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Fear of being fat

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

If large proportion is increasingly important to people, especially the United States, an even larger fraction of the population (up to 80%) felt terrified of becoming fat.

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Most polls show, in fact, the majority of the population feared obesity, and that most people consider themselves too fat (even if they are objectively thin or healthy). This phobia is marked among young women, with 30% of them follow, follow, or have just completed a diet. And they are likely to suffer from anorexia and bulimia.

We live in a world obsessed with food, where those who are not obese are at risk of becoming anorexic. This largely explains the importance given to schemes of all kinds, sometimes whimsical.

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The miracle of oxygenation: Increase of 70% weight loss

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

Researchers at UCLA have had difficulty believing the results of their studies: breathing sessions provide a comprehensive heat loss of 140% higher than that obtained during a twenty minute ride on a bicycle. These results seem incredible but is real.

Scientists have identified several explanations for these extraordinary results.

Why do we breathe wrong?

The overall conclusion is that the vast majority of the current population is chronically short of oxygen and for various reasons:

* The overall rate of oxygen in the atmosphere has decreased considerably in recent years. Pollution and global warming are the main responsible for a decrease of .002% of oxygen in the atmosphere. A figure that seems insignificant, but accumulated over several years represents a significant impact.
* Chronic stress experienced in modern life reduced respiratory amplitude. Over 90% of the population, particularly in the Western world, takes a breath short and limited to the upper chest.

What is the role of respiration in weight loss?
1 – Oxygen promotes the absorption of nutrients stimulating the metabolism.
Many nutrients are needed to stimulate the metabolism. These nutrients are absorbed in the villi of the intestinal wall. For this absorption takes place optimally, a large quantity of oxygen is required in intestinal cells. If oxygen is not present in sufficient quantity, there may be some loss of absorption up to 70%, resulting in a proportional slowing of metabolism. Once the amount of oxygen available is increasing, it follows a significant increase metabolism, which means more fat burned and eliminated.
2 – Oxygen promotes combustion of fat.
Oxygen alkalinized liquid cell, a quality essential to the transformation of nutrients into ATP (adenosine triphosphate) an essential fuel for energy production. The deep breaths therefore increase ATP production and promote the removal of fat from the production of energy.
3 – Oxygen eliminates toxins that promote fattening.
The rapid elimination of toxins and waste pollution in the body, is important to promote weight loss. When these products are found in excessive amounts in the bloodstream, they slow down the functioning of certain glands like the thyroid and adrenal glands. The body tends to produce more fat to trap toxic elements and protect these vital organs. Fortunately, over 70% of these toxic elements can be converted into gases by the body and be eliminated by the lungs during deep breaths.
4 – The fats combine with oxygen to be eliminated during respiration.
However, incredible as it sounds, and according to a study by the Institute of Boulder Colorado, most of us use only 25% of our lung capacity! This alone is enough to make it difficult to weight loss and reduce the pounds can be lost. The mere fact of placing a breathing limited to a full breath, can double the amount of fat oxidized during burning and respiration.
5 – Oxygen reduces stress and decreases the production of hormones promoting the accumulation of fat in the body.
When blood oxygen levels are high, there is a great sense of calm, stress hormones are deactivated, the pancreas produces less insulin, a hormone promotes fat storage.

How to practice full breath?

With a little practice it is very easy to perform a full breath session. A session of 5 minutes, 3 or 4 times a day is ample to get results. In fact the voluntary practice of this kind of breathing will cause a change of unconscious way you breathe. With time and practice, your breathing usually becomes broader, more flexible, fuller, your blood oxygen increases considerably.

The best way to learn the full breath is to follow an introductory course or simply using an audio recording and follow the directions and pace of the therapist or facilitator.

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Is it possible to lose weight with diets high in fat?

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

high fat dietSeveral authors claim that it is possible to lose weight and build muscle with a high fat diet, the Anabolic and Metabolic Diet by Dr. Mauro Di Pasquale and diet Body Opus by Dan Duchaine, are two examples.

According to these diets can lose fat without losing muscle mass. It consists of a very low carbohydrate intake for 5 days with two days with high intake of carbohydrates to achieve the super-compensation. Our body provides fat diet very differently to carbohydrates or protein. While our intake of carbohydrates or protein is balanced body use as fuel, fat intake is balanced by changes in body fat deposits.

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition reported two separate studies on how diets affect the use of fats and carbohydrates and fat deposits. One diet was high in carbohydrates and high in fat, while the other contained very little carbohydrate and fat.

Both studies concluded by stating that as carbohydrate intake rose or fell, was the same with its use as fuel. Moreover, the amount of fat eaten, corresponded to the individual body fat percentage, the more consumed, the more retained.

Note also that in one study the carbohydrate-rich diet contained 20% more calories than fat-rich diet, and yet the subject of high-carbohydrate group reduced their body weight in larger quantities.

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