|
Overweight People’s Health Risks
Internal Toxicity, Elevated Sugar Levels and Inadequate Nutrition Are the Cause the Overweight Condition
Clean Out the Toxins from the Body’s Fat Stores... and you help end the body’s ”NEED” to retain/store fat
 Being toxic is a real problem for the body. It constantly has to find safe places to put the toxins. Fat is the preferred place. So, solve the toxic condition... and you have won a major battle in the battle against overweight.
Toxins come from environmental chemicals absorbed into the body, from a junk-food diet... and from inefficient digestion that is the result of microorganisms in the body, which are often the result of antibiotic use.
For instance... poor digestion and elimination result in numerous incompletely digested proteins that enter the bloodstream. A dirty intestinal tract introduces hundreds of poisons into the blood stream.
Toxins in the body that cannot be neutralized quickly enough (because the liver is overburdened processing other toxins)... are imprisoned... by wrapping the toxin inside a fat cell... where the toxin can’t harm the rest of the body. (Fat cells don’t have much of a blood supply... they are effectively... out of the way toxic dumps.) Alternatively, the body can give the command for toxins to be sloughed off into joint, arterial or intestinal plaque or placed inside cysts or lymph fluids where these fluids hold the toxins and dilute them (kind of like a toxic holding tank).
The body aggressively counters any attempt to release toxins from their holding places into the bloodstream. This makes it very hard for toxic people to lose weight. The body resists breaking fat apart or releasing toxin containing fluids in order to avoid releasing the toxins into the body.
We have even seen conditions where a highly toxic/overweight person could exist on virtually zero calorie diets and still gain weight because the body was trying to further dilute toxins by retaining fluid.
Therefore, one of the first and most productive steps for losing weight is to detoxify the body.
While detoxifying the body... one must protect him/her self from toxins by eating extra amounts of antioxidants and by drinking large amounts of water.
Once toxins are removed... one is ready to go on a low carb, nutrient dense diet because then the body will cooperate by burning fat instead of stubbornly retaining it.
Insulin production also contributes to being Overweight!
Fat Storage in the body, especially belly fat contributes to insulin resistance. Insulin resistance means the body has to produce more insulin to get sugar out of the blood.
Insulin is a fat storing hormone. It lowers high blood sugar by storing the sugar as fat. But, fat cells creates insulin resistance... actually forcing higher insulin production by the pancreas (overworking the pancreas). Because insulin is a fat storing hormone... higher levels of insulin cause more fat to be stored, causing more insulin resistance... thereby forcing extra production of insulin in a self-feeding cycle. Eventually, the endocrine system gives up, and diabetes and rampant weight gain can the result.
Inadequate Nutrition also contributes to being Overweight!
When the body lacks needed nutrients, it signals the brain that we need to eat... in the hopes that in whatever food we eat will be found the nutrients that the body needs. For some people... the reason they are overweight is purely and simply that they have been overeating... because their body has literally been demanding that they eat in order to satisfy these cravings for missing nutrients
Obviously, the nutrition that the body needs is not carbs. Modern people always get enough carbs. The nutrients that modern people lack are minerals, trace-minerals and many other phytonutrients, fatty acids, antioxidants, etc.
When animals don’t get enough nutrients, they peck or bite at everything (it’s called cribbing) trying to pick up the minerals they need from a non-standard food source. In people and in animals, the solution is to eat different foods than we ordinarily eat.
Dieting is Dangerous to your Health
Fat burning (the result of dieting) releases huge amounts of free radicals. Free radicals do damage to the cells of the body. Therefore, people who go through repeated cycles of fat storing and dieting are damaging their bodies’ cells faster than those who don’t burn fat. For one’s own long term health sakes, one should lose fat once and for all... and not over and over gain.
|
|
Being Overweight Increases the Liklihood of Virtually Every Disease and Lowers One’s Life Expectancy
All of these diseases are associated with higher risks for overweight people:
- Diabetes
- Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke
- Cancer
- Sleep Apnea
- Osteoarthritis
- Gallbladder Disease
- Fatty Liver Disease
- Pregnancy Complications
Abdominal Obesity Carries Great Health Risks
Patients with central or abdominal obesity, characterised by excessive visceral fat around the stomach and abdomen, have a higher risk of weight-related disease. Abdominal obesity is one of the core symptoms of cardiovascular disease and insulin resistance syndrome. In women, central obesity is signalled by a waist circumference of about 35+ inches, while in men the danger waist measurement is 40+ inches.
Increased Health Risk of Premature Death
According to CDC researchers, an estimated 300,000** American deaths a year are related to obesity, but see note, below. The risk of premature death rises with increasing weight. Even moderate weight gain (10 to 20 pounds for a person of average height) increases the risk of death, particularly among adults aged 30 to 64 years. Individuals who are obese (BMI greater than 30) have a 50 to 100 percent increased risk of premature death from all causes, compared to individuals with a healthy weight.
Increased Health Risk of Heart Disease
The risk of heart attack, congestive heart failure, sudden cardiac death, angina or chest pain is increased in persons who are overweight or obese. High blood pressure is twice as common in adults who are obese than in those who are at a healthy weight. Obesity is associated with high triglycerides and decreased HDL cholesterol
Increased Health Risk of Stroke
Atherosclerosis, or narrowing of the arteries, which may lead to the formation of an arterial blood clot, is an important pre-condition of many strokes. Atherosclerosis is accelerated by high blood pressure, smoking, high cholesterol and lack of exercise. Obesity, especially morbid obesity is frequently associated with a high-fat diet, raised blood pressure and lack of exercise. Thus obesity is now considered an important secondary risk factor for strokes.
|
