Obesity

People who consume too much alcohol have good chance of making it to the Obesity chart. Pure alcohol contains 7 calories per gram. Endocrine disorders, hypothalamus dysfunction and pineal gland tumors can cause obesity. But many a times the primary reason behind obesity is Over eating. And if that is complimented with excessive drinking, it won’t take much time before you find yourself in a severe life threatening problem of obesity.

High calorie intake and low energy burning add wounds to the already overweight body and the more obese you become more difficult it gets to contain it. Excessive calories in alcohol make you unhealthy. When you take in more alcohol you also tend to over indulge in your eating routine. It has been discovered that one drink a day is good for your whole system where as overdoing your drinking habit will land you in deep health trouble. Drinking one peg a day will reduce the health risk of insulin and glucose related diseases such as diabetes in postmenstrual women.

Men who took to moderate drinking 3-4 days a week experienced 32% decrease in heart attack risks as compared to men who didn’t drink. Also, people who consumed one drink a day 4-5 times a week showed 36% decrease in risks related to the heart.

A change in the body metabolism due to excessive alcohol intake results in obesity. It needn’t stem from high caloric intake. An important cause of stroke, obesity should be controlled by proper diet and health habits. To reduce body weight and blood pressure, reduced alcohol consumption is recommended which follows a low calorie intake and increased physical activity.

Would you like to stay out of trouble?

Reduce alcohol intake
Break your binging habits and prepare a health diet which you are comfortable with
Once you join the list of obese people, it gets difficult to come out of it. So take early precautions and keep watching your weight
Count your calories if needed
Be ready to walk a little, swim or at least lead an active life
Even when you are on diet pills, you cant reduce weight without following a good food pattern
Remember, if you are on a weight losing program, excess alcohol in your body will restrain you from losing weight

Don’t keep alcohol bottles in places where you can see. If you see it every now and then, your urge to drink increases

Value your life more. Being an alcoholic and becoming obese is not the only way to enjoy life

Barbara Camie
Agriculture Organic Food Specialist
Weight Loss Managment Group

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Following recent reports of a South Dakota man weighing half a ton, and losing 500 pounds in one year (he still weighs over 450!). Obesity has become part of the headlines once again.

A new health issue?

Obesity is nothing new, the health impact of being overweight has long been known. Only recently though has the problem been described as an epidemic.

Obesity itself doesn’t affect someone in days or weeks, it takes a very long time to develop. In that period there needs to be a constant excess of energy through consumption and lack of activity.

So who’s to blame?

No one will take responsibility, for example, where children are concerned, schools and parents seem to point the blame at each other. Food producers and retailers say they only sell what the customer demands. It is, after all, the individual who has the personal choice to consume or not. But, it’s generally considered that the responsibility goes further than that.

Today’s lifestyle is dominated by technology. The TV movie with popcorn and pizza. The latest console, surf the web, send an email. The screen and its chair take up alot of leisure our time. The working life is the same: a service industry full of desks and call centers.There just isn’t any physical activity.

Action is taking place

Education has brought awareness of good eating and exercise habits. This is due to schools, the government and media trying to push the benefits. Even fast food restaurants have made changes, although not entirely voluntarily.

The funding of these projects from governments and organizations is impressive but sadly the results aren’t. Levels of obesity are still rising.

The future

Current campaigns and advice are not working and people don’t seem to want to loose weight. There needs to be something that causes a cultural shift or change in atitude. Only then may we see an impact in today’s obesity.

So what about our overweight man? Well, he’s still alive, but at 480 or so pounds, he still has a long way to go. And, as a people, regarding obesity, so have we.

Simon Gould - http://www.FitnessBegin.com - Exercise, Health, Dieting and Nutrition… Explained!

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It didn’t start out like that. Although my wife was just a bit overweight when we married, the condition grew like a slow-moving cancer over a decade. She enjoyed eating and had a fondness for sweets. I didn’t really notice any of the telltale signs until it was too late. We ate out and she ordered a dessert at many opportunities. We had ice cream and chocolate in the house most times and snack foods became more prevalent. By the time my daughter was born, she was 75 pounds overweight and the pregnancy didn’t help. The additional weight gained became part of her body indefinitely. We used to play golf, tennis, bowl, and go for walks together. Now she was unable to be as active, so we stayed in more. That led to even more eating and snacking.

We always liked to travel and continued the trend, even with my daughter now in
the picture. But the walking tours took their toll and time in the motel room always
involved eating. It was shortly after my daughter turned five that my wife noticed
knee problems. A doctor affirmed the early signs of arthritis, which ran in her
family. So now, not only was the weight a problem, the degenerative condition she
contracted would get worse as time went on.

Over the years, I had tried to be supportive. I would mention the weight gain on
occasion and suggest better eating habits. I never brought sweets or snacks into the
house on my own. But, she would buy certain foods or, when I went to store, ask me
to get them. If I refused, a mini-argument took place and I let it go. I encouraged
exercise and had a slew of machines from exercycles, to rowing machines, and
treadmills. I became the only one using them. So years passed and the weight kept
piling on.

Over time, she had tried every diet known to man: Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig,
Slimfast, the Scarsdale Diet, the Grapefruit Diet, diet soda, diet cookies, diet ice
cream, diet everything. Every time she lost some weight, she would gain it back and
more. Our family doctor counseled her to no avail. She was quite simply, addicted to
food.

The problem became acute. She was slowing down and unable to join my
daughter and myself on simple walks at home or on vacation. She would stay in her
chair and eat. Her knees were causing her a great deal of pain and she began
cortisone shots and took handfuls of Tylenol in between, Her weight was over 300
pounds and I feared for her health. I finally couldn’t stand it anymore and took
drastic action. I began reading about a surgical option.

Without going into great detail, we explored gastric bypass together. It was
spring and she was not happy with what the process involved. After pleading to
allow her to try dieting for a desperate last time, I agreed. By that fall, she had
grown by 25 more pounds and acceded to my wishes, admitting defeat. We had the
surgery, but it was too little too late. The doctor told me that her heart had been
under too much strain for too long with all that additional weight. She died at age
55.

This article is a warning and love letter to all spouses facing a similar issue. Do
them and yourself a favor and get help before it’s too late. I waited and my wife paid
the ultimate price. Who knows what would have happened if I had acted years
sooner? I’m not sure if she would have done anything back then, but at least we
should have talked. I know that obesity is a killer and few victims live a long and
productive life into their later years. I know that my wife is reading this in heaven
and would want you too, to save a life, if possible.

Jeffrey Hauser was a sales consultant for the Bell System Yellow Pages for
nearly 25 years. He graduated from Pratt Institute with a BFA in Advertising
and has a Master’s Degree from Monmouth University. He had his own
advertising agency in Scottsdale, Arizona and ran a consulting and design
firm, ABC Advertising. He has authored 6 books and a novel, “Pursuit of the
Phoenix,” available at amazon.com. His latest book is, “Inside the Yellow
Pages.” Currently, he is the Marketing Director for http://www.thenurseschoice.com,
a Health Information and Doctor Referral site.

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