Fat, yet Fit

Is there such a thing as being fat, yet fit? Can fat people get away with overeating by keeping their muscles trained and strong? The Mayo Clinic says they can’t. It seems that all those extra pounds mean extra trouble no matter how much exercising is performed each day. Fat is simply not good for the heart.

The big question was: can overweight people stay healthy by working out on a regular basis? It sounded like a legitimate question because exercising just fifteen minutes every day makes a tremendous difference for fat people. Blood pressure goes down and cholesterol levels drop, leaving the person in question in a better mood because of the extra energy. One might almost say that it’s not that bad to be fat if you’re feeling great and you’re heart is not threatening to split your chest and jump out every time you go up a flight of stairs.

However, the experts from the Mayo Clinic say that being overweight is a risk factor for many health conditions and that exercises simply make you healthier for the moment. Exercises cannot lower the risk of developing diabetes later on and are not a surefire way of preventing heart problems. Whether you’re exercising or not, those extra pounds have got to go.

On the other hand, an interesting results of these studies was the fact that people who don’t exercise are just as much as risk, regardless of their weight. Our bodies are meant to endure a certain amount of physical exertion every day in order to function correctly. Simply maintaining a healthy weight without regular exercise is not enough. You have to get off the couch and start on some brisk walks. Thirty minutes a day five or six days a week are just what you need to stay healthy for many years.

Posted in: on Saturday, October 27, 2007 at at 11:45 PM 3 comments

Calcium - The First Secret Of Weight Loss

Drink milk? You should if you want to lose weight. The study shows that three or four daily servings of low-fat dairy products can help adjust your body's fat-burning machinery.
A 2003 study showed subjects who consumed three servings of Yoplait Light yogurt daily as part of a reduced-calorie diet lost about 20 percent more weight than those who cut calories alone.

Calcium helps reduce body fat :

  • Calcium increases the amount of sympathetic nervous system (SNS) stimulation. Your SNS is part of your "fight or flight" response which usually speeds things up. Calcium intake can lead to an increase in metabolism.
  • High calcium levels create a binding to fat resulting in a lower fat absorption. When less fat is absorbed more is excreted.

How much calcium is enough?

  • Studies show that optimal weight loss occurs in individuals who consume around 1200 mg per day along with a low fat diet.
  • You should attempt to get the minimum recommended 1000 mg per day from low or non fat dairy foods.

More Calcium Helps Burn Body Fat

Edward Melanson, PhD, and James Hill, PhD, examined diet data from 35 healthy, non-obese adults during a 24-hour period and measured their daily energy expenditures. They found that those individuals who consumed more calcium used more fat as fuel compared to those with lower calcium intakes.

The idea that calcium intake may be related to body weight has been supported by several studies in the past decade. Studies in rats and mice suggest that higher calcium intake alters the metabolism of fat cells, causing less fat to be stored and more fat to be released. Whether this also occurs in humans was not known.

Milk and Health

Milk became a headline topper in June when a study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health revealed that a diet rich in milk doesn't actually increase the risk of heart disease and stroke - and may even help to prevent them! In the study, men who drank the most milk every day (more than a pint) were found to have a lower risk of heart disease and stroke than those who drank the least (less than half a pint).

Posted in: on Saturday, October 20, 2007 at at 12:08 AM 0 comments

No More Cellulite!

Every woman hate the cellulite and want to know a natural way of getting rid of it. I'll tell you how to get rid of it in several easy steps but the first thing you must know is that getting rid of cellulite is not an overnight process.
Here are the 3 steps you have to do and remember if you want permanent results you have to do them all:

  • Step one: The Diet - By switching your diet to a healthy low fat diet that is high in proteins and fiber you will reduce your body fat index and possibly lose some unwanted pounds making the next step in reducing your cellulite much easier. The secret to a good diet is to melt fat and to count the calories. Every day diet should have 35% protein, 60% carbohydrates and 15% of fat.
  • Step two: Exercising - Exercising 3-4 times a week. You can not only exercise in your own home for free but you can make it fun as well by walking, hiking or riding a bike outdoors. You can even take it to a higher level and join a health club and use a vast array of workout machines designed to get you in shape fast.
  • Step three: Pharmacy - You may look sceptical like me about pharmacy at first. Usually I would not buy pills - I didn't have much confidence in them. But after all, how bad did I want change? It was very hard to choose a pill because there are thousands. I've tried several with no success until I bought Proactol. Later, I realized that buying Proactol wasn't a bad thing at all. It actually helped me a lot.

Posted in: on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 at at 10:48 AM 1 comments

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