Writer Agus Supriyadi I Editor Agus Supriyadi
Hunger indicates the requirement for energy.
Appetite indicates the type and quantity of the needed nutrient.
Ternate, LAWEMAS.com. The
indications came after we had a fat burning metabolism and prior to it,
carbohydrates were treated as our favored sources of energy. The signals are effective
if you are willing to control fat and protein eating. If a carbohydrate eating
is there, it is irregular. Suppose the eaten food endows you with more energy
than needed and it requires that the surplus energy be properly directed. It is
a real problem of healthy eating doctrine. Having a fat burning metabolism and
eating butter or cream lets you manage the eaten amount. Irrespective of you
liking for the foods, if you consume more than needed, it gives birth to
problems. However, having a sugar burning metabolism for taking carbohydrates
as the chief source of energy complicates the problem as it lets you consume
sweets without any indication. This lets you have too much energy for your
needs.
Such
surplus energy gained from carbohydrates gets metabolized into blood sugar, or
glucose. Insulin rushes forward from pancreas and it converts the surplus
glucose into body fat. Another problem remains and it is that with the surplus
energy getting into fat, the glucose in your blood becomes useless and it makes
you feel hungry again. So, it continues to more eating and resultantly to
overweight.
Two personal reasons can be mentioned
that have a social aspect and cause overweight. One is the time of your
intakes. Having a proper breakfast and a good lunch and a perfect dinner lets
you balance the energy intake and energy needs. In case you lack this balance
and eat heavily at night, it causes overweight because you don‟t need too much
energy then. Your
use of energy is also sometimes responsible. The energy needed for an active
person has to be more than an inactive person. The preachers of the healthy
eating doctrine concentrate on this while taking about the need to count the
calories of your eaten food. This stems from the fact that your appetite can‟t
handle the surplus consumption for eating extra carbohydrates and it
necessitates counting the calories. This might be a tough job to count and your
counting of calories in accordance with the needs of energy can be utterly
wrong.
Knowledge about Anti-Depressants and Some Other
Medications:
Consuming
some medicines according to a prescription might also lead to weight gaining.
To clarify this fact, lets assume that you are suffering from depression and
goes to the doctor for suggestion. The doctor suggests Paxil® or Zoloft® and
both of them are worthy antidepressants. You can soon realize that your weight
is increasing. Nutritionist Madelyn Fernstrom believes that these medicines can
increase your hunger and can also hamper the process of metabolism. Other
medicines like beta-blockers, corticosteroids and birth control pills can also
do the same.
Lack of Sleep:
International
Journal of Obesity states that an American generally sleeps for seven hours at
night. It is also believed by science that your weight might increase if you
sleep less than eight hours. What is the reason? It
is so because the natural function of our body gets threatened by a lack of
sleep. It can even stimulate the hormones that generate our appetite. In
fact, you tend to consume sugary treat full of calories instead of healthy
foods, when you are extremely fatigued.
The Habit of Consuming Quickly:
Your
habit of eating your food too fast can also be responsible for the problem of
your overweight. Wikipedia.com says that the term "Fletcherizing” was
coined by Horace Fletcher. His theory suggests that in case of chewing your
food (32 times to be specific) well on the eve swallowing it, you consume less
food and aid your digestive system to improve.
A Protective Fence:
Sometimes
gaining weight is a mental and protective fence for some people. May be some
past incidents unconsciously prompts you to be overweight so that you can fight
against all odds in the future because you are then physically more strong. You
also might want to draw a demarcating line between you and the world. You feel
that you won‟t be asked to show or exhibit anything if you are overweight.
Genetics:
Some
people opine that their weight is derived from or caused by the overweight of
their parents. Research shows that in case of willing to have fat about the
midsection can be genetically compared to one parent. A sluggish metabolic rate
can also be inherited. It refers to the fact that you tend towards gaining
weight more than others.
Health Risks of Overweight
Check
your obesity by calculating your Body Mass Index (BMI). A BMI of 18.5 to 24.9
is deemed healthy, while anything beyond it‟s obese. The BMI uses the height
and weight of an individual to calculate whether the body of the individual‟s
healthy or unhealthy. If your BMI is above 30, then you‟re obese and might be
prone to a lot of related health problems like sleep apnea, cancer, diabetes,
heart diseases and high cholesterol. Here are a few common diseases that arise
due to obesity:
Heart problems
Heart
diseases and strokes are the leading causes of deaths in the United States.
This is because overweight people suffer from high blood pressure, blood fats
(triglycerides) and angina which lead to major heart problems and strokes. The
problem occurs when plaque, a fatty material, builds up on the inner walls of
coronary arteries which supplies oxygenated blood to the heart. The plaque in
the arteries narrows it hence reducing flow of oxygenated blood to the heart.
As your BMI slowly increases, the chances of suffering for heart attacks and
disease such as coronary heart disease becomes greater. Incase of obese people,
the heart can simply fail to pump enough blood around the circulatory system to
attend to the needs of the body, leading to congestive heart failure.
Strokes
Obesity and
overweight can help store fatty adipose deposits in the arteries which might
lead to blood clots within the arteries. Incase the blocked artery is close to
the brain it can hinder the flow of oxygen and blood to the brain and hence
cause a stroke. Strokes are more prevalent in people who have high BMI.
Hypertension or High Blood Pressure
This
is as a result of the high amount of pressure exerted by the blood as it pushes
against the artery walls. Obese and overweight people have a higher chance of
suffering from hypertension.
Blood Fats
The
chance of you having irregular levels of fats in your blood‟s greater when your
BMI is over 30. Such blood fats include low-density lipoprotein or LDL, a
fat-like matter called „bad cholesterol‟, triglycerides as well as low
high-density lipoprotein, also known as „good cholesterol‟. These
uncharacteristic levels of blood fat in blood stream can lead to serious heart
problems.
The Metabolic Syndrome
This
encapsulates a group of factors linked to high obesity and overweight that,
heighten the risks of heart ailments and other health troubles like strokes and
diabetes. Any person can exhibit any of these factors but generally these risks
tend to happen together. When a person‟s suffering from any of the three
following heart ailments risks, he or she‟s suffering from the metabolic
syndrome:
- Are you apple-shaped or have a large waist? If you‟re one then you‟re suffering from obesity which is primarily abdominal. The extra flab around the waist poses a greater threat to the possibility of heart diseases than fat around the hips.
- Low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and high levels of triglycerides mean incredibly irregular levels of blood fat.
- Abnormal blood pressure.
- Uncharacteristic levels of blood sugar during normal fasting.
Heart Cancer
The second deadliest
disease that kills thousands of people within the United States is cancer. Many
different varieties of cancer can develop if one‟s overweight or obese. Cancer
is common amongst men in the form of colon, rectum and prostrate cancer, while
breast, colon, ovary, gallbladder, uterus and cervical cancer are common in
women.
Osteoporosis and arthritis
The
combination of the two forms is called osteoarthritis which most overweight
people suffer from. It‟s a problem of the hips joints, knee joints and
lower-back. The weight of the fat puts pressure on the joints, leading to pain.
Gallbladder stones
Overweight
people might experience problems like inflamed gallbladders and small
gallbladder stones. These small stones generally caused by high cholesterol
create abdominal pain and the only available cure is surgery.
Blood sugar or diabetes
Non-insulin
diabetes mellitus (also called type-II diabetes) is quite common in the USA.
This affects the body by reducing its abilities to control the sugar level in
the blood. Obese people are at twice the risk of developing diabetes than
people with average BMI. Diabetes cannot be completely cured hence people
suffering from it have to stay on a daily dose of medication. This disease can
also lead to complications and other health-related problems like blindness,
heart problems, strokes and kidney failure amongst a few common ones.
Sleep Apnea
This
is another problem related to obesity. People who suffer from sleep apnea stop
breathing for short durations while asleep. This commonly leads to sleepiness
during the day and often, heart failure.
People
who suffer from overweight should avoid junk foods, fatty foods, beef and other
greasy or oily foodstuffs. An intake of fresh water, juices and lots of
vegetables should be enough to keep severe diseases away and help reduce the
weight.
Obesity and problems
of overweight are most common in teens and children, increasing the risks to
their health. In the US, diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes in children has gone up
from a rarity to 45% of brand new diabetes cases in the last few years, making
obese children vulnerable to becoming overweight in their adulthood and the
related health problems.
Weight loss is important- But Why?
Is
weight loss that important? If you want to look good and healthy and lose
weight – yes it is! Engage yourself in physical activities, eat healthily or
skip meals when ill, but do try and remove all that ugly flab from the body!
Here‟s why you should reduce:
No comments:
Post a Comment