Archive for November, 2009
Why Americans are so fat?
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on November 25th, 2009
Put boldly like this as the title to the article, this is close to being politically incorrect. We are not supposed to talk about people who are overweight. This intrudes into their privacy. We are being discriminatory in some way. Yet, when you come to the hard statistics collected by the federal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, there is absolutely no doubt about the national trend. The CDC has been producing the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys for decades. It’s the CDC’s way of keeping its finger on the pulse of the average American. The first study was done almost sixty years ago.
At that time, about one quarter of all Americans were overweight, i.e. had a Body Mass Index of more than 27. This was the steady result as time passed until the Survey results came in the 1980′s. Suddenly, one third of the population was overweight. In just ten years, millions of Americans switched their eating habits from moderate to excessive. If you could be persuaded to think of this as being like the spread of a disease, this would be an epidemic. And, just like a disease, it has continued to spread. Now more than twelve million adults have a BMI of 40 or more. In everyday terms, this has meant the replacement of the routine things we use in public places. Revolving doors are now bigger. Chairs are wider and strengthened. Even coffins have had to be enlarged.
So what changed and why? The answer is rooted in evolution. For survival purposes, we are hard-wired to eat during the years of plenty so we can live through the inevitable famine. Except, in modern times, no famine appears. This just leaves us with the appetite for high calorie foods to build up fat. Worse, as hunter gatherers, we had to run after our food to catch and kill it, or endlessly dig in the field to grow it. Now we drive down to the convenience store. Our lifestyles changed from active to sedentary. The final nail in the coffin was price. Before we applied technology to agriculture, food was quite expensive but, over the last forty years, the real price of food has been falling fast. Now we can all afford to overeat.
So to lose weight, we have to fight evolution. Just as our brains keep telling our bodies to eat more fat to store up energy, we have to tell ourselves to eat less and exercise more to burn off the fat. One of the key weapons to use in this fight is phentermine. This is a chemical designed to work in our brains. Instead of our stomach having a clear line of communication to our heads with the message that our stomachs are empty, this drug blocks the message. So, when some people start feeling hungry and automatically reach for the cookie jar, the phentermine user does not feel like eating snacks between meals. It kills the hunger pangs and makes it easier to keep to a diet. Now when we tell ourselves to exercise alongside the diet, there is more likelihood we will burn off some of these unwanted pounds and start looking and feeling more healthy.
Celebrities should lose their hair with dignity
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on November 24th, 2009
There’s one undeniable fact about the human head – it sticks out of the top of your body and represents the first thing other people see when you come into view. In some cultures, it’s acceptable for the head to be completely covered. So, if you go to a strict moslem country, women will only appear in public wearing a hijab (a headscarf) or a burqa which covers the head and upper body. In other cultures, men must cover their heads, e.g. in Sikhism, men are required to wear a turban to cover their uncut hair. Such religious observances and cultural practices are useful if people’s hair begins to thin or fall out. The loss remains hidden. In Western cultures, the majority of people are not obliged to cover their heads. Hence, the decision to do so is often taken as a sign they are beginning to lose their hair and want to hide the fact.
There’s been considered coverage in the press recently about Andre Agassi. He was one of the best tennis players of his generation and remains a celebrity of sufficient star power that he’s publishing a tell-all autobiography. As part of the prepublication marketing campaign, he’s been making one or two startling admissions. No doubt this will do wonders for the book sales figures. The most exciting is the story of his drug abuse. What? Andre Agassi a drug cheat? Well, the story goes that, as his hair started to drop out, Andre got depressed. Just think. Here’s this cool, long-haired athlete with women throwing themselves at his feet and then all his hair starts to drop out. At a stroke, his sex appeal is gone. So he did a little crystal meth, as you do when you get depressed, and then lied about it when the tennis authorities started talking about banning him. Then he cleaned up his act, shaved his head and wore his baldness with pride, marrying one of the sexiest women tennis players on the planet to prove his full recovery.
So what were his choices way back in time. There’s no way he could have worn a wig. Just imagine he’s serving for the title in a Grand Slam Tournament and his hair unexpectedly drops off. People are also going to notice if he starts having transplants. So he did the only thing possible to maintain his charisma. He shaved his head. Today, there’s a new option. Taken early enough in the hair loss cycle, propecia stops hair loss, may prompt some regrowth and maintains a “head of hair” for as long as you keep taking the drug. The World Anti-Doping Agency has not placed propecia on the list of banned substances so modern athletes can preserve their spectacular plumage with chemical support. This just leaves one question. Is Agassi now going to be prosecuted as a result of baring his soul. The answer is a little complicated. The statute of limitations has expired on the drug use so he’s safe there. But there could be possible consequences for lying to the tennis authorities. No doubt he had good legal advice before admitting this and so can laugh all the way to the bank as people buy his autobiography.
Do your genes affect your weight?
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on November 20th, 2009
As people have become more aware of genetics, a number of myths have been born. The most common is that the genes you inherit from your parents fix your body type and, no matter what you do, you cannot change it. This makes genetics a very convenient excuse when people are looking to explain why their latest diet is a failure. The reality is rather different. Genetics is science looking at the process that enables each new generation to inherit characteristics from the parental generation. People are deceived into believing that this science is very precise when researchers announce they have identified a particular gene responsible for an inherited disease. Science fiction stories have popularized the idea that parents will soon be able to order designer babies. Now the authors who are looking to sell their latest diet books have begun to push the idea that one size does not fit all genetic types. Rather, every individual has to assess their “genetic type” and then choose the most effective diet. The myth is being spread that basic human chemistry does not work in the same way across all human beings. “Experts” claim that people absorb carbohydrates, fat and protein in different ways. This difference can be measured by blood type, fingerprints and inside leg measurement, among other factors. Diets and exercise programs can be designed for individuals based on these factors. It seems science can help people lose weight.
Except, as in all cases, the myths are completely false. This is the old nature/nurture debate redesigned to fit into a newly recognized science. At present, there’s absolutely no evidence to show that the presence or absence of particular genes has any effect on obesity levels. No matter what the advertizers try to tell you, there’s no DNA/gene test to tell you anything useful about how to diet. The only evidence currently available that is relevant and of potential interest is that some genes do affect behavior including how quickly people feel full after eating. Obviously, if some people are slower to recognize their stomachs are full, they are more likely to overeat.
So how should people aim to lose weight? There’s one truth amongst all the myths. One-size does not fit all. The foods I like to eat may be the food you dislike the most. To keep up motivation for the diet, you do not just eat the same 1300 calories as everyone else. You should tailor the diet to your own likes and dislikes. If you put together a net-loss calorie menu including varieties of foods you like, you are far more likely to keep to the diet without getting bored. Now add in phentermine to keep your appetite in check, and you have made a good start to losing weight. Phentermine will overcome any genetic barrier to recognizing a full stomach. It’s the tried-and-tested drug that safely and effectively gives you control over the quantity you eat. With some exercise to burn additional calories, you will slowly see the pounds fall away.
The old ways are the only game in town
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on November 20th, 2009
This October saw yet another medical device fail in a high-profile clinical trial. Alongside the pharmaceutical industry, manufacturers have been designing devices to help people lose weight. Why? Well, with obesity reaching epidemic proportions around the world, there are millions of people “out there” waiting to buy something that will help them shed unwanted pounds. Everyone wants a quick and easy solution to an age-old problem: how can you lose weight without any change in your lifestyle? Everyone wants to keep on eating without paying the price in extra pounds. Unfortunately, just as there’s no sign of a magic bullet drug that will burn away those unwanted pounds, the latest scientific implant has also failed. It has been deja vu all over again. The pre-trial hype claimed this revolutionary device would use technology to suppress appetite. If people do not feel hungry, they will eat less and lose weight.
This latest failure forces everyone back to the real world. There are no drugs in the development pipeline to save people from themselves. There are no magic machines you can wave over your body or have a surgeon implant. The only way to lose weight is to eat a sensible diet and exercise. The hard rule is that you have to burn more calories than you eat. In the stock exchange, the share price of the latest manufacturer to claim a miracle treatment fell by almost 80% when the news of failure was announced. Reading this, your spirits have also fallen sharply. This is sad news. Indeed, this is why most people fail to lose weight. They get depressed when weight does not fall off. They give up the “unequal struggle” with their waistlines. The necessary lifestyle changes never materialize.
The problem starts when you’re young. You’re surrounded by unhealthy food and it comes in giant portions. Worse, your parents now have the money to pay for this food. Go back fifty years and there was less money around. Parents struggled to put food on the table. Most people grew up thin. By a curious coincidence, fifty years ago saw the release of phentermine into the weight loss market. This was a revolutionary drug designed to reduce appetite. Now that the world desperately needs a way to help people lose weight, phentermine is still the drug of choice. Except there’s just one small problem. All phentermine does is to reduce your appetite. This leaves you with the hard lifting. You still have to change your eating habits and eat smaller portions of healthier food. The most weight will only be lost if you also exercise. The need is still to burn more calories than you eat. If your lifestyle remains the same, you will fail even though the drug has an unbeatable track record – fifty years of safe and effective treatment.
Let your weight loss process begin
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on November 18th, 2009
US is very familiar with the problem of weight gain. Every fourth person in the country suffers from obesity. Appetite suppressants seem to be the only solution for those that can’t control their appetite or have a food disorder. If you desperate to lose weight and you don’t want to harm the rest of the body you should know to have a healthy diet and do exercises every single day. But it is only for those who are strong-willed people with the ability to control their habits and actions. For those that don’t trust themselves with the right choice when it comes to food control – pills are the only option left.
Different drugs bring different effects to people. And this, in most cases, is due to the different organisms and different reactions for the same drug. But there is another aspect to everything that was mentioned above. The attitude towards the medication plays a very big part and can’t be ignored. Some of us don’t care enough to take the treatment seriously and we suffer for it later on. What usually happens is that people are unable to see the real reason for the side-effect if it is not their natural body reaction. They are willing to blame everyone from the doctor that prescribed the drug to the actual pill itself, accusing the manufacturer of inability to create a good medication. But the truth lies underneath it all. Those people are simply not able to admit that they didn’t do enough to recover and get their body to feel better and healthier.
If you suffer from immediate weight gain don’t let yourself think that when you stop eating at all it will all change. No! All you will do with this action is create even more complications for your health and turn this temporary problem into a long-lasting problem for yourself and your doctor in the future. Don’t give yourself a chance to starve. You need to reduce the hunger, not make yourself a sick person that doesn’t eat or want to eat at all. This is not healthy! Your body organs will be damaged and you might need a new different medication together with the weight loss one. Drinking alcohol is strictly banned and it doesn’t matter which pill you are about to take. No appetite reducing pill allows it.
Most appetite suppressants are used on an empty stomach so if you know you have a reaction on pills before you eat food in the morning; mid-day or evening please talk to your doctor about this matter. You should know not to have any secrets from the person you apply for advice to. He needs to be aware of all your reactions and side-effects on previous medications even if you think they are not related to this case.
If you want to purchase your appetite suppressant online, it is better to take some time to research more. There are plenty of web pages that are willing to sell you Phentermine for a good price but you should remember that reading reviews is not enough. You should make sure the drug is right for you and only you. Phentermine is a good medication to take in the obesity cases but it is always better to get medical advice from a specialist before you buy Phentermine from internet. It is also recommended to not exceed the given (prescribed) dose of the medication as it is not going to do you any favor.
Appetite suppressants: your friends or enemies?
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on November 18th, 2009
It is hard to give up on good food. And if you have started to think about it – you should not really give up on it. It is wrong to keep yourself away from the things you like unless they harm you and your health. Since the beginning of the 20th century many obesity sufferers have known the other, more pleasant side of the story with food. It happens after most obese adults lost the gained weight, the extra weight that stopped them from living a healthy life. Nowadays, as we find ourselves in the 21st century, the market seems to have attracted more obesity release drugs that are highly popular with the population.
We can on talking about the appetite suppressants for hours as they are working well but we do not have to forget that the consumption of the drug itself is not that great. Every drug consists of various chemical elements. We all know that the impact of chemical substances on our body is rather negative. So before you enter McDonalds for the third time in a row during the day think wisely. Is it really worth it to have a 5 minute pleasure food moment and pay for it with your health later? More and more people decide not to do pay such a big price.
Most adults that consume weight loss drugs know that the consultation is inevitable. You might think you know what your doctor will tell you and you are probably right but it is better to check yourself again and know this or that drug is on your list of medication before you make up your mind on your own. Most people that are welcome to take weight loss free pill should have a body mass index above 30. In some particular cases the number can reach 27 but not below that. Usually these special cases include patients that suffer from type-2 diabetes and cardio-vascular diseases caused by high cholesterol. So you should know your body is at risk when you treat it without specialist’s permission.
Drugs like Phentermine target the weight loss problem salvation hitting the nervous system and pushing the brain to work together with the body. This is one of the most famous pills in the world and it is recommended by most users that achieved good results with their body. But just like every drug it had side-effects though it can really work magic if taken accurately and seriously by the patient that knows why exactly he is taking this medication.
You can buy Phentermine almost everywhere. It is available in all US states and in the world in general. Weight loss should not be a difficulty or an obstacle for no one. But this drug consumption should not become as obsession either. Everything is good in its right proportions. Your specialists need to examine you every now and then and see the progress. If it doesn’t happen, which is almost impossible, you should start a different medication process. If you skipped a dose do not try to male up for it. It is better to miss one than have an overdose that will make the situation worse than ever before. So be wise about anything you do as the drug is only a drug and you work miracle together with it not apart.