Archive for Weight Loss
Morbidly Obese & Pregnancy Complications
Posted by: | CommentsObese and morbidly obese women are more likely to have pregnancy complications and caesarean sections than women of average weight, according to a study published in the April 2004 American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. The controlled study is one of the largest ever to look at obesity in pregnancy, following more than 16,000 pregnant women at 14 medical centers across the country.
Compared with women of normal weight, obese and morbidly obese pregnant women were at greater risk for gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, fetal birth weight greater than 4,000 grams, and fetal birth weight greater than 4,500 grams, the study finds.
Dieting Effects Body pH
Posted by: | CommentsIf you remember back to the days of high school and science class, you’ll recall some information on pH. pH is the measure of activity of and potency of hydrogen ions in a substance. The scale used to measure pH is broken down into two categories: acid and alkaline. The area in between is neutral. Your body is a substance in which the pH can be measured. This is important because the pH of your body can determine your level of wellbeing. Diets are directly affected by pH.
Easy Steps To Weight Loss
Posted by: | CommentsIt can be intimidating to follow a weight loss plan, right? Sometimes there are so many rules, and so many major changes in your life required. Is there another way? Not just another diet or plan, but a whole different approach?
Try Small Changes To Lose Weight
If a diet or a complicated weight-loss system is just too overwhelming, try making a small change instead. For example, develop the habit of eating celery or another low-calorie food before any other snacks, so you don’t eat as much of the junk.
Dieting Effects – Alcohol
Posted by: | CommentsDieting presents many complications if you are not fully committed to changing your lifestyle. Many people are more than willing to pick the parts of the diet that they are comfortable with, only to hang onto the bad habits that got them there in the first place.
Alcohol can play in important role in your diet more than just the added calories or carbohydrates:
- Alcohol creates an acidic environment in your body. The kidneys have a hard time ridding your body of the waste and create problems in cellular function. You won’t get the most out of your body since it is concentrating on other functions that can be alleviated. If you smoke when you drink, it just adds more acid forming ash into the process.
Dieting Effects – Fruits
Posted by: | CommentsEveryone knows that introducing healthier foods into their diet is a good idea. Fruits and vegetables are really what they are talking about. Of course, there are probably lots of foods that can be eliminated to have a healthier body.
Fruits are defined as the fleshy seed-bearing part of the plant that we all get to enjoy. Vegetables are plant parts that we eat, so technically all fruits are also vegetables.
The good thing about fruits is that we get to eat them. The recommended amount of fruit for your day is five to nine pieces. Fruit can make the best breakfast. It’s light, full of energy and nutrients, and very tasty. Fruit hydrates the body and helps the diet levels.
Food for People with High Cholesterol
Posted by: | CommentsBad cholesterol nestles stubbornly in the body. This common fact causes great amount of effort to afflicted ones. If only cholesterol can be passed out or rinsed easily with water, then the fear accompanying its effects will not be gruesome to prepare about. The sad thing about bad cholesterol is its presence in the minute-diameter of the veins, where the life-giving flow of blood must not be trafficked even for a second.
Don’t take it wrong. The presence of good cholesterol is an important ingredient in our vital processes. It is the bad cholesterol, which has to be prevented from clogging the arteries. Usually it takes years of careless consumption of high cholesterol foods to find out one day it is too late to eliminate the disadvantage.
Are You Really Overweight?
Posted by: | CommentsIf you are overweight, you know it by how you feel, how your clothes fit or how you look. But, by how much are you really overweight? And how much weight do you need to lose? One measure of how much you should weight is by determining your Body Mass Index, BMI. This index gives you the relationship of your weight to your height. Here is the formula:
Your BMI = [(yourWeight)/(your Height x your Height)] x 705
If you weight 143 lbs and are 64 in tall, then
your BMI = [(143) / (64 x 64)] x 705 = 26.2. Based on the chart below a BMI of 26.2 is overweight.
Common Sense Approach To Weight Loss After Pregnancy
Posted by: | CommentsEvery woman gains weight while she is pregnant. This is the way how it is and always has been. And it is as it is: It is also perfectly normal for a woman wanting to lose weight after a pregnancy. There is absolutely nothing wrong with aspiring to get yourself back into shape right after having giving birth to a baby. In fact – weight loss to a certain degree is certainly encouraged. Overweight just causes different health issues in the mid to long term.
