Childhood obesity

Childhood obesity
I am concerned; as I'm sure we all are, at the growing
epidemic of childhood obesity in this country. We only
need to look around us to realise that this is
self-evident. I worry that if this alarming trend is
allowed to continue unchecked we may well be facing a
crisis in the not so distant future. This article will be
exploring our attitudes to our children's diet and what we
can do as parents/carers etc to improve their overall
health and well being.

A comment a mother made to her two young sons whilst on the
train this morning got me thinking. The mother was talking
about how they were looking forward to a day out in London,
and what they would do later. The mother said "when we are
on the way home we can grab some doughnuts!" Now, it is
true I don't know whether or not the doughnuts were a one
off treat after a special day out or a regular occurrence.
What got me thinking was the lady's choice of words. "We
can grab some doughnuts!" Now maybe her children did not
want any doughnuts, she let her decision influence the
dietary intake of her children. I think there is a lesson
to be learnt here.

You see all of us would agree we want the best for our
children. We all want them to succeed and prosper in life.
However, how many of our decisions are sabotaging these
worthy ideals.

I thought to myself the mother could quite easily have said
"let's pick up some fresh fruit or smoothies later!" but
she didn't.

You see it's not as if there is not a problem here. The
proportion of overweight children has increased. According
to the National Statistics on line children's obesity
levels have been consistently rising over the years.

This is not good news. Our children are literally dying
early because of a poor diet and inadequate exercise. This
has got to stop. Not next month, not next year, but now.

The good news is that there is so much we can do.
Remember, little changes done often will create a big
change, long term. I am not saying that you cannot indulge
your sweet tooth once and a while, but it is important that
it is now and then, not a habit that is done often. Like
everything in life, balance is key.

The Government currently recommend an intake of at least
five portions of fruit or vegetables per person, per day.
The great news is that it really isn't that difficult to
get your five a day in. For one thing it does not have to
be all fresh fruit and vegetables. Fresh, frozen, chilled,
100% juice, canned and dried fruit and vegetables all
counts. You can also count the fruit and vegetables in
takeaways but some of these will be high in added fats,
sugar or salt so eat in moderation!

So as you are all clear as to what makes up one portion of
fruit or vegetables I will tell you here. One portion of
fruit is one medium apple, one medium banana or two small
satsumas or three dried apricots. A glass of 100% fruit
juice counts too. One portion of vegetables is three
heaped tablespoonfuls of cooked carrots, peas, or sweetcorn
or one cereal bowl of mixed salad.

What I have found in my experience is that whilst your
nutrition is extremely important, in and of itself it is
not enough. To reach and stay in peak, optimum health you
need to participate in regular exercise. I believe it of
crucial importance to choose an activity that you enjoy if
you are to make keeping fit a routine in your life and
something you stick to. Exercise should be fun.

You may have heard different guidelines on how often you
should work out I truly believe the human body is made for
regular movement. So unless you have any medical
conditions that would prevent doing so, you should aim to
do something for up to one hour daily. You can choose from
a wide range of activities, from badminton and squash, to
walking, cycling and gardening. Anything that gets you a
little out of breath is good and will help keep you supple
and active.

I have found a particular group of exercises called
Integrated Movement training to have been particularly
useful and beneficial. It is great fun and can be
completed in as little as 10 minutes! Done twice daily
this can get you in great shape, combined with the dietary
advice I have given you, you are well on your way to a new,
fitter you, one full of energy and feeling younger.

I touched on it briefly earlier but I do want to stress the
importance of balance. I know from firsthand experience
that if you try to change everything over night you are
setting yourself up to fail. I remember being obsessive
over what I ate and was it good for me or not and I began
to lose my enjoyment of food, and have food cravings, which
are not healthy.

The key to sensible eating is moderation and balance. By
all means eat healthy, nutritious foods, eat widely from
all food groups, but when you feel like eating your
favourite chocolate bar, cake, or takeaway curry don't beat
yourself up over it. Life is too short.

As long as you are eating the right things more often than
not, combined with an effective exercise regime, you can
afford a treat now and then and still live a healthy
lifestyle.

I hope this article has been helpful for you. What I
really want you to come away with is the realisation that a
healthy lifestyle is co-existent with ‘normal' life.
You don't have to exist on the ‘rabbit food', and you
can fit a healthy diet into a busy lifestyle.

Little changes like swapping your usual snack choice of
chocolate or biscuits for fruit, nuts or an organic yoghurt
really are so simple but highly effective. Introducing a
smoothie for breakfast or some porridge helps your body
stay healthy and tastes great.

With the exercise it is important to choose something fun
that you enjoy and that you will stick with. Remember, if
you really want to see a change in yourself and your
children's physique and health you need to exercise
regularly, ideally every other day at least.

I incorporate the Integrated Movement Training system with
my clients as well as using it myself, and find it really
helps. The Integrated Movement Training system utilizes
all of the body's 600 + muscles making it a highly
effective, workout which burns many hundreds of calories
and can be fitted into two 10 minute sessions daily.

Start slowly, become confident with the exercises and you
will progress nicely.

Above all enjoy your life. Exercise and healthy eating are
about getting you to enjoy a higher quality of life. This
is great. Whether you want to play longer with your
children or grandchildren, perform better in your chosen
sport or just live day to day with more energy and less
pain, eating healthily and exercising will help you achieve
this.

Look after yourselves and your children. I wish you all
the success in the world. To your health and happiness.

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James Lambert
Fitness expert and coach working at the Uk's number one
fitness studio, Dax Moy's personal fitness studio in
Islington, North London.
http://www.knowthyselffitnessconcepts.co.uk

How to Burn Fat in Hotel Workouts

How to Burn Fat in Hotel Workouts
You can burn fat and build muscle even if you are staying
in a hotel and using a crappy hotel gym. There are no
excuses. In fact, you can even do a fat burning workout in
your own hotel room with bodyweight exercises.

Here's how to workout for fat loss when traveling...

I recently did a 4 day trip to Tampa Bay, where I was busy
with a seminar, but still needed to do my workouts. On
Wednesday, I did dumbell swings supersetted with pushups in
a fast workout that replaced my normal Wednesday workout
with kettlebells.

A dumbell swing or kettlebell swing is a great fat burning
exercise. Just hold a light dumbell or kettlebell in both
hands (or in one hand), squat down, and swing the weight
between your legs behind you, then stand up and use that
momentum to swing the weight up to chest height.

Be careful, and don't let the weight hit your legs or body.

Two days later, I did a decent fat burning, muscle building
Turbulence Training workout in the hotel gym on Friday
night. Supersets of dumbell chest presses (very high reps)
and split squats and some other upper body stuff.

Got this hotel gym workout done in only 25 minutes. It was
another classic hotel gym set-up. A bunch of relatively
useless (and definitely inefficient) machines, along with a
lot of cardio equipment, and then some light dumbells.

Its annoying, but when you know as many exercises as I do,
its not that hard to come up with a decent hotel gym
workout as long as you use the Turbulence Training
principles of Supersets and intervals if you want to do
cardio.

So here's a general plan on how to workout when traveling,
even when you are pressed for time.

Down in the gym, simply pick a dumbell exercise and a
bodyweight exercise and pair them together in a superset,
doing one exercise and then the other with no rest.

Try to pick an upper body exercise and a lower body
exercise (i.e. a dumbell chest press and a forward lunge)
or a pushing exercise and a pulling exercise (such as a
pushup and a dumbell row). Do 3 sets of 8-15 repetitions
for each exercise.

If you are really pressed for time, you can do bodyweight
only exercises in your hotel room. A circuit of bodyweight
squats, pushups, lunges and abdominal planks will use all
the muscles in your body and boost your metabolism for the
day.

I ended my stay with a bodyweight workout in my hotel room
on the Saturday morning before my flight. I did a
Turbulence Training Bodyweight 750 repetition workout.

I used lunges, pushup variations, stickups, mountain
climbers, and plenty of others as I trained for about 30
minutes and felt great afterward - I really benefit from
this type of activity before going to the airport and being
strapped into a seat for 3 hours.

Overall, 3 surprisingly good hotel workouts using
bodyweight and dumbell exercises only. Goes to show you
there is no excuse for letting up on your fat burning
workout routine when you are on the road - even when you
are really busy.

You can do supersets in the hotel gym and bodyweight
exercises in your room. So no matter where you are, you can
burn fat and get fit - no excuses.

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The Truth About Weight Loss Supplements

The Truth About Weight Loss Supplements
If you have opened a magazine, turned on the radio, or
glanced at the T.V. lately then you know there is an
overabundance of weight loss supplements currently on the
market. Some claim that you will lose 5 pounds in a week,
others claim that you will lose 3 dress sizes in a month,
and my personal favorite claims that you will lose 20
pounds in 10 days.

Do these pills really have the ability to “melt away
pounds” or “burn fat in your sleep”? The
correct answer is probably on the tip of your tongue…
No! No matter how much we enjoy the fantasy of a magic pill
turning us into a supermodel, deep down we know that this
is simply not realistic.

A $30 billion dollar industry thrives on our false hope of
miraculous weight loss supplements itching to effortlessly
turn us into svelte hard bodies. It is time that we came
face to face with the real facts about weight loss as we
cast off all misconceptions.

In reality, research shows that 95% of weight loss induced
by supplements will be gained back in no less than 3 years.
The Food and Drug Administration has gone so far as to
declare that a weight loss supplement with a proven record
of long-term success DOESN’T EXSIST!

And to think that billions of dollars are spend on products
that are PROVEN to not work!

How is this possible? You ask. Isn’t it against the
law to make false claims about a pill?

This is where things get hairy… These so-called
weight loss supplements are acknowledged as
‘food’ by the FDA and are therefore not
evaluated for their safety and effectiveness.

So you are telling me that weight loss supplements can make
outrageous claims without backing them up? Yep. Sad, but
true.

Here are the hard facts about magical weight loss pills:
· Most weight loss supplements contain appetite
suppressants that have been known to cause reactions in
some people that lead to strokes, heart attacks, panic
attacks, and even death.

· Quite often the few pounds that you do end up losing
with weight loss supplements are due to the diuretics that
they contain. A diuretic is a substance that flushes water
out of your body, providing a quick and temporary dip on
the scale.

· Weight loss supplements are expensive! It may be
easy to justify the cost to yourself when you believe that
your hard earned money is being spent on sculpting your
figure, but don’t be fooled! The useless pills cost
the manufacturer only pennies to produce, while they charge
you an arm and a leg.

· Next time you see a stunning before and after
picture of the guy or gal that lost 200 pounds by taking a
certain supplement, beware! There is a higher probability
of you being struck by lightening tonight than that claim
being true. Most spokespersons and testimonials for weight
loss supplements are false, and are only there to entice an
unsuspecting public.

· Weight loss supplement companies admit that their
products will not work without the accompaniment of calorie
restriction and an increase in physical activity. But wait!
Before you kiss your weight loss dreams goodbye forever,
sentencing yourself to life in the fat jeans, READ ON!
There is a way to achieve long-term weight loss!

Here it is, brace yourself… The sure-fire, safe and
effective way to achieve healthy weight loss is…to
eat a balanced diet and to participate in regular exercise.

That’s it, folks. No fancy pill or tasty diet drink
will get you the body of your dreams faster and more
effectively than old fashion nutrition and exercise! So the
next time that you are tempted to dish out big bucks on the
latest weight loss craze, do yourself a favor. Put your
wallet back into your pocket and find your way to a
competent personal trainer instead who can help you
permanently reach your fitness and weight loss goals.

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Machelle Lee owns and operates The Invisible Gym in Santa
Cruz, CA. Her mission is to inspire people to become
physically active and enjoy the benefits of a balanced,
healthy lifestyle. For more information and questions you
can visit her website.

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Exercising after baby.

Exercising after baby.
So you did it! You went through labor and gave birth to
your pride and joy. Now you are left with the aftermath.
Most women, especially those who have had their first baby,
are not fully prepared for what to expect after delivery.
Some are under the impression that they will be back into
their pre pregnancy clothes the day they leave the
hospital. However most of us second time moms know what
to expect. We know that our bodies might never be the same
and need a little bit of extra work after delivery to go
back to normal. Especially if you have gained more than
the recommended weight.

The first thing to keep in mind, is no crazy exercise for
at least six weeks for a normal delivery, eight if you had
a c-section. Your doctor will give you a list of
exercises that you can do during the post partum period.
Some of them include walking. You will find that slow
walking will get your body ready for a higher intensity
workout. Yoga might be another exercise your doctor
gives you the ok for. It gets your blood flowing and it
helps reduce stress, which trust me you might experience a
lot of after you bring your baby home. Some of the poses
will have to be avoided but you will be able to do the
basic moves. You might even be able to find a postnatal
yoga class at a gym. As long as you had a normal birth,
your doctor should give you the ok to do pelvic tilts.
C-section moms might have to wait a little longer before
they do any sort of abdominal exercises.

Other things to keep in mind, is to listen to your body.
Do not push yourself or your body during your postpartum
period. You are not going to be able to go right back to
the exercise routine you might have done before you got
pregnant right away. Once you are ready though, there are
so many benefits to exercising to lose your baby weight.
You are going to have a whole slew of new physical demands
such as carrying around a baby who is only going to gain
weight and get bigger and also loading car seats into cars
and lifting strollers in and out of trunks. Exercise will
help strengthen you for those new demands.

Exercising or at least keeping up with your walking in your
post partum period will give you extra energy which you are
going to need and has been shown to help decrease symptoms
of post partum depression or the baby blues. Your
endorphins kick in and you will get what some people call a
natural high.

Remember to stick to a routine when you are working out.
You want to try and get in at least thirty minutes three
days a week. If the weather is warm, you can take your
baby out for a walk. Not only is this good exercise but
you might just meet another new mom along the way.

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Fat No More Secrets 2 of 10: My parents are fat. It is impossible for me to be thin.

Fat No More Secrets 2 of 10: My parents are fat. It is impossible for me to be thin.
Losing weight is not just about dieting or exercising as
proven by the countless number of failed diets and exercise
programs. First, you need to identify and let go of the
many Mental, Emotional, Subconscious, and Spiritual blocks
that prevent you from losing weight. I call them the
M.E.S.S. blocks; they are limiting beliefs, thoughts, or
fears that prevent your weight loss. If you do not let go
of these blocks, you will continue to have an extremely
hard time losing weight and, if you do succeed, you will
continue to gain the weight back.

If your parents and siblings are extremely overweight, you
may think that it is impossible for you to lose weight and
be thin. This is especially true if your family members
have been trying to lose weight without success. Here are
some limiting thoughts and beliefs that you may have if you
grew up in such a family: "No one in my family can be thin;
everyone in my family, including me, is supposed to be fat;
I am supposed to be fat; my family is supposed to be fat;
there is nothing I can do, I just cannot lose weight.
Losing weight is impossible, so why even try? I always fail
when it comes to weight loss. I cannot succeed at losing
weight. There is absolutely no way I can lose weight; it is
hopeless." In addition to these overwhelming negative
thoughts and beliefs, if you are the only one eating
healthy or dieting in your family, it will be almost
impossible for you to succeed unless you have a motivation
of steel. You will be tempted 24 hours a day to eat
unhealthy foods and deviate from your healthy regimen.

Plus, if your parents or siblings are fat, you may have the
belief that to fit in with your family, you need to be
overweight. If your mother, father, sisters, and brothers
are fat, ask yourself, do you have any other option than to
be fat?

What are the chances you can grow up with a perfect body
and still fit in with your overweight family? You will
develop the belief that you cannot be different from them.
It does not matter how many diets you try, you will never
be thin or stay thin because a part of you does not want to
succeed.

Most of us have a strong need to fit in and belong, which
is a basic human need. We also want and need to be loved.
Even though, consciously, losing weight might be important
to you, subconsciously you may not want to lose weight if
this means you have to give up fitting in, belonging to,
and being loved by your family. Ask yourself. Would you
still belong to the family if you are thin? Would you still
be loved and accepted if you are the only thin person in
your family?

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By Marylin Stompler, Author of Fat No More, Release the
Subconscious Blocks that Prevent your Weight Loss -
International Speaker and Life Coach, President and CEO,
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It's About the Rhythm: The Best Hormone Replacement Therapy

It's About the Rhythm: The Best Hormone Replacement Therapy
From bacteria to blue whales, to humans, the whole universe
is all about timing. The moon provides more light when it
is full and when the new moon ends, every twenty-eight days
females bleed with what has come to be known as their
period. The circadian clock in every cell of our bodies
measures one spin of the planet. Then the moon tracks the
repeating 28 of those days 13 times in one revolution
around the sun.

While doing research for her book, "Sex, Lies, and
Menopause," Author T.S. Wiley asked a question... If
hormone replacement was made of real bio-identical hormones
and dosed to mimic the ups and downs of the hormone blood
levels in a normal menstrual cycle in a 20 year-old woman,
would all of the symptoms and disease states of aging
decline or maybe even, disappear?

It was an interesting thought, and to the surprise of many,
the logic makes sense. Perhaps it was the rhythm that was
always missing in other hormone replacement regimens.
Here's why. Natural hormones are not bio-identical hormones
unless a person's body can recognize them as hormones.
Natural hormones are not considered replacement unless you
really replace what has been lost. Natural hormones are not
bio-identical unless they replace precisely the "natural"
rhythmic levels of someone's own estrogen and progesterone
when they were younger.

Doctors who want to prescribe natural hormones but who
aren't familiar with the fact that hormones should mimic
natural hormone rhythms will merely prescribe natural
hormones in the same way they prescribe synthetics. The
Women's Health Initiative (WHI) has already found that
standard to be dangerous. But what if it's not just the
synthetic molecules that are dangerous? What if it's really
the missing rhythm that matters?

All this research led to the development of a product that
thousands of women are now taking. Funding for research is
on the way. This multi-phasic physiologic dosing will be
part of a new study called Bioidentical Hormones On Trial,
or B.H.O.T., a comparison of patterns of administration and
dosing of compounded bio-identical hormone therapy (BHT).
It will be the first study of its kind to track and
quantify outcomes based on dosing and patterns of
administration of BHT. The principal objective of the study
will be to examine clinical outcomes and quality of life
indicators of patients receiving BHT at 10 to 12 primary
care provider's practices.

One Wiley Protocol user said this: "At the time I heard
about this new protocol I was just 52, still cycling with
horrendous cramps and hemmoraghing type periods. I had not
slept in seven years and had gained 50 pounds since
peri-menopause. I was emotionally crazed times and my knees
hurt so bad that I couldn't kneel. I was taking homeopathic
hormone creams from a naturopath. uly amazing resource.
Susie and I talked in depth, I went to my doctor, and
apparently my symptoms during my periods were that of
fibroids. I started the Wiley Protocol in January of 2004,
and 28 days later, I had my first "normal" period in many
years. There were no more cramps, and I felt emotionally
more stable, less weepy, plus I started sleeping through
the night. Then my knees stopped hurting and I have since
lost the weight. Almost four years later I have absolutely
no sign of the fibroids."

There are hundreds of women who can say this now about
their experiences on this protocol.

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Kristin Gabriel is the director of marketing communications
for T.S. Wiley, who is a medical writer and researcher in
chronobiology, environmental endocrinology and circadian
rhythmicity. Wiley is the author of "Sex, Lies &
Menopause," Harper Collins, 2005. She is also the developer
of The Wiley Protocol (http://www.thewileyprotocol.com), a
trademarked patent pending delivery system consisting of
bio-identical estradiol and progesterone in topical cream
preparations dosed in a rhythm to mimic the natural cyclic
hormone levels replicated in serum blood produced by a
twenty year-old woman.

The recovery phase and muscle gain

The recovery phase and muscle gain
If you've spent any time in the bookstore browsing through
magazine articles on bodybuilding, you've no doubt come
across some pretty strong claims about how the latest
supplement fad can provide you with unbelievable results.
You may have also seen some recommendations on improving
your workout technique and other such advice. What was
probably missing from the discussion is the importance of a
solid recovery phase when embarking on a new strength
training or bodybuilding program. If you seem to spend all
your time in the gym without making any progress, or if
your initial muscle gains have reached a plateau, take a
moment to think about your recovery plans (or lack thereof).

What exactly is the recovery phase? Well, let's review how
muscle is built in the first place. In order for your body
to build muscle, you first have to give your body a reason
to build it. You see, on a basic biological level muscle
is an expensive asset to have, and the body would rather
not have to maintain it. The only way to stimulate new
muscle growth is to give the body a reason to build it, and
the way to do this is to take advantage of our basic
biological need to survive.

When we lift a heavy weight that the body is not used to,
the muscle is damaged on a microscopic level. Because the
body does not want to be put under this same stress ever
again, the muscle will be rebuilt bigger and stronger
(provided there is enough material for growth in the form
of protein and other nutrients). So how does this tie in
to the importance of resting during the recovery phase?
Simply put, the muscles must be given time to rebuild
before they are put under heavy stress again. This means
that we must limit the frequency of our workouts in order
to maximize their effect, and this is why many bodybuilding
experts recommend only a few hours of training per week.
You may have heard them referred to this concept with the
motto Less is More.

In addition to carefully planning your workouts to avoid
over training, you must make sure that you're getting
plenty of sleep in order to experience the best possible
muscle gains. Sleep is when your body repairs itself, and,
as you learned above, the body has to repair and enlarge
your muscle after a heavy workout. If you ignore these
principles, don't be surprised if you find yourself unable
to reach new heights in your quest for maximum muscle gain.

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Jon Cardozo, from Jcardozium research, writes on how to
build muscle naturally, nutrition, and general fitness.
Visit his website for more information on how to gain
muscle at http://maximum-muscle-gain.com

How To Calculate Your Caloric Needs

How To Calculate Your Caloric Needs
Calories have made quite the name for themselves over the
years. Some experts recommend you count them often and
some say it doesn't matter. Ultimately, calories are what
help your body function properly and give you energy.
Ironically, calories can also help you pack on the pounds.
With everything, there has to be some sort of balance.

If you're looking to lose weight, maintain your weight, or
decrease your weight there is a quick solution for
calculating your individual caloric needs. The holidays
are just around the corner so if you don't want to wake up
New Years Day and say "Oh my gosh I've gained 20 pounds!"
then keep reading.

In order to figure out how many calories you're eating
every day to maintain your current weight:

Multiply your current weight by 12, which will equal the
number of calories needed daily to maintain your current
weight.

Equation for maintaining weight: (current weight) X 12 =
(number of calories)

As an example lets say you weigh 150 pounds, what you would
want to do is multiply the 150 by 12, which will equal
1,800 calories.

So then the 1,800 calories is the number of calories you
need every day to maintain your 150 pounds. If you weigh
125 pounds, the equation would be 125 X 12 = 1,500 cal,
which means that a 125-pound person only requires 1,500
calories a day to maintain her 125 pound weight.

You still with me?

Lets take a look at it now from a weight loss standpoint.
Keep in mind that decreasing your calories alone will not
get you the desired results you must include some sort of
exercise into your lifestyle.

A simple technique for losing weight is to reduce your
caloric intake by 250 calories a day and burn 250 calories
per day from exercise. When all is said and done you're
able to lose 500 calories a day.

Recall that 3,500 calories make up 1 pound of fat. So if
you stuck with losing 500 calories a day you'll be able to
lose 1 pound of fat per week with very little effort.

Here's the equation: You're taking in 250 less calories per
day and increasing your physical exercise to burn 250
calories per day. This equals to 500 calories lost per day,
multiplied by 7 days per week = 3,500 calories.

500 cal X 7 days = a decrease of 3500 cal and a loss of 1
pound.

If you wanted to gain weight in a healthy manner you would
want to increase your caloric intake. Add an extra 500
calories into your eating plan and within a week you'll
gain a pound.

Keep in mind that you should still exercise and consume
nutritious foods rather than gobbling down crap that will
make you gain weight and make you unhealthy.

Remember to take your time and don't have the instant
gratification mindset. Slowly making your caloric
adjustments is the safest and most effective way to lose
weight and maintain your weight loss forever.

The reason is because slow and steady weight loss
conditions your body to make permanent changes in your
eating habits, and regular physical exercise conditions
your body to expect consistent physical activity every day.

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Marci Lall is a Womens Weight Loss & Body Sculpting
Specialist. visit his website to get his FREE report "16
tips on how to get maximum weight loss and fitness results
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Omega 3 Fish Oil and Liver Disease

Omega 3 Fish Oil and Liver Disease
In the human body, there are a number of organs that are
arranged in systems in order to provide the body with
different abilities. For example, the lungs and the
trachea and nostrils all work together to allow for
breathing as well as to transport oxygen to the blood. The
nervous system is a setup of nerves that lead directly to
the brain in order to relay messages to and front different
parts of the body. The role of the liver is to help in the
processing of different foods and toxins that accumulate in
the body. While this might not sound as glamorous as other
organs, without proper liver function, the body can
experience fatal ramifications.

What is Liver Disease?

Liver disease occurs when the liver is not functioning
properly. There are a number of reasons why this can
happen: disease, cirrhosis, and physical damage.
Sicknesses that begin to eat away at the cellular function
in the body, like cancer, can begin to make it difficult
for the liver to process things like cholesterol and toxins
that a person might ingest. Liver cancer is one of the
more lethal cancers that occur because the liver is such an
important order. Cirrhosis of the liver that occurs
because of disease or from years of heavy drinking causes
the liver to harden and causes it to not be able to
function properly as well. In the case of physical damage
to the liver, it is sometimes not a permanent change in the
liver function, but it can certainly cause troubles. The
liver is, thankfully, the one organ that can regenerate
itself, but it takes time to do so and can only happen when
the patient is healthy.

When liver disease occurs, the body can begin to fill with
toxins, much in the same way that kidney disease does the
same thing. If the liver is unable to process cholesterol,
the body's cholesterol levels will be very high and this
can lead to damage for the heart and circulatory system.

What are the Treatments for Liver Disease?

Depending on the severity of the liver disease case, there
are several treatment options that are available to
patients. One of the first possibilities is to remove the
diseased portion of the liver and to allow a new liver to
grow back in its place. This kind of surgery sounds easy,
but it still carries the same risks that other surgeries
carry – i.e. risk of infection, death, complications,
etc. In a healthy individual, this can be a permanent fix
for the liver disease, however. Another option is to
perform a liver transplant. This is when a liver from a
donor is inserted in the patient after the diseased liver
is removed. This is another risky surgery that can cause
problems for both the donor and the recipient. The patient
that receives the liver will need to change their life
dramatically in order to ensure that they don't do any
damage to their new liver. The patient will also need to
be on anti-rejection drugs, possibly for life. These drugs
can render their immune system weak and can lead to other
problems.

Liver disease can sometimes be treated with drug therapies
when the illness or cancer is too advanced, but these
treatments are often just used as palliative care in
terminal cases.

The best form of treatment for liver disease is prevention.
Limiting the consumption of cholesterol, eating an overall
balanced diet with produce, as well as drinking plenty of
water to aid in digestion are all easy habits to start and
to maintain. Another consideration is to limit the
consumption of alcohol in order to prevent cirrhosis.

How Can Fish Oil Help Liver Disease?

In recent years, the usefulness of fish oil supplementation
has been researched more fully. Because the fish oil
supplement has already been linked with a reduction in
inflammation in the body, it's no surprise that the
supplement might also be able to help the body in the case
of liver disease. By helping the liver to reduce the
inflammation of the cells during disease, this can aid in
the healing of the liver.

Studies in the UK as well as through the University of
Pittsburgh in the United States are both giving promising
results, though a larger sampling will need to be done in
the future. These studies have shown that in cases of
liver cancer where the patients have been given fish oil
supplements, the growth of the liver cancer has been slowed
in contrast with the control group. What's most
fascinating about these studies is that results were seem
within 48 hours of the administration of the fish oil.

Conclusion

Fish oil seems to be a good preventative measure in terms
of dealing with current liver problems as well as
preventing new ones. By taking fish oil supplements or
adding two servings of fish a week to the diet, it's simple
to ensure that the liver is still performing its duties.

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