Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
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 Still more tragic is that children are increasingly gaining weight at younger and younger ages:
More than 10 percent of American toddlers aged 2 to 5 are overweight, according to the American Heart Association.
If Some 19 percent of children aged 6 to 11 are overweight, and 17 percent of adolescents aged 12 to 19 are overweight, according to the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics (NHANES Data).
Given the number of children who are overweight or obese, many are also developing type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome. |
Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey
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 This figure demonstrates very clearly that the reason the population is gaining weight is directly related to the increase in energy intake. Moreover, absolute fat intake never declined during the 1980s and 1990s, as can be seen in the bottom panel of Figure 6. The reason for the decline in percent calories consumed as fat is that the amount of carbohydrate consumed during this period increased (see Figure 12, later) sufficiently to cause the total energy intake to increase as illustrated in the middle panel. |
| The risk of not losing weight or even gaining weight must also be considered in the decision-making process. Additionally, many clinicians require that patients attempt weight loss in a structured program of diet, exercise, and behavioral modification before being considered for pharmacotherapy [4]. Severe obesity (BMI >35 kg/m2) carries a high risk of morbidity and mortality [113], and intensive therapeutic approaches are indicated for most individuals. |
Michael T. Murray and Michael R. Lyon
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 The key to being able to consume these foods regularly without gaining weight primarily depends on first eating substantial amounts of low caloric-density, volumetric foods to reduce appetite and consistently promote satiety. In this way, you will be able to maintain careful portion control when eating high caloric-density foods and not have to depend on willpower when your appetite is in overdrive.
For example, some of our most successful weight-loss participants have learned to limit themselves to a tiny square of chocolate two or three times per week rather than avoid it altogether. |
Gary Null and Amy McDonald
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 Symptoms of anorexia include refusal to maintain a normal weight for age and height, intense fear of gaining weight or becoming "fat," body image misperceptions, and loss of menstrual periods. Bulimia is characterized by binge eating and compensation for binges using measures such as self-induced vomiting, laxatives, and excessive exercise. While the most visible
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Eating Disorders sufferers of these diseases have been young women, recent research—in magazines, books, television, and school programs—indicates that men, too, struggle with them. |
| I thought my primary health concern was gaining weight.
I began to listen to Gary's radio show. Researchers presented valid research. People spoke about their experiences in health support groups. They sounded energetic and happy as if they had created new, free lives. Many of these speakers were my age or older. Their testimonials influenced me to change my life.
Now I follow a protocol on my own, one I found in a book. I use green, red and protein powders. I no longer put poison in my system from meat. Mine is a natural way of eating. I walk six to eight miles a day and use supplements. |
James Dowd and Diane Stafford
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 If you're gaining weight and noting a general decline in your overall health, these changes probably indicate a lack of vitamin D, too. As you gain weight, your vitamin D level drops. These lower vitamin D levels in obesity are also associated with high blood pressure, poor glucose control, arthritis, and cancer.
Adequate vitamin D and the calcium it helps absorb may decrease the production of fat. Increased intake of vitamin D, calcium, and magnesium in the form of low-fat dairy products enhances weight loss along with calorie restriction. |
Michael T. Murray and Michael R. Lyon
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| TIM'S STORY
I first started gaining weight in my teen years. Up until then I was, by all accounts, a skinny little kid, but in my teens, I developed a laziness that affected all aspects of my life. When it came to eating, because I was a picky eater, my parents basically let me make my own choices. So 1 tended to choose foods that 1 thought tasted good, and were fast and easy to make. As is the case with most convenience foods, what I was eating regularly was very high in both calories and fat. |
Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
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| Perhaps most alarming to health experts is the fact that our nation's kids are steadily gaining weight, with 17.1 percent of children and adolescents 2 to 19 years of age (over 12.5 million youngsters) overweight.
And all that extra flab ultimately is sending people to their graves—from diabetes, heart disease, strokes, and several types of cancer. Indeed, as Dr. Willett puts it so eloquently in his book, Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy, "Weight sits like a spider at the center of an intricate, tangled web of health and disease. |
Byron J. Richards, CCN
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 They are at the roots of yo-yo dieting, eating little and not losing weight, and gaining weight back once a diet is over. The only solution is to learn to master leptin.
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Addiction, Alcohol, and Candida ddictive behavior is another major problem in our society. The
7 I Journal of the American Medical Association had a New Year's message for the public. One study stated that alcohol consumption and binge drinking were going up at an alarming rate.38 Another study announced that the obesity epidemic is continuing to worsen and is a major problem for our society. |
David Wolfe
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 She was treated with cher tfherapy and artificial food for gaining weight, containing milk products. Probabl caused by that she got pneumonia, from which she recovered when she started istinkto again, but it was too late, she died some days later. This kind of addiction an happen with all kinds of natural foods, but especially easy with meat and otl sr proteins.,."
Eating a meat- iased diet, especially a raw-meat diet, can also lead to parasite susceptibility lespite claims that parasites in flesh foods are not dangerous (and this is prom ted by certain paleo-nutritionistsl). |
| My personal salad formula for gaining weight consists of the following 3 foods: a) Tomatoes (Non-sweet fruits with a high water-content) b) Macadamia nuts (High-fat nuts) c) Kale leaves (Dense in minerals, amino acids, and protein)
I have eaten this mixture for lunch and dinner on many occasions. After several years of following a raw-food diet, my weight stabilized at 150 pounds (68 kg). This type of salad combination and eating style, in conjunction with vigorous exercise, helped me gain 18 pounds (8. |
| Consistent exercise is also important for gaining weight. Engage in rigorous exercise; work and enlarge your muscles; increase your muscle mass by doing more resistant, anaerobic exercise.
Also, consider the wise words of the Greek historian Herodotus: "Exposure to the Sun is highly necessary in persons whose health needs restoring and who have need of putting on weight." The ancient Greeks and Romans knew the Sun feeds the muscles, For males, the Sun's rays on the skin and the genital organs stimulate the production of testosterone which increases muscle size and sexual potency. |
Mike Adams
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 In this way, human breast milk focuses on building brains, while cows' milk focuses on building body tissue and gaining weight.
There is a marked difference between human milk and cows' milk. Cows' milk is more concentrated and has more fat and proteins than human milk. Cows' milk is designed for the needs of a calf that stands and begins to move and runs around in the first hour of life. The newborn child is immobile for the first several months of life. Herein lies the reason for the difference between the natural consistency and design of human milk and those of cows' milk. |
Byron J. Richards, CCN
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| When a person is not losing weight or is gaining weight on Atkins' type meals, they run a high risk for depositing fat in their liver, arteries, heart, pancreas, and other places. This directly induces diabetes and heart disease by clogging healthy function with fat deposits.
It is completely fine to have an amount of saturated fat in the diet. That is quite different than high saturated fat and low complex carbohydrates, a risky proposition for the majority - especially over the long haul. |
The Editors of FC&A
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| Double your defense with diet
You haven't changed your diet at all, but suddenly you're gaining weight. If you're facing menopause, that may be the key to your problem. But don't worry — you can target your weight and your menopause symptoms at the same time by following these nutrition tips.
Learn the latest. A small study found that women are more likely to store fat in the stomach and buttock areas after menopause because their metabolism changes during the "change of life." But don't give up hope. |
Jonathan V. Wright, M.D. and Alan R. Gaby, M.D.
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 And all that we did in those clinics was check the blood pressure, give the mercurial diuretic, weigh them, and give drastic warnings about not gaining weight or eating salt or they might swell up with water and have seizures and die. That's where I first encountered what I called iatrogenic starvation. They were putting women I knew to be malnourished onto starvation diets. I complained and said, "These women simply need more and better food, not starvation and all these
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The Editors of FC&A
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| However, to avoid gaining weight from insulin spikes, here are some basic GL guidelines to help you make better food choices.
• Resist the obvious - potatoes and foods with added sugar are fast burning carbs.
• Choose whole-grain, less processed foods over refined grain products. Stone-ground breads and old-fashioned oatmeal are better choices.
• Beans have very low GLs and are full of healthy fiber - a good bet for any meal.
• Most fruits and vegetables have low GLs. Very few — like corn, dried fruits, and bananas - have higher numbers than you might expect. |
Byron J. Richards, CCN
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| These rules also keep a normal-weight individual from gaining weight, especially as they grow older.
When the Five Rules axe employed in an effort to lose weight, they help an individual enter fat-burning mode. This is a metabolic ability to dip into the stores of fat without the body slowing down into the hibernation mode because it thinks it is starving.
HOW TO ENTER FAT-BURNING MODE
Stored fat is called a triglyceride; it contains three fatty acids and one glycerol - a carbohydrate. |
David Wolfe
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| It includes five weekly workout programs; a raw-food recipe section for gaining weight and building muscle; and a seasonal produce availability chart. Stephen is 6'2" and currently weighs 225 pounds (102 kilograms) eating all-raw plant foods. I have found it valuable to listen to someone who is getting the results I desire.
Feeding Healthy Children
The most beautiful children I have met or seen have been children raised on raw plant foods. They are alert, content, happy and eager to explore life. |
Michele Simon
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 Weight-loss outfits like Weight Watchers keep people hooked on contrived "calorie-restriction" regimens rather than healthful diets, promoting dangerous "weight cycling" (rapidly losing and gaining weight). This can actually be more risky than remaining overweight. Let's not stoke these flames by giving obesity more emphasis than it is due.
Short-lived media attention
It may be true, as a colleague once reminded me, that when we talked about "nutrition," we hardly got any media attention, but now that the focus is "obesity," we're finally on the map. |
Byron J. Richards
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 This problem is sure to have devastating later-life consequences, particularly on the future reproductive function of young women who are gaining weight on these medications.
ADHD medications are stimulant narcotics. They significantly interact with leptin-related brain circuitry, thereby depressing leptin levels while ramping up nerve transmission. Animal studies show that when leptin is depressed by stimulants, brain damage to dopamine nerve structures occurs. Mice that have no leptin are highly susceptible to brain damage from chemicals. Leptin also acts as a significant brain antioxidant. |
| From the point of view of avoiding gaining weight in an out-of-control slide headed for diabetes like a runaway freight train, the new pyramid is better than the old. In a positive direction, the guidelines that accompany the new pyramid tell consumers to avoid trans-fat and refined sugar intake, good steps in the right direction but hardly revolutionary. Anyone taking Nutrition 101 knew these facts fifteen years ago. Why did it take the government so long to acknowledge them?
Politics and Food
The government food pyramid is always an interesting commentary on the politics of our time. |
| The first sign of the problem is gaining weight that is difficult to lose when calories are reduced and exercise is increased. This weight gain is typically in the abdominal area.
As the problem worsens other problems crop up. One or more of the following is typical: elevated cholesterol, high blood pressure, and/or fluid retention. As the problem really sets in, the demands of the day induce fatigue too easily; this, in turn, plays off these other problems and locks them into place. |
| He is not gaining weight but cannot lose weight on the amount of food he is currently eating. He begins to cut calories in an effort to lose weight. At first, his long-range metabolism is still in an energy-permissive mode, with metabolism set for the higher calorie intake.
As he cuts back on calories, metabolism runs faster for a while and he loses weight. After a week or so the drop in body fat lowers leptin levels and the subconscious brain begins to sense potential starvation. Metabolism is now reset to a slower pace to match the lower number of calories coming in. |
| However, gaining weight through overeating and a lack of exercise places considerable stress on healthy leptin function. Once the gas gauge starts to stick, it becomes harder and harder to lose weight by reducing calories. Many overweight people find they that can eat very little and not lose weight, or that they even gain weight eating seemingly normal portions of food. Unfortunately, their gas gauge is stuck on empty. While there is still hope for fixing more difficult problems, it is much easier to fix a small leptin problem than a large one. |
Byron J. Richards, CCN
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| Therefore, the over-caffeinated individual is irritable, hyper, prone to high blood pressure, has trouble sleeping, has insulin resistance, and is gaining weight around the middle. Such individuals are also fatigued and think they must have caffeine for energy stimulation.
Caffeine issues are complicated with a coffee shop on every corner. Many drinks ordered in these shops contain excess sugar and fat calories along with the caffeine. Caffeine contains 10-20 calories per serving. Adding 1 tablespoon of cream to coffee adds 50 calories. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 What I'm sharing here today is that there is a recipe for gaining weight and being diseased, just as there is a recipe for losing weight and being free of disease. You can choose to follow whichever recipe you want, and you will get exactly the results of the recipe you follow. You can also invent your own recipe and experience the natural results of that recipe based on the laws of physiology, biochemistry, nutrition and health. |
Jack Challem
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 A physician prescribed an antidepressant drug, which resulted in her gaining weight but did not completely resolve her depression and anxiety. He prescribed a second antidepressant drug, but it didn't help.
When Shelley went to a nutritionally oriented physician, he tested her urine for kryptopyrrole, a chemical that binds to and excretes vitamin B6 and zinc, two nutrients that influence mood. Shelly tested positive for this genetic predisposition, and work-related stresses increased her production of kryptopyrrole and loss of vitamin B6 and zinc. |
Ray Strand, M.D.
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 The baby was gaining weight, and the spitting up, though a nuisance, was definitely nothing serious and would most likely stop before Sarah turned one year of age. He advised Katie to burp her more frequently and not worry.
By three months of age, however, Sarah was spitting up after each feeding in spite of frequent burping, and she had stopped gaining weight, which concerned Katie and Beau. They again visited the pediatrician, who reassured them that this condition was a minor problem of reflux seen frequently in babies. |
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