Monthly ArchiveMarch 2010
the atkins diet skyk on 28 Mar 2010
The Atkins Diet:A review
Since first appearing back in 1972, some millions of people have succeeded with their struggle with weight problems and heart disease using the Atkins Diet Plan. As presented by Dr. Atkins, the plan is just as effective in managing several illnesses such as cephalalgia, diabetes, apathetic metabolism, difficulty to tolerate certain foods, hypersensitivity, and a lot more disorders. Although the main reason why people turn to Atkins Diet is because it provides fast weight loss, many people with high cholesterol, hypertension, diabetes and polycystic ovarian syndrome reported that they felt more energetic than they had in years after one week on the Atkins Diet. Continue Reading »
GI diet review skyk on 20 Mar 2010
GI Diet Review
The Glycemic Index Diet was at first established to help diabetics in controlling their weight. Diabetics have to have diets which are able to prevent blood sugar levels from changing excessively. So researchers devised a method to gauge how a specific food has an effect on blood glucose. The Glycemic Index categorizes foods rich in carbohydrates by appointing them a number ranging from 0 to 100. The figure specifies the speed at which the food increases blood sugar levels during its absorption. The higher the number the quicker the sugar is absorbed.
A food is considered to have an elevated GI value if its rate is 70 or more. A GI value of 56-69 is considered medium and any foods lower than 55 are considered a low Glycemic Index food. Foods with a minimal GI rate are excellent since they absorb more spontaneously and give a balanced source of energy for extended hours, giving you a sense of fullness for lengthy periods of time.
But the main problem with the Glycemic Index is that there is no definite number set for each food available. There are numerous websites that provide rates for a particular food, but the figures provided are pretty much far-flung from one another. It is never clear where the numbers come from. Continue Reading »
GED overweight skyk on 18 Mar 2010
GED is common if you are overweight
A growing amount of data implies that excess weight facilitates the development of several health issues like joint diseases, high blood pressure and cardiac problems, and adds to your chances of having cancer and post operative morbidity. In addition, obesity and excess weight is indicated to promote gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD).
Compared with people with normal weight, overweight individuals with a body mass index of 25 kg/m2 to 30 kg/m2 are fifty percent more likely to have GERD, and obese individuals with a body mass index greater than 30 kg/m2 are twice as likely to have the disease. Continue Reading »
overweight stigma skyk on 12 Mar 2010
The social stigma in being overweight
Statistics have shown that the world population has experienced a remarkable increase of obesity and overweight rates during the past few years, and this has been seen among all age groups and both genders.
One of the biggest causes why this really is happening is because people nowadays tend to consume more fast foods but fewer fruits and vegetables. One of the other causes that lead to obesity and getting obese is due to the sedentary lifestyle of spending too much time in front of computers, TV, and playing video games.
But getting obese is a big social concern. Name calling and super-sized clothes are just a few from the actual dilemmas confronting the obese.
way to lose belly fat skyk on 08 Mar 2010
The Best And Fastest Way To Lose Belly Fat
If you want to lose your belly fat and want a quick remedy, you would of course look for the fastest way to lose belly fat. There are a lot of suggestions and training regimes that you can try. However, a fast ten-minute workout is your best bet.
This training regime can be done at home, so you do not have to spend money going to a gym. It is a cardiovascular routine which is highly specialized and can burn as much as one hundred and fifty calories in ten minutes. This is unquestionably the fastest way to lose belly fat.
The first two minutes of the session requires you to jump rope. Begin by jumping two times for a single turn of the rope. As a safety precaution, you must use a good quality jumping rope and land on the balls of your feet after each jump.
The second two minutes will be spent performing a combination exercise, with squat thrusts and push up being the exercises in question. The proper way of doing it is to stand with your feet apart about shoulder width and your arms down on your sides.
Squat down slowly with your head facing forwards. Bring your hands to the floor, making sure that they are pointing forward. Once you have done this, push your legs straight out behind so as to put yourself in the push up position. This must be done in a single quick movement.
Do a single push up and jump back to return to your squat position before standing back up. Keep at the forefront of your mind the thought that you are losing weight and that your belly fat is vanishing as you persevere with the exercise.
For the next minute, go back to jumping rope, but this time do only one jump per cycle. You may really start to feel tired by this point, but that is a good thing, as it means that your body is working hard and burning those unwanted calories. .
For the fourth and fifth minute of this workout, go back to the squat thrust / push up exercise, but this time add another exercise called the side plank. After completing the first combination, lift and rotate the left arm from the ground and raise it above your head.
Place your left foot over the right one. Rotate your neck up so you will end up looking on the ceiling. Rotate back to the center position and perform the exercise on the other side of your body. Once completed, get back in the squat position, stand and then repeat.
The remaining minutes of this workout are filled in the same manner, with the addition of the leg lift to the combo-exercise, and the mountain climber. The leg lift is performed by alternately lifting your feet an inch off the ground, while the mountain climber is just jogging in place.
Regularly follow this workout and you will find it to be the fastest way to lose belly fat!