With certainty, fattening kids up by making them overweight/obese is child abuse.
Nutritional child abuse is the most common form of child abuse of which we are aware. About one-third of all kids are overweight or obese. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month in the USA. To help these children, who are arguably the most abused on earth, Fitness Watch will offer 30 tips and facts – one for each day in April – directed at saving the children. Even if you are not from the USA, these facts and tips can help you and your children, too.
Today’s Fact – Even though today marks the end of Child Abuse Prevention Month, remember that every day is Nutritional Child Abuse Prevention Day.
An Oprah threat to your health and the health of your children? Have you been misled?
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Too many men 'unconcerned' about weight health risks
What me worry?
Too many men are failing to recognise the health risks of being overweight, according to Men's Health Forum chief executive Peter Baker.If they had to pay for those increased risks, they would get concerned lickety-split.
Social Costs of Medical Injuries, Errors Top Hard Costs
Fit people tend to be healthier than unfit people. This makes them less likely to be exposed to medical errors.
Get fit.
The annual cost of measurable medical errors is at least $17 billion, but the "social" costs are as high as $958 billion each year, which is nearly half of all U.S. healthcare spending in 2008, according to two separate studies published in Health AffairsSave yourself from sick care.
Get fit.
Friday, April 29, 2011
April Is National Child Abuse Prevention Month - 30 Tips and Facts in 30 Days
With certainty, fattening kids up by making them overweight/obese is child abuse.
Nutritional child abuse is the most common form of child abuse of which we are aware. About one-third of all kids are overweight or obese. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month in the USA. To help these children, who are arguably the most abused on earth, Fitness Watch will offer 30 tips and facts – one for each day in April – directed at saving the children. Even if you are not from the USA, these facts and tips can help you and your children, too.
Today’s Tip – Do not force your kid to eat.
Even if you sweated over a hot stove all day to make whatever you made, do not force it down your child’s throat.
Taking it personally will not help.
Fact is, better the food is left on the plate than worn around the belly.
As long as cravings and overeating do not result, there is no good reason to make an issue of the matter.
Nutritional child abuse is the most common form of child abuse of which we are aware. About one-third of all kids are overweight or obese. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month in the USA. To help these children, who are arguably the most abused on earth, Fitness Watch will offer 30 tips and facts – one for each day in April – directed at saving the children. Even if you are not from the USA, these facts and tips can help you and your children, too.
Today’s Tip – Do not force your kid to eat.
Even if you sweated over a hot stove all day to make whatever you made, do not force it down your child’s throat.
Taking it personally will not help.
Fact is, better the food is left on the plate than worn around the belly.
As long as cravings and overeating do not result, there is no good reason to make an issue of the matter.
Obesity in Pregnancy May Raise Infant Death Risk
As we have advocated for years - fat people should not have children.
Babies born to obese moms appear to have an increased risk of dying before birth, at delivery, and during their first year of life, according to a new study...Amen.
“...achieving a healthy weight before pregnancy should be the goal.”
Latest Findings On The Effects Of Caffeine In Diabetes
Caffeine is bad, again.
It was bad.
It was good.
Still think they have any idea what they are talking about?
A growing body of research suggests that caffeine disrupts glucose metabolism and may contribute to the development and poor control of type 2 diabetes, a major public health problem. A review article in the inaugural issue of Journal of Caffeine Research: The International Multidisciplinary Journal of Caffeine Science, a quarterly peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. publishers, examines the latest evidence, contradicting earlier studies suggesting a protective effect of caffeine.It was good.
It was bad.
It was good.
Still think they have any idea what they are talking about?
Thursday, April 28, 2011
April Is National Child Abuse Prevention Month - 30 Tips and Facts in 30 Days
With certainty, fattening kids up by making them overweight/obese is child abuse.
Nutritional child abuse is the most common form of child abuse of which we are aware. About one-third of all kids are overweight or obese. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month in the USA. To help these children, who are arguably the most abused on earth, Fitness Watch will offer 30 tips and facts – one for each day in April – directed at saving the children. Even if you are not from the USA, these facts and tips can help you and your children, too.
Today’s Tip – Sure, you think you want to be your child’s friend. But is that all? And at what cost?
First and foremost you have to be the parent.
Unlike friends who can come and go or say “good-bye” and head home, you and your child are united forever.
Using food as a reward is not the way to build a relationship. If the only reason you and your kid continue to relate is because you offer-up food as a bonding agent, there is something fundamentally wrong.
Plus the association of food with reward threatens to become a lifelong fixation that can only lead to a bad outcome.
Do not get into the habit of using food as a reward or pacifier and if you have already made that mistake, start putting an end to it.
Nutritional child abuse is the most common form of child abuse of which we are aware. About one-third of all kids are overweight or obese. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month in the USA. To help these children, who are arguably the most abused on earth, Fitness Watch will offer 30 tips and facts – one for each day in April – directed at saving the children. Even if you are not from the USA, these facts and tips can help you and your children, too.
Today’s Tip – Sure, you think you want to be your child’s friend. But is that all? And at what cost?
First and foremost you have to be the parent.
Unlike friends who can come and go or say “good-bye” and head home, you and your child are united forever.
Using food as a reward is not the way to build a relationship. If the only reason you and your kid continue to relate is because you offer-up food as a bonding agent, there is something fundamentally wrong.
Plus the association of food with reward threatens to become a lifelong fixation that can only lead to a bad outcome.
Do not get into the habit of using food as a reward or pacifier and if you have already made that mistake, start putting an end to it.
How A Serious Problem Arises In Fatty Liver
How? From being too darned fat.
From eating too many Calories.
'Nuff said.
Up to 80 percent of obese people develop fatty liver disease, which is regarded a typical characteristic of the dangerous metabolic syndrome. Deposition of fat in the liver may lead to chronic liver inflammation and even to liver cancer. In addition, fatty liver is considered to be an independent risk factor for coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis.How it arises?
The great medical relevance of fatty liver as a severe condition accompanying insulin resistance and type II diabetes caused the research group headed by Dr. Stephan Herzig of the Division of Molecular Metabolic Control to investigate how this syndrome arises.
From eating too many Calories.
'Nuff said.
Choosing Between High-Fat And Healthier Snacks: Warning Labels Better Than A Fat Tax
Since there are no healthy foods (or "junk" foods), only healthy eating, warning labels are a bad idea (there are other reasons). Still this is better than attacking the wallets and pocketbooks of the calorically responsible.
Warning labels on junk food would be more effective than a "fat" tax for deterring overweight people from making unhealthy purchases, a new University of Alberta study has found.In any event, we'll see how long that lasts.
A survey of 364 shoppers in random Alberta grocery stores showed that while price alone wouldn't deter people from reaching for junk food, shoppers - including those with the heaviest body mass index - did heed a label that warned of high fat content and included a note that the item was being taxed because of it.
The study asked shoppers to choose between high-fat and healthier snacks in the 50 cent to $2 range. Some of the items came with a hypothetical warning label. The responses were analyzed, and showed three groups of consumers. While two of the groups were already sensitive to either price or less healthy snacks and tended to avoid them, one of the groups - the one with the highest body weight - seemed deterred only by the warning label.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
April Is National Child Abuse Prevention Month - 30 Tips and Facts in 30 Days
With certainty, fattening kids up by making them overweight/obese is child abuse.
Nutritional child abuse is the most common form of child abuse of which we are aware. About one-third of all kids are overweight or obese. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month in the USA. To help these children, who are arguably the most abused on earth, Fitness Watch will offer 30 tips and facts – one for each day in April – directed at saving the children. Even if you are not from the USA, these facts and tips can help you and your children, too.
Today’s Tip – Make your home the place where your child and his/her friends want to play.
When they are at your residence, you have the control.
You can keep them out of the fridge and pantry, you can offer the kids snacks of which you approve, you can be certain they are not hitting the liquor cabinet, etc.
If you want something done right, do it yourself.
Nutritional child abuse is the most common form of child abuse of which we are aware. About one-third of all kids are overweight or obese. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month in the USA. To help these children, who are arguably the most abused on earth, Fitness Watch will offer 30 tips and facts – one for each day in April – directed at saving the children. Even if you are not from the USA, these facts and tips can help you and your children, too.
Today’s Tip – Make your home the place where your child and his/her friends want to play.
When they are at your residence, you have the control.
You can keep them out of the fridge and pantry, you can offer the kids snacks of which you approve, you can be certain they are not hitting the liquor cabinet, etc.
If you want something done right, do it yourself.
Child Obesity Intervention Fails to Modify BMI
Well, what did you expect?
And the fat parents fatten their kids for the kill whether they are in front of the tube or not.
An intervention targeting obesity in children reduces television viewing but does not significantly decrease body mass index (BMI) or diet-related behaviors, according to the findings of a new study.Fat parents have fat kids.
Elsie M. Taveras, MD, MPH, with the Obesity Prevention Program, Department of Population Medicine, at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, and colleagues reported their findings in the April 2011 issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
According to the researchers, overweight preschool-aged children "especially those with overweight parents, tend themselves to become obese as adults and are at high risk of short-term and long-term adverse outcomes."
In the current study, researchers assessed the extent to which an intervention could prevent an increase in BMI and improve obesity-related behaviors among children at increased risk for obesity.
A total of 475 children aged 2.0 to 6.9 years were included in the analysis. Participants had a BMI in the 95th percentile or higher or had at least 1 overweight parent and a BMI in the 85th to less than 95th percentile. They were randomly assigned to receive the intervention (n = 271) or usual care (n = 204), and changes in BMI and obesity-related behaviors were noted during a 1-year period.
And the fat parents fatten their kids for the kill whether they are in front of the tube or not.
"To our knowledge, the High Five for Kids study is the first randomized controlled trial in a primary care setting aimed at reducing obesity among preschool-aged children," Dr. Taveras and colleagues note.They should try Fit To Parent (tm).
They conclude that after 1 year, the "High Five for Kids study improved television-viewing behaviors among preschool-aged children but did not have significant effects on BMI or diet-related behaviors."
The researchers plan to evaluate the intervention effects for a longer period and "examine the components of such an intervention that are maximally effective, scalable, and cost-effective."
Adolescent Body Mass Index (BMI) Can Predict Young Adulthood Diabetes And Heart Disease
Nutritional child abuse, no question.
A large cohort study following 37,000 teenagers for 17 years found that an elevated, yet normal range Body Mass Index (BMI) constitutes a substantial risk factor for obesity-related disorders in young adults (age 30-40).Stop the abusers.
The study showed that elevated BMI in adolescence has distinctive relationships with type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease in young adulthood. Researchers showed that diabetes is influenced mainly by recent BMI and weight gain. However, for coronary heart disease, both elevated BMI in adolescence and recent BMI are independent risk factors. The natural progression of coronary heart disease is probably the consequence of gradually increasing atherosclerosis during adolescence and early adulthood.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
April Is National Child Abuse Prevention Month - 30 Tips and Facts in 30 Days
With certainty, fattening kids up by making them overweight/obese is child abuse.
Nutritional child abuse is the most common form of child abuse of which we are aware. About one-third of all kids are overweight or obese. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month in the USA. To help these children, who are arguably the most abused on earth, Fitness Watch will offer 30 tips and facts – one for each day in April – directed at saving the children. Even if you are not from the USA, these facts and tips can help you and your children, too.
Today’s Tip – Have meals on a schedule.
Discipline is at the heart of earned success.
Establish daily feeding times and stick with them.
Failing to meet the schedule and offering excuses instead of commitment and success teach kids bad habits.
Remember that you are the parent and responsible for who your child becomes.
Nutritional child abuse is the most common form of child abuse of which we are aware. About one-third of all kids are overweight or obese. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month in the USA. To help these children, who are arguably the most abused on earth, Fitness Watch will offer 30 tips and facts – one for each day in April – directed at saving the children. Even if you are not from the USA, these facts and tips can help you and your children, too.
Today’s Tip – Have meals on a schedule.
Discipline is at the heart of earned success.
Establish daily feeding times and stick with them.
Failing to meet the schedule and offering excuses instead of commitment and success teach kids bad habits.
Remember that you are the parent and responsible for who your child becomes.
Adipose Cells And Breast Cancer, A Dangerous Combination
Breast cancer is one way to lose weight.
I don't advocate it, but, hey, it's your choice.
Apart from its direct effect on health (such as cardiovascular diseases and diabetes), obesity is increasingly suspected of playing a role in the prognosis of breast cancer and, in particular, its propensity to spread. However, no direct cause and effect relationship had been demonstrated until now. This breakthrough has finally been made through the collaborative work of two teams of researchers from Inserm, CNRS and the Université Paul Sabatier. Their research has made it possible to highlight, both in vitro and in vivo, the presence of adipose cells (known as adipocytes) near breast tumors. These adipocytes have specific biological characteristics. When associated with tumors, they are capable of modifying the characteristics of cancerous cells, making them more aggressive. The results of this work are published in Cancer Research of 1st April 2011.Kudos, fatsos.
Numerous statistical studies have already established a link between obesity and the "aggressiveness" of breast cancer in women, without ever succeeding to explain this phenomenon. In order to find an explanation, the researchers studied the cross-talk between adipose cells and tumor cells.
What's Coming Next In The Biochemical Battle Of The Bulge?
Easy question.
Dozens of researchers in the coming days will lay out what's around the corner in the biochemical battle of the bulge as part of the Experimental Biology 2011 conference in Washington, D.C.Failure.
Monday, April 25, 2011
April Is National Child Abuse Prevention Month - 30 Tips and Facts in 30 Days
With certainty, fattening kids up by making them overweight/obese is child abuse.
Nutritional child abuse is the most common form of child abuse of which we are aware. About one-third of all kids are overweight or obese. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month in the USA. To help these children, who are arguably the most abused on earth, Fitness Watch will offer 30 tips and facts – one for each day in April – directed at saving the children. Even if you are not from the USA, these facts and tips can help you and your children, too.
Today's Tip - Another way to get involved.
Here is an excerpt from an article about overweight/obese kids:
This makes them, IMHO, complicit in the child abuse.
You can call child and family services if you want. But that is not today's tip.
The article was published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, April 2009 issue.
Many medical journals demand that authors disclose whether they have an economic interest in the drug, device, etc., about which they are writing.
Likewise, these journals should demand that sick care workers (or education workers in their journals) disclose if they have performed their duties and reported the abused children.
To get involved, go to the websites of the American College of Preventive Medicine, the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics and whomever else you choose and ask them to demand this information from their authors.
Nutritional child abuse is the most common form of child abuse of which we are aware. About one-third of all kids are overweight or obese. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month in the USA. To help these children, who are arguably the most abused on earth, Fitness Watch will offer 30 tips and facts – one for each day in April – directed at saving the children. Even if you are not from the USA, these facts and tips can help you and your children, too.
Today's Tip - Another way to get involved.
Here is an excerpt from an article about overweight/obese kids:
"US kids are not only too heavy; they're also out of shape, according to a new study of 5th and 7th grade students in Georgia.I am willing to bet that these docs did not do their IMHO mandated by law duty and report these kids to Georgia's child and family services department.
Half didn't reach minimum standards for healthy aerobic fitness, Dr. Kenneth E. Powell, a physician in private practice, and his colleagues found, while nearly a quarter didn't make the grade in terms of muscle fitness, endurance or flexibility.
Powell and his team determined body mass index (BMI) and tested fitness and physical activity levels of 5,248 students from 93 schools across Georgia."
This makes them, IMHO, complicit in the child abuse.
You can call child and family services if you want. But that is not today's tip.
The article was published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, April 2009 issue.
Many medical journals demand that authors disclose whether they have an economic interest in the drug, device, etc., about which they are writing.
Likewise, these journals should demand that sick care workers (or education workers in their journals) disclose if they have performed their duties and reported the abused children.
To get involved, go to the websites of the American College of Preventive Medicine, the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics and whomever else you choose and ask them to demand this information from their authors.
Response To Stress Blunted By Elevated Levels Of Sodium, Study Shows
Salt is health food!
All those salty snacks available at the local tavern might be doing more than increasing your thirst: they could also play a role in suppressing social anxiety.For those of you who (mistakenly) think stress is bad, salt up.
New research from the University of Cincinnati (UC) shows that elevated levels of sodium blunt the body's natural responses to stress by inhibiting stress hormones that would otherwise be activated in stressful situations. These hormones are located along the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, which controls reactions to stress.
The research is reported in the April 6, 2011, issue of The Journal of Neuroscience, the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience.
"We're calling this the Watering Hole Effect," says Eric Krause, PhD, a research assistant professor in the basic science division of UC's department of psychiatry and behavioral neuroscience and first author of the study. "When you're thirsty, you have to overcome some amount of fear and anxiety to approach a communal water source. And you want to facilitate those interactions - that way everyone can get to the water source."
Krause and his team dehydrated laboratory rats by giving them sodium chloride, then exposed them to stress. Compared with a control group, the rats that received the sodium chloride secreted fewer stress hormones and also displayed a reduced cardiovascular response to stress.
"Their blood pressure and heart rate did not go up as much in response to stress as the control group's, and they returned to resting levels more quickly," says Krause.
"Also, in a social interaction paradigm with two rats interacting, we found them to be more interactive and less socially anxious."
Drinking over the limit 'raises cancer risk'
Where is that supersubstance resveratrol when you need it?
This research found that individuals who drank more than two standard drinks a day for men and one drink a day for women were particularly at risk of alcohol-related cancers.Bummer.
A standard drink contains about 12g of alcohol, which is equivalent to a 125ml glass of wine or a half pint of beer.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
April Is National Child Abuse Prevention Month - 30 Tips and Facts in 30 Days
With certainty, fattening kids up by making them overweight/obese is child abuse.
Nutritional child abuse is the most common form of child abuse of which we are aware. About one-third of all kids are overweight or obese. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month in the USA. To help these children, who are arguably the most abused on earth, Fitness Watch will offer 30 tips and facts – one for each day in April – directed at saving the children. Even if you are not from the USA, these facts and tips can help you and your children, too.
Today’s Fact and Tip – You and your child can succeed at weight loss/weight control, no matter the circumstances.
There is much talk, similar to the “healthy foods” debate, which is garbage and a way to tell you that you must fail unless conditions are perfect.
Some of these conversations revolve around urban planning, parks and green space.
These are specious and silly arguments.
There is a bottom line to life and that is perfection is a very difficult standard.
If you wait for perfection, whatever that really is, to arrive you will die waiting.
People succeed against odds of various sizes all the time. Successful businesspersons, sports figures, etc., fight the odds daily.
In fact, using sports figures as an example, if conditions were perfect for these people daily who would care to watch?
The essence of usual success is overcoming something.
So don’t let the rantings of high-placed, media hyped morons convince you that your kids need perfection to control their weight.
It is possible under real life circumstances.
To suggest otherwise is an insult to you and your children
Nutritional child abuse is the most common form of child abuse of which we are aware. About one-third of all kids are overweight or obese. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month in the USA. To help these children, who are arguably the most abused on earth, Fitness Watch will offer 30 tips and facts – one for each day in April – directed at saving the children. Even if you are not from the USA, these facts and tips can help you and your children, too.
Today’s Fact and Tip – You and your child can succeed at weight loss/weight control, no matter the circumstances.
There is much talk, similar to the “healthy foods” debate, which is garbage and a way to tell you that you must fail unless conditions are perfect.
Some of these conversations revolve around urban planning, parks and green space.
These are specious and silly arguments.
There is a bottom line to life and that is perfection is a very difficult standard.
If you wait for perfection, whatever that really is, to arrive you will die waiting.
People succeed against odds of various sizes all the time. Successful businesspersons, sports figures, etc., fight the odds daily.
In fact, using sports figures as an example, if conditions were perfect for these people daily who would care to watch?
The essence of usual success is overcoming something.
So don’t let the rantings of high-placed, media hyped morons convince you that your kids need perfection to control their weight.
It is possible under real life circumstances.
To suggest otherwise is an insult to you and your children
BMI in Teen Years Linked to Later Heart Disease Risk
More nutritional child abuse.
An elevated body mass index (BMI) in adolescent boys -- even within the normal range -- is a risk factor for coronary heart disease in middle life, researchers reported.Help stop it.
Obesity In Childhood Leads To Poor Posture And Back Pain
Oh, your kid's achin' back! Another effect of nutritional child abuse.
Being overweight as a child and adolescent can lead to poor postures linked to back pain, according to new research by Curtin University's School of Physiotherapy, the Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute and the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research.Help stop the abuse.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
April Is National Child Abuse Prevention Month - 30 Tips and Facts in 30 Days
With certainty, fattening kids up by making them overweight/obese is child abuse.
Nutritional child abuse is the most common form of child abuse of which we are aware. About one-third of all kids are overweight or obese. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month in the USA. To help these children, who are arguably the most abused on earth, Fitness Watch will offer 30 tips and facts – one for each day in April – directed at saving the children. Even if you are not from the USA, these facts and tips can help you and your children, too.
Today’s Tip – If you want to keep your kids from getting overweight/obese, control their Calories.
One of the best ways is for you to learn how to prepare meals of appropriate caloric content and to have as many meals at home as possible.
This gives you the most control over the Calories your children put into their bodies.
Nutritional child abuse is the most common form of child abuse of which we are aware. About one-third of all kids are overweight or obese. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month in the USA. To help these children, who are arguably the most abused on earth, Fitness Watch will offer 30 tips and facts – one for each day in April – directed at saving the children. Even if you are not from the USA, these facts and tips can help you and your children, too.
Today’s Tip – If you want to keep your kids from getting overweight/obese, control their Calories.
One of the best ways is for you to learn how to prepare meals of appropriate caloric content and to have as many meals at home as possible.
This gives you the most control over the Calories your children put into their bodies.
Vitamin D Can Decrease, Or Increase, Breast Cancer Development And Insulin Resistance
The final word on the cure du jour.
In mouse models of breast cancer, researchers at the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, a part of Georgetown University Medical Center, found that vitamin D significantly reduced development of estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer both in lean and obese mice, but had no beneficial effect in estrogen receptor-negative (ER-) cancer. In fact, obese mice destined to develop ER- breast cancer were clearly worse off than lean ER- mice if they were given vitamin D in their diet.There. Now you know.
The researchers, who presented their study at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, also found that vitamin D reversed insulin resistance in obese mice, no matter which breast cancer subtype they later developed. In lean mice, however, there was no evidence that vitamin D increased insulin sensitivity.
"Use of vitamin D supplementation is clearly tricky. In the many studies that have been done studying the effect of vitamin D in different cancer types, there is no straight link between use and benefit," says the study's lead investigator, Leena Hilakivi-Clarke, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Oncology...IMPACTS OF VITAMIN D INTAKE IN HUMANS
In colon cancer, risk of development reduced but no effect found in later stage cancers.
In pancreatic, esophageal, prostate cancers there is a potential increased risk.
Man's change began when he couldn't fit in ride with son
Compelling evidence that this expert "dubbed 'An Apostle for Fitness" by the Wall Street Journal'" and the researchers she now worships are full of s**t - as are all the pinheads who are excusinators for the fat.
No excuse in the world will change that.
John Memmer said his light bulb moment occurred when he couldn't fit on an amusement park ride with his son.It is about willpower and a proper approach to weight loss which none of the experts offer. (e.g., see here, here, here, here, here and here)
The 39-year-old auto insurance underwriter from Bloomington, Illinois, was on a family outing at a theme park in Missouri and his son, Alex, desperately wanted him to share a seat next to him.
"The attendant tried to push and squeeze me into the seat, but to no avail. I was too big to fit," said Memmer. "So there I was with hundreds of people staring at me as all of this was going on, and then I heard my son start to cry as I had to climb off the ride," he said.
A stranger in line agreed to sit with his son, but at that moment, Memmer knew it was finally time to lose weight.
"All the shoulda, coulda, wouldas catalyzed into an intense desire to finally do something about it," he said...
He started his weight loss program during the summer of 2009 and eventually lost about 115 pounds over the course of a year. His initial weight was 300 pounds. Memmer said he kept his plan simple: eating less and consuming fewer calories.
No excuse in the world will change that.
Friday, April 22, 2011
April Is National Child Abuse Prevention Month - 30 Tips and Facts in 30 Days
With certainty, fattening kids up by making them overweight/obese is child abuse.
Nutritional child abuse is the most common form of child abuse of which we are aware. About one-third of all kids are overweight or obese. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month in the USA. To help these children, who are arguably the most abused on earth, Fitness Watch will offer 30 tips and facts – one for each day in April – directed at saving the children. Even if you are not from the USA, these facts and tips can help you and your children, too.
Today’s Fact and Tip – It is better for a child never to have been overweight/obese than it is for a child to have to be rescued from overweight/obesity.
Fat parents have fat kids.
If you are an overweight/obese adult and want to have children, do the best thing you can for your future children – wait until you lose the pounds.
Fat parents expose their children and themselves to more than the conditions mentioned on April 06.
Among these additional problems are:
· Labor and delivery complications
· Fetal and neonatal death
· Maternal complications (e.g. hypertension, gestational diabetes, preeclampsia)
· Delivery of large-for-gestational-age (LGA) infants
· Birth defects, especially neural tube defects
· Miscarriage
· More cesarean deliveries with higher rates of anesthesia complications and infections
· Longer stays in the hospital
· Premature delivery in women with high blood pressure, which increases the risk for pre-eclampsia and eclampsia
· Blood clots
· Hospital costs for prenatal care were dramatically higher for overweight and obese women. Costs were fivefold to 16-fold greater than for normal-weight women, depending on how much extra weight the women carried.
Waiting a short while to shed the pounds in order to get your weight under control can save your children a lifetime of illness and hardship.
You should care enough to do the right thing.
Nutritional child abuse is the most common form of child abuse of which we are aware. About one-third of all kids are overweight or obese. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month in the USA. To help these children, who are arguably the most abused on earth, Fitness Watch will offer 30 tips and facts – one for each day in April – directed at saving the children. Even if you are not from the USA, these facts and tips can help you and your children, too.
Today’s Fact and Tip – It is better for a child never to have been overweight/obese than it is for a child to have to be rescued from overweight/obesity.
Fat parents have fat kids.
If you are an overweight/obese adult and want to have children, do the best thing you can for your future children – wait until you lose the pounds.
Fat parents expose their children and themselves to more than the conditions mentioned on April 06.
Among these additional problems are:
· Labor and delivery complications
· Fetal and neonatal death
· Maternal complications (e.g. hypertension, gestational diabetes, preeclampsia)
· Delivery of large-for-gestational-age (LGA) infants
· Birth defects, especially neural tube defects
· Miscarriage
· More cesarean deliveries with higher rates of anesthesia complications and infections
· Longer stays in the hospital
· Premature delivery in women with high blood pressure, which increases the risk for pre-eclampsia and eclampsia
· Blood clots
· Hospital costs for prenatal care were dramatically higher for overweight and obese women. Costs were fivefold to 16-fold greater than for normal-weight women, depending on how much extra weight the women carried.
Waiting a short while to shed the pounds in order to get your weight under control can save your children a lifetime of illness and hardship.
You should care enough to do the right thing.
Many Women Would Trade 1 Year of Life to Be Thin
But would they eat fewer Calories than they burned for one year of life to get thin?
Idiottes.
Almost one-third of young women would trade at least a year of their lives to have a perfect body, according to a new survey of British undergraduates.Nope.
The survey found that 16 percent of young women queried said they'd trade a year of life for their ideal body weight and shape. Ten percent were willing to trade two to five years, and 2 percent were willing to trade up to 10 years of life away. One percent said they would give up 21 years or more.
Idiottes.
Portly NY Councilman Leroy Comrie Wants To Eliminate Toys From Unhealthy Meals
Another fat obesity expert. (e.g., see here and here)
Idiot.
An overweight New York politician is on a crusade to eliminate toys from fast food meals that he says promotes unhealthy eating habits in children.And an articulate one, too. ("...meals that have a nutritional value...")
"If we can get the fast food industry to lead in this healthy quest by doing happy meals that have a nutritional value we would definitely change the tide of childhood obesity," New York City Council Deputy Majority Leader Leroy Comrie told ABC News.
Idiot.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
April Is National Child Abuse Prevention Month - 30 Tips and Facts in 30 Days
With certainty, fattening kids up by making them overweight/obese is child abuse.
Nutritional child abuse is the most common form of child abuse of which we are aware. About one-third of all kids are overweight or obese. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month in the USA. To help these children, who are arguably the most abused on earth, Fitness Watch will offer 30 tips and facts – one for each day in April – directed at saving the children. Even if you are not from the USA, these facts and tips can help you and your children, too.
Today’s Tip – Another way that you can get involved is by getting the word out that doctors, nurses, teacher, principals and others are breaking the law by failing to report nutritional child abuse and neglect to the authorities as they are mandated to do by law.
It is probable that most reporters are unaware of this.
Call your local TV network affiliates, call your newspapers, call investigative reporters and ask them to look into the matter.
If you do chat rooms, then chat this up.
The laws are on the books. They are there for a reason. And the reason is to protect children.
Get involved.
Nutritional child abuse is the most common form of child abuse of which we are aware. About one-third of all kids are overweight or obese. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month in the USA. To help these children, who are arguably the most abused on earth, Fitness Watch will offer 30 tips and facts – one for each day in April – directed at saving the children. Even if you are not from the USA, these facts and tips can help you and your children, too.
Today’s Tip – Another way that you can get involved is by getting the word out that doctors, nurses, teacher, principals and others are breaking the law by failing to report nutritional child abuse and neglect to the authorities as they are mandated to do by law.
It is probable that most reporters are unaware of this.
Call your local TV network affiliates, call your newspapers, call investigative reporters and ask them to look into the matter.
If you do chat rooms, then chat this up.
The laws are on the books. They are there for a reason. And the reason is to protect children.
Get involved.
Obesity Increases the Risk of Fetal and Infant Death, and the Risk of Complications After Hysterectomy
More data supporting the notion that the fat should not reproduce.
Women who are obese during early pregnancy have a significantly increased risk of their baby dying before, during or up to one year after birth, according to research just published in the journal Human Reproduction. A second paper also published in the journal April 5 shows that obesity increases the risk of complications, such as bleeding and infections, during and after a hysterectomy operation.Early nutritional child abuse, plain and simple.
Diet Dogma Misguided, Study Reveals
Diets fail because they are made impossible.
Advising weight loss is absolutely the right way to go.
It must be done right.
These researchers have s**t for brains and are part of the problem since they are part of the system.
Advising weight loss is absolutely the right way to go.
It must be done right.
These researchers have s**t for brains and are part of the problem since they are part of the system.
Advising obese and overweight patients to lose weight does more harm than good, according to a recent study in Nutrition Journal, an online scientific publication. The article ranks as one of the publication's most "highly accessed" and has generated a storm of controversy among health professionals.Right premise (diet dogma is misguided); wrong conclusion.
Linda Bacon, an associate nutritionist at University of California, Davis, and nutrition professor at City College of San Francisco, and Lucy Aphramor, a specialist dietitian with England's National Health Service and an honorary research fellow at Coventry University, conducted the survey of almost 200 scientific studies appearing in provisional form in the Journal's January 24th issue, just released in final version.
Rather than improving patient well-being, their review showed, weight-loss advice more often leads to weight gain, feelings of failure, and diminished health status. The authors advise health professionals to set aside weight as a marker and strive instead to help people improve health behaviors.
"The weight-focused approach does not, in the long run, produce thinner, healthier bodies," said Bacon. As a consequence, "many medical and policy measures are misdirected, costly and damaging. It is clear from our review of the data that body weight is a poor target for public health interventions."
The Pig Is Clever Like A Fox
Oprah's participation in the weight loss debate is an Orwellian nightmare - the pig is in charge.
Well, the pig is clever like a fox.
Just in time to rollout the new version of the book she co-wrote with Bob Greene, AdipOprah, an IMHO whore-for-the-money and clear threat to people's health, devoted the cover and cover story of her O(bese), The AdipOprah magazine, to her weight woes.
In typical fatso style she basically blames her alleged mere 40-pound weight gain on her poor, defenseless, thyroid gland (again).
She is clearly spewing the slop in which she rolls.
The rollout of her “updated and revised” book together with the rollout of her personal story about why she cannot get the rolls out of her belly are an interesting coincidence.
I will bet, it was not “updated and revised” to tell people it is crap and that she and Bob are liars.
Personally, IMHO, it is nothing more than another attempt by a crooked person to rip-off money from desperate people. (According to the bovine billionaire herself, there are "more than 2.4 million" of them who read the magazine. Add to that the people who watch her TV show, listen to her radio programming, watch her TV network and visit her website and you have an awful lot of impressionable people being fooled.)
What she is talking about this 2008 holiday season is, IMHO, nothing more than another attempt at thievery. This is not new for them as Bob and Oprah, IMHO, have a history of using lies and falsified images to scam the public.
(IMHO, Oprah with Bob are every bit as crooked as Oprah is with her other boys, Mehmet and Michael, David and Jorge.)
Despite the fact that the IMHO whore-for-the-money admits that she was gaining weight beginning "in February 2007," she was too greedy to recuse herself from promoting the diet scheme concocted by her and Bob, instead averring how well it worked for her. Even to this day.
I just pulled this (12-14-08) from their diet website. The website is copyright, 2007. The hardcover edition of the book came out December 26, 2006. The paperback edition came out December 26, 2007. The "I" is fatso "O":
I lost weight in stages. First I became active, and I still work out even though I really hate it, but I know if I don’t I will end up 200 pounds again. Then I started working on my eating. I stopped eating past 7:30 at night. When Bob told me it would make a big difference in my weight, I resisted. I thought it was going to be too hard. But I was surprised to find that it wasn’t; even more surprised when it turned out to be one of the most effective changes I made.Liar.
I’ve now taken most of the bad foods out of my diet and replaced them with good. I eat smaller portions and I eat healthy foods as a way of life, not a diet to go on and off.
And the picture used on the website to promote the diet is:
Double liar.
Triple liar.)
Which is the same picture (the background was changed) she and Bob used to rip people off in 2008, on their website:
And other places on the web:
Quintuple liar.
And at a "discount":
Sextuple liar.
And they promoted her and still promote her (12-24-08) as a "success" on their diet (enlarge the image if you have to or just click on it to get to the page):
Which is the same picture (the background was changed) she and Bob used to rip people off in 2008, on their website:
Quadruple liar.
And other places on the web:
Quintuple liar.
And at a "discount":
Sextuple liar.
And they promoted her and still promote her (12-24-08) as a "success" on their diet (enlarge the image if you have to or just click on it to get to the page):
Septuple liar.
Scummy Oprah and Bob are all talk about integrity as if it means something to them. This is from the complaint to the FTC about Bob and Oprah and their false and deceptive advertising:
Here is their chance to stop the talk and do the walk, which, incidentally, Oprah claims is a big part of the fatso "cure":
"As will be seen in Exhibits A, B and M, there is much made of 'truth' and 'truthfulness' by both Mr. Greene and Ms. Winfrey. Likewise, they speak of accepting responsibility for one’s actions. In fact, 'truthfulness' and 'responsibility' appear in the General Index on pages 272 and 271, respectively, in the hardcover edition.You can check out the Exhibits here.
I submit that in the FTC’s taking of its responsibility it has the opportunity to not only protect consumers from what I contend (and what I posit a reasonable consumer would contend if he/she were aware of them) are clearly false and deceptive advertising practices, but also to provide Ms. Winfrey and Mr. Greene with opportunities to accept responsibility for and the consequences of their dishonesty and untruthfulness."
Here is their chance to stop the talk and do the walk, which, incidentally, Oprah claims is a big part of the fatso "cure":
"All you have to do is work out harder and eat less! Get your 10,000 steps in!"What to do?
Give back all the money they took under clearly false pretenses (plus interest earned and any damages), apologize to the world, do some jail time for being the IMHO crooks they are, shut their mouths for good (and the mouths of Oprah's other experts), stop publishing/writing on topics at which they are failures, slither off into the sunset and just go away for good.
That is integrity.
Incidentally, there is one truth among all this drivel of hers.
And what is most important is that you do not need their sh**ty book in order to do that.
Complain to the FTC about her, Bob, Mehmet, Michael, David and Jorge, so it will get these IMHO parasites out from the broadcast media.
The sooner the better. Stop them before they harm again.
That is integrity.
Incidentally, there is one truth among all this drivel of hers.
"All you have to do is…eat less!"If this means fewer Calories in than out, then she is right.
And what is most important is that you do not need their sh**ty book in order to do that.
Complain to the FTC about her, Bob, Mehmet, Michael, David and Jorge, so it will get these IMHO parasites out from the broadcast media.
The sooner the better. Stop them before they harm again.
Oprah and Bob Greene Scamming The Public - Again
The headline links to the Oprahcide or Death By Oprah website.
This link will take you to the Jail For Oprah website where you will find FTC complaints filed re:
Here is a picture of Bob and an Oprah that never existed in reality:
I am clear that, IMHO, Oprah and Bob are two of the leaders in the nutritional homicide movement. There are others, like Mehmet Oz, IMHO.
But what is so grossly apparently dishonest, is the Photoshopped image of AdipOprah.
Her entry into the fitness/weight loss domain is like the book Animal Farm.
The pig is in charge.
I am clear that, IMHO, Oprah and Bob are two of the leaders in the nutritional homicide movement. There are others, like Mehmet Oz, IMHO.
But what is so grossly apparently dishonest, is the Photoshopped image of AdipOprah.
Her entry into the fitness/weight loss domain is like the book Animal Farm.
The pig is in charge.
She claims to be all about integrity, but it is clear to me that she is a dishonest person who has a profit-motivated integrity of convenience that is basically the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help her Photoshop.
This is how Oprah really looks.
But when you are a whore for the money, well, truth in extra-large packaging goes out the door.
However, "Sale Pricing" does not.
Here is a new "deal" Bob and The Killer Queen of Daytime TV are offering.
One look at the real Oprah - same faked image.
One look at the real Oprah - same doomed to fail advice.
One look at the real Oprah - same guaranteed to make you poorer and them richer scam.
This is how The Best Life Diet is described at amazon.com:
Shame on her.
She should be ashamed but I suspect she is not.
If she ever had an ounce of shame, it has likely been replaced by pounds of fat.
In Oprah's own words:
And Oprah is the multi-layered liar.
Laughing all the way to the bank with your money.
This is how Oprah really looks.
Big and fat and with chinny chin chins.
And big thighs and fat ass.
And big thighs and fat ass.
To see more images of AdipOprah and how she really looks following Bob's and Oprah's Best Life Diet, go:
The images above cover the period of time from around the release of their book,December 26, 2006, until just about the present.
But when you are a whore for the money, well, truth in extra-large packaging goes out the door.
However, "Sale Pricing" does not.
Here is a new "deal" Bob and The Killer Queen of Daytime TV are offering.
One look at the real Oprah - same faked image.
One look at the real Oprah - same doomed to fail advice.
One look at the real Oprah - same guaranteed to make you poorer and them richer scam.
This is how The Best Life Diet is described at amazon.com:
"From the bestselling author of Get With the Program! and Bob Greene's Total Body Makeover comes The Best Life Diet, a lifetime plan for losing weight and keeping it off. Bob Greene helped Oprah achieve her dramatic weight loss, and he can help you too. You'll eat the same delicious food that Oprah enjoys, and, just like Oprah, you'll have Bob to encourage you at every step."Just like he did for Oprah! (see images and image links above, in case you have forgotten how good Bob is and/or how fat Oprah is)
Shame on her.
She should be ashamed but I suspect she is not.
If she ever had an ounce of shame, it has likely been replaced by pounds of fat.
In Oprah's own words:
"Excerpt from The Best Life Diet (sic) - by Oprah WinfreyRight.
You cannot ever live the life of your dreams without coming face to face with the truth. Every unwanted pound creates another layer of lies."
And Oprah is the multi-layered liar.
Laughing all the way to the bank with your money.
To find out more about what I believe is going on, read the FTC complaint filed regarding her and Bob. It is available here.
Consumer Reports - Profile In Incompetence (Update)
Today is April 16, 2011. No response from CR since June 11, 2007.
Here is a chronicle of my communications with Consumer Reports re: their June 2007 cover story on "Rating the Diets."
The quality of their work is, IMHO, shamefully shoddy and their analytical skills fatally flawed - just like diet programs.
Of particular interest is CR's response, via a Mr. Harzewski speaking for the Editors.
Read it all.
Then, you decide.
To me, these folks are dangerously incompetent.
Caveat subscriber.
To access all the Fitness Rants, click here.
Here is a chronicle of my communications with Consumer Reports re: their June 2007 cover story on "Rating the Diets."
The quality of their work is, IMHO, shamefully shoddy and their analytical skills fatally flawed - just like diet programs.
Of particular interest is CR's response, via a Mr. Harzewski speaking for the Editors.
Read it all.
Then, you decide.
To me, these folks are dangerously incompetent.
Caveat subscriber.
To access all the Fitness Rants, click here.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
April Is National Child Abuse Prevention Month - 30 Tips and Facts in 30 Days
With certainty, fattening kids up by making them overweight/obese is child abuse.
Nutritional child abuse is the most common form of child abuse of which we are aware. About one-third of all kids are overweight or obese. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month in the USA. To help these children, who are arguably the most abused on earth, Fitness Watch will offer 30 tips and facts – one for each day in April – directed at saving the children. Even if you are not from the USA, these facts and tips can help you and your children, too.
Today’s Fact and Tip – Let us build on yesterday’s.
There is a common factor to all of this weight loss/weight control stuff.
That common factor is time.
Simply put, it takes time to complete the goal of weight loss. Probably more time than you realize if you hear any of the drivel spouted by, for example, Oprah and her experts and other popular diet gurus. But it will certainly take less time if you do it properly and not improperly.
The fact is, and here is the lesson for the kids, only commitment to pursuing the goal the right way and perseverance in that pursuit will make possible attaining most goals.
Weight loss/weight control is no exception.
The opportunity is to teach your child patience and commitment.
Do not squander it.
Nutritional child abuse is the most common form of child abuse of which we are aware. About one-third of all kids are overweight or obese. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month in the USA. To help these children, who are arguably the most abused on earth, Fitness Watch will offer 30 tips and facts – one for each day in April – directed at saving the children. Even if you are not from the USA, these facts and tips can help you and your children, too.
Today’s Fact and Tip – Let us build on yesterday’s.
There is a common factor to all of this weight loss/weight control stuff.
That common factor is time.
Simply put, it takes time to complete the goal of weight loss. Probably more time than you realize if you hear any of the drivel spouted by, for example, Oprah and her experts and other popular diet gurus. But it will certainly take less time if you do it properly and not improperly.
The fact is, and here is the lesson for the kids, only commitment to pursuing the goal the right way and perseverance in that pursuit will make possible attaining most goals.
Weight loss/weight control is no exception.
The opportunity is to teach your child patience and commitment.
Do not squander it.
ACC: CVD Risk Seen in Middle School Students
Fat parents have fat kids.
Stop it.
Children as young as 11 show worrisome signs of future cardiovascular danger, two studies of Michigan sixth-graders showed...Nutritional child abuse.
Children who are overweight or obese are at risk for abnormal lipid levels, Jackson explained.
Stop it.
Breast Cancer Risk Increased By Social Isolation, Stress-Induced Obesity In Mice
Now why would she be socially isolated?
Stress from social isolation, combined with a high-fat diet, increases levels of a brain neurotransmitter - neuropeptide Y, or NPY - in mice that then promotes obesity, insulin resistance, and breast cancer risk, say researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, a part of Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC).I wonder.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
April Is National Child Abuse Prevention Month - 30 Tips and Facts in 30 Days
With certainty, fattening kids up by making them overweight/obese is child abuse.
Nutritional child abuse is the most common form of child abuse of which we are aware. About one-third of all kids are overweight or obese. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month in the USA. To help these children, who are arguably the most abused on earth, Fitness Watch will offer 30 tips and facts – one for each day in April – directed at saving the children. Even if you are not from the USA, these facts and tips can help you and your children, too.
Today’s Fact and Tip – Do not rely on package labeling that describes a “serving size.”
If you carefully read the nutrition information that appears on a package’s label, you will note in small type that it is “based on a 2,000 calorie (sic) diet.”
Fact is, unless you are willing to do the math and know how many Calories you should consume each day, this “fact” is harmful.
Face it, when an elephant goes on a diet it eats like a horse. Feed an elephant a diet sized for a cat, i.e., a “serving size,” and you will have one hungry elephant that sooner or later will rampage through a jungle of food consuming everything in its path.
If you are overweight/obese, you are accustomed to eating a lot of Calories and to cut back severely will only create an unsustainable hardship. The result is that you will quit. And when overweight/obese people quit their diets, they tend to overeat even more than before, ending up bigger, fatter, with an even greater BMI and therefore less healthy, i.e., at a higher risk of developing certain bad illnesses.
When you are out of caloric control, it is likely that you will subject your kids to too many Calories, too.
You lose all perspective on how many Calories to serve to yourself and those under your influence.
If you are going to set an example for your children and become a calorically responsible parent, which you should, be sure to make haste slowly and decrease your caloric intake in a sustainable, step-wise fashion.
Nutritional child abuse is the most common form of child abuse of which we are aware. About one-third of all kids are overweight or obese. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month in the USA. To help these children, who are arguably the most abused on earth, Fitness Watch will offer 30 tips and facts – one for each day in April – directed at saving the children. Even if you are not from the USA, these facts and tips can help you and your children, too.
Today’s Fact and Tip – Do not rely on package labeling that describes a “serving size.”
If you carefully read the nutrition information that appears on a package’s label, you will note in small type that it is “based on a 2,000 calorie (sic) diet.”
Fact is, unless you are willing to do the math and know how many Calories you should consume each day, this “fact” is harmful.
Face it, when an elephant goes on a diet it eats like a horse. Feed an elephant a diet sized for a cat, i.e., a “serving size,” and you will have one hungry elephant that sooner or later will rampage through a jungle of food consuming everything in its path.
If you are overweight/obese, you are accustomed to eating a lot of Calories and to cut back severely will only create an unsustainable hardship. The result is that you will quit. And when overweight/obese people quit their diets, they tend to overeat even more than before, ending up bigger, fatter, with an even greater BMI and therefore less healthy, i.e., at a higher risk of developing certain bad illnesses.
When you are out of caloric control, it is likely that you will subject your kids to too many Calories, too.
You lose all perspective on how many Calories to serve to yourself and those under your influence.
If you are going to set an example for your children and become a calorically responsible parent, which you should, be sure to make haste slowly and decrease your caloric intake in a sustainable, step-wise fashion.
New Data Show Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Will Reach Epidemic Status in the US
Non-alcoholic liver disease is like Type 2 diabetes, i.e., it is usually a disease of choice. Fat people are more likely to get non-alcoholic liver disease.
Kudos, fatsos.
Otherwise, it is coming out of your pocket.
Kudos, fatsos.
According to new data presented at the International Liver CongressTM, the United States (U.S.) could soon be faced with an epidemic of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)1, one of the major contributing factors of chronic liver disease (CLD), considered as one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The study highlights that if the current rates of obesity and diabetes continue for another two decades, the prevalence of NAFLD in the US is expected to increase by 50% in 2030...Demand that the fat pay for the additional costs of this disease of choice.
Mark Thursz EASL's Vice Secretary commented: "Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is fast becoming one of the top concerns for clinicians due to the obesity epidemic and it's potential to progress to advanced liver disease which significantly impacts on overall liver-related mortality. This data highlights a serious concern for the future, and the enormous increasing health burden of NAFLD. If the obesity epidemic is anything to go by, the U.S. NAFLD epidemic may have a ripple effect worldwide. It is imperative that health systems continue to drive effective educational programmes to reinforce awareness among the general public to alert them of the risks of obesity and promote the importance of diet and exercise."
NAFLD is the term used to describe fat build-up in liver cells in people who do not drink alcohol excessively and is the most common persistent liver disorder in Western countries with an estimated overall prevalence of 20-30%.
NAFLD encompasses a spectrum of liver disease associated with insulin resistance, diabetes and obesity and as such people most at risk of NAFLD are those who are obese, have insulin resistance associated with diabetes, high blood pressure and cholesterol.
Otherwise, it is coming out of your pocket.
Fruit Fly's Response To Starvation Could Help Control Human Appetites
More wisdom from the weight loss menagerie.
More heavy hitters in the expanding fatso menagerie:
Rodents:
The Fruit fly:
Birds:
Worms:
Marmots:
Biologists at UC San Diego have identified the molecular mechanisms triggered by starvation in fruit flies that enhance the nervous system's response to smell, allowing these insects and presumably vertebrates - including humans - to become more efficient and voracious foragers when hungry.It won't.
Their discovery of the neural changes that control odor-driven food searches in flies, which they detail in a paper in the April 1 issue of the journal Cell, could provide a new way to potentially regulate human appetite.
More heavy hitters in the expanding fatso menagerie:
Rodents:
The Fruit fly:
Birds:
Worms:
Marmots:
But, why bother? The only animal you need is:
Monday, April 18, 2011
April Is National Child Abuse Prevention Month - 30 Tips and Facts in 30 Days
With certainty, fattening kids up by making them overweight/obese is child abuse.
Nutritional child abuse is the most common form of child abuse of which we are aware. About one-third of all kids are overweight or obese. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month in the USA. To help these children, who are arguably the most abused on earth, Fitness Watch will offer 30 tips and facts – one for each day in April – directed at saving the children. Even if you are not from the USA, these facts and tips can help you and your children, too.
Today’s Tip – Do not fall victim to the whining of hopeless, ignorant naysayers.
There are people out there trying their hardest to guarantee that your kids fail.
What they do is tell kids that “such and such is impossible.”
In the weight debate, this usually takes the form of “having the figure of a model is not possible.”
The point is not to debate the merits of looking like a model. The point is to protect your kids from people who tell them what is or is not possible for them.
For example, there is a moron politician who wants to outlaw the sale of Barbie dolls claiming “such toys influence girls to place too much importance on physical beauty, at the expense of their intellectual and emotional development.”
(To the best of my knowledge, male action figures are not targeted.)
The next thing you know, someone will say that it is not possible for a guy who is half White, half Black to become President.
Guess we will just have to see. Maybe someday…
In any event, it is 100% possible for kids to get muscular, it is 100% possible for kids to get lean, it is 100% possible for kids to develop trained-appearing bodies, it is 100% possible for kids to be nutritionally fit.
They just have to do what it takes for them to achieve their goal, as anyone else would have to with any goal.
And no one should stand in their way.
Nutritional child abuse is the most common form of child abuse of which we are aware. About one-third of all kids are overweight or obese. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month in the USA. To help these children, who are arguably the most abused on earth, Fitness Watch will offer 30 tips and facts – one for each day in April – directed at saving the children. Even if you are not from the USA, these facts and tips can help you and your children, too.
Today’s Tip – Do not fall victim to the whining of hopeless, ignorant naysayers.
There are people out there trying their hardest to guarantee that your kids fail.
What they do is tell kids that “such and such is impossible.”
In the weight debate, this usually takes the form of “having the figure of a model is not possible.”
The point is not to debate the merits of looking like a model. The point is to protect your kids from people who tell them what is or is not possible for them.
For example, there is a moron politician who wants to outlaw the sale of Barbie dolls claiming “such toys influence girls to place too much importance on physical beauty, at the expense of their intellectual and emotional development.”
(To the best of my knowledge, male action figures are not targeted.)
The next thing you know, someone will say that it is not possible for a guy who is half White, half Black to become President.
Guess we will just have to see. Maybe someday…
In any event, it is 100% possible for kids to get muscular, it is 100% possible for kids to get lean, it is 100% possible for kids to develop trained-appearing bodies, it is 100% possible for kids to be nutritionally fit.
They just have to do what it takes for them to achieve their goal, as anyone else would have to with any goal.
And no one should stand in their way.
Plain Nuts: Walnuts Are Tops For Your Diet Overall
You are plain nuts if you buy into this.
There are data that antioxidants increase the likelihood of developing Type 2 diabetes, are ineffective for heart disease and are associated with other harms.
Still think they have any idea what they are talking about?
So you never met a nut you didn't like. You love your cashews and pistachios, your Brazilians and pecans. Did you know however, that walnuts are the best source of antioxidants and bad chemical element defenders made by nature on the planet? It's true according to a new study presented at the American Chemical Society's National Convention this week.Untrue.
Joe Vinson, Ph.D. explains:
"Walnuts rank above peanuts, almonds, pecans, pistachios and other nuts. A handful of walnuts contain almost twice as much antioxidants as an equivalent amount of any other commonly consumed nut. But unfortunately, people don't eat a lot of them. This study suggests that consumers should eat more walnuts as part of a healthy diet."
Nuts in general contain plenty of high-quality protein that can substitute for meats for example. They contain a multitude of vitamins and minerals, dietary fibers and are dairy and gluten free. Regular consumption of small amounts (a few nuts a day) of walnuts or peanut butter with decreases risk of heart disease, certain kinds of cancer, gallstones, Type 2 diabetes, and other health problems.
There are data that antioxidants increase the likelihood of developing Type 2 diabetes, are ineffective for heart disease and are associated with other harms.
Still think they have any idea what they are talking about?
Micro-RNA Blocks The Effect Of Insulin In Obesity
Really.
Do we need to get to the point where micro-RNA is needed to slim fatsos down?
Really?
Do we need to get to the point where micro-RNA is needed to slim fatsos down?
Really?
Max Planck researchers have discovered a new mechanism that leads to the development of type 2 diabetes in obesity. Body weight influences the risk of developing diabetes: between 80 and 90 percent of patients with type 2 diabetes are overweight or obese. According to scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Neurological Research in Cologne and the Cologne Cluster of Excellence in Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-associated Diseases (CECAD), short ribonucleic acid molecules, known as micro-RNAs, appear to play an important role in this mechanism.Just lose the weight, fat people.
The Pig Is Clever Like A Fox
Oprah's participation in the weight loss debate is an Orwellian nightmare - the pig is in charge.
Well, the pig is clever like a fox.
Just in time to rollout the new version of the book she co-wrote with Bob Greene, AdipOprah, an IMHO whore-for-the-money and clear threat to people's health, devoted the cover and cover story of her O(bese), The AdipOprah magazine, to her weight woes.
In typical fatso style she basically blames her alleged mere 40-pound weight gain on her poor, defenseless, thyroid gland (again).
She is clearly spewing the slop in which she rolls.
The rollout of her “updated and revised” book together with the rollout of her personal story about why she cannot get the rolls out of her belly are an interesting coincidence.
I will bet, it was not “updated and revised” to tell people it is crap and that she and Bob are liars.
Personally, IMHO, it is nothing more than another attempt by a crooked person to rip-off money from desperate people. (According to the bovine billionaire herself, there are "more than 2.4 million" of them who read the magazine. Add to that the people who watch her TV show, listen to her radio programming, watch her TV network and visit her website and you have an awful lot of impressionable people being fooled.)
What she is talking about this 2008 holiday season is, IMHO, nothing more than another attempt at thievery. This is not new for them as Bob and Oprah, IMHO, have a history of using lies and falsified images to scam the public.
(IMHO, Oprah with Bob are every bit as crooked as Oprah is with her other boys, Mehmet and Michael, David and Jorge.)
Despite the fact that the IMHO whore-for-the-money admits that she was gaining weight beginning "in February 2007," she was too greedy to recuse herself from promoting the diet scheme concocted by her and Bob, instead averring how well it worked for her. Even to this day.
I just pulled this (12-14-08) from their diet website. The website is copyright, 2007. The hardcover edition of the book came out December 26, 2006. The paperback edition came out December 26, 2007. The "I" is fatso "O":
I lost weight in stages. First I became active, and I still work out even though I really hate it, but I know if I don’t I will end up 200 pounds again. Then I started working on my eating. I stopped eating past 7:30 at night. When Bob told me it would make a big difference in my weight, I resisted. I thought it was going to be too hard. But I was surprised to find that it wasn’t; even more surprised when it turned out to be one of the most effective changes I made.Liar.
I’ve now taken most of the bad foods out of my diet and replaced them with good. I eat smaller portions and I eat healthy foods as a way of life, not a diet to go on and off.
And the picture used on the website to promote the diet is:
Double liar.
Triple liar.)
Which is the same picture (the background was changed) she and Bob used to rip people off in 2008, on their website:
And other places on the web:
Quintuple liar.
And at a "discount":
Sextuple liar.
And they promoted her and still promote her (12-24-08) as a "success" on their diet (enlarge the image if you have to or just click on it to get to the page):
Which is the same picture (the background was changed) she and Bob used to rip people off in 2008, on their website:
Quadruple liar.
And other places on the web:
Quintuple liar.
And at a "discount":
Sextuple liar.
And they promoted her and still promote her (12-24-08) as a "success" on their diet (enlarge the image if you have to or just click on it to get to the page):
Septuple liar.
Scummy Oprah and Bob are all talk about integrity as if it means something to them. This is from the complaint to the FTC about Bob and Oprah and their false and deceptive advertising:
Here is their chance to stop the talk and do the walk, which, incidentally, Oprah claims is a big part of the fatso "cure":
"As will be seen in Exhibits A, B and M, there is much made of 'truth' and 'truthfulness' by both Mr. Greene and Ms. Winfrey. Likewise, they speak of accepting responsibility for one’s actions. In fact, 'truthfulness' and 'responsibility' appear in the General Index on pages 272 and 271, respectively, in the hardcover edition.You can check out the Exhibits here.
I submit that in the FTC’s taking of its responsibility it has the opportunity to not only protect consumers from what I contend (and what I posit a reasonable consumer would contend if he/she were aware of them) are clearly false and deceptive advertising practices, but also to provide Ms. Winfrey and Mr. Greene with opportunities to accept responsibility for and the consequences of their dishonesty and untruthfulness."
Here is their chance to stop the talk and do the walk, which, incidentally, Oprah claims is a big part of the fatso "cure":
"All you have to do is work out harder and eat less! Get your 10,000 steps in!"What to do?
Give back all the money they took under clearly false pretenses (plus interest earned and any damages), apologize to the world, do some jail time for being the IMHO crooks they are, shut their mouths for good (and the mouths of Oprah's other experts), stop publishing/writing on topics at which they are failures, slither off into the sunset and just go away for good.
That is integrity.
Incidentally, there is one truth among all this drivel of hers.
And what is most important is that you do not need their sh**ty book in order to do that.
Complain to the FTC about her, Bob, Mehmet, Michael, David and Jorge, so it will get these IMHO parasites out from the broadcast media.
The sooner the better. Stop them before they harm again.
That is integrity.
Incidentally, there is one truth among all this drivel of hers.
"All you have to do is…eat less!"If this means fewer Calories in than out, then she is right.
And what is most important is that you do not need their sh**ty book in order to do that.
Complain to the FTC about her, Bob, Mehmet, Michael, David and Jorge, so it will get these IMHO parasites out from the broadcast media.
The sooner the better. Stop them before they harm again.
Oprah and Bob Greene Scamming The Public - Again
The headline links to the Oprahcide or Death By Oprah website.
This link will take you to the Jail For Oprah website where you will find FTC complaints filed re:
Here is a picture of Bob and an Oprah that never existed in reality:
I am clear that, IMHO, Oprah and Bob are two of the leaders in the nutritional homicide movement. There are others, like Mehmet Oz, IMHO.
But what is so grossly apparently dishonest, is the Photoshopped image of AdipOprah.
Her entry into the fitness/weight loss domain is like the book Animal Farm.
The pig is in charge.
I am clear that, IMHO, Oprah and Bob are two of the leaders in the nutritional homicide movement. There are others, like Mehmet Oz, IMHO.
But what is so grossly apparently dishonest, is the Photoshopped image of AdipOprah.
Her entry into the fitness/weight loss domain is like the book Animal Farm.
The pig is in charge.
She claims to be all about integrity, but it is clear to me that she is a dishonest person who has a profit-motivated integrity of convenience that is basically the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help her Photoshop.
This is how Oprah really looks.
But when you are a whore for the money, well, truth in extra-large packaging goes out the door.
However, "Sale Pricing" does not.
Here is a new "deal" Bob and The Killer Queen of Daytime TV are offering.
One look at the real Oprah - same faked image.
One look at the real Oprah - same doomed to fail advice.
One look at the real Oprah - same guaranteed to make you poorer and them richer scam.
This is how The Best Life Diet is described at amazon.com:
Shame on her.
She should be ashamed but I suspect she is not.
If she ever had an ounce of shame, it has likely been replaced by pounds of fat.
In Oprah's own words:
And Oprah is the multi-layered liar.
Laughing all the way to the bank with your money.
This is how Oprah really looks.
Big and fat and with chinny chin chins.
And big thighs and fat ass.
And big thighs and fat ass.
To see more images of AdipOprah and how she really looks following Bob's and Oprah's Best Life Diet, go:
The images above cover the period of time from around the release of their book,December 26, 2006, until just about the present.
But when you are a whore for the money, well, truth in extra-large packaging goes out the door.
However, "Sale Pricing" does not.
Here is a new "deal" Bob and The Killer Queen of Daytime TV are offering.
One look at the real Oprah - same faked image.
One look at the real Oprah - same doomed to fail advice.
One look at the real Oprah - same guaranteed to make you poorer and them richer scam.
This is how The Best Life Diet is described at amazon.com:
"From the bestselling author of Get With the Program! and Bob Greene's Total Body Makeover comes The Best Life Diet, a lifetime plan for losing weight and keeping it off. Bob Greene helped Oprah achieve her dramatic weight loss, and he can help you too. You'll eat the same delicious food that Oprah enjoys, and, just like Oprah, you'll have Bob to encourage you at every step."Just like he did for Oprah! (see images and image links above, in case you have forgotten how good Bob is and/or how fat Oprah is)
Shame on her.
She should be ashamed but I suspect she is not.
If she ever had an ounce of shame, it has likely been replaced by pounds of fat.
In Oprah's own words:
"Excerpt from The Best Life Diet (sic) - by Oprah WinfreyRight.
You cannot ever live the life of your dreams without coming face to face with the truth. Every unwanted pound creates another layer of lies."
And Oprah is the multi-layered liar.
Laughing all the way to the bank with your money.
To find out more about what I believe is going on, read the FTC complaint filed regarding her and Bob. It is available here.
Consumer Reports - Profile In Incompetence (Update)
Today is April 16, 2011. No response from CR since June 11, 2007.
Here is a chronicle of my communications with Consumer Reports re: their June 2007 cover story on "Rating the Diets."
The quality of their work is, IMHO, shamefully shoddy and their analytical skills fatally flawed - just like diet programs.
Of particular interest is CR's response, via a Mr. Harzewski speaking for the Editors.
Read it all.
Then, you decide.
To me, these folks are dangerously incompetent.
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Here is a chronicle of my communications with Consumer Reports re: their June 2007 cover story on "Rating the Diets."
The quality of their work is, IMHO, shamefully shoddy and their analytical skills fatally flawed - just like diet programs.
Of particular interest is CR's response, via a Mr. Harzewski speaking for the Editors.
Read it all.
Then, you decide.
To me, these folks are dangerously incompetent.
Caveat subscriber.
To access all the Fitness Rants, click here.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
April Is National Child Abuse Prevention Month - 30 Tips and Facts in 30 Days
With certainty, fattening kids up by making them overweight/obese is child abuse.
Nutritional child abuse is the most common form of child abuse of which we are aware. About one-third of all kids are overweight or obese. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month in the USA. To help these children, who are arguably the most abused on earth, Fitness Watch will offer 30 tips and facts – one for each day in April – directed at saving the children. Even if you are not from the USA, these facts and tips can help you and your children, too.
Today’s Tip – Get your kids out of the house since most homes are toxic, nutritionally.
This is especially true if your kids are overweight/obese.
They probably have access to the refrigerator or pantry where Calories live waiting to get swallowed.
Keep your kids away from home after dinner.
Take them to the library, community center, etc., where they can do homework or play ball or anything but eat. If it means that you have to stay with them and read a book instead of watching TV, so be it.
It should not be tough for you to conclude that your kid’s life is worth more than a TV show.
If it is tough to arrive at this conclusion, your child has a much worse problem than just being overweight/obese.
Nutritional child abuse is the most common form of child abuse of which we are aware. About one-third of all kids are overweight or obese. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month in the USA. To help these children, who are arguably the most abused on earth, Fitness Watch will offer 30 tips and facts – one for each day in April – directed at saving the children. Even if you are not from the USA, these facts and tips can help you and your children, too.
Today’s Tip – Get your kids out of the house since most homes are toxic, nutritionally.
This is especially true if your kids are overweight/obese.
They probably have access to the refrigerator or pantry where Calories live waiting to get swallowed.
Keep your kids away from home after dinner.
Take them to the library, community center, etc., where they can do homework or play ball or anything but eat. If it means that you have to stay with them and read a book instead of watching TV, so be it.
It should not be tough for you to conclude that your kid’s life is worth more than a TV show.
If it is tough to arrive at this conclusion, your child has a much worse problem than just being overweight/obese.
'Quick fix' GPs blamed as number of people using diet pills balloons
"Balloons." Just like the people who take them.
Record numbers of overweight men and women are resorting to diet pills, statistics reveal.And it is remarkably ineffective.
Doctors are writing almost 1.5million prescriptions a year for the drugs – 11 times more than a decade ago.
The figures come as obesity is spiralling, from 7 per cent of adults in 1980 to 23 per cent in 2009.
However, it is feared that many GPs are using the pills as a quick fix instead of encouraging patients to focus on healthy eating and exercise.
Just 127,000 prescriptions for obesity pills were handed out in England in 1999 against 1.45million in 2009, according to latest figures from the NHS Information Centre.
The cost to the Health Service has rocketed to almost £47million a year as a result.
Orlistat – which is marketed under the trade name Xenical – is the only anti-obesity pill currently available for GPs to prescribe to seriously overweight patients.
Orlistat, which came on to the market in 1998, disrupts the absorption of fat in the intestine so that the body excretes it instead.Lies.
Users must stick to a low-fat diet or face unpleasant side effects, including bowel problems.
Although doctors argue that issuing pills is only a last resort after obese patients have failed to lose weight by changing their diet and lifestyle, health experts have criticised the findings, arguing that GPs are still turning too quickly to the prescription pad.
It is impossible not to lose weight if one eats fewer Calories than one burns.
Money wasted.
Mothers In Motion: Intervention Program To Help Low-Income Mothers Improve Health
But will it?
A Michigan State University nursing researcher has been awarded $3.3 million to help low-income mothers who are overweight or obese improve their health by eating well, being active and dealing with stress.Betcha it won't.
The intervention program, called Mothers In Motion and funded by the National Institutes of Health, is led by Mei-Wei Chang, a researcher at MSU's College of Nursing. Chang will partner with two community-based programs: the federally funded Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, and MSU Extension.
"More than 52 percent of American women 20 to 39 years old are at risk for having high blood sugar, heart disease and other health conditions because they are overweight or obese," Chang said. "To have a broad impact on obesity in our state, these partners have joined forces to address the underlying issues that cause weight gain in our target audience of young, low-income, overweight and obese mothers."
This Mothers In Motion research will measure how well program participants respond to stress and monitor changes in body weight, blood sugar and some types of fat in the blood. The study will enroll 465 young, low-income overweight and obese mothers 18 to 39 years old from four local WIC programs in the city of Detroit and Calhoun, Genesee and Jackson counties.
Saturday, April 16, 2011
April Is National Child Abuse Prevention Month - 30 Tips and Facts in 30 Days
With certainty, fattening kids up by making them overweight/obese is child abuse.
Nutritional child abuse is the most common form of child abuse of which we are aware. About one-third of all kids are overweight or obese. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month in the USA. To help these children, who are arguably the most abused on earth, Fitness Watch will offer 30 tips and facts – one for each day in April – directed at saving the children. Even if you are not from the USA, these facts and tips can help you and your children, too.
Today’s Tip – How to empower children to help themselves.
The sad truth is that parents have let their kids down by abusing them nutritionally.
So have other adults. Specifically, the adults charged with protecting children by reporting abuse, including nutritional child abuse, have abdicated their responsibilities and are complicit in the child abuse.
With the adults out of the picture, who is left to help the kids, except themselves?
No one.
Since children have to protect themselves, lobby to make contact information available to them to call their local child welfare services.
Kids need to be taught the signs of nutritional child abuse and how to seek help.
This is a matter to raise at a school meeting or through your local government representatives.
Nutritional child abuse is the most common form of child abuse of which we are aware. About one-third of all kids are overweight or obese. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month in the USA. To help these children, who are arguably the most abused on earth, Fitness Watch will offer 30 tips and facts – one for each day in April – directed at saving the children. Even if you are not from the USA, these facts and tips can help you and your children, too.
Today’s Tip – How to empower children to help themselves.
The sad truth is that parents have let their kids down by abusing them nutritionally.
So have other adults. Specifically, the adults charged with protecting children by reporting abuse, including nutritional child abuse, have abdicated their responsibilities and are complicit in the child abuse.
With the adults out of the picture, who is left to help the kids, except themselves?
No one.
Since children have to protect themselves, lobby to make contact information available to them to call their local child welfare services.
Kids need to be taught the signs of nutritional child abuse and how to seek help.
This is a matter to raise at a school meeting or through your local government representatives.
Vast Majority of Hoarders Overweight or Obese
Squirrel genes in humans - that has to be it.
In a new study of clinical hoarders classified as "high savers," 92% of the patients were overweight or obese. This finding suggests there may be an underlying genetic association with the dopamine system.Gotta be the dopamine.
"This is much higher than the national rate of overweight/obesity," observed Daniel George-Denn, BA, of Binghamton University, Albany, New York, a research assistant working with Meredith Coles, PhD, a co-investigator of the study.
Hoarding is characterized by the obtaining of possessions, difficulty in discarding, and impairment stemming from physical barriers or distress. It has high comorbidity with diseases other than obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), particularly depression, and has serious effects on individuals, Mr. George-Denn noted.
High rates of obesity (body mass index [BMI] ≥ 30) and overweight (BMI, 25.0 - 29.9) have been reported in clinically and nonclinically diagnosed hoarders compared with nonhoarders, and therapists have frequently observed an association.
Could never be poor impulse control.
Gotta drug them.
Not.
Most Americans Get Enough Vitamin D
Even more bad news for the cure du jour and Whore Foods.
You are free to stop wasting your money on this supplement.
Two-thirds of Americans are getting enough vitamin D, according to a new analysis by researchers from the National Center for Health Statistics.Including those allegedly "at risk for inadequate levels," which means that their levels are adequate, 91% of people do not need this stuff.
Vitamin D is often called the "sunshine vitamin" because our bodies make it when exposed to sunlight. It is found in some fatty fish such as salmon and tuna, and in cheese and eggs. It is often added to milk.
In recent years, vitamin D deficiency has been linked to a host of diseases and conditions, including brittle bones, heart disease, diabetes, certain cancers, and autoimmune diseases.
The analysis shows that from 2001 to 2006, 67% of Americans age 1 or older had blood levels of vitamin D that fell between 50 to 125 nanomoles per liter, which is considered adequate. Another 24% were at risk for inadequate levels of vitamin D, with blood levels of 30 to 49 nmol/L; 8% were at risk of deficiency, which is defined as less than 30 nmol/L. Just 1% of the population has blood levels that were too high.
You are free to stop wasting your money on this supplement.
Friday, April 15, 2011
April Is National Child Abuse Prevention Month - 30 Tips and Facts in 30 Days
With certainty, fattening kids up by making them overweight/obese is child abuse.
Nutritional child abuse is the most common form of child abuse of which we are aware. About one-third of all kids are overweight or obese. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month in the USA. To help these children, who are arguably the most abused on earth, Fitness Watch will offer 30 tips and facts – one for each day in April – directed at saving the children. Even if you are not from the USA, these facts and tips can help you and your children, too.
Today’s Fact and Tip – Because you have almost certainly been brainwashed by Big Media, Big Sick Care, Big Government, etc., you may not believe this, but exercise is a terribly inefficient way to lose weight.
It is also almost impossible to improve fitness simply by exercising.
To improve fitness, you have to TRAIN. This is much more intense a form of physical activity than simple exercise.
It is good to instill a culture of physical activity in children. It is best to teach them the correct way to accomplish goals.
If the goal is fitness, then the only way to achieve it is by engaging in intense physical activity, i.e., training.
Here is the tip. Despite all the dumbing down of things to be politically correct and telling children that it is good if all they do is simply participate, do your children one better.
Teach them to compete.
Teach them that it is simply not enough to “Just do it.”
Teach them to do things, including physical activity, in order to succeed.
Leave failure to others.
Nutritional child abuse is the most common form of child abuse of which we are aware. About one-third of all kids are overweight or obese. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month in the USA. To help these children, who are arguably the most abused on earth, Fitness Watch will offer 30 tips and facts – one for each day in April – directed at saving the children. Even if you are not from the USA, these facts and tips can help you and your children, too.
Today’s Fact and Tip – Because you have almost certainly been brainwashed by Big Media, Big Sick Care, Big Government, etc., you may not believe this, but exercise is a terribly inefficient way to lose weight.
It is also almost impossible to improve fitness simply by exercising.
To improve fitness, you have to TRAIN. This is much more intense a form of physical activity than simple exercise.
It is good to instill a culture of physical activity in children. It is best to teach them the correct way to accomplish goals.
If the goal is fitness, then the only way to achieve it is by engaging in intense physical activity, i.e., training.
Here is the tip. Despite all the dumbing down of things to be politically correct and telling children that it is good if all they do is simply participate, do your children one better.
Teach them to compete.
Teach them that it is simply not enough to “Just do it.”
Teach them to do things, including physical activity, in order to succeed.
Leave failure to others.
Diet Drug Orlistat Linked to Kidney, Pancreas Injuries
Greasy, slimy, loose stools were not enough.
A review of patients taking the diet drug orlistat (Xenical/Alli, Roche) in Ontario, Canada over a seven-year period points to a 2% increase in acute kidney injuries within one year of patients starting the drug...Oops.
Separately, drug-safety watchdog Public Citizen has sent a 31-page letter to FDA commissioner Dr Margaret Hamburg demanding that the agency remove both prescription and over-the-counter orlistat from the market, citing new data obtained from FDA adverse-reaction files, including 47 cases of acute pancreatitis and 73 cases of kidney stones. This is the second time Public Citizen has petitioned the FDA to pull the drug from the market.
Vitamin D and Cancer: Existing Evidence Shows No Clear Benefit
Bad news for the cure du jour and Whore Foods.
The idea that vitamin D reduces both cancer incidence and mortality, which stems from observational studies, is biologically plausible and has been promulgated with widespread enthusiasm. But the evidence is "inconsistent and inconclusive as to causality," say vitamin D experts who were on the Institute of Medicine (IOM) panel that recently published a definitive report on vitamin D and health outcomes.You can stop wasting your money and life on this supplement.
Although the IOM report covered all aspects of vitamin D and its effects on health, a new pronouncement — published online March 23 as a Perspective in the New England Journal of Medicine — focuses specifically on cancer.
"Given that the potential role of vitamin D in cancer prevention has been widely touted, many people were surprised that cancer-related considerations didn't figure prominently" in the IOM report, write the authors, headed by JoAnn Manson, MD, DrPH, from the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
"The committee's comprehensive review of the evidence regarding vitamin D's role in preventing cancer, however, revealed that the research is inconsistent and doesn't establish a cause–effect relationship," they explain.
Most of the evidence is derived from laboratory studies, ecologic correlation, and observation investigations of serum vitamin D levels in association with cancer outcomes. There have been no large-scale randomized clinical trials with vitamin D and cancer as the primary prespecified end point, they noted.
"Existing evidence falls short" of showing clear benefits from vitamin D on cancer, they conclude.
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