Regulating weight loss products and do all heavy people need to loose weight

(article from calorielab.com)

There seems to be a lot more debate over the merits of different approaches to obesity and weight loss in Canada right now than there is in America, so we thought we’d check in on our neighbors to the north and some of the varied opinions on weight loss issues that can be found there.
Programs need more regulation

Friend of the Lab Yoni Freedhoff wrote recently on his blog about attending a conference of the Canadian Obesity Network where he talked about the need to set up a system of auditing weight loss programs by which those that are ethical and effective would get some kind of seal of approval from whatever regulatory agency was involved.

The companies that run the programs would apply for the certification and health experts would decide who would get approval, which could then be illustrated through a logo on pamphlets and products.

Freedhoff says medical experts have done a good job of convincing the vast majority of overweight people that they need to try to lose weight, but “we haven’t told people where to go . . . we leave them in that marketplace” full of scams and empty promises that mislead consumers.


While it sounds like a great idea in theory, it seems like a program that could ultimately be ripe for corruption, an easy way for retired bureaucrats and others to line their pockets without necessarily (depending on the rigors of the program) providing a lot of helpful oversight.

Maybe some people shouldn’t lose weight

While Freedhoff says in his talk that nearly all overweight people want to and probably ought to lose weight, another Canadian doctor says pushing weight loss for all people over an arbitrary number isn’t the right approach, either. Dr. Arya Sharma says that being overweight or obese doesn’t guarantee health problems.

People who are technically obese but otherwise healthy and active shouldn’t be the target of doctors and others pushing weight loss, he said, but instead medical professionals should really be seeking to help those who already have medical problems because of their weight or who are at high risk of developing medical issues because of their weight.

Studies have shown that people who are overweight but not obese may live longer than people classified as of normal weight, and that as many as 17 percent of obese people do not have heart problems usually associated with such a high weight.

Of course it’s hard to know if you’re in the category of people who are overweight but generally healthy or overweight and at risk for big health problems. Kate Harding and Marianne Kirby, fat-acceptance bloggers from here in the states, say people who are eating well and exercising but still have a high weight should not be that concerned about being classified as overweight and should instead embrace their body as it is.

They say people shouldn’t even be called overweight because that implies there is a lower ideal weight that you should be at. Instead, they simply use the term fat in the hope of removing some of the stigma from that term.

(By Sarah E. White for CalorieLab Calorie Counter News)

Understanding why we easily quit our weight loss plan

Statistics could prove the high numbers of the population being overweight. Although they are subscribing to hundreds of different techniques and weight loss programs available all over the world, not many end up successfully. And there are always two major reasons for these failures:

1. Their inability to follow the program.
2. Their inability to continue the program even after losing some pounds through it.

These are only the most common reasons, not entirely the only ones. As we can see, both are mostly because of the human mind and not the human body. The failure isn't entirely the program or the diet's fault but the mindset of the person on that plan. Either s/he do not think that s/he could follow the plan consistently, or the possibility of a conflict between the conscious and the unconscious state of mind of that person. Drive and determination are needed to lose weight, so if you are not up to the challenges and work, no one can get you in shape.

The most effective solution is to alter the lifestyle of the person. A healthy outlook and perspective could get him or her convinced into following the plans more consistently and motivate him or her further into fully adapting the new settings. It is important that they will feel that they have accepted set-up voluntarily and that they were not forced to subscribe to it, so they will follow the whole program and diet plan without any problems.

There are a number of advanced mind trainings available to help out in these situations, which include magically slim. With the help of these trainings, the person will be more at ease in following the weight los programs and continue to pursue it for a long time.

However, a good diet and exercise plan is also needed to achieve great results with this state of mind. The actions and bodily activities are still big factors in losing pounds, and weight can oonly be reduced if you could burn more calories than you intake. Thus, a good diet plan is necessary. Doctors could always help about your queries on healthy foods with low calories. You could also ask friends about tested and proven effective diet plans. Then the internet could help you about the nutritional values of the food you plan to intake. This way you could know and compute the amount of calories and carbohydrates that your body takes in.

After setting up a diet plan, you could now look for a good exercise program. The internet could provide you information about exercises, watch videos, or help you buy gym memberships, but these all depend on your experience level. Another option is to subscribe to easier everyday exercises like walking, cycling, swimming or running. These activities are easier and cheaper to adopt and they do not necessarily require equipments to get you started. Just remember to follow the basic rules of exercise: the warm-up and cool down so you could avoid damage to your precious bodies.


(article from www.bestsyndication.com)

This article is for my hard headed friends.

---We have to be very cautious with our diet. No matter how fast we want to lose weight, we ought to do it right. This article seems very technical but it still is highly informative. Read on.


A study on obese patients has revealed that moderate calorie restriction causes temporal changes in the liver and skeletal muscle metabolism,

Led by Dr. Samuel Klein of the Washington University School of Medicine, the study has also revealed that short-term calorie restriction (CR) with a low-carbohydrate diet caused a greater change in liver fat content and metabolic function than short-term CR with a high-carbohydrate diet.

The researcher points out that insulin resistance is the most common metabolic complication associated with obesity, and is associated with an increased risk of developing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and type 2 diabetes.

While the consumption of energy-deficit diets is considered to be very significant for obesity treatment, the most appropriate macronutrient composition of diet therapy needed to improve metabolic health remains controversial.

"Our data underscore the complexity of the metabolic effects of calorie restricition with diets that differ in macronutrient composition, and demonstrate differences among organ systems in the response to calorie restriction and subsequent weight loss," said Dr. Klein.

"Our findings help explain the rapid improvement in glucose levels observed after low-calorie diet therapy and bariatric surgery," he added.

During the study, his team randomised 22 obese patients to a high-carbohydrate or low-carbohydrate energy-deficit diet.

A euglycemic-hyperinsulinemic clamp, muscle biopsies, and magnetic resonance spectroscopy were used to determine insulin action, cellular insulin signalling and intrahepatic triglyceride (IHTG) content before the diet therapy, after 48 hours, and after 7 percent weight loss.

Dr. Klein says that his team’s efforts showed that short-term CR caused a rapid decrease in IHTG content, an increase in hepatic insulin sensitivity and a decrease in endogenous glucose production rate, while longer-term CR and a moderate 7 percent weight loss improved skeletal muscle insulin sensitivity in conjunction with an increase in cellular insulin signalling.

The effect of moderate CR in obese patients with either a low-fat or low-carbohydrate diet on metabolic function is a continuum, with differential effects on specific organ systems.

Cutting Lose From the Grip of Too Much Food

---Thank God, I'm allergic to chocolates. After my worst allergy experience when my whole body was itching, I decided to wage war against it. At least, I won't have to worry about getting addicted to it again anymore. My great chocolate days are over. 'Hope this would help keep diabetes away from me too.

The good news is you don't have to give up chocolate or all of your other favourite foods in order to lose weight.

The not-so-good news is that people still have to remove some treats from their diet in order to to prevent the onset of type two diabetes.

This is the advice from George Blair-West, an Australian doctor and psychiatrist who was in Blenheim over the weekend for the Diabetes New Zealand annual conference.

But does it sound too good to be true?

It's not, said Dr Blair-West, author of a best-selling book, Weight Loss for Food Lovers: Understanding our minds and why we sabotage our weight loss.

He said eating was often connected to other issues, and that weight loss could be achieved by cutting out fattening foods that we could part with.

"The idea is to take out the foods that people eat that they are not emotionally attached to. As soon as food is denied it becomes forbidden and therefore desired."

He referred to a woman he met in one of his workshops. When she was younger, she was given chocolate Freddo Frogs when she was hurt or unhappy to make her feel better.

Now, she always reaches for a Freddo Frog when something goes wrong.

"We see this incredible confusion between physical and emotional nurturing," Dr Blair-West said.

He said humans had an emotional attachment with food from a young age, with weddings, birthdays and other celebrations associated with food.

Type two diabetes makes up about 90 per cent of all people with diabetes. It comes later in life, and people who are obese and in the higher weight range are more likely to develop it. The condition is caused by the body not recognising the insulin being produced, and being unable to use it. About 105,000 New Zealanders had been diagnosed with type two diabetes.

Dr Blair-West said there was no doubt that staying in a healthy weight range would reduce the likelihood of developing the condition.

Even 5 per cent total body weight loss could reduce the risk of developing diabetes by 60 per cent.

By eating slowly and savouring food, people end up eating less, he said.

He advised against dieting, where weight was lost but then put back on and people often ended up weighing more than when they started.

The good news was that type two diabetes was "highly responsive" to a change in diet and lifestyle, unlike many conditions.

Article from www.stuff.co.nz