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One of the negative trends in this country over the past twenty years is the rise in child obesity.  It seems that far more children are overweight and even obese.  If you have a child who is overweight, there are many things you can do.  Here are some tips on creating diets for children.

Teaching children to learn how to eat properly is one of the most important lessons you can teach your child.  With an epidemic of obesity in this country, a little education can go a long way.  One tip is to start early.  Keep in mind, you don’t have to use scare tactics, but it is important for children to understand which foods are healthy and which foods can be bad for them if not eaten in moderation.

You can also visit many web sites that have different plans for putting your child on a diet.  Most diets don’t necessarily starve the child, like many adult diets but emphasize a certain caloric intake as well as physical activities.

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Posted on September 7th, 2008 by Dee
Filed under: Child Health, Dieting, Weight Loss | 1 Comment »

Metabolism is important because it establishes the rate at which calories are burned from the food that we consume and it can also determine how easily we lose weight or how quickly we can gain weight. Not every individual will burn calories at the same rate.

There are many things that influence our rate of metabolism. Metabolism is influenced by age. Every decade of life, our metabolisms slow at a rate of about 5% per decade after we turn 40. Sex, also can determine our metabolism rate because males generally burn calories when they are resting than females do.

The proportion of lean body mass, which is the amount of muscle you have) determines the rate of metabolism too because the more muscle the faster your metabolic rate tends to be. Heredity also can make a difference in your metabolic rate too. Defects in the thyroid gland can also slow down metabolism, although this is a rare occurrence.

The more weight you are carrying on your frame, the higher your metabolism is because the extra weight causes your body to work harder, so the metabolism runs faster to keep up with your body.

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Posted on July 12th, 2008 by Dee
Filed under: Dieting, Weight Loss, Health & Vitality | No Comments »

Stress hormones can cause female and male hormone problems, weight gain, and chronic illness. How can this be true? Cortisol, epinephrine, and other stress hormones can drain you bodies health, vitality and even contribute to infertility unless you learn how to control these stress hormones.

What you eat and how you handle stress can drive you body into blood sugar instability, weight gain, sleep disturbance and exhaustion that lead to weight gain and chronic illness.

Adrenal glands are stress handling glands that produce a variety of hormones that help you handle all types of stress-mental, emotional or physical. The adrenals function to keep your body in a dynamic balance during whatever external or internal changes or challenges you face.

They control fluid balance, blood sugar balance, inflammatory and anti-inflammatory responses, and immune system response. You can see why the control indirectly your looks and weight.

The adrenals produce steroid hormones which are the hormones that determine overall strength, and stamina. They are the backup to the sex hormones, and so are vital for everything from fertility to pregnancy to menopause and include anti-aging hormones. Adrenal glands produce their variety of hormones and release them directly into the blood stream, where they are carried to virtually all the cells of the body. Adrenal health is the key to health and anti-aging.

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Posted on April 21st, 2008 by Dee
Filed under: Adult Stress, Relaxation, Dieting, Weight Loss | No Comments »

Suddenly, it happens, without warning. You crave fistfuls of chocolate-chip cookies and milk. Or maybe some calorie-laden comfort food slathered in gravy. Or maybe a cheeseburger and jumbo
fries. Doesn’t that huge chunk of pecan pie look delicious?

Can you stick to your healthy eating plan under all this pressure? If you follow these steps to control your cravings, you most certainly can try.

Some researchers speculate that you begin craving food when your body lacks needed nutrients. For instance, carbohydrate cravings reported by dietres could mean their meals are too few in calories and their blood sugar levels are low.

According to Boston University’s Nutrition and Weight Management Center, make sure you eat plenty of healthy foods that provide your body with the nutrients needed to function properly. However, if you begin hankering for something not so healthy, here are 10 ways to short-circuit your cravings:

• Avoid triggers. Keep away from certain foods that start your cravings. You’ll find the more you’re away from the foods, the less likely you’ll want them - and you may even start craving the foods you do eat, like fruits and vegetables.

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Posted on April 7th, 2008 by Dee
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Being overweight not only looks unsightly and makes you feel less attractive it also poses a far greater risk, a risk to your health. Therefore, there are many reasons why it is important that you maintain a healthy weight by eating well-balanced meals and getting regular exercise.

Being overweight has been linked with many conditions affecting not only our physical health but also our mental health, studies have shown that those people who are overweight and don’t get regular exercise are more at risk of developing depression than those that exercise on a regular basis and eat a well balanced and varied diet. Experts have agreed that the more overweight a person is then the more likely they are to suffer severe health problems, however once the person takes steps to start losing weight and changes their lifestyle, then the percentage starts to drop. If you are overweight then even just by losing 10 or 20 pounds you can begin to reduce the increased associated risks to your health and make improvements. You should defiantly consider losing weight if you are overweight and any of the following conditions apply to you.

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Posted on January 24th, 2008 by Dee
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