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Weight Loss by Surgery, is this the Best Option?

Saturday, July 17th, 2010

Weight Loss by Surgery, is this the Best Option?

Are you looking to lose weight? If this is your case, there is a good chance you’ve heard of weight loss surgery screen. The weight loss surgery is the means used by many people. Although this surgery has helped thousands of Americans to lose weight, improve their appearance and their health, it not just is for you.

When it comes to determining if weight loss surgery is the best way for you, there are a number of factors you need to consider. One of these factors is your current weight. Most of the time, you will find that these surgeons ask their patients to be at least eighty pounds overweight. If you are not overweight, then you may not be able to undergo such surgery. If this is the case, you should keep in mind that there are a number of different approaches to weight loss that you can try.
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Walking for Weight Loss – The Reasons

Friday, April 16th, 2010

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Here are 7 reasons why it works:

Walking burns calories. For example a person weighing about 75 pounds and walk a mile in 9 minutes, burn an average of 550-800 calories an hour. These calories are comparable to a regular meal.

Regular walking increases your metabolic rate. It is known fact that a walk five times a week for 30 minutes at a moderate to vigorous intensity increases your metabolic rate. This increase in metabolism lasts for several hours after exercise, so we continue to burn calories at a faster rate even after the end of the walk and being relaxed. (more…)

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Walking for Weight Loss (III)

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

walking for weight lossThe body burns calories when you mark a rhythm with your feet, said James Levine and colleagues from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, in the journal Science (volume 307, p. 584) in its Friday morning edition.

The researchers conducted an experiment with ten people of normal weight and ten others who were slightly overweight, who are placed sensors on the body. These devices recorded every movement, however small it was, all day.

All participants had jobs that were to remain seated. During the ten-day experience normal activities, except that they ate at the clinic, to ensure that all consume equal portions for the same amount of calories. (more…)

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Walking for Weight Loss (II)

Saturday, April 10th, 2010

walking for weight lossThe deficit of sedentary activity of participants did not necessarily reflect a lack of motivation, Levine said.

Instead, it could indicate a difference in the chemistry of the brain, because even when obese people lose weight, still leading a sedentary life. And when the thin gain weight, it nevertheless adopted sedentary habits.

The researchers studied ten subjects and ten moderately obese thin and dressed with a special underwear which used a technology developed for the control panels of the jets.

Distributed sensors that recorded underwear postures and movements of the subjects 24 hours a day for ten days. (more…)

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Walking for Weight Loss (I)

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

walking for weight lossApparently, some people spend more time in sedentary than other reclining in their chairs or armchairs. And that difference could be key to determining who will gain weight and who is going to stay slim.

Researchers at the Mayo Clinic believe they are not traveling to the gym, but the rhythm of daily activities which is the determining factor for setting the weight of each person, as a small study of people who describe themselves as sedentary .

The scientists found that obese people studied sat for 150 minutes a day more than lean people who participated in the study. This meant that the first burn about 350 calories less than the latter. (more…)

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Caffeine and The Myth on Weight Loss (II)

Sunday, April 4th, 2010

caffeine and the myth on weight loss

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Caffeine Metabolism

The absorption of caffeine at gastrointestinarl is fast and virtually complete within 45 minutes of ingestion.

But the potential effects of caffeine on the metabolism of fats, are inconclusive. The studies focus on the effect on the body of caffeine intake and its effect topical level, ie as an ingredient in creams or gels on the skin. Gastrointestinal level, absorption is rapid and the plasma concentration of the substance is reached between 15-120 minutes after consumption and has a half-life of 2.5-4.5 hours in young people and adults, while in children and the elderly can take many more hours to metabolize. (more…)

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Yo-yo effect: how to avoid the yo yo effect after a diet?

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

The yo-yo effect is that of losing weight (a plan) before resuming kg lost even more. For example, you lose weight of 10 kilograms but repeat 14.

Those who suffer the yo-yo cycle often speak of yo-yo:

yoyo-diet* You start a reduced calorie diet to lose weight and do not exercise. As a result, your metabolic rate decreases (now your body burns fewer calories each day than it did),
* You stop your plan,
* Now you start to eat as much food (or even more, because of a lack of sensation) before you start your plan,
* Therefore, you take even more weight to weigh more than before the procedure (because of your metabolic rate decreased and / or because you constantly eat foods “forbidden” during the regime),
* Frustrated (e) your gain weight, you start a diet,
* Your metabolic rate decreases even more,
* You take the weight and add even more weight at this stage,
* The cycle continues.

React quickly

It is natural that your weight varies from a few kilograms, but if you see your balance indicate 2 kilos more overnight, act immediately.
Do not wait until you are on the slippery slope to return to your original weight. Renew your commitments just in food and resume your exercise to burn more calories, and you’ll see the extra weight go away again.

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Certain positive emotions such as optimism, can hinder weight loss

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

A recent study conducted in Japan concluded that certain psychological characteristics, positive in principle, could be a difficulty in losing weight. The reason could be that, to the extent that they have, people would be more refractory to let guide or advise.

The research was conducted at the Kansai Medical University Hospital (Japan) over 101 obese patients. Were subjected for 6 months in a therapy combining weight-loss advice, diet and exercise. We conducted a psychosocial profile of the same before and after therapy.

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