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Archive for July, 2010

By Jason Ladock View all articles by Jason Ladock

Overeating is a disorder which not only affects physical health but causes a lot of stress at the mental and emotional level also. Some people tend to eat just because they feel bored or they have nothing to do! Others get into such undesirable habits to improve their physical appearance.

Emotional mood swings like anger, sadness, distress, disappointment or betrayal makes people eat a lot more than they realize. In certain cases, medications for other treatments cause hunger due to which people start eating a lot.

Overeating causes multiple damages to various parts of the body. Some of the negative effects of excessive compulsive intake of food are as follows:

• Weight gain and obesity: This is one the first symptoms of eating a lot more than what is required by the body. Excessive weight puts a lot of stress on the muscles as you need to carry the weight of your body. You tend to feel tired, lazy, irritated as well as experience muscular and joint pains.

• People who suddenly put on weight tend to lose their confidence on their appearance and worry excessively about their social image. This causes them to lose self confidence and self esteem. They try to deprive themselves of the food items they love and in turn increase the urge to eat more.

• Overeating causes emotional distress as excessive attachment to food items prevents emotional contentment or fulfilment after every meal. You tend to feel that there is still something missing in your meal. In the long run, you keep eating more and more to defeat this feeling of emptiness. When you end up getting depressed, you start eating more and more to defeat this negative emotion.

• Due to electrolyte imbalances and other metabolic malfunctioning reasons, you feel lonely, restless, bored and frustrated. Hence, simple tasks seem too overwhelming to achieve. The sight of food makes you more and more insecure about handling your craving.

• Overeating affects your relationship with friends, family, relatives and the social circle also. This is because the love for food replaces all other priorities.

• If you start eating a lot of high calorie, high fat junk, it leads to other health disorders and ailments and causes serious damage to the digestive system. Your body becomes prone to allergic reactions as you take in large quantities which your system may not be able to cope up with.

• You are prone to high cholesterol and high blood sugar due to excessive intake of food.

• Organ malfunctioning is another health risk due to overeating. Kidney, liver, stomach and other organs that take part in digestion and assimilation of food become highly prone to disorders.

• Oil levels in the body gets affected which may lead to skin related problems like acne.

• Acidity levels in the body increases and causes a serious condition called reflux.

• People who overeat tend to develop a bad mouth and body odour.

• Some foods items cause problems of concentration, focus and memory if consumed regularly in large amounts.

Hence, one should start making healthy lifestyle changes in order to cope up with this disorder.

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by Wolf Krammel

This rise in obesity should be taken as seriously as any infectious disease epidemic. Overweight and physical inactivity account for more than 300,000 premature deaths each year in the U.S., second only to tobacco related deaths.

Clearly, many Americans are struggling to maintain a healthy body weight, which is putting them face to face with serious psychological, emotional, and physical health problems. Beyond the psychological and emotional hardships that overweight adults and children experience, is the physical toll that excessive weight takes on the body. Research studies indicate that a Body Mass Index (BMI) over 27 is directly correlated with increased incidence of disease and death. (See the next section to determine your BMI). Sadly, on average, people with obesity do not live as long as non-obese people. Obesity is the leading cause of preventable death in this country. You should be encouraged by the word “preventable” in the previous statement because even small reductions in weight can reduce your risk of early death from obesity.

Some of the medical problems associated with obesity that you should know about include heart disease, lung disease, diabetes, gall stones, cancer, and osteoarthritis.

Heart disease is one of the top risk factors associated with obesity. Research demonstrates that the risk of heart disease is doubled in people with moderate obesity compared to normal weight individuals. Fortunately, weight reduction reverses the cardiovascular disease process and lessens the associated risk factors.

Increased body fat, especially in the abdominal area puts pressure on the chest wall thereby preventing the lungs from holding the maximum volume of air required for efficient respiration. Inefficient respiration can be damaging to the body and cause even more problems for individuals who already have some form or respiratory or lung disease.

Diabetes is a disease characterized by high blood sugar levels, which are caused by decreased insulin production and/or decreased sensitivity to insulin. Initialsymptoms of diabetes include excessive thirst and frequent urination. The long-term complications related to untreated diabetes include eye degeneration, neurological disturbances and heart disease. Clearly, excessive weight and lack of exercise are closely associated with the development of diabetes, as evidenced by the fact that ninety percent of adults with adult-onset diabetes are overweight or obese. Weight loss and exercise reduce fasting blood sugar levels, thereby decreasing the risk of diabetes-related eye, heart, and neurological problems.

If you are female, middle-aged, overweight, and eat a high-fat, low-fiber diet, your chance of developing gallstones is high.

Although it is not yet known if obesity causes cancer, cancer rates are higher among people with obesity. In addition, the mortality rates for colorectal and prostate cancer is higher among obese men than normal weight men. Likewise, obese women have higher rates of death from endometrial, breast, ovarian, and gallbladder cancer than their non-obese counterparts. As is the case with heart disease and diabetes, it appears that the diet and lifestyle choices that promote obesity can increase your risk for cancer.

Excess body weight puts strain on the skeletal structure of the body, and many overweight people experience chronic pain in the muscles, bones, and joints. For example, increased abdominal fat can cause lower back pain and poor posture.

Overweight and obese people also have altered hormone levels. In men, obesity results in decreased testosterone levels, which can cause their sex drive to plummet. Conversely, obese women have increased estrogen levels, due to the fact that fat cells produce estrogen. Elevated estrogen levels increases the risk for breast cancer, endometrial cancer, and other hormone-dependent diseases.

As you can see, being overweight takes a tremendous toll on your health. However, it is important to remember that even a small reduction in weight can greatly decrease your chances of developing the obesity-related diseases.

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The most important thing that determines how well or how poorly you burn fat is how you eat. In this article, I want to share with you some healthy eating habits to burn more body fat and get flatter abs. If you use these tips regularly, you will lose weight faster and avoid weight loss plateaus and miserable results. So, it’s crucial that you apply these tips starting today.

Your eating habits are the #1 factor in how you lose weight. This is because it takes a lot of hard work to burn off calories but to put them into your body is quite easy. In addition, the right habits help you to more easily burn calories even when you’re resting or sleeping so they just make it easier for you to shed weight.

Here are the habits you need to apply in your life to lose weight faster:

1. Eat a good breakfast - I know this is nothing new but I have to include it since breakfast sets the tone for the entire day. If you eat a good breakfast, rich in fiber and protein, and drink a lot of water, you will have more energy during the day and feel less hunger. In addition, when you start the day right, you won’t want to ruin it later with bad eating.

2. Graze – One of the best things I’ve ever done is to begin eating mini-meals throughout the day. I hardly ever eat big meals anymore. They’re just too heavy on the system. Eating small meals helps to keep me feeling full, energetic, and I hardly ever experience cravings. You just need to have 4-6 small meals and snacks throughout the day and you will find it much easier to lose weight.

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3. Watch what you drink – Many of the calories you consume through the day may come from the beverages you have. Juices, alcohol, and sweetened tea and coffee are the main culprits and may add hundreds of calories to your daily consumption. In addition, these hardly make a dent in your hunger so they’re just extra calories without any benefit at all.

4. Eat the right fats - Yes, I said fats. Your body needs fats to survive and function properly. You just need to pick and choose the right ones to not become fat as well. Good fats are found in olive oil, coconut oil, avocaodo, nuts, seeds, almonds and certain fish.

Use these healthy eating tips to improve your health and lose fat faster starting today.

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John Davenport lost over 30 pounds in his twenties after being overweight most of his life. He now runs a weight loss forum and publishes a diet and fitness newsletter.

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