Hardly a minute passes after we turn on the TV that we see a commercial portraying a scantily-dressed female with a great body and a man with great abs and “six-packs”. This image of perfect body structures is pushed to us by the media day-in day-out and has become what the mind accepts as the […]
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The presence of fat in your body helps your body store fat, adds insulation for heat, and adds a layer of shock absorption. Your percentage of body fat, which you should have to be healthy, should consist of 25%-39% for a male and for a woman it should be 18%-23%. If you are a male
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One of the points we note especially when watching TV, movies and even reading fashion magazines, is the way the image of the flat-stomached male or female is portrayed as being the ideal. While this can result in a low self-esteem for people who have an over-extended tummy, striving to reduce tummy size is a
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With obesity reaching record levels, following a high protein low carb diet is often the suggested approach to losing weight. But does it work? High protein diets were extremely popular but studies have shown that they can cause bad breath, digestive issues and may even cause kidney disorders. No diet that concentrates on one food
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Being overweight has its inherent dangers and can even result in death. Ask the 300,000 to 400,000 people who die each year in the United States due to weight-related complications across the board. Weight gain, which is also known as obesity, is defined as having a BMI or body mass index of 25-59. Body mass
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This is a good question; is 2009 going to be the year that you lose weight? For many, this is going to the one of the New Year’s Resolutions. Unfortunately, there are people who had this same resolution last year and this year they will be making the same resolution yet again because they did
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Overweight is the amount of body weight including muscles, bone, fat, and water that are in excess. Obesity is the excess of accumulated body fat. It is possible to be overweight based on factors of muscle, such as the case of body builders, which have muscle that weighs three times the amount as fat. Most
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There are numerous causes of obesity. It is a very complex and often chronic disease. Obesity is not the same as being overweight and it is most often not caused by overeating. Studies and research have shown that the most common factor in determining risks of obesity is genetics. People that suffer from morbid obesity
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In the past doctors thought, overweight patients had increased risks of developing heart failure due to complications from diabetes, coronary heart disease, and high blood pressure yet new studies show that obesity leads to heart failure without the other medical conditions present. The studies also show that even excess body weight tremendously increases the risks
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Since obesity is higher than ever before, there is a larger demand for researchers to find “quick fixes” or concoctions to help combat this. Obesity often leads to heart disease so companies are looking more at ways to help people lose weight. One of the ideas they are looking at is herbalism and its remedies.
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