Before you grab that large size coke or that mouthwatering bacon cheeseburger, You may want to read this, Being overweight can be just as problematic as being underweight. The health consequence can be risky, if not fatal. The patients who are obese die younger. Moreover, exceeding your ideal weight can put you at risk for the following:
1. Arthritis: Due to increasing weight joint pains leading to arthritis couldn't be far behind. Besides, Studies says Even if you tell people to exercise, They cannot move anymore. (scary ei?!) because their weight is so heavy.
2. Infertility: Because weight affects processes such as ovulation, and even quality sperm production, infertility is a consequence for overweight males and females. too fat, too lazy. no sex no baby. Reduce your weight so you can conceive.
3. Diabetes: "It has been found that there's a parallel increase of the diabetes threads(in overweight people)" In The United States, 60% of the population is gaining weight, and type 2 diabetes is increasing in prevalence as well. You can see children are very big, and you will see the prevalence of diabetes also increases. Just imagine getting fat and getting diabetic. two concerns will be prevented if you will just slow down in your calorie intake and carefully plan your diet.
4. Social stigma: Although not a medical consequence, It's one that's equally important. " On TV now, Everybody are extremely thin. All these ads, all the models looks anorexic. So whenever vain women see this It puts signals on their brains, So fat people are stigmatized.
5. Sleep Apnea- This is a sleep disorder characterized by pauses in breathing just imagine this , your so big the lungs become affected. This makes you prone to sudden death. Nobody want that to happen .
No matter how hard it is, Patience and discipline leads to a healthier life!So eat well. Eat healthy food well!
I stumbled a funny cartoon video at flowgo.com about eating too much chocolate. Yeah everything too much is not cool. Just eat what you like but not too much. Enjoy the video.
Besides being linked to atherosclerosis, fats are also under heavy suspicion as a contributing cause of cancer. Cancer of the breast appears to be related to excessive use of highly refined corn and vegetables oils. Laboratory studies in animals have shown that the more fat consumed, the more cancer observed. When research animals were fed both high-fat and high protein at the same time, they showed a higher incidence of cancers than when fed only high-fat or high protein alone. Studies from research laboratories have led to the following conclusions:
- Transplanted tumors in animals are promoted when excess fat is given.
- Virus-caused cancer is promoted by excess fat.
- Cancer, secondary to X-ray radiation, is promoted by excess fat.
- Chemically-caused cancer is promoted by excess fat.
The right fats in the right amounts are absolutely essential for every cell of our body.
Some of us really don't know how much cholesterol we consume on every food that we eat, sometimes its too late to know. Would you like to know which foods contains the most cholesterol, and therefore should seldom be eaten, or eaten at all. The following list of common foods with their cholesterol content recorded in milligrams/100 grams (3.5 ounces) of food:
High Cholesterol Foods = Cholesterol MGS%/100 Grams
Brain = 2000
Egg yolks (x6) = 1500
Kidney = 375
Liver = 300
Butter = 250
Oyster = 200
Lobster = 200
Crab meat = 125
Shrimp = 125
Cream cheese = 120
Moderate Cholesterol Foods = Cholesterol MGS%/100 Grams
Yellow cheese = 100
Lard, animal fat = 95
Whipping cream = 85
Beef = 70
Fish = 70
Pork = 70
Chicken = 60
Ice cream = 45
Low Cholesterol Foods = Cholestero lMGS%/100 Grams
Cottage cheese (4% fat) = 15
Milk, whole = 11
Milk, skim = 3
Egg whites = 0
Fruits = 0
Grains (rice, wheat, oats corn, millet) = 0
Nuts = 0
Vegetables = 0
Health authorities recommend that aperson eat no more than 250 mg. cholesterol per day (equivallent to 1 egg yolk). This list will give you ideas on how to select foods in order to eat healthfully. By eating only the low cholesterol foods, you will have a well balanced, hearty, and delicious diet with wonderfull variety as well. You can eat sometime the medium cholesterol foods, but at least avoid high cholesterol foods. So start estbalishing good eating habits for more healthier life.
There are artificial foods that doctor's also suggest to eat or use to his patients, because there are some reason's why they suggest it. For example a diabetic patient, diabetic patients are often prohibit to eat foods that are rich in sugar, so how can a patient eat sweet foods, here the doctor advise the patient to use aspartame. Aspartame is a kind of artificial food that is alternative for sugar, like sugar it taste sweet.
But base on studies they have suspicion in the short term safety on using aspartame, because they receive medical complaints like allergic reaction hives and rashes, there are also complaints of behavioral disturbances like sleep disorder, hyper acidity, depression, loss of vision, headache, diarrhea abdominal pain, menstrual irregularities and intense thirst.
Another kind of artificial foods are fake fats, example of fake fats are simplesse and olestra. Fake fats are made for intentionally make calories we eat are less than fats. There are fake fats that are made from starch like corn starch, cellulose gel, whey and oat bran, there are also fake fats from the combination of sugar, protein and edible fatty acids from egg white and whey that can make make big molecules that is passing through digestive system without changes.
But the side effects of eating fake fats is the deficiency on fat soluble vitamins A and E.
