Hi, here is the third and final part of the information on High Blood Pressure
High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) Part Three.
Lifestyle changes and home remedies:
Lifestyle changes can help you control and prevent high blood pressure — even if you’re taking blood pressure medication. Here’s what you can do:
Eat healthy foods. Why not try one of the the Herbalife Weight Loss Programmes, which combines Nutritional shakes (Formula 1) with either one or two healthy meals daily. The meals should include vegetables, whole grains and low-fat dairy foods. All the essential vitamins are alos supplied in the form of Herbalife Multivitamin tablets (Formula 2).
Get plenty of potassium, which can help prevent and control high blood pressure.
Eat less saturated fat and total fat.
Decrease the salt in your diet. Although 2,400 milligrams (mg) of sodium a day is the current limit for otherwise healthy adults, limiting sodium intake to 1,500 mg a day will have a more dramatic effect on your blood pressure. While you can reduce the amount of salt you eat by putting down the saltshaker, you should also pay attention to the amount of salt that’s in the processed foods you eat, such as canned soups or frozen dinners.
Maintain a healthy weight. If you’re overweight, losing even 5 pounds (2.3 kilograms) can lower your blood pressure.
Increase physical activity. Regular physical activity can help lower your blood pressure and keep your weight under control. Strive for at least 30 minutes of physical activity a day.
Limit alcohol. Even if you’re healthy, alcohol can raise your blood pressure. If you choose to drink alcohol, do so in moderation — up to one drink a day for women and everyone over age 65, and two drinks a day for men.
Don’t smoke. Tobacco injures blood vessel walls and speeds up the process of hardening of the arteries. If you smoke, ask your doctor to help you quit.
Manage stress. Reduce stress as much as possible. Practice healthy coping techniques, such as muscle relaxation and deep breathing. Getting plenty of sleep can help, too. An item on this can also be seen on our blog.
Monitor your blood pressure at home. Home blood pressure monitoring can help you keep closer tabs on your blood pressure, show if medication is working, and even alert you and your doctor to potential complications. If your blood pressure is under control, you may be able to make fewer visits to your doctor if you monitor your blood pressure at home.
Practice relaxation or slow, deep breathing. Do it on your own or try device-guided paced breathing. In some clinical trials, regular use of Resperate — an over-the-counter device approved by the Food and Drug Administration to analyze breathing patterns and help guide inhalation and exhalation — lowered blood pressure. However, some researchers question whether the devices themselves or simply taking 15 minutes to relax are responsible for lowering blood pressure.
Alternative medicines:
Although diet and exercise are the best tactics to lower your blood pressure, some supplements also may help decrease it. These include the following:
Alpha-linolenic acid (ALA)
Blond psyllium
Calcium
Cocoa
Cod-liver oil
Coenzyme Q-10
Omega-3 fatty acids
Garlic
While it’s best to incorporate these supplements in your diet as foods, you can also take supplement pills or capsules. Talk to your doctor before adding any of these supplements to your blood pressure treatment. Some supplements can interact with medications, causing harmful side effects.
You can also practice relaxation techniques, such as yoga or deep breathing to help you relax and reduce your stress level. These practices can temporarily reduce your blood pressure. Coping and Support:
High blood pressure isn’t a problem that you can treat and then ignore. It’s a condition you need to manage for the rest of your life.
To keep your blood pressure under control:
Take your medications properly. If side effects or costs pose problems, don’t stop taking your medications. Ask your doctor about other options.
Schedule regular doctor visits. It takes a team effort to treat high blood pressure successfully. Your doctor can’t do it alone, and neither can you. Work with your doctor to bring your blood pressure to a safe level — and keep it there.
Adopt healthy habits. Eat healthy foods, lose excess weight and get regular physical activity.
Limit alcohol.
If you smoke, quit.
Manage stress. Say no to extra tasks, release negative thoughts, maintain good relationships, and remain patient and optimistic.
Change your lifestyle. It is best to change your lifestyle for good, rather than just for a temporary solution as this is one of the main benefits to reducing and maintaining a healthy blood pressure. Sticking to lifestyle changes can be difficult — especially if you don’t see or feel any symptoms of high blood pressure. If you need motivation, remember the risks associated with uncontrolled high blood pressure. It may help to enlist the support of your family and friends as well.
That’s it for today. Make sure you take a look at part’s 1 & 2.
Eddie Maheady
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Saturday, 17 January 2009
Friday, 16 January 2009
High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) Part Two:
Complications:
The excessive pressure on your artery walls caused by high blood pressure can damage your blood vessels, as well as organs in your body. The higher your blood pressure and the longer it goes uncontrolled, the greater the damage.
Uncontrolled high blood pressure can lead to:
Damage to your arteries. This can result in hardening and thickening of the arteries (atherosclerosis), which can lead to a heart attack, stroke or other complications.
Aneurysm. Increased blood pressure can cause your blood vessels to weaken and bulge, forming an aneurysm. If an aneurysm ruptures, it can be life-threatening.
Heart failure. To pump blood against the higher pressure in your vessels, your heart muscle thickens. Eventually, the thickened muscle may have a hard time pumping enough blood to meet your body's needs, which can lead to heart failure.
A blocked or ruptured blood vessel in your brain. High blood pressure in the arteries leading to your brain can either slow the blood flow to your brain or cause a blood vessel in your brain to burst, causing a stroke.
Weakened and narrowed blood vessels in your kidneys. This can prevent these organs from functioning normally.
Thickened, narrowed or torn blood vessels in the eyes. This can result in vision loss.
Metabolic syndrome. This syndrome is a cluster of disorders of your body's metabolism — including increased waist circumference, high triglycerides, low high-density lipoprotein (HDL), or "good," cholesterol, high blood pressure, and high insulin levels. If you have high blood pressure, you're more likely to have other components of metabolic syndrome. The more components you have, the greater your risk of developing diabetes, heart disease or stroke.
Trouble with memory or understanding. Uncontrolled high blood pressure also may affect your ability to think, remember and learn. Trouble with memory or understanding concepts is more common in people who have high blood pressure.
Going to your GP to get your Blood Pressure checked
No special preparations are necessary to have your blood pressure checked. You might want to wear a short-sleeved shirt to your appointment so that the blood pressure cuff can fit around your arm properly.
Because some medications — such as over-the-counter cold medicines, antidepressants, birth control pills and others — can raise your blood pressure, it might be a good idea to bring a list of medications and supplements you take to your doctor's appointment. Don't stop taking any prescription medications that you think may affect your blood pressure without your doctor's advice. You must also try and be as relaxed as possible as stress is one of the main causes of High Blood Pressure.
Tests and diagnosis:
Blood pressure is measured with an inflatable arm cuff and a pressure-measuring gauge. A blood pressure reading, given in millimeters of mercury (mm Hg), has two numbers. The first, or upper, number measures the pressure in your arteries when your heart beats (systolic pressure). The second, or lower, number measures the pressure in your arteries between beats (diastolic pressure).
The latest blood pressure guidelines, issued in 2003 by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, divide blood pressure measurements into four general categories:
Normal blood pressure. Your blood pressure is normal if it's below 120/80 mm Hg. However, some doctors recommend 115/75 mm Hg as a better goal. Once blood pressure rises above 115/75 mm Hg, the risk of cardiovascular disease begins to increase.
Prehypertension. Prehypertension is a systolic pressure ranging from 120 to 139 mm Hg or a diastolic pressure ranging from 80 to 89 mm Hg. Prehypertension tends to get worse over time. Within four years of being diagnosed with prehypertension, nearly one-third of adults ages 35 to 64 and nearly half the adults age 65 or older develop high blood pressure.
Stage 1 hypertension. Stage 1 hypertension is a systolic pressure ranging from 140 to 159 mm Hg or a diastolic pressure ranging from 90 to 99 mm Hg.
Stage 2 hypertension. The most severe hypertension, stage 2 hypertension is a systolic pressure of 160 mm Hg or higher or a diastolic pressure of 100 mm Hg or higher.
Both numbers in a blood pressure reading are important. But after age 50, the systolic reading is even more significant. Isolated systolic hypertension (ISH) — when diastolic pressure is normal but systolic pressure is high — is the most common type of high blood pressure among people older than 50.
Your doctor will likely take two to three blood pressure readings each at two or more separate appointments before diagnosing you with high blood pressure. This is because blood pressure normally varies throughout the day — and sometimes specifically during visits to the doctor, a condition called white-coat hypertension.
Your doctor may ask you to record your blood pressure at home and at work to provide additional information. Measuring your blood pressure at home can also help diagnose masked hypertension, a condition in which your blood pressure is lower than it normally is when you visit the doctor's office.
If you have any type of high blood pressure, your doctor may recommend routine tests, such as a urine test (urinalysis), blood tests and an electrocardiogram (ECG) — a test that measures your heart's electrical activity. More extensive testing isn't usually needed, at least initially.
That's it for today. Eddie Maheady
You might want to visit our Health Clinic 4 U website as we now have a full range of Weight Loss Programmes in stock with FREE delivery within the UK
Complications:
The excessive pressure on your artery walls caused by high blood pressure can damage your blood vessels, as well as organs in your body. The higher your blood pressure and the longer it goes uncontrolled, the greater the damage.
Uncontrolled high blood pressure can lead to:
Damage to your arteries. This can result in hardening and thickening of the arteries (atherosclerosis), which can lead to a heart attack, stroke or other complications.
Aneurysm. Increased blood pressure can cause your blood vessels to weaken and bulge, forming an aneurysm. If an aneurysm ruptures, it can be life-threatening.
Heart failure. To pump blood against the higher pressure in your vessels, your heart muscle thickens. Eventually, the thickened muscle may have a hard time pumping enough blood to meet your body's needs, which can lead to heart failure.
A blocked or ruptured blood vessel in your brain. High blood pressure in the arteries leading to your brain can either slow the blood flow to your brain or cause a blood vessel in your brain to burst, causing a stroke.
Weakened and narrowed blood vessels in your kidneys. This can prevent these organs from functioning normally.
Thickened, narrowed or torn blood vessels in the eyes. This can result in vision loss.
Metabolic syndrome. This syndrome is a cluster of disorders of your body's metabolism — including increased waist circumference, high triglycerides, low high-density lipoprotein (HDL), or "good," cholesterol, high blood pressure, and high insulin levels. If you have high blood pressure, you're more likely to have other components of metabolic syndrome. The more components you have, the greater your risk of developing diabetes, heart disease or stroke.
Trouble with memory or understanding. Uncontrolled high blood pressure also may affect your ability to think, remember and learn. Trouble with memory or understanding concepts is more common in people who have high blood pressure.
Going to your GP to get your Blood Pressure checked
No special preparations are necessary to have your blood pressure checked. You might want to wear a short-sleeved shirt to your appointment so that the blood pressure cuff can fit around your arm properly.
Because some medications — such as over-the-counter cold medicines, antidepressants, birth control pills and others — can raise your blood pressure, it might be a good idea to bring a list of medications and supplements you take to your doctor's appointment. Don't stop taking any prescription medications that you think may affect your blood pressure without your doctor's advice. You must also try and be as relaxed as possible as stress is one of the main causes of High Blood Pressure.
Tests and diagnosis:
Blood pressure is measured with an inflatable arm cuff and a pressure-measuring gauge. A blood pressure reading, given in millimeters of mercury (mm Hg), has two numbers. The first, or upper, number measures the pressure in your arteries when your heart beats (systolic pressure). The second, or lower, number measures the pressure in your arteries between beats (diastolic pressure).
The latest blood pressure guidelines, issued in 2003 by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, divide blood pressure measurements into four general categories:
Normal blood pressure. Your blood pressure is normal if it's below 120/80 mm Hg. However, some doctors recommend 115/75 mm Hg as a better goal. Once blood pressure rises above 115/75 mm Hg, the risk of cardiovascular disease begins to increase.
Prehypertension. Prehypertension is a systolic pressure ranging from 120 to 139 mm Hg or a diastolic pressure ranging from 80 to 89 mm Hg. Prehypertension tends to get worse over time. Within four years of being diagnosed with prehypertension, nearly one-third of adults ages 35 to 64 and nearly half the adults age 65 or older develop high blood pressure.
Stage 1 hypertension. Stage 1 hypertension is a systolic pressure ranging from 140 to 159 mm Hg or a diastolic pressure ranging from 90 to 99 mm Hg.
Stage 2 hypertension. The most severe hypertension, stage 2 hypertension is a systolic pressure of 160 mm Hg or higher or a diastolic pressure of 100 mm Hg or higher.
Both numbers in a blood pressure reading are important. But after age 50, the systolic reading is even more significant. Isolated systolic hypertension (ISH) — when diastolic pressure is normal but systolic pressure is high — is the most common type of high blood pressure among people older than 50.
Your doctor will likely take two to three blood pressure readings each at two or more separate appointments before diagnosing you with high blood pressure. This is because blood pressure normally varies throughout the day — and sometimes specifically during visits to the doctor, a condition called white-coat hypertension.
Your doctor may ask you to record your blood pressure at home and at work to provide additional information. Measuring your blood pressure at home can also help diagnose masked hypertension, a condition in which your blood pressure is lower than it normally is when you visit the doctor's office.
If you have any type of high blood pressure, your doctor may recommend routine tests, such as a urine test (urinalysis), blood tests and an electrocardiogram (ECG) — a test that measures your heart's electrical activity. More extensive testing isn't usually needed, at least initially.
That's it for today. Eddie Maheady
You might want to visit our Health Clinic 4 U website as we now have a full range of Weight Loss Programmes in stock with FREE delivery within the UK
Thursday, 15 January 2009
High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)
Here is today’s Health and Wellness Tip and it’s on a subject requested by a couple of our members.
High Blood Pressure.
A high percentage of today’s population suffers from High Blood Pressure, so we will be posting this info in three parts over the next three days.
Definition:
Blood pressure is determined by the amount of blood your heart pumps and the amount of resistance to blood flow in your arteries. The more blood your heart pumps and the narrower your arteries, the higher your blood pressure. High blood pressure typically develops over many years, and it affects nearly everyone eventually. Fortunately, high blood pressure can be easily detected. And once you know you have high blood pressure, you can work with your doctor to control it.
Symptoms:
Most people with high blood pressure have no signs or symptoms, even if blood pressure readings reach dangerously high levels. Although a few people with early-stage high blood pressure may have dull headaches, dizzy spells or a few more nosebleeds than normal, these signs and symptoms typically don”t occur until high blood pressure has reached an advanced — even life-threatening — stage.
When to see a doctor
Unless you have symptoms of extremely high blood pressure, there’’s probably no need to make a special trip to the doctor to have your blood pressure checked. You”ll likely have your blood pressure taken as part of a routine doctor’’s appointment. Ask your doctor for a blood pressure reading at least every two years starting at age 20. He or she will likely recommend more frequent readings if you”ve already been diagnosed with high blood pressure, prehypertension or other risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
Children age 3 and older will usually have their blood pressure measured as a part of their yearly checkups. If you don”t regularly see your doctor, but are concerned about your blood pressure, you may be able to get a free blood pressure screening at a health resource clinic or other locations in your community. You can also find machines in chemists that will measure your blood pressure, but these machines aren”t often calibrated and can give you inaccurate results
Causes:
There are two types of high blood pressure.
Primary (essential) hypertension In 90 to 95 percent of high blood pressure cases in adults, there’’s no identifiable cause. This type of high blood pressure, called essential hypertension or primary hypertension, tends to develop gradually over many years.
Secondary hypertension The other 5 to 10 percent of high blood pressure cases are caused by an underlying condition. This type of high blood pressure, called secondary hypertension, tends to appear suddenly and cause higher blood pressure than does primary hypertension. Various conditions and medications can lead to secondary hypertension, including: Kidney abnormalities Tumors of the adrenal gland Certain congenital heart defects Certain medications, such as birth control pills, cold remedies, decongestants, over-the-counter pain relievers and some prescription drugs Illegal drugs, such as cocaine and amphetamines
Risk Factors:
High blood pressure has many risk factors. Some you can”t control. High blood pressure risk factors include:
Age. The risk of high blood pressure increases as you age. Through early middle age, high blood pressure is more common in men. Women are more likely to develop high blood pressure after menopause.
Race. High blood pressure is particularly common among blacks, often developing at an earlier age than it does in whites. Serious complications, such as stroke and heart attack, also are more common in blacks.
Family history. High blood pressure tends to run in families. Other risk factors for high blood pressure are within your control.
Being overweight or obese. The more you weigh, the more blood you need to supply oxygen and nutrients to your tissues. As the volume of blood circulated through your blood vessels increases, so does the pressure on your artery walls.
Not being physically active. People who are inactive tend to have higher heart rates. The higher your heart rate, the harder your heart must work with each contraction — and the stronger the force on your arteries. Lack of physical activity also increases the risk of being overweight.
Using tobacco. Not only does smoking tobacco immediately raise your blood pressure temporarily, but the chemicals in tobacco can damage the lining of your artery walls. This can cause your arteries to narrow, increasing your blood pressure.
Too much salt (sodium) in your diet. Too much sodium in your diet can cause your body to retain fluid, which increases blood pressure.
Too little potassium in your diet. Potassium helps balance the amount of sodium in your cells. If you don”t consume or retain enough potassium, you may accumulate too much sodium in your blood.
Too little vitamin D in your diet. It’’s uncertain if having too little vitamin D in your diet can lead to high blood pressure. Researchers think vitamin D may affect an enzyme produced by your kidneys that affects your blood pressure. More studies are necessary to determine vitamin D’’s role in blood pressure.
Drinking too much alcohol. Over time, heavy drinking can damage your heart. Having more than two or three drinks in a sitting can also temporarily raise your blood pressure, as it may cause your body to release hormones that increase your blood flow and heart rate.
Stress. High levels of stress can lead to a temporary, but dramatic, increase in blood pressure. If you try to relax by eating more, using tobacco or drinking alcohol, you may only increase problems with high blood pressure.
Certain chronic conditions. Certain chronic conditions also may increase your risk of high blood pressure, including high cholesterol, diabetes, kidney disease and sleep apnea.
Sometimes pregnancy contributes to high blood pressure, as well.
Although high blood pressure is most common in adults, children may be at risk, too. For some children, high blood pressure is caused by problems with the kidneys or heart. But for a growing number of kids, poor lifestyle habits — such as an unhealthy diet and lack of exercise — contribute to high blood pressure.
That’s it for today. Part 2 will follow tomorrow.
Eddie Maheady
To view all of our Health, Weight Loss, Nutrtion and Skin Care products take a look here at Health Clinic 4 U
High Blood Pressure.
A high percentage of today’s population suffers from High Blood Pressure, so we will be posting this info in three parts over the next three days.
Definition:
Blood pressure is determined by the amount of blood your heart pumps and the amount of resistance to blood flow in your arteries. The more blood your heart pumps and the narrower your arteries, the higher your blood pressure. High blood pressure typically develops over many years, and it affects nearly everyone eventually. Fortunately, high blood pressure can be easily detected. And once you know you have high blood pressure, you can work with your doctor to control it.
Symptoms:
Most people with high blood pressure have no signs or symptoms, even if blood pressure readings reach dangerously high levels. Although a few people with early-stage high blood pressure may have dull headaches, dizzy spells or a few more nosebleeds than normal, these signs and symptoms typically don”t occur until high blood pressure has reached an advanced — even life-threatening — stage.
When to see a doctor
Unless you have symptoms of extremely high blood pressure, there’’s probably no need to make a special trip to the doctor to have your blood pressure checked. You”ll likely have your blood pressure taken as part of a routine doctor’’s appointment. Ask your doctor for a blood pressure reading at least every two years starting at age 20. He or she will likely recommend more frequent readings if you”ve already been diagnosed with high blood pressure, prehypertension or other risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
Children age 3 and older will usually have their blood pressure measured as a part of their yearly checkups. If you don”t regularly see your doctor, but are concerned about your blood pressure, you may be able to get a free blood pressure screening at a health resource clinic or other locations in your community. You can also find machines in chemists that will measure your blood pressure, but these machines aren”t often calibrated and can give you inaccurate results
Causes:
There are two types of high blood pressure.
Primary (essential) hypertension In 90 to 95 percent of high blood pressure cases in adults, there’’s no identifiable cause. This type of high blood pressure, called essential hypertension or primary hypertension, tends to develop gradually over many years.
Secondary hypertension The other 5 to 10 percent of high blood pressure cases are caused by an underlying condition. This type of high blood pressure, called secondary hypertension, tends to appear suddenly and cause higher blood pressure than does primary hypertension. Various conditions and medications can lead to secondary hypertension, including: Kidney abnormalities Tumors of the adrenal gland Certain congenital heart defects Certain medications, such as birth control pills, cold remedies, decongestants, over-the-counter pain relievers and some prescription drugs Illegal drugs, such as cocaine and amphetamines
Risk Factors:
High blood pressure has many risk factors. Some you can”t control. High blood pressure risk factors include:
Age. The risk of high blood pressure increases as you age. Through early middle age, high blood pressure is more common in men. Women are more likely to develop high blood pressure after menopause.
Race. High blood pressure is particularly common among blacks, often developing at an earlier age than it does in whites. Serious complications, such as stroke and heart attack, also are more common in blacks.
Family history. High blood pressure tends to run in families. Other risk factors for high blood pressure are within your control.
Being overweight or obese. The more you weigh, the more blood you need to supply oxygen and nutrients to your tissues. As the volume of blood circulated through your blood vessels increases, so does the pressure on your artery walls.
Not being physically active. People who are inactive tend to have higher heart rates. The higher your heart rate, the harder your heart must work with each contraction — and the stronger the force on your arteries. Lack of physical activity also increases the risk of being overweight.
Using tobacco. Not only does smoking tobacco immediately raise your blood pressure temporarily, but the chemicals in tobacco can damage the lining of your artery walls. This can cause your arteries to narrow, increasing your blood pressure.
Too much salt (sodium) in your diet. Too much sodium in your diet can cause your body to retain fluid, which increases blood pressure.
Too little potassium in your diet. Potassium helps balance the amount of sodium in your cells. If you don”t consume or retain enough potassium, you may accumulate too much sodium in your blood.
Too little vitamin D in your diet. It’’s uncertain if having too little vitamin D in your diet can lead to high blood pressure. Researchers think vitamin D may affect an enzyme produced by your kidneys that affects your blood pressure. More studies are necessary to determine vitamin D’’s role in blood pressure.
Drinking too much alcohol. Over time, heavy drinking can damage your heart. Having more than two or three drinks in a sitting can also temporarily raise your blood pressure, as it may cause your body to release hormones that increase your blood flow and heart rate.
Stress. High levels of stress can lead to a temporary, but dramatic, increase in blood pressure. If you try to relax by eating more, using tobacco or drinking alcohol, you may only increase problems with high blood pressure.
Certain chronic conditions. Certain chronic conditions also may increase your risk of high blood pressure, including high cholesterol, diabetes, kidney disease and sleep apnea.
Sometimes pregnancy contributes to high blood pressure, as well.
Although high blood pressure is most common in adults, children may be at risk, too. For some children, high blood pressure is caused by problems with the kidneys or heart. But for a growing number of kids, poor lifestyle habits — such as an unhealthy diet and lack of exercise — contribute to high blood pressure.
That’s it for today. Part 2 will follow tomorrow.
Eddie Maheady
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Wednesday, 14 January 2009
Weight Loss v Fat Loss
The facts about Weight Loss v Fat Loss,
In order to lose weight, your body must burn more calories than it takes in, but keep in mind that your body needs calories for energy and when you exercise, your body needs even more calories.
Before I talk about energy, the first thing you must understand is that losing weight and losing fat is not the same thing. Just because you lose weight, does not mean you lose fat, and just because you lose fat, does not mean you lose weight. When people talk about losing weight, what they really want to do is lose the excess fat on their body and obtain an attractive figure.
When you eat, the body uses most of the calories for energy. If you eat more calories than the body uses, it will get stored as fat. If you do not consume enough calories per day you will lose weight, but you will also lose energy. When you do not consume enough energy (calories) for your body, it will start using up your energy stores to make up for the energy deficiency.
Unfortunately, the energy stores used is not your stored fat, but instead it's protein and carbohydrates (carbs) that will supply most of the energy (stored fat makes up a very small percentage). Your body will take the protein and carbohydrates from your muscle cells; causing your muscle mass to reduce (say goodby to that toned attractive look) which forces your metabolism to decrease (a low metabolism = slow or no fat burning).
When this happens your body requires less energy to maintain its new lower body weight (remember the body weight is lower because you loss muscle), which is why your body conserves energy by slowing down the metabolism. In other words, the body has adapted to the new lower energy (calorie) intake which means that you will no longer continue to lose weight.
Keep in mind that the weight you had lost in the first place was mostly water weight and you will eventually gain it back in the form of fat, not muscle (in order to get your muscle mass back to the way it was before, you have to work on rebuilding it).
When carbohydrates and protein that are already in your body are used as the energy source, your body will lose water weight because both carbohydrates and protein hold water in the cells. In essence, you are dehydrating yourself to lose weight.
So yes the scale will go down, but approximately 75% (if not more) of it is water instead of fat. And just so you know, exercising while consuming a small calorie intake just makes the situation worse. This is because when you exercise, you start burning off more energy and the more you workout, the more energy your body needs. I already told you above where the energy comes from, and if you do not give your body the energy it needs, it will just feed on your muscles even quicker now that you are exercising. So eat more food!
In addition to this, when you cut down too much on your calorie intake, your body will start storing calories because it doesn't know when you will eat again. The calories that are stored will be stored as fat. So in other words, when your body is storing energy, it's basically storing more fat.
To summarize my point: Not eating enough calories results in muscle loss, dehydration, slower fat burning, and your body will always adapt to a lower calorie intake.
Bottom Line: if you can't maintain that lower calorie intake for the rest of your life, you will gain your weight back when you get tired of starving yourself!
To lose weight properly (burning fat) you must increase your metabolism (weight training) and your need for oxygen (aerobics) while eating enough calories each day (nutritious diet) to give you energy and maintain the protein in your muscles because protein helps build muscles, which indirectly burns fat.
This brings up another good point: When you build muscle your weight will increase because your muscles are made up of mostly water, but your body fat percentage will decrease because building muscles increase your metabolism (in other words, muscles weigh more than fat, but take up less space than fat).
So keep in mind that losing body fat can't be measured by a scale; use a measuring tape and also look at yourself in the mirror, and then you will see the true results. One of the best ways to know if you are losing more body fat than water is by using a body fat analyzer.
Make sure that you focus on fat loss not weight loss. Your goal should be to lose weight by burning fat, not losing water from your muscles. Remember this when you choose your weight loss program.
All of our Weight Loss Programmes at Health Clinic 4 U take into account the points above, and ensure that we receive sufficient vitamins, nutrients and protein to make sure that the Weight Loss achieved is inches as well as lbs
This article was written by Eddie Maheady of Health Clinic 4 U.
In order to lose weight, your body must burn more calories than it takes in, but keep in mind that your body needs calories for energy and when you exercise, your body needs even more calories.
Before I talk about energy, the first thing you must understand is that losing weight and losing fat is not the same thing. Just because you lose weight, does not mean you lose fat, and just because you lose fat, does not mean you lose weight. When people talk about losing weight, what they really want to do is lose the excess fat on their body and obtain an attractive figure.
When you eat, the body uses most of the calories for energy. If you eat more calories than the body uses, it will get stored as fat. If you do not consume enough calories per day you will lose weight, but you will also lose energy. When you do not consume enough energy (calories) for your body, it will start using up your energy stores to make up for the energy deficiency.
Unfortunately, the energy stores used is not your stored fat, but instead it's protein and carbohydrates (carbs) that will supply most of the energy (stored fat makes up a very small percentage). Your body will take the protein and carbohydrates from your muscle cells; causing your muscle mass to reduce (say goodby to that toned attractive look) which forces your metabolism to decrease (a low metabolism = slow or no fat burning).
When this happens your body requires less energy to maintain its new lower body weight (remember the body weight is lower because you loss muscle), which is why your body conserves energy by slowing down the metabolism. In other words, the body has adapted to the new lower energy (calorie) intake which means that you will no longer continue to lose weight.
Keep in mind that the weight you had lost in the first place was mostly water weight and you will eventually gain it back in the form of fat, not muscle (in order to get your muscle mass back to the way it was before, you have to work on rebuilding it).
When carbohydrates and protein that are already in your body are used as the energy source, your body will lose water weight because both carbohydrates and protein hold water in the cells. In essence, you are dehydrating yourself to lose weight.
So yes the scale will go down, but approximately 75% (if not more) of it is water instead of fat. And just so you know, exercising while consuming a small calorie intake just makes the situation worse. This is because when you exercise, you start burning off more energy and the more you workout, the more energy your body needs. I already told you above where the energy comes from, and if you do not give your body the energy it needs, it will just feed on your muscles even quicker now that you are exercising. So eat more food!
In addition to this, when you cut down too much on your calorie intake, your body will start storing calories because it doesn't know when you will eat again. The calories that are stored will be stored as fat. So in other words, when your body is storing energy, it's basically storing more fat.
To summarize my point: Not eating enough calories results in muscle loss, dehydration, slower fat burning, and your body will always adapt to a lower calorie intake.
Bottom Line: if you can't maintain that lower calorie intake for the rest of your life, you will gain your weight back when you get tired of starving yourself!
To lose weight properly (burning fat) you must increase your metabolism (weight training) and your need for oxygen (aerobics) while eating enough calories each day (nutritious diet) to give you energy and maintain the protein in your muscles because protein helps build muscles, which indirectly burns fat.
This brings up another good point: When you build muscle your weight will increase because your muscles are made up of mostly water, but your body fat percentage will decrease because building muscles increase your metabolism (in other words, muscles weigh more than fat, but take up less space than fat).
So keep in mind that losing body fat can't be measured by a scale; use a measuring tape and also look at yourself in the mirror, and then you will see the true results. One of the best ways to know if you are losing more body fat than water is by using a body fat analyzer.
Make sure that you focus on fat loss not weight loss. Your goal should be to lose weight by burning fat, not losing water from your muscles. Remember this when you choose your weight loss program.
All of our Weight Loss Programmes at Health Clinic 4 U take into account the points above, and ensure that we receive sufficient vitamins, nutrients and protein to make sure that the Weight Loss achieved is inches as well as lbs
This article was written by Eddie Maheady of Health Clinic 4 U.
Thursday, 1 January 2009
The Truth About Herbalife Products
The Truth About Herbalife Products
When most people hear the words Herbalife, or Herbalife Products, they think about some MLM their family or friend was in that had something to do with those words. Most people react this way, and it is a shame. It’s a shame that people have been conditioned to think about Herbalife only as an MLM. It’s a shame that people only want to focus on the money making aspects of Herbalife. It’s a shame that people don’t know the truth about Herbalife products.
Herbalife Products, are indeed manufactured by the company Herbalife, and they are indeed marketed by MLM. But that just scratches the surface of what these products offer. Herbalife products were created by Mark Hughes, back in 1980, when his mother died of an overdose of diet pills. He was convinced there was a healthy, effective way for people to lose weight, and Herbalife Products were born.
The products have been improved and improved again, over and over through the last 25 years and are today, more effective, more efficient, and better at helping you to lose weight and increase your overall health. Herbalife Products are not just weight loss diet products. They include a wide range of products that include weight loss, heart health, digestive health, stress and immune solutions, energy and fitness, products for ageing, and targeted products for men, women and children. In addition Herbalife also creates Outer Nutrition products for use on the outside of your body.
But what makes Herbalife Products so good?
The answer is that Herbalife is a led by an executive and scientific team second to none. The CEO, COO, and General Counsel all were previous executives at the Walt Disney Company. Yes, that’s the one with Mickey Mouse and Disney World. The CFO is a previous COO of Rexall Sundown, another well know vitamin and supplement company.
Their Scientific Advisory board is lead by Dr. David Heber, who is the director of the Center for Human Nutrition at UCLA, and has been on their medical school faculty since 1978, and for good measure, Herbalife has thrown in a Nobel Prize winning doctor and scientist, Dr. Louis Ignaro, the leading scientist on Nitric Oxide. If that wasn’t enough, the rest of the Medical Advisory Board is fleshed out by a team of world-renowned doctors dedicated to guiding product research and development, and ensuring the quality, benefits, and safety of Herbalife Products. In addition, Herbalife helped to found the Mark Hughes Cellular & Molecular Nutrition Laboratory at the Center for Human Nutrition at UCLA. This lab is dedicated to researching and advancing the fields of herbal and nutritional science.
When people ask me if Herbalife Products work, I tell them absolutely, because I take them every day myself. And for those who really doubt the efficacy and helpfulness of these products, I have to ask them the following question. Would a team of executives, and scientists, who have spent their whole careers building a name and reputation for themselves, really risk all they have worked so hard for unless Herbalife was the real thing?
Eddie Maheady
I am a Herbalife Distributor and owner of Health Clinic 4 U.
Why not take a look at our products.
Join our list and receive Free Daily Health Tips just register here healthclinic4u@gmail.com
You can also call me for further information on 07717155411
When most people hear the words Herbalife, or Herbalife Products, they think about some MLM their family or friend was in that had something to do with those words. Most people react this way, and it is a shame. It’s a shame that people have been conditioned to think about Herbalife only as an MLM. It’s a shame that people only want to focus on the money making aspects of Herbalife. It’s a shame that people don’t know the truth about Herbalife products.
Herbalife Products, are indeed manufactured by the company Herbalife, and they are indeed marketed by MLM. But that just scratches the surface of what these products offer. Herbalife products were created by Mark Hughes, back in 1980, when his mother died of an overdose of diet pills. He was convinced there was a healthy, effective way for people to lose weight, and Herbalife Products were born.
The products have been improved and improved again, over and over through the last 25 years and are today, more effective, more efficient, and better at helping you to lose weight and increase your overall health. Herbalife Products are not just weight loss diet products. They include a wide range of products that include weight loss, heart health, digestive health, stress and immune solutions, energy and fitness, products for ageing, and targeted products for men, women and children. In addition Herbalife also creates Outer Nutrition products for use on the outside of your body.
But what makes Herbalife Products so good?
The answer is that Herbalife is a led by an executive and scientific team second to none. The CEO, COO, and General Counsel all were previous executives at the Walt Disney Company. Yes, that’s the one with Mickey Mouse and Disney World. The CFO is a previous COO of Rexall Sundown, another well know vitamin and supplement company.
Their Scientific Advisory board is lead by Dr. David Heber, who is the director of the Center for Human Nutrition at UCLA, and has been on their medical school faculty since 1978, and for good measure, Herbalife has thrown in a Nobel Prize winning doctor and scientist, Dr. Louis Ignaro, the leading scientist on Nitric Oxide. If that wasn’t enough, the rest of the Medical Advisory Board is fleshed out by a team of world-renowned doctors dedicated to guiding product research and development, and ensuring the quality, benefits, and safety of Herbalife Products. In addition, Herbalife helped to found the Mark Hughes Cellular & Molecular Nutrition Laboratory at the Center for Human Nutrition at UCLA. This lab is dedicated to researching and advancing the fields of herbal and nutritional science.
When people ask me if Herbalife Products work, I tell them absolutely, because I take them every day myself. And for those who really doubt the efficacy and helpfulness of these products, I have to ask them the following question. Would a team of executives, and scientists, who have spent their whole careers building a name and reputation for themselves, really risk all they have worked so hard for unless Herbalife was the real thing?
Eddie Maheady
I am a Herbalife Distributor and owner of Health Clinic 4 U.
Why not take a look at our products.
Join our list and receive Free Daily Health Tips just register here healthclinic4u@gmail.com
You can also call me for further information on 07717155411
How Important Is Protein In Our Diet?
How Important is Protein in Our Diet? The word "protein" is derived from the Greek word "proteios", which means primary or holding first place. This would suggest this group of components are the most important cell constituent. Protein is present in all cells of the body. It is present in variable level in different tissues of the body like muscles contain about 20% where as in blood plasma it is 7%.
In the body, protein plays an important role in the biochemical, biophysical and physiological processes. Protein is required for all most all functions of the body as well as the structural integrity of the cells. The structural integrity of the cell is maintained by the protein component present in the cell membrane. Protein regulates gene - the basic code of life and is present in enzyme - the catalyst used in different chemical activity in the body and hormone - the substances, that control and stimulate organs. Protein is the major components of the disease producing organisms like virus, protective substance like antibodies and treatment medications like antibiotics.
Proteins are very complex nitrogenous organic compounds built up of smaller units called amino acids. There are about 21 amino acids in the body. Most of the amino acids can be synthesised in the body but few can not be synthesised and to be provided in the food. Since it is essential to be provided in food for normal functioning of the body, they are called essential amino acids. There are eight essential amino acids and they are isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylanine, tryptophan, threonine and valine.
In infants apart from these amino acids histidine is essential to be provided in food. It is wrong to think that since non-essential amino acids can be synthesised in the body, their inclusion in the diet has no value. Some non-essential amino acids can be synthesised only from other essential amino acids so if they are not supplied in the diet some of the essential amino acids will have to be used for their synthesis.
Functions of dietary protein
Proteins are necessary structural integrity of cells and growth of the body.
They are required for the formation of enzymes, digestive juices, haemoglobin and hormones.
Required for the protection of the body against infection.
Proteins help in the transport of oxygen, nutrients and drugs.
Protein is required for tissue repair.
They are needed for the production of milk proteins during lactation.
To replace the daily loss of body proteins.
Proteins are also a source of energy. Each gram of protein provides 4 kcal
Sources of proteins; There are two sources of proteins
Animal Sources - eggs, milk, mutton, fish, poultry, liver etc.
Plant sources - pulses and legumes, cereals, nuts, beans, oilseeds etc.
Class I proteins are derived from animal sources since they contain all essential amino acids needed by the body. Egg protein is considered as the reference protein because of its high biological value and digestibility.
Class II is derived from pulses and legumes, cereals, vegetables, nuts and they do not contain all the essential amino acids they lack in one or more amino acids. Individually they may be lacking in one or more amino acids but combinations make it available of all amino acids. For example cereal and pulse combination is better than consuming only pulse or only cereal.
As you see, Protein is very important for our wellness, so when undertaking any diet or weight loss programme it's important to make sure we keep our protein levels at a healthy level.
The Herbalife Weight Loss Programme can be used in conjunction with our Personalised Protein Powder.
Eddie Maheady
Take a look here Health Clinic 4 U
You can drop me an e-mail healthclinic4u@gmail.com to register for our Free daily Health Tips.
You can also call me on 07717155411
In the body, protein plays an important role in the biochemical, biophysical and physiological processes. Protein is required for all most all functions of the body as well as the structural integrity of the cells. The structural integrity of the cell is maintained by the protein component present in the cell membrane. Protein regulates gene - the basic code of life and is present in enzyme - the catalyst used in different chemical activity in the body and hormone - the substances, that control and stimulate organs. Protein is the major components of the disease producing organisms like virus, protective substance like antibodies and treatment medications like antibiotics.
Proteins are very complex nitrogenous organic compounds built up of smaller units called amino acids. There are about 21 amino acids in the body. Most of the amino acids can be synthesised in the body but few can not be synthesised and to be provided in the food. Since it is essential to be provided in food for normal functioning of the body, they are called essential amino acids. There are eight essential amino acids and they are isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylanine, tryptophan, threonine and valine.
In infants apart from these amino acids histidine is essential to be provided in food. It is wrong to think that since non-essential amino acids can be synthesised in the body, their inclusion in the diet has no value. Some non-essential amino acids can be synthesised only from other essential amino acids so if they are not supplied in the diet some of the essential amino acids will have to be used for their synthesis.
Functions of dietary protein
Proteins are necessary structural integrity of cells and growth of the body.
They are required for the formation of enzymes, digestive juices, haemoglobin and hormones.
Required for the protection of the body against infection.
Proteins help in the transport of oxygen, nutrients and drugs.
Protein is required for tissue repair.
They are needed for the production of milk proteins during lactation.
To replace the daily loss of body proteins.
Proteins are also a source of energy. Each gram of protein provides 4 kcal
Sources of proteins; There are two sources of proteins
Animal Sources - eggs, milk, mutton, fish, poultry, liver etc.
Plant sources - pulses and legumes, cereals, nuts, beans, oilseeds etc.
Class I proteins are derived from animal sources since they contain all essential amino acids needed by the body. Egg protein is considered as the reference protein because of its high biological value and digestibility.
Class II is derived from pulses and legumes, cereals, vegetables, nuts and they do not contain all the essential amino acids they lack in one or more amino acids. Individually they may be lacking in one or more amino acids but combinations make it available of all amino acids. For example cereal and pulse combination is better than consuming only pulse or only cereal.
As you see, Protein is very important for our wellness, so when undertaking any diet or weight loss programme it's important to make sure we keep our protein levels at a healthy level.
The Herbalife Weight Loss Programme can be used in conjunction with our Personalised Protein Powder.
Eddie Maheady
Take a look here Health Clinic 4 U
You can drop me an e-mail healthclinic4u@gmail.com to register for our Free daily Health Tips.
You can also call me on 07717155411
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