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Sleep Disorders: Do They Cause Obesity to Children? 2007-11-13 10:42:46 Not enough sleep may lead to weight gain for children, according to US scientists. Previously, children’s lack of sleep was found to cause bad school performance or emotional problems, but a recent study connects it to becoming overweight.
Researchers collected data from over 2,000 children with ages between three and eighteen. The results are based on the diaries kept by parents or children themselves where they kept a record of bedtime, hours of sleep, or time of waking up.
An extra hour of sleep may help young children by reducing the risk of becoming overweight from thirty-six to thirty percent. For older children, an extra hour of sleep reduces the risk from thirty-four to thirty percent, according to the study’s lead author, Emily Snell.
The results were not influenced gender, ethnicity, income, or race. They showed that late bedtime for children with ages from three to eight are strongly connected to weight gain. Unlike the other children, those with ages between eight and t Read more:Sleep
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Drink Fruit and Vegetable Juices Help for a Healthy Diet! 2007-11-08 06:38:07 Before you start this diet you should know it`s good to drink the juice immediately after you prepared it, use only fresh vegetables, and don`t use sugar or honey for the teas (use sweetener if you want).
Vegetable
juices:
The carrot juice: It contains vitamin A, important for the skin. Always add a teaspoon of cream or sunflower oil. You need nine or ten medium carrots for a portion of carrots juice. Avoid large carrots because they usually have a wooden middle.
The tomato juice: It has a large amount of potassium, beside vitamin C. It stimulates metabolism, clears your body of toxins, and helps burn calories faster. Use six ripe tomatoes for a portion.
The sauerkraut juice: This juice contains a lot of natural lactic acid which stimulates digestion and metabolism. It`s highly indicated for sedentary people or when you feel too satiated. It has large amounts of vitamin K and C.
The broccoli juice: Broccoli is said to have benefic actions against osteoporosis, to reduce fats, and clean Read more:Drink
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Ten Popular Myths Related to Weight Loss: True or False? 2007-11-02 09:54:07 Everyone heard tips from the gym or the workplace about how to stay in shape or which diets are best for losing weight fast, but are they all true? Julie Bender, a dietician from the Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, and Phil Tyne from Baylor Tom Landry Health and Wellness Center talked about some of the popular myths.
Some people say that belly fat can be removed with crunches. That`s not true because you can`t pick the area where you want to burn fat. To burn fats you may follow a workout program that includes elements from strength training or cardiovascular training and so, you may decrease overall body fat content, says Tyne.
The fact that it`s essential to stretch before exercising is false. Studies showed that stretching may increase the susceptibility of the muscle to injury because the muscle fibers become destabilized and less prepared for exercise. It`s good to warm-up before running, but try to stretch after the workout if you`re lifting weights, says Tyne.
Even i Read more:Myths
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Could Fats Prevent Child Obesity ? 2007-10-24 10:39:30 Only “good” fats, not other kinds of fats, may have a good influence on children`s metabolism, according to recent Swedish studies. Researchers found that children who follow a diet low in good fats can become overweight
The study involved almost two hundred four-year old children, and supervised their insulin levels, dietary intake, lifestyle, and eating habits. After the Body Mass Index (BMI) measures, twenty-three percent of them were considered overweight and two percent obese.
The results showed a connection between the fat intake and the BMI. Children with high BMI were gaining weight but they were not the ones who consumed the biggest amount of fat. More fats were consumed by children with normal or low BMI. The problem with overweight children was that their bodies stored too much fat.
A third of the children who participated to the study had a deficiency of unsaturated fat in the diet, especially omega-3 fat, according to a researcher who led the study. Researchers also f
Lift Weights Without Injury 2007-10-22 12:51:38 Weight lifting may cause serious injuries if you`re not careful, no matter if you`re training for a competition or just working out. This type of workout improves your muscle tone, endurance, and strength but it may cause injuries if it`s not properly done. You may enjoy a safe workout if you try some of the following tips:
- Find a trainer who shows you good techniques for lifting weights and how to exercise correctly;
- Set goals according to your age, built, and trainer`s advice. Establish the weight you`re starting with, how much and when you’ll increase it, how often you need to practice, and which exercises are best for you;
- It`s good to wait until you`re fifteen or older to start lifting weights. The major lifts include the power clean, squat, clean and jerk, snatch, the bench, and dead lift. Major lifts may cause injury if you don`t follow a proper technique for lifting heavy weights;
- Try to keep your back straight when you practice;
- Make sure you`re wearing shoes with Read more:Weights
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Stay in Shape During the Winter Season 2007-10-22 12:42:16 Skiing, skating, and snowboarding are great activities that make you spend time with your friends and get a good workout at the same time. Even if you can go to a gym, it`s good to enjoy the benefits you get from winter sports.
There are three types of skiing: downhill skiing, cross country skiing, and mogul skiing. The first type is very popular because it`s one of the best cardio exercises and helps you burn almost 650 calories per hour. It may also improve your hamstring, quad, gluteal, and calf muscles.
Cross country skiing makes you burn up to 760 calories per hour, it offers you the same benefits as downhill skiing, and builds your abdominal muscles, triceps, and biceps. Mogul skiing is probably the most difficult form of skiing but it`s the best for burning calories. It burns almost 870 calories per hour and works other muscles such as chest, gluteal, abdominal, and hip flexor muscles.
Another popular winter sport is snowboarding. This sport allows you to work on your calves, ha Read more:Shape
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Tips for a Healthier Lifestyle 2007-10-22 12:37:57 Stay in shape with a balanced diet and regular workout. Little physical exercise and unhealthy diet may lead to excess weight and health problems.
When it comes to healthy eating, some of the following tips might help:
• Eat for breakfast daily. This way, it’s less probable to overeat later. In the morning try some low-fat yogurt with low-fat granola, low-sugar cereal, or whole-wheat toast with peanut butter.
• Eat whole grains more often: brown rice, bulgur, oatmeal, pastas, and whole-wheat bread.
• Eat all kind of vegetables: collards, kale, mustard greens, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, red peppers, and carrots.
• Eat fresh or canned fruits. Fruit juice has little fiber.
• Use oils from olives, peanut, and canola. Fish and olives provide fats, minerals and vitamins healthy for the heart.
• Use peanut, nuts and avocado butters.
• Eat three meals daily and try to follow a healthy eating plan. A healthy diet should be low in fats, cholesterol, added sugars and salt. Include
Is Obesity Related to Gut Microbes? 2007-10-22 12:32:43 Gut microbes may represent valuable clues to determine the cause and treatment of obesity. Trillions of gut microbes break down complex molecules into simple sugars for energy and the excess is transformed into fat for long term storage.
This is the subject of a study conducted at Washington University School of Medicine, which shows that the balance between the two major families of intestinal bacteria changes when obese people lose weight.
The firmicutes and bacteriodetes represent almost ninety percent of the microbes in the gut of humans and white mice. They are considered to influence the weight loss.
Researchers found that when a person loses weight the number of bacteroidetes increases. A study on white mice proved that in case of the obese mice the gut bacteria has less bacteroidetes, and the same thing seems to happen to obese humans but the effects are different from one person to another.
Bacteria in the gut of obese mice could extract calories from complex carbohydrates eas
Diet and Workout Maintain Bone Health 2007-10-22 12:18:34 Regular workout protects the bones from the effects of a calorie-restricted diet, according to a recent study. Since working out prevents bone loss during voluntary weight loss, calorie deprivation should be combined with exercising in order to achieve a balance between losing weight and preserving the bone, according to Dl. Villareal.
Over a one-year time period, nineteen people followed a calorie-restricted diet, another nineteen ate as usual but engaged in regular workout, and ten people from the control group only followed a healthy lifestyle. The results showed a weight loss of about eighteen pounds and a bone density loss of more than two percent among the dieters.
The exercisers had a weight loss of almost fifteen pounds and no significant changes concerning bone mineral density. For the healthy lifestyle group there were no changes about the weight loss or the bone mineral density.
However, the calorie-restriction diet has benefic effects, according to Dr. Villareal. Calorie re Read more:Workout
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What Gives You Energy? 2007-11-23 08:21:19 Do you feel tired lately and have no energy? Try to fix the problem from the inside. Be careful what you eat. There are some things that may provide you the energy you need, and you may have no clue about them.
Cereals. They eliminate sugar slowly, so you`ll have a constant energy level. At the same time, they`re a good source of vitamin B, which makes the spleen work better. Specialists recommend that breakfast include a bowl of low-fat milk with cereals.
Corn. It`s full of nutrients that give you energy and maintain a constant level of glucose. This way you`ll concentrate better. In the morning you may try boiled corn with some honey.
Parsley. It`s rich in vitamin B12 and has more vitamin C that citric. It`s recommended for most foods in large amounts.
Green vegetables. Broccoli, asparagus, and spinach have vitamin B, magnesium, and iron. Eat them at lunch or dinner instead of fries.
Peaches. They have large amounts of water and a laxative effect. Peaches also help eliminate the toxi Read more:Energy
What`s the Right Portion Size? 2007-11-26 12:24:11 A “portion” is the amount of food eaten with one meal. There is a difference between a “serving” size and a portion. The serving size is listed on a product`s Nutrition Facts. The serving size and portion don`t always coincide.
The Nutrition Facts are printed on most packaged food and show how many calories, fat, sodium, or carbohydrates are in one serving of food. Sometimes a portion size may include two or three standard servings.
Put the serving size on a plate before eating it. This way, the standard serving can be compared to the actual amount of food you usually eat.
Serving sizes may be associated with everyday objects. For instance, the serving size of a cup of cereals or a baked potato should be as big as a fist. A medium fruit should be of the size of a baseball.
Half a cup of fresh fruits, ice cream, or the same amount of cooked rice, potato, or pasta should be like half of a baseball. The serving size for peanut butter is the size of a ping pong ball while the one f Read more:Right
Mood, Emotions Play Key Role in Food Choice 2007-12-06 08:05:50 The strongest craves for food occur when people are emotionally sensitive. Consciously or not, some people eat more when they face a difficult problem, have no occupation, or need comfort.
Others use food to suppress negative emotions. Emotional eating may be caused by anger, loneliness, stress, anxiety, sadness, or boredom and may affect individual`s weight loss program. Emotional eating makes people eat too much high-calorie food or salty, fatty, or sweet foods.
Overeating may be caused by major life events such as health problems, divorce, or unemployment. The stress from work, changes in the routine, the bad weather, or other daily life hassles can make people eat more.
The addictive qualities of some foods make people eat when they feel blue. For instance, chocolate makes the body release considerable amounts of opiates that increase mood and satisfaction. This may lead to a preference for foods that offsets negative emotions.
Food may become a distraction when one remembers an ea Read more:Choice
Losing Weight Through Hypnosis: Myth or Reality? 2007-12-19 06:59:54 The hypnotic state is a high state of concentration, relaxation, and suggestibility. Hypnosis
can make people learn positive eating behaviors. More and more people are starting to see hypnosis as an easy solution to the difficult problem of losing weight.
Through hypnosis, the attitude towards food is changed. Many people overeat as a substitute for love, well-being, or safety. Hypnosis sessions help people reduce the importance of food from their perspective and enjoy their food, only in smaller amounts.
Hypnosis also identifies triggers for eating, brings more confidence and self-esteem, and increase the desire for healthy foods.
The few studies that researched the connection between hypnosis and weight loss showed positive results, but were poised by certain methodological problems that question their accuracy. In one such study, overweight subjects lost almost twenty pounds after eight sessions of hypnosis treatment and twelve weeks of self-hypnosis. However, the results of this st Read more:Weight
, Losing Weight
Obesity Increases the Prostate Cancer Death Risk 2008-02-21 10:13:06 Obese men suffering from prostate cancer are two-and-a-half times more likely to die from it compared to normal-weight men, according to a recent study from Fred Hutchinson Cancer
Research Center.
The study involved almost eight hundred middle-aged men who were recently diagnosed with prostate-cancer, and followed the subjects for ten years. Seventeen percent of the subjects [...] Read more:Prostate
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