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Help with Food to Prevent Obesity?

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

help with food to prevent obesity

The numbers frighten her speak in global terms of obesity. The World Health Organization estimated that 80% of the European population are overweight and that 30% of them are obese, plus 20% of children and adolescents have obesity, while one third are obese.

In this context, efforts to stop this kind of pandemic with extra kilos are always welcome, and it is in this line that includes an interesting and innovative proposal for the organization Puleva Biotech, which has raised development foods that prevent obesity.

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Why the Chinese are so thin? (II)

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

This article is continued, “Why the Chinese are so thin?

What makes the Chinese people so thin? Is it due to genes? A more active lifestyle?

“By drinking the liquid in which vegetables are cooked, the Chinese people did not guarantee that the vitamins are lost are lost during the cooking process,” he says.

Clissold also finds that China has a much stronger culture in regard to enjoying food as a social event, making it a pleasant moment of relaxation.

“In China I found myself surrounded by people who enjoy eating, eat until full three times a day and never worry about obesity or the calories.”

One mystery is why the Chinese do not add calories?, Culture of food in China is influenced by Taoist ideas about food and the body.

“The Chinese people are very clear concept about what you eat is directly related to the health and eat to nourish the whole body, rather than look outward appearances, that is the case in many Western diet regimes” says.

She describes the need for balance in the diet, balancing both yin and yang of food, as well as the five flavors: sweet, spicy, salty, sour and bitter.

Each flavor affects a different body, for example, sweet flavors affect the spleen and stomach, while bitter tastes affect the heart and small intestine.

“The correct amount of benefits a taste, too much can damage the organ.” he says. “A good Chinese diet will have a balance of yin and yang of food, as well as the five flavors. Continue.

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Fatty foods could be banned to stop obesity

Friday, March 5th, 2010

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Food products produced by manufacturers with high fat and salt could be modified in its recipe to establish a new line to combat obesity.

The warning came as the English Department of Health launched a campaign for the New Year aimed to obesity.

Ben Bradshaw, Minister of Health, warned that obesity is increasing so fast that by 2050 four out of 10 children and nine of 10 adults will be obese or overweight.

He promised that the Government would take action on the matter in the incorporation of new rules to force food companies to play a role in changing eating habits imposing limits on the amount of fat and salt in some products. (more…)

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Sweeteners increase triglycerides in obese adults

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

Sweeteners

Obese people who drink sweetened with fructose in their food have a greater increase in triglycerides after a meal, according to new research from the Monell Center.

“The increase in triglycerides after a meal, serve as predictors of cardiovascular disease,” says Monell member and study author Karen L. Teff, a metabolic physiologist.

“Our results show that beverages sweetened with fructose elevate triglyceride levels in obese people, who are already at risk for metabolic disorders such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes.” (more…)

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Prevent Obesity: 5 Common Emotions that are hungry

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

Emotions at hungry

The emotional states lead us to overeat and often uncontrolled and large quantities of food, usually by flowing comfort in junk food, as a response to moods, rather than the natural hunger.

These emotions affect hunger stimulation under these conditions:

1. Ira
If you are angry with yourself, another person or situation, to drown his feelings is easier to stifle them with food, to deal with the problem itself.

2. Desesperanza
When you come to believe that: “Nothing really matters anyway,” Nothing in life is to change or improve for me, is when we come to the conclusion, why should I care about my health or weight? Also eating makes me feel better. (the extreme sense of hopelessness that are typical of chronic depression).

(In this case it’s yours, please, talk to a mental health professional in particular when that feeling of hopelessness is continuous). (more…)

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