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Obesity
A killer or rather a growing epidemic is obesity. The National Health and Nutritional Surveys have during the last decade found that the average woman’s waistline has increased by roughly 2 inches. There have also been records about higher levels of blood sugar for women of the age group 35 to 54, which is one of the reasons why the incidence of stroke has increased by approximately 100 percent during the last ten years.
Americans’ have very poor statistics on obesity. For the adult population in the U.S, a third is obese and most of the others are overweight. The tragic part is that these statistics are worsening year on year. This is what long-term studies are showing. A longitudinal study conducted for a period of fifty-two years says that on average people who are obese do die seven years before their counterparts being of normal-weight.
More advanced studies are even demonstrating that weigh determines the age of cells at a molecular level. In other words, obesity can add up to 9 years of premature aging to a human body. People who are extremely fat do seldom reach an advance age. You can make a quick reflection, and try to recall if you know any old obese man or woman in your neighborhood?
Surgeon General Report claims that obesity is currently producing 300,000 deaths per annum in the United States. Moreover, from 1990 to 2000 the level of sedentary and obese individual increased by 33 percent. Moreover, you might be unaware that overweight accounted for 20 percent of all cancer deaths for women and 14 percent for men.
There are a number of reasons why obesity is dangerous, some of the ramifications of obesity have been enumerated below:
1. It increases blood pressure.
2. It increases the risk Type II diabetes.
3. It might cause gallbladder disease.
4. Can cause coronary disease and strokes.
5. Increases the risks of all cancers.
Obesity does also lead to several problems such as erectile dysfunction, chronic renal failure, ovarian cysts, sleep apnea, fatty liver disease, gastro-esophageal reflux and an enlarged heart.
In other words, obesity does cause a general deterioration to the quality of life. It does also contribute to low self-esteem and depression. Obese people are faced with 30 to 50 percent more health predicaments compared to heavy drinkers or smokers.
The basic way to deal with obesity is to engage in an active lifestyle with lots of exercise and proper diets. One should eat less, move more as well as laugh at every occasion.
Sleep
According to research conducted by UCLA Cousins Center, lacking sleep for a single night can instigate a cellular pathway which generates tissue-damaging ‘inflammation’. The body is badly affected through lack of sleep. The body considers it as stress and does therefore, induce deadly chemicals. Depriving from sleep during a single day can impair mental functioning. The impairment becomes cumulative as days with no sleep accumulate.
Some of the implication of insignificant sleep is stress, mood swings, irrationality, heightening blood pressure, slower reactions, impaired memory and decision making abilities.
Another unfolding effect is that lack of sleep can lead to obesity, diabetes, immune system compromise, cancer and heart diseases. Lacking sleep for four to six hours can have a significant impact on our ability to remember and think. Television shows are often a cause of sleep deprivation, but now you know why you have forgotten it the next morning.
To prevent aging sufficient sleep is fundamental.
For a more elaborated explanation on concerns related to lack of sleep with some strategies to rejuvenate your sleep, do read: When Artificial Light and Lack of Sleeping Becomes Cancerous
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Summary of healthy attitudes: Seven Steps to Longevity; Recommendation From Maximum Life Foundation
Source: Source: Maximum Life Foundation: David A. Kekich, CEO, Maximum Life Foundation
Mon, Aug 30, 2010
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