Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Eat More,Weight Less
It is not known that Americans have a serious issue with obesity, the alarming statistics in high blood pressure, heart problems, diabetes, cancers and many other diseases that can be serious consequences of this issue. Between marketers, unscrupulous companies and many health care practitioners that aren't even aware about the real problem simply keep operating their businesses in order to obtain monetary benefits from the people that fall into their marketing schemes. Today, more than ever, people are confused as to what methods or approach to weight loss and disease will actually bring about their goals and show results. The solution is very simple: Preventive Medicine. For centuries, it has been all we had and even though it is sometimes overlooked in today's fast paced society, it is still the most natural and efficient way to cope with health issues.
Contrary to common belief, the real causes of overweight are chemical toxicity, stress, emotional issues, bad nutrition, hormonal imbalance, lack of mobility and even parasite infestation. The new generation of overweight and obesity problems came about with the Industrial Revolution, which significantly altered our food, soil, and environment, which in turn causes poor nutrition, stressed lifestyle, and virtually eliminates any kind of physical work or manual labor around the house and at work, such as the grave dependency on automobiles for transportation and all other technology-based things that save us from any form of physical work or activity.
Most weight-loss programs fail to focus on the real origins of the problems at hand. Nutritionists, wellness programs, and even physicians overlook the causing factors of the problems their patients face. Today more than ever, losing weight is harder, and this brings people to recur to methods that are dangerous for their health and that sometimes even put their lives at stake through, extreme diets, unnecessary surgeries, dangerous pharmaceuticals and even natural harmful methods.
Quick and Easy tips to Lose Weight by Costel Orboiu will address all the contributing factors of the overweight issue in simple wording and completely realistic methods and solutions to solve weight-loss issues.
Weight Loss and Diet: How Effortless Weight Loss Was Discovered
Duncan lived with an overweight problem for over thirty years and tried many things to try to find the secret of how to lose pounds, none of which worked. So he started researching weight loss and nutrition. After ten years of study, he had enough knowledge to put together a 'good nutrition' based program and tried it out on himself.
He couldn't believe how well it worked, and especially how easy it was. "It seemed to take no will power on my part at all, I just couldn't believe how effortless it was" said Duncan. He continued, "I was never hungry, never felt deprived, I hardly took any exercise, I didn't pump weights, I had a drink of scotch and wine every night, and occasionally I had something naughty like an ice cream sundae, and the weight still kept falling off. "It was amazing"!
Duncan lost 35 pounds in seven weeks. His secret? Perfect nutrition and nothing else. He realized that what most people think is good healthy food is in fact compromised because most food today is full of additives. "It is the additives in food that cause obesity. You have to stop ingesting these additives in order to get effortless weight loss. If you don't, then weight loss reverts to being difficult and very hard work" said Duncan.
Users can be very sure of the best of nutrition advice. Dr Janet Starr Hull, PhD CN (nutrition) who is recognized as one of the foremost nutrition experts in the world kindly looked over Duncan's book and had this to say:"It looks good - I hope that you do well with this book.Best, Janet Hull"
It has good advice, and if followed with a positive attitude, it will serve as a great guide for people wanting to turn their health around the correct way!
This weight loss plan is NOT a diet in the conventional restrictive sense. Known as "The Good Nutrition Weight Loss Plan", it is very simple and easy to understand, which makes it easy to remember what to do.
Those with a weight problem they would like resolved the easy way with little will power or effort,you are in the right place to find out exactly what methods you can use to lose weight.
Writen by Costel Orboiu
Mindful Eating Equals Traditional Education In Lowering Weight And Blood Sugar
Eating mindfully, or consuming food in response to physical cues of hunger and fullness, is just as effective as adhering to nutrition-based guidelines in reducing weight and blood sugar levels in adults with Type 2 diabetes, a new study suggests.
In a comparison study of the effectiveness of the two types of behavioral interventions, participants lost about the same amount of weight - an average of between 3 1/2 and 6 pounds - and lowered their long-term blood sugar levels significantly after three months.
One treatment group followed an established diabetes self-management education program, with a strong emphasis on nutrition information. The other group was trained in mindful meditation and a mindful approach to food selection and eating. Both interventions, involving weekly group meetings, also recommended physical activity.
"The more traditional education program includes general information about diabetes, but with more emphasis on nutrition and food choice: What are different types of carbohydrates and fats and how many am I supposed to have? What should I look for when I read a food label? What are healthy options when dining out? That was the traditional diabetes education program," said Carla Miller, associate professor of human nutrition at Ohio State University and lead author of the study.
"We compared it to an intervention where mindful meditation was applied specifically to eating and food choices. This intervention group did not receive specific nutrition goals. We said we want you to really tune into your body before you eat. Take a few minutes to assess how hungry you are and make conscious choices about how much you're eating. Stop eating when you're full.
"We studied two very different approaches, and we found they both worked. This means people with diabetes have choices when it comes to eating a healthy diet," Miller said.
The research is published in the November issue of the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Participants were adults between age 35 and 65 years and had been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes for at least one year. To be eligible, they had to have a body mass index, a measure of weight relative to height, of 27 or more, indicating they were overweight, and a hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) reading of at least 7 percent. HbA1c measures blood glucose levels in the previous two to three months; normal HbA1c is 5.6 percent or lower.
Study participants were randomly assigned to a treatment group. Twenty-seven completed the mindful eating program, and 25 completed the traditional diabetes self-management program called "Smart Choices." Each intervention involved eight weekly and two biweekly 2 ½-hour sessions with trained facilitators.
Trainers of the mindfulness program encouraged participants to cultivate "inner wisdom," or mindful awareness related to eating, and "outer wisdom," which referred to personal knowledge of optimal nutrition choices for people with diabetes. Each session included guided meditation oriented toward participants' experiences and emotions associated with food. Participants received CDs for help with home meditation practice.
"We have so many environmental cues to eat in America that we've tuned out our normal physiological signals to eat. Being mindful means stopping long enough to become aware of these physiological cues," Miller said. "We also tried to generate awareness, staying in the moment, and living and eating in response to hunger instead of habits and unconscious eating."
The mindful intervention also included basic information about what is known as medical nutrition therapy: the relationships among calories consumed, carbohydrate and fat intake, weight regulation and high blood sugar.
In contrast, the Smart Choices program focused specifically on the condition of diabetes itself, including factors that can lead to the diagnosis, common complications (which include heart disease, kidney and nerve damage, eye problems and stroke), the importance of blood sugar control, and appropriate food choices when blood sugar levels spike. Every session included a medical nutrition therapy discussion such as calorie-intake goals, percentages of carbohydrates and fats in an ideal diet, and portion control. Many sessions included a 15- to 20-minute walk to further emphasize the recommendation for regular physical activity. Problem-solving regarding choosing healthy foods in high-risk situations, such as the holidays, were a focus of the program.
The interventions took place over three months. Researchers assessed participants' health measures and dietary habits immediately after the programs concluded and then again three months later at the study's end.
Weight loss and improvements in HbA1c levels were similar for both groups at the six-month follow-up point. Smart Choice participants as a group lost more weight, an average of 6 pounds, than did the mindful eating group, which lost an average of 3.5 pounds - but the difference was not significant when analyzed statistically, Miller said.
HbA1c levels dropped in both groups as well, by between about 0.7 and 0.8 percent. "That was a clinically meaningful reduction in Hba1c, equivalent to what you would get on some diabetes medications," Miller said. "If the reduction were sustained over time, it would mean a dramatic reduction in complications associated with diabetes."
Both groups also similarly reduced calorie intake and lowered their consumption of foods with a high glycemic index, which are digested quickly and can drive up blood sugar.
Miller said that because nutrition education is particularly important to people with a new diabetes diagnosis, she sees the mindful meditation and eating option as a potential supplement to basic diabetes education that patients need.
She also said that participants adapted well to the concept of mindfulness even though it is generally considered an alternative health practice.
"One of the things we were evaluating was how well this was accepted by people who had no experience with it. It was very well accepted by participants in that group," she said. "And this tells us that people with diabetes have choices.
"The fact that both interventions were equally effective suggests that we should let people choose. If mindful meditation is appealing and people think that approach is effective, then it very well could be the best choice for them."
Written by Costel Orboiu
In a comparison study of the effectiveness of the two types of behavioral interventions, participants lost about the same amount of weight - an average of between 3 1/2 and 6 pounds - and lowered their long-term blood sugar levels significantly after three months.
One treatment group followed an established diabetes self-management education program, with a strong emphasis on nutrition information. The other group was trained in mindful meditation and a mindful approach to food selection and eating. Both interventions, involving weekly group meetings, also recommended physical activity.
"The more traditional education program includes general information about diabetes, but with more emphasis on nutrition and food choice: What are different types of carbohydrates and fats and how many am I supposed to have? What should I look for when I read a food label? What are healthy options when dining out? That was the traditional diabetes education program," said Carla Miller, associate professor of human nutrition at Ohio State University and lead author of the study.
"We compared it to an intervention where mindful meditation was applied specifically to eating and food choices. This intervention group did not receive specific nutrition goals. We said we want you to really tune into your body before you eat. Take a few minutes to assess how hungry you are and make conscious choices about how much you're eating. Stop eating when you're full.
"We studied two very different approaches, and we found they both worked. This means people with diabetes have choices when it comes to eating a healthy diet," Miller said.
The research is published in the November issue of the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Participants were adults between age 35 and 65 years and had been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes for at least one year. To be eligible, they had to have a body mass index, a measure of weight relative to height, of 27 or more, indicating they were overweight, and a hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) reading of at least 7 percent. HbA1c measures blood glucose levels in the previous two to three months; normal HbA1c is 5.6 percent or lower.
Study participants were randomly assigned to a treatment group. Twenty-seven completed the mindful eating program, and 25 completed the traditional diabetes self-management program called "Smart Choices." Each intervention involved eight weekly and two biweekly 2 ½-hour sessions with trained facilitators.
Trainers of the mindfulness program encouraged participants to cultivate "inner wisdom," or mindful awareness related to eating, and "outer wisdom," which referred to personal knowledge of optimal nutrition choices for people with diabetes. Each session included guided meditation oriented toward participants' experiences and emotions associated with food. Participants received CDs for help with home meditation practice.
"We have so many environmental cues to eat in America that we've tuned out our normal physiological signals to eat. Being mindful means stopping long enough to become aware of these physiological cues," Miller said. "We also tried to generate awareness, staying in the moment, and living and eating in response to hunger instead of habits and unconscious eating."
The mindful intervention also included basic information about what is known as medical nutrition therapy: the relationships among calories consumed, carbohydrate and fat intake, weight regulation and high blood sugar.
In contrast, the Smart Choices program focused specifically on the condition of diabetes itself, including factors that can lead to the diagnosis, common complications (which include heart disease, kidney and nerve damage, eye problems and stroke), the importance of blood sugar control, and appropriate food choices when blood sugar levels spike. Every session included a medical nutrition therapy discussion such as calorie-intake goals, percentages of carbohydrates and fats in an ideal diet, and portion control. Many sessions included a 15- to 20-minute walk to further emphasize the recommendation for regular physical activity. Problem-solving regarding choosing healthy foods in high-risk situations, such as the holidays, were a focus of the program.
The interventions took place over three months. Researchers assessed participants' health measures and dietary habits immediately after the programs concluded and then again three months later at the study's end.
Weight loss and improvements in HbA1c levels were similar for both groups at the six-month follow-up point. Smart Choice participants as a group lost more weight, an average of 6 pounds, than did the mindful eating group, which lost an average of 3.5 pounds - but the difference was not significant when analyzed statistically, Miller said.
HbA1c levels dropped in both groups as well, by between about 0.7 and 0.8 percent. "That was a clinically meaningful reduction in Hba1c, equivalent to what you would get on some diabetes medications," Miller said. "If the reduction were sustained over time, it would mean a dramatic reduction in complications associated with diabetes."
Both groups also similarly reduced calorie intake and lowered their consumption of foods with a high glycemic index, which are digested quickly and can drive up blood sugar.
Miller said that because nutrition education is particularly important to people with a new diabetes diagnosis, she sees the mindful meditation and eating option as a potential supplement to basic diabetes education that patients need.
She also said that participants adapted well to the concept of mindfulness even though it is generally considered an alternative health practice.
"One of the things we were evaluating was how well this was accepted by people who had no experience with it. It was very well accepted by participants in that group," she said. "And this tells us that people with diabetes have choices.
"The fact that both interventions were equally effective suggests that we should let people choose. If mindful meditation is appealing and people think that approach is effective, then it very well could be the best choice for them."
Written by Costel Orboiu
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