‘Metabolism’

Beware of diet pills!

Monday, January 4th, 2010

If you are a person who struggles with his weight and has a BMI or Body Mass Index (Body Mass Index) above 27, the idea of a pill helping you lose weight might seem very attractive. Taking diet pills seem to be the panacea to help obese people lose weight. There are advantages to taking the pills, but you need to weigh their benefits and potential dangers! …

The items you need to monitor when taking diet pills are:

  • Side effects and “interactions” dangerous drug

Some drug prescriptions diet are very strong. Potential side effects occur with almost all drug prescriptions, and some can be very serious nature. Each diet pill has its own unique set of warnings about side effects, but most of those listed are usually dry mouth, sleeplessness, irritability, stomach upset and constipation. (more…)

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Metabolism and Overweight

Sunday, November 15th, 2009

Commonly associated with being overweight, your metabolism is much more than the cause of this problem, try to understand that it is without going into detail the complex physiological and medical terminology.

Metabolism is a set of processes occurring within every cell of every body to sustain life, refers to all physical and chemical processes in the body that produce and use energy, such as digesting food and nutrients, eliminating waste through urine and feces, respiration, blood circulation and temperature regulation.

To function the human body takes the energy of food consumed daily in the form of carbohydrates, lipids and amino acids for the calories they get will be spent on the energy needs of each individual. In this process, the body burns glucose for energy but if the daily requirement is less than the production then stored as fat.

Metabolism and overweight know someone who eats more than a remorse and yet not gain weight or lose muscle definition, is usually that friend who is capable of eating a giant hamburger with double extra bacon, home fries, soft drink, plus a chocolate ice cream. You see, you chop the gluttonous worm of envy and wonder why I do not have your metabolism?

Some people have a single condition in which their metabolism is muyu efficient but eat a lot and just manage to keep moving the weight. However, to have carte blanche to consume any food makes unhealthy food overdo, which can cause heart and cholesterol problems, though not fat.

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