purse. <a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/celiac-disease/elisabeth-hasselbeck.aspx" style="color: #1b75bc; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Elisabeth Hasselbeck</a>, co-host of "The View," wrote a book about it — <em>G-Free Diet: A Gluten Survival Guide</em> — and even celebs with no known gluten sensitivity, like Gwyneth Paltrow and Oprah Winfrey, swear by it for the health benefits and detox effects.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">For people who have celiac disease or gluten sensitivity like Hasselbeck, it can make a significant difference in quality of life. For that relatively small group of people, a <a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/celiac-disease/celiac-disease-going-gluten-free.aspx" style="color: #1b75bc; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">gluten-free diet</a>functions as a detox diet by relieving their system of an irritant.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">For people who aren't fighting gluten sensitivity, avoiding gluten is not a health necessity, but it can be a way to construct a new diet. In fact, if you decide to go gluten-free and you aren't gluten sensitive, you could find that you feel better just because you are eating more healthfully.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">A gluten-free diet is a return to foods that are good for you, says Shannon Rentz, RD, LD, adult clinical outpatient dietitian at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland. "Fruits, vegetables, rice, corn — all those are healthy."</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>When a Gluten-Free Diet Is a Must</strong></div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">People who need to go on a gluten-free diet usually have one of these conditions:</div><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://content.everydayhealth.com/images/v2/common/bullet.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0.7em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: list-item; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>Celiac disease.</strong> People who have celiac disease actually have damage to villi (tiny fingerlike tissues that aid in digestion) in their<a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/digestive-health/index.aspx" style="color: #1b75bc; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">digestive tract</a> because of the chronic inflammation caused by gluten. When they eat even a tiny amount of gluten, they experience symptoms such as bloating, cramping, or specific types of skin rashes. People with celiac disease might also become lactose intolerant and have iron deficiency anemia, says Rentz. Celiac disease is diagnosed using blood tests and a small bowel biopsy. About 1in 133 people has celiac disease, according to the National Institutes of Health.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://content.everydayhealth.com/images/v2/common/bullet.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0.7em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: list-item; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>Gluten intolerance or sensitivity.</strong> People with non-celiac gluten sensitivity do not have damage to their intestinal lining. However, they experience headaches, bloating, fatigue, or diarrhea after eating foods containing gluten. As a result, they find that a gluten-free diet improves the quality of life. It's hard to get a good estimate on the number of people with gluten sensitivity. It's more common than celiac disease and probably more common than we know — possibly as many as one in 10 people.</li>
</ul><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">"If you suspect gluten's a problem, you should still eat the foods that contain gluten and ask for a blood test," says Rentz. If you stop eating gluten foods before the blood test, the results will be normal. She stresses that before she helps clients construct gluten-free diets, she wants them to go through all the testing and get a proper diagnosis to know if they have to be "100 percent compliant," she says.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The good news for people who are going gluten-free is that they have more options than ever before. "There have never been more products available for the consumer," she says, adding that in many major urban areas restaurants are increasingly catering to gluten-free diet needs. As always, it is important to read labels because even products like soy sauce can contain gluten. Also keep in mind that "wheat-free" doesn't mean gluten-free, reminds Rentz. And just because a product is gluten-free doesn't mean it is also going to meet your dietary needs for nutrients or that it is low calorie, low fat, or low sodium.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">For people with <a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/celiac-disease/index.aspx" style="color: #1b75bc; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">celiac disease</a>, your entire kitchen may need to be revamped because cross contamination from cooking instruments, pots, and pans that have been used for gluten-containing foods can cause symptoms. "This is a very difficult life change for people," says Rentz.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">People with gluten sensitivity can occasionally have small amounts of gluten-containing foods if they aren't too troubled by the symptoms this causes.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>When a Gluten-Free Diet Is a Choice</strong></div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Certainly, you can try a gluten-free diet even if you don't medically need to do so. If you focus on a wide variety of whole foods such as fruits, vegetables, lean meats, dairy, and non-gluten grains like quinoa, you can probably build a diet that is healthy and nutritious, but skip the usual suspects — wheat, rye, and barley — that provide gluten. However, if you don't have a gluten sensitivity, then a gluten-free diet isn't a "detox" diet because gluten isn't a toxin for your system.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Also, says Rentz, one of the most surprising signs of a gluten sensitivity or celiac disease is a lack of iron due to poor absorption, and this can also be a problem for people who rely too heavily on prepackaged gluten-free products that might not provide you with all the nutrients you need. So giving up gluten when you don't have to for medical reasons means you may be giving up vital nutrients in the process. Read labels and consider a daily multivitamin supplement if you decide to try eating gluten-free.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Another drawback, especially for those who aren't celebrities, is that gluten-free foods can be costly.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">So if you haven't been diagnosed with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity, it's okay to buck the gluten-free diet trend — you don't have to cut out gluten because the stars are doing it. Do drop gluten if you are having a reaction to it, but only <em>after</em> seeing your doctor and getting the testing needed for a diagnosis.</div></div><div class="bottom" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div>HCG Diet Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11266043421016546129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557984410687244370.post-22662305850728801492011-07-14T08:30:00.000-04:002011-07-14T08:30:31.293-04:00What That Heartburn May Really Mean<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtSU7R4pvKyROgBuMDtt-PbhU7KVgLzvvW4Hr8zDrqgaW2RLSlaocYvah8DNBrdg0QrL2OJ5lVgWoidUYaBc1b1H-yrYXZLAF50VS6k12uAuP92vufwStM62_bPNJ5118Ec1eduhvc_Yo/s1600/Recognize+the+Symptoms+of+GERD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtSU7R4pvKyROgBuMDtt-PbhU7KVgLzvvW4Hr8zDrqgaW2RLSlaocYvah8DNBrdg0QrL2OJ5lVgWoidUYaBc1b1H-yrYXZLAF50VS6k12uAuP92vufwStM62_bPNJ5118Ec1eduhvc_Yo/s320/Recognize+the+Symptoms+of+GERD.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><h1 style="color: #86ab13; font-family: arial; font: normal normal bold 26px/normal arial; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Recognize the Symptoms of GERD</span></h1><div><h2 style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal arial; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Symptoms of GERD can interfere with your quality of life. You can ease symptoms and lessen your chances of reflux with medication and lifestyle changes.</h2><div class="bottom" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div class="byline" style="color: #999999; display: inline; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-top: 0px;">By <a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/contributing-writers-and-editors.aspx" style="color: #999999; display: inline; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal arial; text-decoration: none;">Dennis Thompson Jr.</a></div><div class="reviewedby" style="color: #999999; display: inline; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal arial;">Medically reviewed by <a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/medical-reviewers.aspx" style="color: #999999; display: inline; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal arial; text-decoration: none;">Niya Jones, MD, MPH</a></div></div></div><div class="bottom" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">You’ve just finished a delicious <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/EverydayHealth#g/c/2ADF341A6D6F9031" rel="nofollow" style="color: #1b75bc; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_new">meal</a>, but instead of feeling satisfied, you’re quite uncomfortable — there’s a burning sensation in your stomach moving up toward your chest and throat, and it may get worse when you lie down. What’s going on?</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">You may be experiencing gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD, a condition in which stomach acid backflows into the esophagus, an event also known as acid reflux. This acid irritates the lining of the esophagus, leading to a number of uncomfortable symptoms. If left untreated, <a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/gerd/understanding.aspx" style="color: #1b75bc; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">GERD</a> can cause serious complications.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>GERD Symptoms</strong></div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The main symptom of GERD is heartburn, a painful, burning sensation that begins in the stomach and spreads upward through your chest and throat. Heartburn usually occurs after a big meal or an activity that encourages stomach acid to move up into your esophagus. Heavy lifting, bending over, or lying down can all trigger acid reflux.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">People with GERD may notice particularly intense <a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/gerd/managing/sleep-tips-for-people-with-gerd.aspx" style="color: #1b75bc; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">heartburn symptoms at night</a>. Keep in mind, however, that the amount of pain doesn't necessarily correlate with the degree of underlying damage being done. In some people, GERD can lead to serious, long-term damage to the esophagus despite few symptoms, while others may experience severe heartburn with minimal esophageal irritation.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Besides heartburn, other common GERD symptoms in adults include:</div><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://content.everydayhealth.com/images/v2/common/bullet.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0.7em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: list-item; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>Dyspepsia.</strong> Also known as indigestion, dyspepsia leads to stomach discomfort or pain. People with dyspepsia may also feel nauseated after meals.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://content.everydayhealth.com/images/v2/common/bullet.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0.7em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: list-item; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>Acid regurgitation or reflux.</strong> People may note a sour taste due to stomach acid flowing into their mouths. This symptom may be accompanied by uncomfortable belching.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://content.everydayhealth.com/images/v2/common/bullet.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0.7em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: list-item; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>Chest pain.</strong> Some people with GERD report feeling like food is stuck in their chest adjacent to the breastbone.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://content.everydayhealth.com/images/v2/common/bullet.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0.7em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: list-item; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>Throat problems.</strong> GERD can cause irritation of the throat and airways, leading to sore throat, hoarse voice, dry cough, or a sensation of a lump in the throat. As a result, people with GERD may feel the need to clear their throat often.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://content.everydayhealth.com/images/v2/common/bullet.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0.7em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: list-item; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>Chronic nausea.</strong> GERD can sometimes cause nausea that lasts for months. Excessive acid reflux can lead to vomiting as well.</li>
</ul><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>GERD Symptoms in Children</strong></div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">GERD can occur in infants and children, but it may be hard for parents to recognize the symptoms. Most young children don't experience heartburn as a result of GERD reflux, but instead display a set of symptoms very different from those of adults. These symptoms include:</div><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://content.everydayhealth.com/images/v2/common/bullet.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0.7em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: list-item; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Frequent regurgitation, "wet burps," or vomiting, especially after meals</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://content.everydayhealth.com/images/v2/common/bullet.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0.7em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: list-item; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Persistent coughing or wheezing</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://content.everydayhealth.com/images/v2/common/bullet.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0.7em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: list-item; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Difficulty swallowing</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://content.everydayhealth.com/images/v2/common/bullet.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0.7em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: list-item; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Failure to thrive or gain weight</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://content.everydayhealth.com/images/v2/common/bullet.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0.7em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: list-item; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Refusal to eat food</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://content.everydayhealth.com/images/v2/common/bullet.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0.7em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: list-item; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Irritability</li>
</ul><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Some of these symptoms can occur in infants as a result of other problems besides GERD, including food allergies, respiratory disorders, and even the normal teething process, but GERD should be considered as a potential contributory factor.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The weight and other growth parameters of babies and small children with these symptoms should be monitored closely to prevent complications such as anemia and other nutritional deficiencies.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>Managing GERD Symptoms</strong></div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">People with mild GERD symptoms like heartburn may find that over-the-counter (OTC) <a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/gerd/treating-gerd/medical-and-surgical-treatments.aspx" style="color: #1b75bc; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">antacids</a> help offset their symptoms. Other OTC medications like the H2 blockers famotidine (Pepcid) and cimetidine (Tagamet) and proton pump inhibitors such as omeprazole (Prilosec) may be useful if antacids don't help.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">But if you find yourself popping more and more antacids or other OTC medications, talk to your doctor about your symptoms. Stronger medications available by prescription can be used to alleviate your symptoms. Or your doctor may perform special tests to figure out whether another condition is causing your symptoms.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">There are also a number of lifestyle changes you can make to lessen or eliminate GERD symptoms:</div><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://content.everydayhealth.com/images/v2/common/bullet.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0.7em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: list-item; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Avoid foods that irritate the stomach and may promote reflux. These include foods with caffeine, spicy foods, chocolate, peppermint, fried foods, and acidic foods.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://content.everydayhealth.com/images/v2/common/bullet.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0.7em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: list-item; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Don't lie down for about three hours after you eat.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://content.everydayhealth.com/images/v2/common/bullet.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0.7em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: list-item; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/gerd/gerd-and-smoking.aspx" style="color: #1b75bc; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Quit smoking</a> and limit or eliminate alcohol intake.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://content.everydayhealth.com/images/v2/common/bullet.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0.7em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: list-item; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Lose weight.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://content.everydayhealth.com/images/v2/common/bullet.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0.7em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: list-item; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Raise the head of your bed about half a foot by placing blocks under the headboard. This elevates your upper body and discourages acid reflux. Keep in mind that extra pillows won't do the trick.</li>
</ul><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">GERD can be painful, but the good news is you don’t have to live with the pain. Talk to your doctor about medications and try these lifestyle changes to lessen — and even prevent — your symptoms.</div></div>HCG Diet Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11266043421016546129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557984410687244370.post-66827562640567927442011-07-13T12:31:00.000-04:002011-07-13T12:31:00.913-04:00Mercury In Fish -- How Much Is Too Much?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5GhuCCZlBTQ14l4aGejTokxd7HZldpBY8lWhNGHYYipeOI40UPVfiJXIdvkcJEsCtUBBCa4P0ZOfDeNGFHq_gLu2AVesy_mu-3282xuVhOIGT2zdj9dZ7eZe7ulIlOMqVwpg8rOgmug4/s1600/Mercury+In+Fish.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5GhuCCZlBTQ14l4aGejTokxd7HZldpBY8lWhNGHYYipeOI40UPVfiJXIdvkcJEsCtUBBCa4P0ZOfDeNGFHq_gLu2AVesy_mu-3282xuVhOIGT2zdj9dZ7eZe7ulIlOMqVwpg8rOgmug4/s1600/Mercury+In+Fish.jpg" /></a></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Mercury In Fish -- How Much Is Too Much?</span></b><br />
<div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; line-height: 20px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When you order fish in a restaurant these days, you might feel you need a marine biologist to help you make your selection rather than a waiter. Figuring out which fish is safe to eat -- and how often you should eat fish -- has become fraught with worry, mainly due to concerns about mercury content. You might be tempted to swear off seafood completely to keep things simple. But if you do, you'll miss out on the <a href="http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/General/Fish-and-Omega-3-Fatty-Acids_UCM_303248_Article.jsp" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #6aa3b1; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">health benefits </a>of eating fish, including the heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids in many fish. A wiser approach is to understand why mercury is a concern and when to avoid certain seafood.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; line-height: 20px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Where the mercury comes from</strong> How does mercury get into fish and shellfish in the first place? Mercury is a metal that occurs naturally in several forms. The kind inside your thermometer is called elemental or metal mercury. It's used to make dental fillings and some batteries. It's also used in <a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=jeremy-piven-mercury-poisoning" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #6aa3b1; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">chemical manufacturing plants</a>, coal burning plants and other industries, and that's how it ends up in your swordfish steak. <a href="http://www.fda.gov/food/foodsafety/product-specificinformation/seafood/foodbornepathogenscontaminants/methylmercury/ucm115662.htm" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #6aa3b1; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">Industrial pollution releases elemental mercury into the air.</a> Rain then washes the mercury out of the air and into streams and oceans where it gets turned into methylmercury. Fish and shellfish absorb methylmercury as they feed and it builds up in the animals' tissues over time. That's why larger and older fish tend to have the most mercury.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; line-height: 20px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Risks to the developing nervous system</strong> <a href="http://discovermagazine.com/2009/apr/19-how-to-tell-if-you.re-poisoning-yourself-with-fish" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #6aa3b1; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">Most of our exposure</a> to mercury comes from the methylmercury in contaminated fish. Ingesting excessive amounts of mercury is not good for anyone. In adults, it can cause damage to the <a href="http://discovermagazine.com/2009/apr/19-how-to-tell-if-you.re-poisoning-yourself-with-fish" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #6aa3b1; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">nervous system, as well as the immune system and heart.</a> But the greatest health risk from the mercury in seafood is to <a href="http://www.nyhealth.gov/environmental/chemicals/hsees/mercury/mercury_exposure_levels.htm" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #6aa3b1; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">fetuses, infants and very young children</a>. Even small amounts of mercury in a pregnant or nursing woman's blood can damage the developing nervous system of a fetus or infant. Nerve cells multiply and grow at a rapid rate during gestation and infancy and are especially sensitive to mercury. Scientists aren't sure exactly how the metal does its damage, but they think that it may <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11277574" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #6aa3b1; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">stop the growth of dendrites and axons</a>, the fibers on the cells that deliver and receive signals. <a href="http://www.nyhealth.gov/environmental/chemicals/hsees/mercury/mercury_exposure_levels.htm" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #6aa3b1; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">Studies </a>of populations that consume large amounts of seafood have found that children who were exposed to methylmercury in the womb or shortly after birth had altered memory, attention and language development.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; line-height: 20px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So how much mercury is too much? Scientists don't know precisely what level of mercury in the blood leads to harmful effects. <a href="http://www.nyhealth.gov/environmental/chemicals/hsees/mercury/mercury_exposure_levels.htm" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #6aa3b1; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">Studies</a> show that children suffer developmental delays when their mother's blood level is as low as 30 to 40 ng/mL (nanograms per milliliter), while adults usually don't show symptoms of mercury poisoning until their levels are higher. Fortunately, most people have some built-in protection against mercury: A genetically determined mechanism causes the body to expel the metal in 30 to 40 days. A <a href="http://discovermagazine.com/2009/apr/19-how-to-tell-if-you.re-poisoning-yourself-with-fish" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #6aa3b1; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">Swedish biologist</a> recently discovered that a small portion of the population carries a genetic mutation that makes their cells retain mercury much longer -- in rare cases up to 190 days -- and those people may be at higher risk.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; line-height: 20px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While mercury poisoning from eating seafood is relatively<a href="http://seafood.ucdavis.edu/pubs/mercury.htm" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #6aa3b1; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink"> rare</a>, the <a href="http://www.nyhealth.gov/environmental/chemicals/hsees/mercury/mercury_exposure_levels.htm" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #6aa3b1; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">early signs</a> include tingling and numbness in fingers and toes and poor muscle coordination. The <a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=jeremy-piven-mercury-poisoning" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #6aa3b1; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">treatment </a>for mercury poisoning caused by eating contaminated fish is simple: You stop eating the fish and wait for levels to come down naturally.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; line-height: 20px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">G<strong style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">uidelines for eating seafood</strong> Of course a better solution is to avoid ingesting too much mercury in the first place. That's easy to do. For most adults, eating fish and shellfish is not a health risk -- and it's important to get the <a href="http://www.fda.gov/food/foodsafety/product-specificinformation/seafood/foodbornepathogenscontaminants/methylmercury/ucm115662.htm" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #6aa3b1; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">health benefits</a> of fish. Seafood is an excellent source of high-quality protein and iron, and it's low in saturated fat. And fish that are high in omega-3 fatty acids, such as trout, salmon and tuna, can lower your risk of heart attack and other cardiovascular problems. That's why the <a href="http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/General/Fish-and-Omega-3-Fatty-Acids_UCM_303248_Article.jsp" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #6aa3b1; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">American Heart Association</a> recommends eating at least two servings of fish a week.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; line-height: 20px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, women who may become pregnant or are already pregnant, nursing mothers and young children need to be more careful. The <a href="http://www.fda.gov/food/foodsafety/product-specificinformation/seafood/foodbornepathogenscontaminants/methylmercury/ucm115662.htm" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #6aa3b1; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">FDA</a> advises pregnant or nursing women to avoid four fish that contain high levels of mercury: shark, swordfish, king mackerel and tilefish. Instead, they should eat up to 12 ounces a week of fish and shellfish that are lower in mercury. These include shrimp, canned light tuna, salmon, Pollock and catfish. If you eat canned albacore ("white") tuna, limit your intake to 6 ounces per week because it has higher mercury content. Young children should eat smaller portions of these fish.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; line-height: 20px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While pregnant and nursing women should avoid high-mercury fish, they should not stop eating seafood, according to the FDA and others. That's because fish and shellfish contains nutrients that are important for a baby's growth. Plus, the omega-3 fatty acids in many fish can actually promote the baby's <a href="http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/pregnancy-and-fish/PR00158/What%27s%20the%20link%20between%20pregnancy%20and%20fish?" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #6aa3b1; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">brain development</a> (they help adult brains function better, too). So next time you're ordering fish, don't panic. Just make sure you eat a variety of seafood (not a steady diet of the four high-mercury fish) and follow the guidelines if you are pregnant or nursing.</span></div></div>HCG Diet Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11266043421016546129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557984410687244370.post-59957477399805070732011-07-12T08:24:00.000-04:002011-07-12T08:24:56.450-04:00Salt controversy: New study links high sodium to earlier mortality<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs5bWAssgepjlhV5Qzjqhwapp-F6TYSWHnx8WAU3sJst6mRXY0BHTbhF9hBhoG8v0n1yxlPzdPl6IZ6vssjP6gYlceY9B8C8Qi7nyzUGwiEwdMhJqJbM2Fi-EaKy9TvhXdW4JbpNWFaOU/s1600/high+sodium.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs5bWAssgepjlhV5Qzjqhwapp-F6TYSWHnx8WAU3sJst6mRXY0BHTbhF9hBhoG8v0n1yxlPzdPl6IZ6vssjP6gYlceY9B8C8Qi7nyzUGwiEwdMhJqJbM2Fi-EaKy9TvhXdW4JbpNWFaOU/s320/high+sodium.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">Salt controversy: New study links high sodium to earlier mortality</span></b></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">By Anne Harding</span><br />
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People who eat more sodium and less potassium may die sooner of heart or other problems than people who consume the opposite, a large, 15-year-study has found.<br />
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The study of more than 12,000 Americans provides more ammunition to health advocates who say that slashing salt intake will save lives. But not everyone is convinced, as some research is contradictory.<br />
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In the new study, men consumed an average of 4,323 milligrams of sodium a day, while women took in 2,918 milligrams.<br />
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The American Heart Association recommends people limit their sodium intake to 1,500 milligrams a day or less.<br />
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The group with the highest sodium-to-potassium ratio had a mortality risk about 50% higher during the study than the group with the lowest, according to the report by Elena V. Kuklina, M.D., and colleagues at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Emory University, and the Harvard School of Public Health. The research was published Monday in the Archives of Internal Medicine.<br />
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A diet rich in fruits and vegetables is naturally low in sodium and high in potassium. Good potassium sources include bananas, baked potatoes, and raisins. In contrast, a diet of processed foods tends to be the opposite -- it contains more sodium and less potassium, says Kuklina, a nutritional epidemiologist at the CDC.<br />
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"We probably should take into account the whole diet and take a more comprehensive look," she says. "Looking at a single micronutrient, we might just miss the whole picture."<br />
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Because most of the sodium people in the developed world consume comes from processed food, there has been a movement to get the food industry to reduce the amount of salt it adds to products.<br />
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In 2010, the Institute of Medicine recommended that the Food and Drug Administration regulate sodium in food. And the National Salt Reduction Initiative is a partnership of organizations -- including major food companies -- that aims to cut sodium in processed foods by 25% by 2014.<br />
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"We now have 28 companies who have committed to reducing the salt levels in at least one of their categories of products," says Thomas A. Farley, M.D., of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and coauthor of an editorial accompanying Kuklina's study.<br />
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It's the easiest way to reduce sodium intake, says Graham MacGregor, chairman of World Action on Salt and Health (WASH) and a professor of cardiovascular medicine at the Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, in London.<br />
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The UK started doing just that in 2006, requiring companies to cut salt content by 25 to 30%. By 2008, according to MacGregor, sodium intake had fallen by 10%.<br />
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"It's a very large study...and it clearly shows what we'd expect it to show, that eating too much sodium is harmful and eating too little potassium is harmful," he says.<br />
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WASH is a global group established in 2005 with the aim of improving people's health by reducing salt intake.<br />
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But the case isn't quite closed, some say. For example, a report this May in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that while healthy men and women who ate more sodium than average weren't at higher risk of dying of heart disease or stroke, cardiovascular mortality was 56% higher for people who ate the least sodium. The eight-year study included 3,681 European men and women age 60 or younger who did not have hypertension.<br />
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"It's confusing," says Michael Alderman, M.D., a professor of medicine and population health at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, in the Bronx, and editor of the American Journal of Hypertension.<br />
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While some people with hypertension do need to reduce their sodium intake, Alderman says, reducing the sodium intake of the entire population could be harmful.<br />
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And an analysis of the evidence published in the Cochrane Review in July suggested that there isn't strong evidence that people who cut back on salt will reap heart-health benefits. But it did say that a population-wide reduction might help.<br />
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"These findings should not be misinterpreted as showing that salt reduction will not save lives. There was insufficient evidence to make this judgment," the author wrote. "Giving advice to reduce salt is a weak method of reducing salt intake in the population. Reducing hidden salt in processed foods, including bread, would likely have a bigger impact on blood pressure levels and on cardiovascular disease."<br />
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Farley says concerns about the risks of salt reduction are unfounded.<br />
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"There are populations around the world who take in much, much less sodium than we do and they maintain lower blood pressure throughout their lives, so I'm not concerned about that," he says. "The easiest way for people to think about it is they should be taking in less sodium and more potassium."<br />
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As far as the JAMA study is concerned, Farley says, "I would consider that an outlier."</span></div>HCG Diet Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11266043421016546129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557984410687244370.post-70248960547400163792011-07-11T08:07:00.000-04:002011-07-11T08:07:54.538-04:00Tri Challenge: Fitness becomes a family affair<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBiuk0gO3kFdU13dhhTQmO5ZLS2zAohpPuXSLt7FZ3PBjHeUwoe2M5-Tu0L7SvEFtYlK0-dhxeyu6G1_1nEm-Af-NJsG4S06cARrusbsj1SWZKOesY9C0W6IvwNK2eYCJSS4MgJDgpDZU/s1600/Fox+Firecracker+5K+is+run.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBiuk0gO3kFdU13dhhTQmO5ZLS2zAohpPuXSLt7FZ3PBjHeUwoe2M5-Tu0L7SvEFtYlK0-dhxeyu6G1_1nEm-Af-NJsG4S06cARrusbsj1SWZKOesY9C0W6IvwNK2eYCJSS4MgJDgpDZU/s320/Fox+Firecracker+5K+is+run.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Tri Challenge: Fitness becomes a family affair</b></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #010101; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When this whole process started, I said I wanted to do the Tri Challenge for me, for my patients and for my family. A perfect example of how the decision has led to changes in my life and changes for my family happened on the Fourth of July.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Fox Firecracker 5K is run in Kaukana, WI every year on July 4th. None of us have ever participated in it even though it has been going on for years. My wife and I decided that the whole family should do it. Amazingly, everyone agreed.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="more-25418" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span>It was an early start as we had about a 30 minute drive to get to the race. The kids were already tired from swimming and tubing for 8 hours the previous day. Once we arrived the excitement built. Skydivers, the University of Wisconsin Marching Band and the kids-only run got everyone energized for the race. My nine-year old, Owen, looked the most tired but he was ready to go and wanted to run all by himself. Ava, age 4, was sitting comfortably in the stroller waiting to be pushed the 3.1 miles by my wife, Missy, who is finally starting to feel better while running after knee surgery in February. Greta, 12, is not a big fan of running, but was excited to walk with her best friends. This was her first run/walk.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The gun went off and we all started. We went at our own pace and everyone finished with a smile on their face. After the race we talked about how hilly the course was, how it was cool to see the band along the run, how many sprinklers we ran through and the goofy outfits we saw people wearing. Owen has now run as many races as his 46-year-old father! We celebrated with apple pie, pizza and chocolate chips cookies. As they say, a good time was had by all.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I’m so proud of my family for supporting me and being part of this journey. They have inspired me to stay fit and healthy and I look forward to having many more events like this in the future.</div></span></span></div>HCG Diet Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11266043421016546129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557984410687244370.post-90028974358866987992011-07-09T09:11:00.000-04:002011-07-09T09:11:09.457-04:00Donna already weighs 700 pounds, but wants to weight More<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf4gkRh8r7yyHj7LFbA0NB6UomrObkyizvbbqZ30pZw_2xkYf_IYK9M6WHCEIP7a6wvKCYxxGrl6jgVWNw_cT7kvUha2XL7Krg8outvzp0F_lMaEdOhut3lsgV-xONDwEVv2U0EZDHvXo/s1600/Donna+Simpson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf4gkRh8r7yyHj7LFbA0NB6UomrObkyizvbbqZ30pZw_2xkYf_IYK9M6WHCEIP7a6wvKCYxxGrl6jgVWNw_cT7kvUha2XL7Krg8outvzp0F_lMaEdOhut3lsgV-xONDwEVv2U0EZDHvXo/s1600/Donna+Simpson.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">700-Pound Woman Makes a Career Out of Eating -- A Lot</span></b></span><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Donna Simpson, a single mom in New Jersey, weighs 700 pounds and is trying to gain an additional 300 pounds so that she can claim and hold the Guinness World Records' title of World's Most Obese Woman. She says that she couldn't do it without the help of her 4-year-old daughter, who shops with her, helps her prepare food, and feeds her so that she can pile on additional pounds.<br />
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How does someone who relies on a 4-year-old and a reinforced scooter to get around make a living? Online, of course. Simpson pays for her $580-to-$750 per week eating habit plus other expenses by, basically, being overweight. She has a website,<a href="http://www.officialdonnasimpson.com/index.html">OfficialDonnaSimpson.com</a>, geared toward "fat admirers," where people pay to see her eat and flaunt her flab.<br />
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She claims that she has 7,000 paying fans, and makes nearly $100,000 annually from the site, according to the <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2011437/Worlds-fattest-mother-Donna-Simpsons-daughter-4-feeder.html#ixzz1RLfFY4TP">Daily Mail</a>. A three-day membership to her site goes for $7.95, and a one-month membership costs $19.95. For that you get to see videos like "Squashing," "Blue Dress" and "Eating a Pie" plus access to more than 270 photos. She believes the record she holds as Heaviest Woman to Give Birth sets her apart from other big women with similar sites.<br />
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Apparently, there are a lot of people out there who enjoy watching Simpson eat. She says that they even send her fattening food like protein shake powder to help her beef up quickly. "It makes people happy, and I'm not harming anyone," she says.<br />
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Except herself: She suffers from diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease, plus it's very difficult for her to go anywhere. And then there's the example she might be setting for her daughter, Jacqueline, who Simpson claims prefers healthy foods, like salad, and is active in sports.<br />
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You might wonder about the birth of her daughter. It took a team of 30 medical professionals to deliver her during a high-risk Caesarean. She is the daughter of Simpson's former long-term partner, Phillipe Gouamba, from whom she recently split. Simpson told the <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2011437/Worlds-fattest-mother-Donna-Simpsons-daughter-4-feeder.html#ixzz1RLfFY4TP">Daily Mail</a> that she's looking for a new partner to help feed her the 15,000 calories per day she requires, so he can relieve her daughter of those weighty responsibilities.<br />
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Simpson has been married before and also has a 15-year-old son. She says that both her partners loved her largeness, and did their best to contribute to it. Her first husband was a chef who brought her leftovers when he came home late at night, according to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Simpson_(internet_personality)">Wikipedia</a>. Her next partner, she hopes will be "handsome, slim and at least 10 years younger than me," she told the <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2011437/Worlds-fattest-mother-Donna-Simpsons-daughter-4-feeder.html#ixzz1RLfFY4TP">Daily Mail</a>.<br />
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Don't be surprised to see media-hungry takers who fit those requirements lining up for the position. They might well appreciate the television face-time they could get from a reality show </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 12px;">that could be in the works any minute now.</span></div><div></div>HCG Diet Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11266043421016546129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557984410687244370.post-44317424538710195912011-07-08T08:14:00.000-04:002011-07-08T08:14:20.980-04:00State With Top Obesity Rate Named<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrY29sGWL7CCyiDzUZhXEXmti97DDa-fLZi5Jz4-Ggl0VWLE9ni7nnM4HD97VBPF-CNQoPxC4yQTMxSsz-R5pGGd2CZoAAis3Zm7iDf_6Ud7EIXZuDTXbEEwXRSUK4ptP3mxu4-ecGesY/s1600/Obesity+Rates+Still+Rising.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrY29sGWL7CCyiDzUZhXEXmti97DDa-fLZi5Jz4-Ggl0VWLE9ni7nnM4HD97VBPF-CNQoPxC4yQTMxSsz-R5pGGd2CZoAAis3Zm7iDf_6Ud7EIXZuDTXbEEwXRSUK4ptP3mxu4-ecGesY/s320/Obesity+Rates+Still+Rising.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>Obesity Rates Still Rising</b></span><br />
<div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: black; line-height: 18px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">WASHINGTON -- In 1995, no state had an obesity rate above 20 percent. Now, all but one does.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: black; line-height: 18px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An annual obesity report by two public health groups looked for the first time at state-by-state statistics over the last two decades. The state that has the lowest obesity rate now – Colorado, with 19.8 percent of adults considered obese – would have had the highest rate in 1995.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: black; line-height: 18px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"When you look at it year by year, the changes are incremental," says Jeffrey Levi, executive director of the Trust for America's Health, which writes the annual report with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. "When you look at it by a generation you see how we got into this problem."</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: black; line-height: 18px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The study, based on 2010 data, says a dozen states top 30 percent obesity, most of them in the South. Mississippi topped the list for the seventh year in a row, with Alabama, West Virginia, Tennessee and Louisiana close behind. Just five years ago, in 2006, Mississippi was the only state above 30 percent.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: black; line-height: 18px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No state decreased its level of obesity, which is defined as a body mass index of 30 or more. The body mass index is a measurement based on weight and height.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: black; line-height: 18px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There was a bit of good news in the report: Sixteen states reported increases in their obesity rates, down from 28 states that reported increases last year. Levi says those increases have been gradually slowing, most likely due to greater public awareness of health issues and government attempts to give schools and shoppers better access to healthier foods.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: black; line-height: 18px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"We're leveling off to some degree at an unacceptably high level," Levi said.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: black; line-height: 18px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First lady Michelle Obama has tackled the issue with her "Let's Move" campaign, pushing for healthier school lunches, more access to fruits and vegetables and more physical activity. Republicans in Congress have pushed back somewhat against some of those programs, however, saying a rewrite of school lunch rules is too costly and questioning an Obama administration effort to curb junk food marketing aimed at children.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: black; line-height: 18px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As in previous years, the study showed that racial and ethnic minorities, along with those who have less education and make less money, have the highest obesity rates. Adult obesity rates for African-Americans topped 40 percent in 15 states, while whites topped 30 percent in only four states. About a third of adults who did not graduate from high school are obese; about a fifth of those who graduated from college are considered obese.</span></div><div class="adver_cont_below" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: black; font: normal normal bold 11px/normal Arial; line-height: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: black; line-height: 18px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dr. Mary Currier, Mississippi's state health officer, says her state has struggled to drop its No. 1 status and it has been challenging because much of the state is poor and rural.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: black; line-height: 18px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"We live in an area of the country where eating is one of the things we do, and we eat a lot of fried foods," she said. "Trying to change that culture is pretty difficult."</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: black; line-height: 18px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She says the state has had some success by making school lunches healthier, taking high-calorie foods and drinks out of school vending machines and trying to find more low-cost exercise facilities for residents of rural areas.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: black; line-height: 18px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"It is frustrating, but we've had some progress," Currier said. "We just have to continue to work at this. It's not something that's going to change overnight."</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: black; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">___</div></div>HCG Diet Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11266043421016546129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557984410687244370.post-49086075757830999452011-07-07T09:09:00.000-04:002011-07-07T09:09:41.115-04:00You've Lost Weight. Now How Do You Keep It Off?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU76pZXRR-CNAoBI6q7mNrgGsUYpKC620GmTFCMXsCdJkmDZ_8UAdFF8AcMx7YPDChQE4EIvNRHc9Pprn7CL819LhR6r8Uvsmg8m4RrR6Spg5M0oftJxuAH1yje6x5p1UIHt5qHCYWo0g/s1600/You%2527ve+Lost+Weight.+Now+How+Do+You+Keep+It+Off.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU76pZXRR-CNAoBI6q7mNrgGsUYpKC620GmTFCMXsCdJkmDZ_8UAdFF8AcMx7YPDChQE4EIvNRHc9Pprn7CL819LhR6r8Uvsmg8m4RrR6Spg5M0oftJxuAH1yje6x5p1UIHt5qHCYWo0g/s1600/You%2527ve+Lost+Weight.+Now+How+Do+You+Keep+It+Off.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">You've Lost Weight. Now How Do You Keep It Off? </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">By <a href="http://healthland.time.com/author/meredithmelnick/">MEREDITH MELNICK</a></span><br />
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Losing weight is hard enough. Keeping it off is even harder. Now a new study by researchers at Penn State suggests that the techniques that work for losing weight aren't necessarily the same as those that help keep you slim.<br />
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First, the researchers surveyed more than 1,100 people who had achieved significant weight loss and maintained it. The researchers identified 36 weight-loss and weight-maintenance practices that at least 10% of the group used.<br />
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Then the researchers conducted a national telephone survey of overweight people (with a BMI of 25 or higher) who had tried to lose weight and keep it off with varying success: about 11% reported successfully losing weight, defined as losing at least 10% of body weight, and 21% were able to maintain that loss for at least a year. The researchers asked them how frequently they employed the 36 previously identified techniques: "often or very often" or "seldom or never."<br />
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The survey found that people who lost weight successfully did so by participating in weight loss programs, cutting back on sugar and carbs, eating healthy snacks, not skipping meals and participating in different types exercise.<br />
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Not all techniques that led to initial weight loss were associated with weight maintenance, however. Continually switching up an exercise regimen helped people lose weight, for instance, but those who kept weight off tended to stick with a consistent exercise program. That may be because experimenting with a variety of workout routines may help people as they're trying to lose weight, but once they've found what works for them, they tend to stick with it for maintenance.<br />
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The study noted four strategies that were associated with weight maintenance but not loss:<br />
-Eating a diet rich in low-fat proteins<br />
-Following a consistent exercise program<br />
-Rewarding yourself for dieting and exercising<br />
-Reminding yourself of why you need to keep weight off<br />
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"It seems somewhat similar to love and marriage," study author Dr. Christopher Sciamanna, a professor of medicine and public health sciences at Penn State College of Medicine, <a href="http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20110705/tactics-are-different-for-weight-loss-maintenance">told</a> WebMD. "What gets you to the altar is likely to be quite different than what keeps you married in the long-term. [And] not recognizing this transition and adapting with different practices will also get you in trouble."<br />
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Still, say many nutrition and obesity experts, the basic underlying principles of weight loss and maintenance are the same: you have to eat a healthy diet and increase your exercise. People who lose weight and keep it off tend to eat significantly healthier foods and do a lot more exercise than the average American.<br />
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But what may shift between weight-loss and maintenance phases is a person's mindset: rather than focusing on actively losing weight in the short term, people have to start focusing on long-term, permanent lifestyle changes and behaviors, if they want to maintain the weight that's been lost. The key to success, experts agree, is motivation, not necessarily the particulars of your weight-loss program.<br />
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The study had some limitations, including the fact that respondents' weights and behaviors were all self-reported. The study appears in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.</span>HCG Diet Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11266043421016546129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557984410687244370.post-38709582533845540872011-07-06T08:17:00.000-04:002011-07-06T08:17:07.792-04:00Get Some Sleep: Why do we have REM?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 15px;"></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXFYM7pw4C09VB6njpD8NVaZgbH02mXRILyd0g3n3aoOe907lYobZ0hcJKBzWePNJZXUwWqNIlo_mNCbQeceBwpJc7ooWHzOZo8Yj3hFzFoggZg66kyboi9x1y82P14SWwiAbg1rHZNq0/s1600/Get+Some+Sleep+Why+do+we+have+REM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXFYM7pw4C09VB6njpD8NVaZgbH02mXRILyd0g3n3aoOe907lYobZ0hcJKBzWePNJZXUwWqNIlo_mNCbQeceBwpJc7ooWHzOZo8Yj3hFzFoggZg66kyboi9x1y82P14SWwiAbg1rHZNq0/s320/Get+Some+Sleep+Why+do+we+have+REM.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 32px; word-spacing: -1px;">Get Some Sleep: Why do we have REM?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"><em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Lisa Shives, M.D., is the founder of <a href="http://www.nssleep.com/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Northshore Sleep Medicine</a> in Evanston, Illinois. She blogs on Tuesdays on <a href="http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">The Chart</a>. Read more from her at <a href="http://nssleep.com/blog/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Dr. Lisa Shives’ Sleep Better Blog</a>.</em></span><br />
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<div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It seems that the public is just as fascinated with REM sleep. So are sleep physicians and researchers. But fascination often leads to confusion and controversy, and a lot of both surround the subject of REM sleep.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First, to give a brief history lesson, it is important to understand that REM, or rapid eye movement sleep, was discovered and described only in 1953, so it makes sense that there is still much to learn.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One key aspect of REM sleep is that all physical characteristics studied to date are different in REM when compared with non-REM. In fact, REM sleep more closely resembles the waking state. That is likely why people are more alert when they are awakened out of REM compared with other sleep stages.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span id="more-25190" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span>REM sleep is when we do most of our dreaming, but not all, as researchers thought in the past. Most scientists agree that it is in REM that we have our most vivid, what I call, our magic-carpet-ride dreams, whereas the mundane kind of dreams can happen in non-REM.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, the question of why we dream is a whole other matter that deserves its own discussion. Suffice to say that there are many different theories at this time.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is some debate as to whether all birds and mammals display REM sleep. Most do, so the important thing to remember is that it is not uniquely human.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interestingly, the average daily amount of REM sleep for a given species appears strongly correlated with how immature the young are at birth. Animals that born in helpless state, such as the platypus and the armadillo, have high amounts of REM sleep at birth and indeed a high amount in maturity.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But the dolphin, which is born able to swim, feed and defend itself, has such little REM sleep that it has been questioned whether it has any at all. Humans fall somewhere in the middle in terms of amount of REM sleep, even though it strikes me that a human baby is pretty helpless for a long time.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">REM sleep is present at birth in humans and it is the non-REM sleep stages that take 2-6 months to distinguish themselves. From 6 months until well into old age, REM sleep remains stable in healthy people and makes up 20-25% of the total sleep time.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">REM occurs at the end of the 90-minute sleep cycles that characterize normal human sleep. The amount of REM increases as the night progresses and as one goes through repeated cycles so that although REM might only make up 10 minutes of the first cycle, it can last for 30 minutes during the last cycle.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As I stated earlier, the physiologic changes that occur during REM are closer to wake than to non-REM, with a couple of interesting exceptions. Mammals, including humans, can regulate their body temperature except in REM sleep.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">During REM, we all turn into lizards and our body temperature drops or rises with the temperature of the surrounding environment.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The other unusual change is that in REM our large muscle groups are almost paralyzed. We think that this is protective mechanism so that when we are having those wild dreams about running away from the big bad wolf we can’t actually get up and start running in our sleep.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is a disorder, called REM Behavior Disorder, where people lack this muscle weakness in REM and indeed they often hurt themselves or others.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So why do we have this unusual type of sleep? Briefly, today there are two main theories.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One is that we have sleep that resemble wake so that we can still get the benefits of sleep, but if we need to awaken quickly and be alert and ready to defend ourselves, then we can.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The other, and they are not mutually exclusive, is that because certain neurotransmitters, such as serotonin, histamine and norepinephrine are turned off during REM, then perhaps REM represents the down time that these important substances need in order to replenish themselves or reset their receptors.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The information contained on this page does not and is not intended to convey medical advice. CNN is not responsible for any actions or inaction on your part based on the information that is presented here. Please consult a physician or medical professional for personal medical advice or treatment.</em></div>HCG Diet Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11266043421016546129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557984410687244370.post-919410046880902502011-07-05T08:30:00.000-04:002011-07-05T08:30:42.445-04:00Weight Loss Psychology: Why Your Brain Might be Holding You Back<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0KEaUeVt4c1fjvkQSCSx2hN_-7mhyRxU3GX5IpKYWfSi9miwYxB0hFR0LgpvY_DXDJqJSBB5fiYjNa72VLoGZjTcfhu0NZHWMd1m-KkCV0LWJ_ekKpw3r5klb2G2lfAK_TGevwROWfEA/s1600/HCG+DIET+AMERICA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0KEaUeVt4c1fjvkQSCSx2hN_-7mhyRxU3GX5IpKYWfSi9miwYxB0hFR0LgpvY_DXDJqJSBB5fiYjNa72VLoGZjTcfhu0NZHWMd1m-KkCV0LWJ_ekKpw3r5klb2G2lfAK_TGevwROWfEA/s320/HCG+DIET+AMERICA.jpg" width="302" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;"><b>Weight Loss Psychology: Why Your Brain Might be Holding You Back</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">By Carole Carson</span></span><br />
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</span></div><div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; line-height: 20px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you gave a test to a million people and three-quarters of them flunked, would you attribute their failure to a lack of willpower or laziness? Or would you wonder if the test was flawed?</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; line-height: 20px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If the test measured the ability to lose weight, the results would parallel the failure rates for Americans who are trying to reduce their girth. According to the<a href="http://www.foodinsight.org/Resources/Detail.aspx?topic=2011_Food_Health_Survey_Consumer_Attitudes_Toward_Food_Safety_Nutrition_Health" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #6aa3b1; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">2011 Food & Health Survey</a> conducted by the International Food Information Council Foundation, 77 percent of Americans are trying to lose weight or avoid gaining weight. Despite their efforts, nearly <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/overwt.htm" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #6aa3b1; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">70 percent</a> of Americans are overweight or obese.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; line-height: 20px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Given the inability of the majority of us to manage our weight, are we all just weak-willed slackers? Or are other factors operating to make failure the most likely outcome?</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; line-height: 20px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the most part, the test takers do not blame others for their failure; they blame themselves. Desperate to succeed despite a history of dangerous scams and diet schemes, consumers continue their search for a magical solution to weight loss and willingly throw money at the problem. Growing at an annual rate of nearly 11 percent for the past five years, the market for weight-loss products (food, drugs, supplements, services, ingredients, devices, accessories and cosmetics) in 2014 is projected to reach <a href="http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/PressReleases/global-market-for-weight-loss-worth-$726-billion-by-2014.asp" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #6aa3b1; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">$586 billion</a>.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; line-height: 20px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Designed to Eat</span></strong></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; line-height: 20px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So why is it so difficult to lose weight? Obesity psychologist <a href="http://newsok.com/humans-are-designed-to-eat-says-obesity-psychologist/article/3567367" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #6aa3b1; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">Jim Keller</a>, Director of Behavioral Health at the WeightWise Bariatric Program in Oklahoma City, asserts that the human body and brain are designed to eat -- thus explaining why losing weight proves so challenging for so many.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; line-height: 20px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Keller, who has conducted 14,000 psychological interviews of individuals considering bariatric surgery, says that the causes of obesity are complex. Obesity is not simply a function of laziness or an indication of emotional instability. In addition, genetic and biological factors do not act in isolation, but are constantly interacting with an array of environmental factors. Keller notes that both the availability and persuasive advertising of unhealthy food contribute to the obesity epidemic.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; line-height: 20px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why Is Changing Eating Habits So Difficult?</span></strong></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; line-height: 20px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While external and genetic factors play a role, no one questions that individuals are in charge of their daily decisions about what and how much to eat. So once we make up our minds to change a habit, why do we find ourselves falling back into old ones? Why can't we simply make a decision and get on with it? What puzzles and frustrates many trying to lose weight is why changing one's eating habits is so darn hard.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; line-height: 20px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">According to <a href="http://www.scienceofyou.com/" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #6aa3b1; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">Dr. Howard Rankin</a>, an expert on behavioral change, a key part of the problem is that we believe we have more control over our behavior than we really do. Stress, anxiety and addiction can limit the conscious control we have over our choices. Dr. Rankin asserts:</span></div><blockquote style="background-color: #f0f0f0; border-bottom-color: rgb(106, 163, 177); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(106, 163, 177); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(106, 163, 177); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(106, 163, 177); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; font: normal normal normal 13px/20px Georgia, Century, Times, serif; line-height: 20px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 7px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">What drives our behavior is not logic but brain biochemistry, habits and addiction, states of consciousness and what we see people around us doing. We are emotional beings with the ability to rationalize -- not rational beings with emotions. If we are stressed, depressed or addicted, no matter how good the advice we are given, chances are that we will not be able to act on it. The more primitive, emotional brain generally has precedence over the newer, more rational brain.</span></blockquote><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; line-height: 20px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But even if we removed those individuals who are stressed, depressed or addicted from the test group, we still would be left with a large population of individuals who are unable to stick with their resolve to lose weight.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; line-height: 20px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I speak from personal experience. I've started many a day resolved to eat healthfully for the rest of my life. But by late evening, a piece of chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream has somehow found its way into my stomach.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; line-height: 20px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One possibility is that I have multiple personalities. Another is that resolve is not constant. According to Dr. Rankin, resolve ebbs and flows like the tide. One moment we can be fired up to be mindful of our eating, but in the next instant, our mood, our state of consciousness or the context has changed. Much to our chagrin, we find ourselves indulging in unhealthy treats.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; line-height: 20px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dr. Rankin also has a healthy respect for people's extraordinary ability to rationalize almost any behavior. We can persuade ourselves to do almost anything we <em style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; font-style: italic !important; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">want</em> to do -- especially when the behaviors are ones that our brains are used to doing. But trying to persuade ourselves to do things that we don't really want to do -- behaviors our brain is not used to -- is not easy. We are very adept at making wonderful (and plausible) excuses as to why we can't do what we don't want to do.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; line-height: 20px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Five Tips to Help You Lose Weight</span></strong></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; line-height: 20px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The obstacles to losing weight, however, are not insurmountable. The <a href="http://www.nwcr.ws/Research/default.htm" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: #6aa3b1; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">National Weight Registry</a> is tracking over 5,000 individuals who have lost an average of 66 pounds and kept the weight off for five years. Insights from their success stories are consistent with these five tips from Dr. Rankin:</span></div><blockquote style="background-color: #f0f0f0; border-bottom-color: rgb(106, 163, 177); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(106, 163, 177); border-left-style: dotted; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(106, 163, 177); border-right-style: dotted; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(106, 163, 177); border-top-style: dotted; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; font: normal normal normal 13px/20px Georgia, Century, Times, serif; line-height: 20px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 7px;"><strong style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">1.) Focus on a change of heart, not a change of mind.</strong> Losing weight through changing what and how much you eat doesn't happen because you rationally decide to lose weight. You have to have a change of heart; that is, you must get in touch with your deepest, heartfelt desires.<br />
<div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Your motivation may not be positive. Indeed, it may stem from a fear of loss. For example, you may not want to get sick. Or you may not want to be ostracized. To get in touch with your motivation, think about the negative consequences of not changing as well as the positive ones. Getting fit must become a priority and your life must be organized accordingly. Nobody can change you but you, and once you've made the changes, you need to stay focused. Successful individuals keep their motivation in the forefront of their minds all the time.</div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">2.) Practice self-discipline.</strong> Self-control is a muscle that, like other muscles, needs exercise and strengthening. Change doesn't happen because you want it to happen. Each time you resist temptation, you are developing greater self-control. Success breeds success. Facing down temptations builds strength for future decision moments. Some of my clients throw away their favorite food as a symbolic act that shows they have control over the food and not the other way round.</div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Self-discipline is required for behavior change, but does that mean that the lack of self-discipline causes obesity? No. That would be like saying aspirin helps a headache go away, so headaches are caused by a lack of aspirin -- which is nonsense!</div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">3.) Eliminate or reduce sugary, fat-laden foods.</strong> Such foods create physical changes at a cellular level that alter how our brains and bodies react. When analyzing your level of addiction, consider both physical dependence (changes at the cellular level) and psychological dependence (the habitual repetition of a behavior in an attempt to satisfy an emotional need). For example, how often do you use a sugary treat to lift your spirits?</div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">What is often misunderstood is that these dependences exist on a continuum. You can be mildly, moderately or severely dependent, and the degree of dependence determines how difficult it will be to change.</div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">4.) Make history your teacher, not your jailer.</strong> You can learn from your mistakes. Instead of [beating yourself up] when you fail to keep your promises to yourself, seek to gain self-knowledge so you won't repeat the error. No one is perfect. Be sure to acknowledge what you are doing right, not just what isn't working.</div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">5.) Surround yourself with friends, family and colleagues who will support your effort. </strong>Getting fit and losing weight absolutely require others. Although you alone can make the changes you need to make, you can't make the changes alone. Not only in terms of eating, but in all areas of our lives, we are much more influenced by other people than we imagine. One of the most potent forces for positive change is the emotional support of the individuals who surround you.</div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">You must, however, ask for the support you need. Don't assume that others know what would be most helpful to you. Similarly, you need to avoid those people who aren't on the same page as you. Social pressure can work for you or against you. Hang out with the right people.</div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; line-height: 20px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Change is difficult, and whoever finds a way to bottle and market motivation and self-discipline will make a fortune. In the absence of such a product, however, the next best thing is helpful insights into the process of changing our behavior.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; line-height: 20px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dr. Rankin reminds us that, for better or worse, our core, emotional values will ultimately determine our choices. Once we identify our heartfelt desires, we can use them to create a healthy lifestyle that reflects our best self. Our deepest values can be summoned to keep us on track, especially when we are facing temptations and distractions. They can also serve as our compass when we go astray.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; line-height: 20px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If we are willing to remain diligently committed to our emotional values, we can be confident that we will succeed in realizing our health and fitness goals. And when we do, maybe some of us will go one step further and give support to family and friends so that they can join us in becoming healthier and happier.</span></div></div>HCG Diet Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11266043421016546129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557984410687244370.post-81301203653452293842011-07-04T10:17:00.000-04:002011-07-04T10:17:45.582-04:00How do I deal with food temptation on a holiday?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 15px;"></span><br />
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Any suggestions?<span id="more-25079" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Expert answer:</strong></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hi Dianne! This is a terrific question as I find that many of my weight-loss patients get really off track on weekends over the summer, especially three-day holiday weekends that often involve numerous eating occasions.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In my opinion, one of the most important components of long-term, successful weight loss is lowering the energy density of your diet. Energy density, which I prefer to call calorie density, is simply the calories per gram (weight) of the foods that you eat.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Water and fiber decrease the calorie density of foods and fat increases the calorie density of foods. By lowering the calorie density of your diet, you cut calories without cutting portions. Studies show that people eat fewer calories, lose weight and maintain weight loss by lowering the energy density of their diet.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With that in mind, here are several ways to lower the calorie density of your diet this Fourth of July (and the rest of the summer) for successful weight loss or maintenance.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">1. Slim down your sides</strong></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chips and dip are a regular fixture at barbecues. Mix equal parts salsa or pico de gallo with your guacamole to cut calories almost in half without cutting your portion size. You can also make dips with low fat dairy (low fat dairy is lower in energy density because of its high water content) instead of full fat dairy products.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Serve with baked or popped chips instead of fried and you can enjoy in moderation without guilt. Skip the potato salad and opt for pasta salad (bonus for using whole wheat pasta) made with a light vinaigrette and loaded with veggies to reduce the calorie density.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">2. Build a better burger</strong></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mix equal parts lean ground beef or turkey with ground mushrooms to again cut calories in half while still enjoying this BBQ staple. Just make sure not to add cheese or mayo, which brings the calorie density right back to where you started.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Top with spicy mustard or chipotle sauce to add flavor without increasing calorie density significantly. Serve on a whole-wheat bun (high fiber) and top with romaine lettuce instead of iceberg for an extra nutritional boost.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">3. Dilute your drinks</strong></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Unsweetened, calorie free beverages are best, but if you really want lemonade, juice or white wine, mix with equal parts sparkling water to make a spritzer and save calories without feeling as if you are missing out.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">4. Lower your dessert density</strong></span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sure you could just eat fruit (high-water, low-calorie density) for dessert, but sometimes that just doesn't cut it. Rather than trying to limit yourself to a tiny brownie or half a cookie, bake your own low energy density dessert. Try adding canned pumpkin to baked good recipes instead of oil to keep calories down without having to eat tiny bird-like portions. Pumpkin also boosts the fiber content and is a very good source of vitamin A, C and K. Check out this amazing <a href="http://www.hungry-girl.com/chew/printable-recipe/241" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #004276; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="new">peanut butter brownie recipe</a> from low-calorie cooking guru Lisa Lillien (aka <a href="http://www.hungry-girl.com/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #004276; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="new">Hungry Girl</a>).</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hope this helps you stay on track this summer. I also tell my patients to plan extra exercise to balance out calories and eat a protein and fiber snack (yogurt with high fiber cereal, turkey slice on high fiber tortilla, apple and string cheese) before heading out so they don't arrive at BBQ and parties famished.</span></div>HCG Diet Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11266043421016546129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557984410687244370.post-13358117621785472482011-06-30T10:30:00.000-04:002011-06-30T10:30:52.967-04:00Studies: Why Diet Sodas Are No Benefit to Dieters<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGmOyHCSN9OHxQtKLCE76_YIY-3xGbr_z1XttKNzMvoe2Y1dTwX79SZczQJ8D3FzrHukq1B1D8qY4Pr1b4TnasNVspEVm2a2tGFAUrT-56BHY3hY2KAv8_RVlqI5Z0bGL83HL2jTs-htI/s1600/diet+coke.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGmOyHCSN9OHxQtKLCE76_YIY-3xGbr_z1XttKNzMvoe2Y1dTwX79SZczQJ8D3FzrHukq1B1D8qY4Pr1b4TnasNVspEVm2a2tGFAUrT-56BHY3hY2KAv8_RVlqI5Z0bGL83HL2jTs-htI/s320/diet+coke.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>Studies: Why Diet Sodas Are No Benefit to Dieters </b></span><br />
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<div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More bad news, diet soda drinkers: data presented recently at the American Diabetes Association's (ADA) Scientific Sessions suggest that diet drinks may actually contribute to weight gain and that the artificial sweeteners in them could potentially contribute Type 2 diabetes.<span id="more-37183" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In one study, researchers from the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, looked at aggregate data from 474 older adults in the San Antonio Longitudinal Study of Aging, or SALSA. At the time of enrollment and at three follow-up exams thereafter, all participants reported their diet soda intake and were measured for height, weight and waist circumference. The researchers wanted to track any association between diet soda drinking and body fat over time.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What they found was that all participants saw their <a href="http://healthland.time.com/2011/06/23/study-the-best-and-worst-foods-for-weight-loss/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">waistlines expand</a>, but those who reported drinking diet soda had 70% greater increases in waistline growth than non-drinkers 9.5 years later. Among frequent drinkers — those who consumed two or more diet sodas a day — waistline growth was 500% greater than among non-drinkers. Researchers said their results were adjusted for other contributing factors like diabetes status, leisure-time physical activity level and age.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The data didn't say why diet sodas might play a role in weight gain, but previous research suggests it has to do with the disconnect between the taste of artificial sugars and their lack of calories. The brain is wired to expect a big load of calories when foods taste sweet or fatty. But because <a href="http://healthland.time.com/2011/06/23/study-how-fake-fats-can-make-you-really-fat/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">diet foods fail to deliver</a>, it throws the brain out of whack. Studies in animals suggest that artificial sweetener consumption may lead to <a href="http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1711763,00.html" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">even more eating and weight gain</a>, perhaps in part because it triggers the body to start storing more calories as fat.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Excess weight, especially around the belly, as measured in the SALSA participants, is a risk factor for a variety of ills, including cardiovascular disease and diabetes.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In another study presented at the ADA meeting, researchers found an association between consumption of aspartame, an artificial sweetener found in many diet drinks, and elevated fasting glucose levels in mice.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The researchers, also from the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, fed 40 mice their typical chow with added corn oil (to make the diet high-fat). For the half the mice, researchers also added aspartame to their food. After three months, researchers found that the mice in the aspartame group had elevated fasting glucose levels, an indication of a diabetic or pre-diabetic condition.</div><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of course, the findings aren't directly translatable to humans, but the researchers think they're still meaningful. "These results suggest that heavy aspartame exposure might potentially directly contribute to increased blood glucose levels, and thus contribute to the associations observed between diet soda consumption and the risk of diabetes in humans," said Dr. Gabriel Fernandes, a University of Texas professor of rheumatology and clinical immunology, in a <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110627183944.htm" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-style: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">statement</a>.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maybe it's time to switch to water.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-weight: bold !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Correction [June 29, 2011]:</strong> An earlier version of this article misidentified the research institution as the University of Texas, San Antonio. Rather, the research was conducted at the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio. We regret the error.<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</span></span>HCG Diet Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11266043421016546129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557984410687244370.post-53361846836496757382011-06-28T08:34:00.000-04:002011-06-28T08:34:13.765-04:00Calories, Not Protein or Carbs, Are Key to Weight Loss: Study<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio_gGfjg5wyZ3oARydWNY5ew4vhDxmSXGjZpCF-VTb_0CYREcOAQmqbpvfJ5r48PXMTAA95r3nwnBi7fGJC1nQaDuwYI8exF9j5wAh_QNQfodRfxAlbpqOWr4s8b_3X879iLo3GrHIOJA/s1600/Calories%252C+Not+Protein+or+Carbs%252C+Are+Key+to+Weight+Loss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio_gGfjg5wyZ3oARydWNY5ew4vhDxmSXGjZpCF-VTb_0CYREcOAQmqbpvfJ5r48PXMTAA95r3nwnBi7fGJC1nQaDuwYI8exF9j5wAh_QNQfodRfxAlbpqOWr4s8b_3X879iLo3GrHIOJA/s1600/Calories%252C+Not+Protein+or+Carbs%252C+Are+Key+to+Weight+Loss.jpg" /></a></div><h1 style="color: #86ab13; font: normal normal bold 26px/normal arial; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Calories, Not Protein or Carbs, Are Key to Weight Loss: Study</h1><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"></span><br />
<h2 style="color: #333333; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal arial; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">Diabetics gained similar benefits from low-fat diet emphasizing either proteins or carbohydrates.</span></h2><div class="bottom" style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div class="byline" style="color: #999999; display: inline; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">By Alan Mozes</span></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Curbing calories is the key ingredient for diabetics seeking to lose weight, and low-fat diets that are either high in protein or high in carbs are equally effective, researchers say.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">"I think there are two key messages from this study," said study lead author Jeremy D. Krebs, a senior lecturer with the school of medicine and health sciences at the University of Otago in Wellington, New Zealand. "The first is that no matter what diet we prescribe, people find it extremely difficult to sustain the changes from their habitual diet over a long time. But if they are able to follow either a high-protein diet or a high-carbohydrate diet, they can achieve modest <a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/weight/calories.aspx" style="color: #1b75bc; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">weight loss</a>."</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Krebs said this first message conveys flexibility and allows people to choose the approach that best suits them and "even to swap between dietary approaches when they get bored."</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The second point "is that for people with <a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/diabetes/index.aspx" style="color: #1b75bc; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">diabetes</a>, if they can adhere to either diet and achieve weight loss, then they do get benefits in terms of their diabetes control and cardiovascular risk," he added.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Krebs and his colleagues are scheduled to report their findings Sunday in San Diego at the American Diabetes Association meeting.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">To compare the potential benefits of two popular dietetic approaches, the authors tracked nearly 300 overweight men and women between the ages of 35 and 75 who were on a new, two-year nutritional program.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">To start, all the participants had a body mass index greater than 27, meaning they were moderately overweight, and all had type 2 diabetes.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The researchers randomly assigned the participants to one of two groups: a low-fat/high-protein group or a low-fat/high-carb group.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">For the first half year, all attended twice-weekly group sessions led by a dietitian; for the following six months, sessions took place monthly.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Weight and waist circumference were measured at six months, one year, and two years. <a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/health-center/kidney-failure-definition.aspx" style="color: #1b75bc; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Kidney function</a> and lipid (blood fats) profiles were also assessed throughout.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Food diaries indicated that total calorie intake went down in both groups. Ultimately, both groups lost a similar amount of weight and reduced their waist size in similar measure, the investigators found. And by the end of the two-year period, both groups had similar blood fat profiles.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Krebs and his colleagues concluded that their "real-world" experiment demonstrated that both approaches afford similar benefits, with the principal driving factor behind sustained weight loss being calorie reduction rather than either high-carb or high-protein consumption.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Lona Sandon, a registered dietitian and assistant professor of clinical nutrition at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, said the observations were "not at all surprising."</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">"This is pretty consistent with other research out there that has conducted other long-term comparisons in the general population," she said. "In the first six months you might see a little better benefit from a high-protein approach. But long-term, the initial benefits from a high-protein diet seem to diminish over time, and the two diets end up being essentially equivalent," Sandon explained.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">"The bottom-line is that the issue for weight loss is <a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/weight/facts-about-calories.aspx" style="color: #1b75bc; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">calories</a>," Sandon added. "Not where those calories come from. You need to create an energy deficit to lead to weight loss, and that happens by decreasing those calories. That's just been shown again and again."</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Experts note that research presented at medical meetings is considered preliminary because it has not been subjected to the rigorous scrutiny required for publication in a peer-reviewed medical journal.</div></span></div>HCG Diet Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11266043421016546129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557984410687244370.post-52353026895366395302011-06-27T10:34:00.000-04:002011-06-27T10:34:44.921-04:00TV ads causing child obesity<div class="sectionheader" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 50%; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: arial; font: normal normal bold 12px/normal arial; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: -2px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTfdGCjnMIjBkz69zyzTuFCjNKYKrGPoLk6dndLqYf3tPQCVA4vTVBiJj_V0H-YV_g2ka0iMPIxXM2nAHCTt3rptC_YKGAyDcZU945svc7vbqAmbQBAUR2rkkj2ljxwCsBuEPwjbYOP3c/s1600/TV+ads+causing+child+obesity.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTfdGCjnMIjBkz69zyzTuFCjNKYKrGPoLk6dndLqYf3tPQCVA4vTVBiJj_V0H-YV_g2ka0iMPIxXM2nAHCTt3rptC_YKGAyDcZU945svc7vbqAmbQBAUR2rkkj2ljxwCsBuEPwjbYOP3c/s320/TV+ads+causing+child+obesity.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><h1 class="cnnBlogContentTitle" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #010101; font-family: Arial, Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 32px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 20px; padding-top: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-spacing: -1px;"><a href="http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/27/obesity-is-caused-by-more-than-sitting-on-the-couch/" rel="bookmark" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-style: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Permanent Link:Obesity caused by more than sitting on couch">Obesity caused by more than sitting on couch</a></h1><div class="cnnBlogContentPost" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #010101; font-family: arial; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 4px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="cnn_first" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Obesity experts have been saying for years that children who sit in front of the TV screen day in and day out tend to be heavier. It's the sedentary lifestyle. But now experts are finding it's not only the couch potato effect, but the television ads children are watching, along with other factors that can add inches to their waistlines.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">According to a new policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics, titled, “Children, Adolescents, Obesity and the Media," junk food and fast food ads increase a child's desire to eat those types of foods. Studies also show that snacking while watching the tube increases. And if kids stay up late at night while watching the tube or playing video games, their lack of sleep can be a major factor in raising their risk for obesity.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“We’ve created a perfect storm for childhood obesity – media, advertising, and inactivity,” said the statement’s lead author, Dr.Victor Strasburger, a member of the AAP Council on Communications and Media. “American society couldn’t do a worse job at the moment of keeping children fit and healthy – too much TV, too many food ads, not enough exercise, and not enough sleep.”</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/23/1-in-5-kids-carry-too-much-weight-before-kindergarten/" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #004276; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1 in 5 Pre-K kids carry too much weight</a></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="more-24664" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span>The statement recommends a number of tips so parents can help curb their children's weight. They include:<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />-Discussing food advertising with their children as they monitor children’s TV viewing and teach them about good nutrition.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />- Limiting a child's time in front of a TV monitor and avoid putting TV sets and Internet connections in children’s bedrooms.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />- And be aware that kids with high levels of screen time also have more stress, putting them at risk not only for obesity but for a number of other conditions such as diabetes, mood disorders and asthma.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"Thirty years ago, the federal government ruled that young children are psychologically defenseless against advertising. Now, kids see 5,000 to 10,000 food ads per year, most of them for junk food and fast food,” said Strasburger.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The AAP also recommends that pediatricians ask two questions about media exposure when parents bring their children in for checkups. How much time is the child spending on screens each day? And is there a TV set or Internet connection in the child's bedroom?</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Having the conversation around these two questions can go a long way toward a thoughtful approach to each family’s – and each child’s – media use, and that can quickly translate into healthier choices and healthier weight,” Strasburger said.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.7em; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 12px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The policy statement can be found in the current issue of the journal Pediatrics.</div></div></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; line-height: 22px;"><br />
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<h1 style="color: #86ab13; font-family: arial; font: normal normal bold 26px/normal arial; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Is Juicing Good for Digestive Health?</span></h1><h2 style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal arial; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Juice from raw fruits and vegetables may be a good addition to a healthy diet. Get some advice on juicing from a nutrition expert.</b></span></h2><div class="bottom" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div class="byline" style="color: #999999; display: inline; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-top: 0px;">By <a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/contributing-writers-and-editors.aspx" style="color: #999999; display: inline; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal arial; text-decoration: none;">Chris Iliades, MD</a></div><div class="reviewedby" style="color: #999999; display: inline; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal arial;">Medically reviewed by <a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/medical-reviewers.aspx" style="color: #999999; display: inline; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal arial; text-decoration: none;">Pat F. Bass III, MD, MPH</a></div></div><div class="bottom" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Fitness pioneer Jack LaLanne was a big advocate of eating raw fruits and vegetables and juicing as part of a healthy life. For many Americans, Jack LaLanne’s Power Juicer was their first exposure to the idea of putting raw produce in a blender and extracting the juice. But does juicing really provide a nutritional advantage?</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The philosophy behind the juicing movement is that the juice from raw fruits and vegetables contains special enzymes that are good for <a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/digestive-health/index.aspx" style="color: #1b75bc; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">digestive health</a>. People who support juicing claim that raw juice can build up your immune system and help you fight off diseases like <a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/cancer/index.aspx" style="color: #1b75bc; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cancer</a>. Other claims for juicing have included slowing the aging process and removing dangerous toxins from the body.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Juicing is the extraction of juices from raw vegetables and fruit. To do this, you use a juice extractor that grinds up and then spins down the food, separating the juice from the pulp.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Here are some digestive health claims made for juicing:</div><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://content.everydayhealth.com/images/v2/common/bullet.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0.7em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: list-item; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Nutrients from raw juices have the ability to correct imbalances in the body's cells that come from eating foods considered less natural.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://content.everydayhealth.com/images/v2/common/bullet.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0.7em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: list-item; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Enzymes that are important for your digestion are contained in raw fruit and vegetable juices, and these enzymes are destroyed by cooking.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://content.everydayhealth.com/images/v2/common/bullet.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0.7em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: list-item; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Since fruit and vegetable juice is easy to digest, it leaves more energy for the body to fight off diseases and heal itself.</li>
</ul><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>What the Experts Say About Juicing</strong></div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Debra J. Johnston, RD, director of nutrition services at Remuda Ranch, a program for eating disorders in Wickenburg, Ariz., says there is value in juicing. "Juicing may be a good way for individuals who do not consume enough fruits and vegetables to get important vitamins and minerals by creating tasty concoctions of fruit and vegetable juice,” she says.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">But the very process also devalues the fruits and vegetables, she says, because it may eliminate some of the food’s <a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/digestive-health/fiber-and-constipation.aspx" style="color: #1b75bc; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">fiber</a>. “Fiber not only plays an important role in digestive health but it also helps us feel fuller for longer," she says.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), a diet high in fruits and vegetables is good for digestive health and may even reduce cancer risk. But there is no evidence that drinking fruit or vegetable juice is better for you then eating whole fruits or vegetables. There is no evidence to support the idea that the enzymes found in raw fruits and vegetables have any special powers. These enzymes are broken down by your stomach juices during digestion.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>Risks of Juicing</strong></div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The ACS warns that juicing should never be considered as a treatment for cancer. Relying on juicing in place of an accepted cancer treatment can be very dangerous. Here are some other cautions regarding juicing:</div><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://content.everydayhealth.com/images/v2/common/bullet.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0.7em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: list-item; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Overuse of juicing can cause sudden weight loss and diarrhea.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://content.everydayhealth.com/images/v2/common/bullet.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0.7em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: list-item; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">"By drinking your fruits and vegetables, you may not feel as full as you would if you ate them. This could cause you to overeat in other food groups," says Johnston.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://content.everydayhealth.com/images/v2/common/bullet.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0.7em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: list-item; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">"It is easy to drink more <a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/weight/fiber-and-counting-calories.aspx" style="color: #1b75bc; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">calories</a> than we need when our juices are made primarily from fruit, which is high in natural sugars," warns Johnston.</li>
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<div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>What Are the Best Juices for Digestive Health?</strong></div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">While there is no evidence that extracted juices are better for you than whole foods, there are some juice tips to keep in mind if you want to supplement your healthy diet with juices:</div><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://content.everydayhealth.com/images/v2/common/bullet.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0.7em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: list-item; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Include pulp in your fruit juices to get the fiber that is important for digestive health.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://content.everydayhealth.com/images/v2/common/bullet.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0.7em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: list-item; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Don't rely too much on fruit juice, because fruit is higher in sugar.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://content.everydayhealth.com/images/v2/common/bullet.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0.7em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: list-item; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The juice of starchy vegetables like carrots and beets is also higher in sugar.</li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: url(http://content.everydayhealth.com/images/v2/common/bullet.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0.7em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: list-item; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Make sure commercially produced juices have been pasteurized to prevent infection.</li>
</ul><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Despite the claims of juicing advocates, there is no evidence that juicing will do anything for your digestive health that eating whole fruits and vegetables won't. You can add fruit and vegetable juice to a healthy diet for added nutrition, but remember that a diet high in fiber from whole fruits and vegetables is better for digestive health.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">"My recommendation is to juice if you want to, but also remember to enjoy fresh fruits and vegetables in their whole state to help keep you full and satisfied," advises Johnston.</div></div>HCG Diet Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11266043421016546129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557984410687244370.post-41727717383774734052011-06-24T10:34:00.000-04:002011-06-24T10:34:48.102-04:0010 common exercise myths<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Qec747CSL7cHnnAZXWqp1soTxttaP2MEbKoCRRsJTWE-x_TtQqFPhSe0c-LNUCoJdIzbjOpZdOOZn08oW2yoadtHW7L7yPi1CZV5VAlOjUtXtmr5mTUeKxcIAaWA8nJbpkLkJP1SySU/s1600/10+common+exercise+myths.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Qec747CSL7cHnnAZXWqp1soTxttaP2MEbKoCRRsJTWE-x_TtQqFPhSe0c-LNUCoJdIzbjOpZdOOZn08oW2yoadtHW7L7yPi1CZV5VAlOjUtXtmr5mTUeKxcIAaWA8nJbpkLkJP1SySU/s320/10+common+exercise+myths.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;">10 exercise myths that won't go away</span></b><br />
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We're all looking to maximize results while minimizing time and effort in the gym. That search for shortcuts has translated into a lot of myths about exercise.<br />
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CNN.com asked exercise physiologists, trainers and nutritionists about their most hated exercise myths.<br />
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Consider these the 10 persistent myths of fitness.<br />
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1<b>0) Your cardio machine is counting the calories you're burning.</b><br />
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"It doesn't mean anything," said Mark Macdonald, personal trainer and author of "Body Confidence" about the calorie numbers spit out by the cardio machine.<br />
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Some machines don't even ask for your weight or sex.<br />
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"It's not asking your body composition," he said. "If you're at 18% body fat, you're going to burn a lot more than if you're female at 35% body fat."<br />
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And how many people know their body fat percentage?<br />
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The number calculated by your machine is likely not accurate.<br />
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<b>9) Women shouldn't lift weights because it'll make them bulky.</b><br />
This one drives Alice Burron, a former female bodybuilder, crazy. She would spend four to five hours a day when she competed, trying to build muscles.<br />
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"You really have to overload those muscles to create bulk," said Burron. "It's very, very difficult."<br />
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Women have too much estrogen to build large amounts of bulk. Guys build muscles faster because they have testosterone.<br />
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So ladies, <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/26/toning.obama.arms/index.html">don't fear the barbells</a>. Strength training helps decrease body fat, increase lean muscle mass and burn calories more efficiently.<br />
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The government's 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans recommended muscle-strengthening physical activity on at least three days of the week for kids and two or more for adults.<br />
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<b>8) Heart rate monitors will let you know how hard you're working.</b><br />
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Heart rate monitoring is a flawed science.<br />
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The better detector of how hard you're working is not the newest, gee-whiz tech device, but your own body.<br />
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"The perceived exertion, your own sense of how hard you're working is a much more reliable of exercise intensity," said Matt Fitzgerald, senior editor of <a href="http://running.competitor.com/">Competitor</a> group.<br />
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Perceived exertion means it's your estimation of how hard you are working out and surprisingly, it's very accurate, he said.<br />
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"Your perception of your limit can change over time. So yeah, even your own perception isn't perfect. It's still better than heart rate monitor," Fitzgerald said.<br />
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Heart rates could falter depending on what kind of exercise you're doing.<br />
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The talk test can measure how intensely you're working out depending on whether you can talk in full sentences, short phrases or if you're barely able to muster a few words.<br />
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"It's best to learn to recognize your body's signals and get a better control of your effort," said Alex Hutchinson, author of "Which Comes First: Cardio or Weights."<br />
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<b>7) Your weight is the end all, be all.</b><br />
Newbies hit the gym, and then weigh themselves every day on the scale.<br />
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Week-after-week, they see no<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/01/28/exercise.reboot/index.html">downward trend on the scale and get impatient</a>.<br />
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People starting saying, "I haven't lost any weight. This is pointless, I'm not accomplishing anything," said Hutchinson.<br />
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After a few months of increased exercise, they are healthier because they've reduced risk factors such as blood sugar levels. Even though a person may not be losing weight, his health has improved in ways that might not be measured.<br />
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"They're stuck in this paradigm that weight is the ultimate barometer for fitness. They don't realize the progress they've made and give up."<br />
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<b>6) Low-intensity exercise burns more fat.</b><br />
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In general, low intensity exercise has its place -- it's less stressful on joints.<br />
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The myth is that if you exercise too intensely, you end up burning carbohydrates instead of fat.<br />
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It's the most dangerous type of myth because there's a kernel of truth in it, Hutchinson said.<br />
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The more intensely you exercise, the higher proportion of carbs you burn. You may burn less fat, but the total amount of calories burned is higher and that is the bigger picture.<br />
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When your body has burned up all the carbs, it starts burning fat.<br />
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"You can ignore zones and pay attention to how many calories you burn, which ultimately determines how much body fat you're going to lose," Fitzgerald said.<br />
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5) Chug a protein shake after workout.</b><br />
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"It's eating another meal," said Macdonald, a personal trainer who helped TV host Chelsea Handler get in shape.<br />
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Protein shakes, powders and bars are good for emergencies, but "they're the lowest quality food."<br />
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"You're better off eating real food," he said.<br />
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The products are more processed. The best way to get protein is through foods such as a turkey sandwich, Greek yogurt with nuts and fruit.<br />
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Martin Gibala, chairman of the department of kinesiology at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, agrees. "Protein sources in real food are Number 1. Cheaper and real food may provide other benefits, vitamins and minerals. And some of the components in food may act synergistically in ways we don't understand."<br />
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"When we isolate the compound we think works, it's not as good as the real foods."<br />
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4) You can spot reduce for tight abs or toned arms.</b><br />
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You may have crunched in vain.<br />
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You won't see muscle definition or a <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/12/23/6pack.abs.update/index.html">nice six-pack</a> despite how many crunches you do, because of the layer of fat resting on top of your muscles.<br />
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"Don't focus on a body part. Try to get them all," said Burron, a spokeswoman for the American Council on Exercise. "You might have beautiful triceps -- it may not be flopping all over the place. Until the fat is gone, most people wouldn't know it's there."<br />
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<b>3) As long as I go to the gym 30-45 minutes, that gives me a pass to do what I want for rest of the day.</b><br />
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The gym doesn't negate a bad diet.<br />
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Also, emerging research suggests that if you're sedentary most of the day, it may not matter how hard or often you exercise.<br />
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People who spend more time sitting during their leisure time have an increased risk of death, regardless of daily exercise.<br />
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In a study of more than 123,000 healthy people, the American Cancer Society found that women who spent more than six hours a day sitting were 40 percent more likely to die sooner than women who sat less. Men who sat more had 20 percent increased risk of death.<br />
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<a href="http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2010/07/22/sit-less-live-longer/">Essentially, those who sit less, live a longer life than those who don't.</a><br />
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<b>2) No pain, no gain.</b><br />
"The ongoing perception is that people need to feel pain through the entirety of their workout or they're not getting the benefit -- that one's very frustrating to me," said Burron, a personal trainer. "You shouldn't be exercising at a level of pain ever."<br />
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Feeling discomfort during a workout is OK.<br />
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"If it's so intense you're thinking of passing out, you can't continue this session for longer, then it's too difficult and you're at increased risk for injuries or burnout," Burron said.<br />
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"You want to exercise smarter, not harder," she added. "That's the premise. You don't have to kill yourself. You just have to be smart about it."<br />
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<b>1) Stretching will help prevent injuries.</b><br />
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A growing number of studies challenge the entrenched assumption that stretching helps prevent injuries.<br />
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"The way we were taught to stretch, to try to touch your toes -- there's little evidence it prevents injuries," Hutchinson said.<br />
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<a href="http://www.cfah.org/hbns/archives/viewSupportDoc.cfm?supportingDocID=484">A review published in 2007</a> of 10 randomized studies about stretching after or before physical activity found that "muscle stretching does not reduce delayed-onset muscle soreness in young healthy adults."<br />
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Static stretching is when you stay in place, bend over to touch your toes, or try to pull your ankles towards your hips.<br />
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A study presented this year at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons found that such static stretching before a run neither prevents nor causes injury.<br />
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Then a <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21659901">study published this month</a> in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise found that static stretches that last longer than a minute could be detrimental to performance.<br />
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Athletes often swing their arms and warm up before a game. That type of dynamic stretching such as high knee jogs, walking lunges can help move your muscles through different ranges of motions.<br />
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This type of dynamic stretching is different from clutching your limbs, because it focuses on movement.<br />
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A study published in the Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research found professional soccer players who practiced dynamic stretching had higher range of motion than when they practiced only static stretches.<br />
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While toe-touches and extra flexibility might be required in gymnastics or figure skating, it's irrelevant for more everyday activities like basketball or weightlifting.</span></div>HCG Diet Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11266043421016546129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1557984410687244370.post-68253034193988464762011-06-23T11:49:00.000-04:002011-06-23T11:49:12.455-04:00Is Type 1 Diabetes Being Ignored?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDknXRu-F4WMTshhHIJxMZ2MucHyL7VB3TNoPL9KEdwdssLEnwj55JT_1IAROl7KU_LzZ8Zmejdk2_rFsnkp4rHNODpbF6Thq5ygg-aKpoCcvYK3f52RiJgGppJWo61gXAGlXcZ36HOlM/s1600/Type+1+Diabetes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDknXRu-F4WMTshhHIJxMZ2MucHyL7VB3TNoPL9KEdwdssLEnwj55JT_1IAROl7KU_LzZ8Zmejdk2_rFsnkp4rHNODpbF6Thq5ygg-aKpoCcvYK3f52RiJgGppJWo61gXAGlXcZ36HOlM/s1600/Type+1+Diabetes.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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<h1 style="color: #86ab13; font-size: 14px; font: normal normal bold 26px/normal arial; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Is Type 1 Diabetes Being Ignored?</h1><h2 style="color: #333333; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal arial; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Some people believe the type 2 diabetes epidemic is taking attention away from type 1 and needed research. Find out what's behind the controversy.</b></span></h2><div class="bottom" style="font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div class="byline" style="color: #999999; display: inline; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal arial; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-top: 0px;">By <a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/contributing-writers-and-editors.aspx" rel="nofollow" style="color: #999999; display: inline; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal arial; text-decoration: none;">Kristen Stewart</a></div><div class="reviewedby" style="color: #999999; display: inline; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal arial;">Medically reviewed by <a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/medical-reviewers.aspx" rel="nofollow" style="color: #999999; display: inline; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal arial; text-decoration: none;">Pat F. Bass III, MD, MPH</a></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">What do you know about diabetes? If you've read an online news source or watched the nightly report lately, you probably know that this health condition is on the rise. Diabetes currently affects almost 26 million people in the United States, or over 8 percent of the population. However, many may not realize that there are two kinds of <a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/diabetes/index.aspx" style="color: #1b75bc; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">diabetes</a> — type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes — and that there are significant differences between them. For this reason, some people active in the field of diabetes are calling for a name change for <a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/diabetes/type-1/index.aspx" style="color: #1b75bc; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">type 1 diabetes</a>.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">As similar as the two types sound in name, only about 7 percent of diabetics have type 1. Type 1 diabetes occurs in all ages, but it primarily develops in children and young adults. Those with type 1 diabetes do not produce any insulin, a hormone which is necessary to change food into energy.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Riva Greenberg, author of <em>50 Diabetes Myths That Can Ruin Your Life and the 50 Diabetes Truths That Can Save It,</em> knows all about type 1 diabetes distinctions. She has been living with type 1 diabetes for 39 years.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>Living With Type 1 Diabetes</strong></div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Greenberg's experience has led her to believe that unless you or a family member lives with type 1 diabetes, it's hard to understand the intense management type 1 diabetes requires. "There's a tape constantly running in your head calculating what you're eating, when you'll exercise, how much <a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/diabetes-type-1/insulin-therapy-for-type-1-diabetes.aspx" style="color: #1b75bc; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">insulin</a> you need, and where your blood sugar is at any given moment to stay within a defined target zone to avoid diabetes complications," she says.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Like most people with type 1 diabetes, Greenberg pricks her fingers several times a day to test her blood's glucose level and gives herself multiple insulin injections a day, all to replicate what a normal body does automatically — maintain a relatively normal blood sugar level. And this delicate dance is repeated day after day and year after year to attempt to maintain just the right balance. Too many high blood sugar readings can cause long-term damage, including a shortened lifespan, while low blood sugars can result in immediate danger from hypoglycemia, which leads to confusion, disorientation, and in the worst case, death.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Type 1 diabetes exacts a psychological toll as well. "Living with type 1 diabetes causes emotional <a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/type-1-diabetes/stress-and-type-1-diabetes.aspx" style="color: #1b75bc; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">stress</a>, a mental exhaustion, and sometimes anguish from doing this every day," says Greenberg. "There's also a certain amount of anxiety about the future and feeling nearly invisible to the public. Some days there is a very human desire to say, ‘Please see me and what I live with and how hard I work at this.'"</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>Facts About Type 2 Diabetes</strong></div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Type 2 diabetes is much more common, but also requires less intense management. Unlike type 1 in which the body does not produce any insulin, those with type 2 either produce less insulin than normal or have insulin resistance — their body does not properly utilize insulin.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Type 2 diabetes is often found in people who are overweight, especially around the middle, though not always. Poor eating habits and little or no physical activity are other <a href="http://www.everydayhealth.com/diabetes/type2/preventing/risk-of-diabetes.aspx" style="color: #1b75bc; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">risk factors</a> along with genetics, ethnicity, and having had gestational diabetes or a larger than normal size baby.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Whereas treatment for type 1 diabetes requires frequent blood monitoring and insulin injections or wearing an insulin pump, most people with type 2 do not need to test their blood sugar levels as frequently and are not nearly as vulnerable to hypoglycemia. Exercise, a healthier diet, moderate blood testing, and sometimes medication make up the usual course of prescribed action. Further, some people with type 2 diabetes are able to cut down on or stop taking medication if they lose weight. This is never the case with type 1 diabetes patients, who must take insulin for the rest of their lives.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong>What's in a Name?</strong></div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Clearly, there is a significant difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes. The question is, should their names be less similar as well?</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Those in favor of a name change believe type 1 diabetes may now be overlooked with so much attention on the much more common type 2. By altering the name, proponents hope to change several things.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">"Of course no one can predict," says Greenberg, "but the intended benefit of changing the name of type 1 diabetes is greater awareness of the condition for the purpose of gaining more funding to research a cure, gaining respect for what [people with type 1] live with and do on a daily basis to live as full a life as possible, and prompting the health care system to begin looking at ways to provide greater support and education for living with this life-long demanding condition."</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The discovery of insulin almost 90 years ago was the last significant medical advance made in managing type 1 diabetes. So it's no wonder many want more research funding and advances for the disease. At the same time, however, there may still be benefits of keeping the name.</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">"Some say type 1 benefits from being under the media spotlight and umbrella of type 2 diabetes, and they may be right," says Greenberg. "Frankly, I don't know. If we did change the name there would need to be an educational campaign to explain to the public the difference and why type 1 diabetes needs its own urgent stream of funding for a cure."</div><div style="color: #4c4c4c; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">But there's one thing everyone can agree on: the need for further medical advancement in diabetes research.</div></span></div>HCG Diet Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11266043421016546129noreply@blogger.com0