There is a close absolute relationship between the body’s metabolism and aging. Normally, with the aging of human body, the metabolism will also slow down gradually, so, the calories needed to maintain the body weight values will be decreased. Due to this reason, with the age growth, weight gain will also be inevitable.
How does the aging affect the metabolism? The answer is very clear – body composition. The body composition change is the main reason leading to the body metabolism be slowed. In general, after 45 years of age, the average person’s muscle mass will decrease about 10% per decade, which is equivalent to subtract a catty or half a catty of cellulite. Compared with fat, muscle will burn more calories, so,[Read More]

Recently, a friend asked: for anaerobic exercise and aerobic exercise, which effect of weight loss would be better? The answer should be the effect of aerobic exercise is better. Because aerobic exercise can stimulate the whole body’s metabolism and help burn fat. Characteristics of aerobic exercise are low intensity, rhythmic, and a longer duration. As long as the exercise time is not less than 1 hour each time, 3-5 times a week insisted. This aerobic exercise can not only be able to decompose the body’s sugar, but also consume excess body fat. At the same time, it also helps to lower blood pressure, reduce blood lipid and blood glucose control, make people very energetic to ensure living confidence, also can enhance the[Read More]

Many people think that excessive consumption of starchy foods will cause obesity. Therefore, when losing weight, some people do not eat rice, pasta and other starchy foods including too much starchy. Especially the lower body obese women, that are the result of eating too much starch. So, do we can not eat really the starch? Is it really one cause of obesity?
In fact, this is a lack of knowledge on causing obesity, starch is not the reason for causing you to get fat, but it is due to the intake of too many calories. You should note that the number of calories intake daily(Calculate the daily consumption of calories), and is not to eat much starch. In people’s daily total calorie intake[Read More]

Consuming more nuts appears to be associated with improvements in blood cholesterol levels, according to research.
“Dietary interventions to lower blood cholesterol concentrations and to modify blood lipoprotein levels are the cornerstone of prevention and treatment plans for coronary heart disease,” the authors write as background information in the article. “Recently, consumption of nuts has been the focus of intense research because of their potential to reduce coronary heart disease risk and to lower blood lipid [fat and cholesterol] levels based on their unique nutritional attributes.” Nuts are rich in plant proteins, fats (especially unsaturated fatty acids), dietary fiber, minerals, vitamins and other compounds, such as antioxidants and phytoesterols.
Joan Sabaté, M.D., Dr.P.H., of Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, Calif., and colleagues pooled primary[Read More]

Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology have found an association between the level of leisure time physical exercise and a future risk of developing fibromyalgia. The research team also identified BMI as an independent risk factor for fibromyalgia.
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic pain syndrome characterized by widespread pain lasting more than 3 months, and tender point sites in the neck, shoulders, back, hips, arms, and legs. Associated features often include unexplained fatigue, sleep disturbances, headache, cognitive difficulty, and mood disturbances. The prevalence of FM increases with age and is considerably higher among women than men. Although the etiology of FM is poorly understood, many authors have suggested that a dysfunctional autonomic nervous system involving deficiencies in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA)[Read More]

Today’s young generation is getting fatter and fatter. This is due to their unhealthy lifestyle. The days of home cooked meals and lots of play time in the backyard or in the park are long gone. Nowadays eating huge fast food meals and laying at the computer all day long is the norm. That is why more and more children are obese.
Obesity, regardless of your age, comes with lots of health risks. The biggest problem obese children and adults have to tackle is diabetes. I’m not talking about type 1 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes isn’t curable and you have to take insulin shots for the rest of your days if you have it because your pancreas doesn’t produce any insulin.
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Effect of mutation blunted in people with above-average activity scores, study finds:
Physical activity may reduce the risk of obesity in people with a genetic mutation that predisposes them to high body-mass index (BMI), says a U.S. study.
Recent research has shown a link between BMI and variants of the fat mass and obesity associated with the (FTO) gene. The mutations connected with obesity occur in about 30 percent of European populations and are associated with a 1.75-kilogram (3.9-lb.) increase in body weight, according to background information in the study.
While lifestyle factors such as diet and exercise are important factors in weight control, it’s not exactly clear how they interact with genetics.
In this study, researchers analyzed DNA samples from 704 healthy Amish adults, average[Read More]

Excess estrogen may contribute to malignancy, study suggests:
Obese postmenopausal women who have never used hormone replacement therapy may face an increased risk of ovarian cancer, compared to normal-weight women, a new study suggests.
Interestingly, obese women who have used hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for symptoms of menopause may not face increased risk for this type of malignancy.
The take-home message is a familiar one, experts said: Maintain a healthy body weight.
“This is another, very fine epidemiologic study that shows a relationship between obesity and female-related cancers,” said Dr. Jay Brooks, chairman of hematology/oncology at Ochsner Health System in Baton Rouge, La. “The two leading causes of cancer in the western world today are tobacco and obesity. We’ve made enormous progress with tobacco-related malignancies[Read More]

Do you know that a breastfeeding woman can burn up to 600 calories per day without following any special diet or exercise regime? If you are wondering how this is possible, read this article, as it explains how breastfeeding and weight loss are related to each other.
Generally, the first thought that comes to the mind of most women after delivery is how to get back in shape. Most expectant mothers tend to gain 35 pounds during pregnancy, and then lose 12 – 14 pounds after childbirth. But after delivery what bothers them the most is those extra 20 pounds which they want to shed as early as possible. But in this quest of losing weight after pregnancy, many women start following some[Read More]

The fear is that while fasting, the metabolism will slow down and afterward there will be more weight gained than before the fast. Initially, any calorie reduction will cause a lowering in the BMR or base metabolic rate. Cleansing will bring health that will increase metabolic performance and energy output. In other words, you will eat less and feel more energetic.
After fasting, the body is more efficient. Digestion is better due to a cleaner colon. The colon walls have been cleansed of impacted feces, allowing improved absorption of nutrients. The good news is that greater efficiency equals enhanced energy. Healthy people burn more calories. They also eat less because they are more active and feel better about themselves. They don’t need food[Read More]