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Fats
Oils, margarine, butter. Fats are a family of food rather large! They are an important source of energy and vitamins. Their qualities are often dependent on their origin. The stock of these fat sources essential to our organization.
The special fats is their high content of lipids (fats). Those levels vary from one product to another (82% fat in butter, 41% in the “reduced-fat butter”, 100% in oils, the levels vary in cream …).
The technological processes leading to the achievement of these fats are variable.
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Fruits and vegetables: your allies against cancer
it is now showing, the content of our plate may play a protective role against the development of cancer. If you do not know all the molecules involved in the phenomenon, one could identify foods that can reduce risks. Overview of your allies’ health!
If a large number of studies highlight the protective role of certain foods, they are often controversial. Today, only a few risk factors are the subject of consensus.
Diets exclusion
The exclusion diets prevent or greatly reduce the consumption of one or more energy foods: sugars, starches, vegetables or even dried fruits, cereals or dairy products. But the risk of failures are high. The exclusion diets are the best known methods Mayo, Atkins, Hollywood…
These diets often result in rapid weight loss initially, but to expose deficiencies in vitamins, minerals or proteins more or less pronounced. This imbalance and the monotony of the diet almost always leads to an abandonment of the plan … accompanied by rapid weight regain. The pineapple-grapefruit diet is an extreme example, since it does almost no protein and thus leads to muscle wasting that can be very dangerous.
The “yo-yo” dangerous for the heart
The succession of stages of loss and weight regain may sometimes be associated with depressive disorders. It now appears that this syndrome “yoyo” also increase the risk of cardiovascular disease.
The “yo-yo” weight is a common phenomenon among women still in search of a thin ideal. But generally, the successive periods of diets are less effective and at each stop the plan, weight regain is increasingly important. A recent U.S. study shows that also causes the decrease of “good” cholesterol, which is opposed to the fatty deposits in the arteries and protects against cardiovascular disease.
Obesity: What treatment?
Obesity is rising in the Globe. It is responsible for many health problems. It is therefore essential to take charge. Which methods of treatment?
Treatment is defined in terms of severity of the disease, its causes, its stage of evolution. Its success is based on a combination of several elements:
- Restrictive diets;
- Exercise;
- Psychological support;
- Treatment of complications, regardless of the success of weight control.
Between restrictions and surgery
The restricted diet changes based on the responses obtained in terms of loss and weight stabilization. Often after 12 to 24 weeks the weight reaches a plateau. The resumption of weight, very often, must be prevented.
In cases of severe obesity was resorted to surgery to remove a portion of adipose tissue. Treatment success depends largely on the quality of medical care and support of loved ones. It is the responsibility of many stakeholders:
- General obesity and pediatricians who are the front line for the balance of the disease and its initial management. They are also the first to provide prevention, including surveillance of risk in children;
- Specialists in endocrinology and metabolism, gastroenterology and internal medicine;
- Dietitians;
- Psychiatrists and psychotherapists;
- Occupational physicians, doctors advice, medical school who have a fundamental role in prevention.
The fiber system
The diet fibers originating in the United States, was presented at its output as “revolutionary”, and particularly serious, because based on work conducted by top scientists. Interest in this scheme: it allows bonus and benefits for the health of an adequate intake of dietary fiber. But it can cause intestinal problems.
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Vitamin D to prevent diabetes?
Already known for its beneficial role on bone, vitamin D may also be useful for reducing insulin resistance, and thus possibly prevent the onset of type 2 diabetes. At least, that suggests a New Zealand study showing that vitamin D supplementation significantly increases sensitivity to insulin.
Among other properties, vitamin D is prescribed to patients for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis, with its essential role in bone mineralization. But it would also play a role in insulin, a hormone secreted by the pancreas to regulate blood sugar (glucose) in blood. When the weight, blood pressure, cholesterol increases, metabolism is disturbed (the metabolic syndrome) and the cells become gradually as insulin resistant. This can lead to more or less long term, diabetes (elevated too high and prolonged blood sugar, risk of complications).
Meal replacement products or high-protein: do not do anything!
Cookies, bars, soups, dessert creams … products for weight loss or control our weight abound. They have invaded the shelves of our stores without our knowing use them wisely. Review details.
Products for weight loss are they the panacea in the system?
Presentations are many and varied. Sold in supermarkets, pharmacy and by mail, it is not always easy to find.
Most Popular: Meal Replacements
Meal replacements, by regulation, must be both low in calories “to lose weight” but sufficiently balanced to supply the body with the nutrients essential to the functioning of the body (vitamins, minerals …).