1.10.09
Alternative Weight Loss Therapy for Chinese
Some Chinese have found an easier way to lose weight than the normal methods of diet and exercize. A recent study says obesity levels are rising fast in the country of 1.3 billion people, with more than a quarter of the adult population overweight or obese.
Dr. Zhao Jizhong owns a clinic, which employs massage and acupuncture for weight loss. He says that while massage and acupuncture don't make fat miraculously disappear, they cause weight loss indirectly.
"The main reason for us to develop such therapies is to promote blood circulation. It suppresses the sense of hunger, and promotes the resistance of insulin. The fat then gets digested out of the system.”
Song Yonghong, a weight loss patient said "Out of all weight losing methods, this is the most relaxed and the easiest way. You will feel more energetic even without injections and medicine. I have decided to adopt this wonderful weight loss therapy for the rest of my life."
According to Dr. Zhao, patients tend to lose between five to 10 pounds in 12 massage sessions.
16.8.09
Food. Taste. Hunger
25,000 people die each DAY from STARVATION, based on a United Nations report released in 2003 and reported by BBC News. This was before the current food crisis.
This heartbreaking film is about the hunger and poverty brought about by Globalization. This short film shows a forgotten portion of the society. The people who live on the refuse of man to survive. What is inspiring is the hope and spirituality that never left these people.
This heartbreaking film is about the hunger and poverty brought about by Globalization. This short film shows a forgotten portion of the society. The people who live on the refuse of man to survive. What is inspiring is the hope and spirituality that never left these people.
6.8.09
What is "Normal eating"?
Normal eating is being able to eat when you are hungry and continue eating until you are satisfied. It is being able to choose food you like and eat it and truly get enough of it-not just stop eating because you think you should.
Normal eating is being able to use some moderate constraint in your food selection to get the right food, but not being so restrictive that you miss out on pleasurable foods.
Normal eating is giving yourself permission to eat sometimes because you are happy, sad or bored, or just because it feels good.
Normal eating is three meals a day, most of the time, but it can also be choosing to munch along. It is leaving some cookies on the plate because you know you can have some again tomorrow, or it is eating more now because they taste so wonderful when they are fresh.
Normal eating is overeating at times: feeling stuffed and uncomfortable. It is also undereating at times and wishing you had more. Normal eating is trusting your body to make up for your mistakes in eating.
Normal eating takes up some of your time and attention, but keeps its place as only one important area of your life.
Normal eating is being able to use some moderate constraint in your food selection to get the right food, but not being so restrictive that you miss out on pleasurable foods.
Normal eating is giving yourself permission to eat sometimes because you are happy, sad or bored, or just because it feels good.
Normal eating is three meals a day, most of the time, but it can also be choosing to munch along. It is leaving some cookies on the plate because you know you can have some again tomorrow, or it is eating more now because they taste so wonderful when they are fresh.
Normal eating is overeating at times: feeling stuffed and uncomfortable. It is also undereating at times and wishing you had more. Normal eating is trusting your body to make up for your mistakes in eating.
Normal eating takes up some of your time and attention, but keeps its place as only one important area of your life.
by Pscyologist "Ellyn Satter"
6.7.09
Fat in the USA: Obesity Is Rising
Adult obesity rose in 23 states last year, a new study finds almost one-third of kids are overweight as well.
Americans are getting fatter, portending massive costs for the health-care system in general and Medicare in particular. Adult obesity rates increased in 23 U.S. states last year and did not fall in a single state, an annual survey released on July 1 found. Adult obesity rates now exceed 25% in 31 states, up from 28 states last year and 19 the year before that.
The problem appears destined to continue worsening, too, the report indicates. Among children 10-17, about 30% are overweight or obese in 30 states, says the survey, which also examined youth this time around. Study after study has found that overweight children are more likely to become obese as adults, and obese children are almost certain to remain that way. "There is a huge wave of obese adults coming that will bankrupt us as a nation unless we get this under control now," said Dr. James S. Marks, senior vice-president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
The survey, titled F as in Fat: How Obesity Problems Are Failing in America, was conducted by the non-profit organizations Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. It depicts a disconcerting increase in a condition that, when combined with attendant risks such as diabetes and heart disease, make up the most expensive burdens on the nation's health-care system.
The researchers noted that overweight people tend to live as long as the thin, but with far more chronic diseases that are costly to treat. "How are we going to compete with the rest of the world if our economy and workforce are weighed down by bad health," said Jeff Levi, executive director of Trust for America's Health.
The researches did see a slim sign of hope, in that only 23 states showed an increase in obesity rates this year, compared with 37 with higher rates in last year's survey. Still, the report found that two-thirds of U.S. adults are now considered overweight or obese, as determined by their body-mass index, a measure of weight in relation to a person's height. The survey also found that four states have obesity rates above 30%: Mississippi (32.5%), West Virginia (31.2%), Alabama (31.1%), and Tennessee (30.2%).
Adult obesity rates now exceed 20% in 49 states plus the District of Columbia. Only Colorado, where 18.9% of the population is obese, falls below the 20% mark. Still, in 1991, no state had an obesity rate above 20%.
Adult obesity rates increased in 19 states in the past year, to the point where more than 10% of the population in seven states now has type 2 diabetes. More than 20 million adult Americans now have diabetes, and prevalence of the disease has doubled over the past 10 years, from 4.8 people per 1,000 to 9.1 per 1,000. A further 57 million Americans are pre-diabetic, which means they are at high risk and likely to develop the disease in 5 to 10 years.
The survey was done by combining three years of data, 2006-08, from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention's behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Childhood obesity and overweight rates are based on the National Survey of Children's Health.
The researchers noted that the current recession could exacerbate the obesity crisis, because prices for fruits, vegetables, and other healthier foods are rising at the same time incomes are falling. They also pointed out that the Baby Boom generation, now beginning to retire, is the fattest cohort yet, which could significantly burden Medicare. In every state, the 55-64 age group has a higher rate of obesity than people over 65, an ominous sign for Medicare. The researchers calculate that the number of obese Medicare patients could increase by anywhere from 5.2% in New York to 16.3% in Alabama.
Eight of the 10 most obese states are in the South, with Michigan and Ohio rounding out the list. The survey found that adult obesity rates rose for a second straight year in 16 states and a third consecutive year in 11 states. Mississippi has consistently held the top spot for the past three years, while Colorado has been at the bottom of the list.
Mississippi also has the highest percentage of children who are overweight or obese, at 44.4%, while Minnesota and Utah were tied for the lowest, at 23.1%. The full report, with all state rankings, can be found at www.healthyamericans.org.
Americans are getting fatter, portending massive costs for the health-care system in general and Medicare in particular. Adult obesity rates increased in 23 U.S. states last year and did not fall in a single state, an annual survey released on July 1 found. Adult obesity rates now exceed 25% in 31 states, up from 28 states last year and 19 the year before that.
The problem appears destined to continue worsening, too, the report indicates. Among children 10-17, about 30% are overweight or obese in 30 states, says the survey, which also examined youth this time around. Study after study has found that overweight children are more likely to become obese as adults, and obese children are almost certain to remain that way. "There is a huge wave of obese adults coming that will bankrupt us as a nation unless we get this under control now," said Dr. James S. Marks, senior vice-president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
The survey, titled F as in Fat: How Obesity Problems Are Failing in America, was conducted by the non-profit organizations Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. It depicts a disconcerting increase in a condition that, when combined with attendant risks such as diabetes and heart disease, make up the most expensive burdens on the nation's health-care system.
The researchers noted that overweight people tend to live as long as the thin, but with far more chronic diseases that are costly to treat. "How are we going to compete with the rest of the world if our economy and workforce are weighed down by bad health," said Jeff Levi, executive director of Trust for America's Health.
The researches did see a slim sign of hope, in that only 23 states showed an increase in obesity rates this year, compared with 37 with higher rates in last year's survey. Still, the report found that two-thirds of U.S. adults are now considered overweight or obese, as determined by their body-mass index, a measure of weight in relation to a person's height. The survey also found that four states have obesity rates above 30%: Mississippi (32.5%), West Virginia (31.2%), Alabama (31.1%), and Tennessee (30.2%).
Adult obesity rates now exceed 20% in 49 states plus the District of Columbia. Only Colorado, where 18.9% of the population is obese, falls below the 20% mark. Still, in 1991, no state had an obesity rate above 20%.
Adult obesity rates increased in 19 states in the past year, to the point where more than 10% of the population in seven states now has type 2 diabetes. More than 20 million adult Americans now have diabetes, and prevalence of the disease has doubled over the past 10 years, from 4.8 people per 1,000 to 9.1 per 1,000. A further 57 million Americans are pre-diabetic, which means they are at high risk and likely to develop the disease in 5 to 10 years.
The survey was done by combining three years of data, 2006-08, from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention's behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Childhood obesity and overweight rates are based on the National Survey of Children's Health.
The researchers noted that the current recession could exacerbate the obesity crisis, because prices for fruits, vegetables, and other healthier foods are rising at the same time incomes are falling. They also pointed out that the Baby Boom generation, now beginning to retire, is the fattest cohort yet, which could significantly burden Medicare. In every state, the 55-64 age group has a higher rate of obesity than people over 65, an ominous sign for Medicare. The researchers calculate that the number of obese Medicare patients could increase by anywhere from 5.2% in New York to 16.3% in Alabama.
Eight of the 10 most obese states are in the South, with Michigan and Ohio rounding out the list. The survey found that adult obesity rates rose for a second straight year in 16 states and a third consecutive year in 11 states. Mississippi has consistently held the top spot for the past three years, while Colorado has been at the bottom of the list.
Mississippi also has the highest percentage of children who are overweight or obese, at 44.4%, while Minnesota and Utah were tied for the lowest, at 23.1%. The full report, with all state rankings, can be found at www.healthyamericans.org.
(Written by a senior writer for Business Week based in New York)
22.6.09
More On Visceral Fat
Dr Nam talks about visceral fat & the dangers associated with too much visceral fat during an interview on ChannelNewsAsia.
8.6.09
Happy Monday!
Can't eat pork,
Swine flu....
Can't eat chicken,
Bird flu....
Can't eat beef,
Mad cow....
Can't eat eggs,
Salmonella....
Can't eat fish,
Heavy metal poisons in their waters....
Can't eat fruits and veggies,
Insecticides and herbicides.....
Hmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I believe that leaves Chocolate and ice cream!!!!!!!!
Remember --- 'STRESSED' spelled backwards is 'DESSERTS'?
Tell a friend and you will lose 2 pounds!
Ignore it and you will gain 10 pounds immediately!
Relax..... I just want to put a smile on your face ^__^
Swine flu....
Can't eat chicken,
Bird flu....
Can't eat beef,
Mad cow....
Can't eat eggs,
Salmonella....
Can't eat fish,
Heavy metal poisons in their waters....
Can't eat fruits and veggies,
Insecticides and herbicides.....
Hmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I believe that leaves Chocolate and ice cream!!!!!!!!
Remember --- 'STRESSED' spelled backwards is 'DESSERTS'?
Tell a friend and you will lose 2 pounds!
Ignore it and you will gain 10 pounds immediately!
Relax..... I just want to put a smile on your face ^__^
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