Diet, Exercise, Obesity, and Diabetes
Obesity has been a world wide problem, even as a silent epidemic in developed countries. Diabetes on the other hand has been one of the most difficult to treat human diseases. Put the two together and you have an endemic that would test the limits of science in saving lives the peril of obesity and diabetes.
Although not all diabetes are a result of obesity (and not all diabetics are/become obese), more and more studies have been developed to prove the increase in the percentage of diabetes disease as a result of excessive weight gain. As one of the crucial consequence of obesity, diabetes is the final detriment in the life expectancy of an obese person. How so?
Obese fat accumulations damage the cells in the body that produces insulin. Obesity and diabetes is a fatal cause and effect that also moves in a vicious circle. The already diabetic person would put a final tip in his health balance once he gains excessive weight. At the same time, the obese person would cut more inches from his life thread once he reaches the point of diabetes.
Clinically obese patients, once diagnosed are also already pronounced ‘pre- diabetic’, having blood sugar levels higher than normal, and if left untreated, obese patients would develop the full- blown Type 2 Diabetes in only within a decade. Yet the obese- diabetic should stop counting his years.
Studies made on obesity and diabetes produce promising results of treatment. And the cure is just as good as hitting two birds with one stone weight loss. It appears that losing weight doesn’t only prevent escalating obesity up to the morbid diabetes stage, but it also actually reverses the damaging cause of obesity to the cells that produce insulin. Obesity and diabetes are treatable; and starting the challenge is fairly simple targeting the cause.
In dealing with obesity and diabetes, the most important concern is the amount of weight gain that takes to develop obesity and diabetes?’ The key then is to determine the causes of weight gain and then reverse it. Soon enough, we’ll find out that the successful combination of diet and exercise to be the most likely answers to beat the worst human disease combination. Diet and exercise negates obesity and diabetes.
Attention to diet should start even from a very young age. In particular, obesity and diabetes prone (or generally health concerned) individuals should concentrate on serving sizes, required dietary allowances, and avoiding excessive sweet and fatty foods; the myriad benefits of exercise could not at all be overstated. The key however, in getting the equation right is starting and starting now.
Milos
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February 26th, 2010 at 8:20 pm
Is proper food choices and exercise the answer to increasing obesity in the world?
According to T. Colin Campbell, PHd, proper diet and exercise is the answer to the obesity problem. He describes this on page 138 of "The China Study":
"… a whole foods, plant-based diet, coupled with a reasonable amount of exercise. It is a long-term lifestyle change…"
This would exclude most processed and convenience foods, MSG, aspartame, and other additives. It excludes nearly all animal protein.
This also greatly reduces risk of heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, and osteoporosis. Do you agree, or do you think there is a better approach?
Personally, I’m now adding a free weight training program, and moving caloric intake to earlier in the day.
I lost 50 pounds over a 2 year period using this method. Is this advice sufficient for most people? Is it correct?
February 27th, 2010 at 1:22 am
bluntly, Yes.
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February 27th, 2010 at 1:24 am
pretty much so.
all losing weight comes down to is nutrition and exercise.
people don’t know what is good for them or how many calories to eat and what type of food to eat.
lean meats,veggies,grains are the staples of healthy diet.
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February 27th, 2010 at 1:26 am
Do you mean decreasing? Because with the proper food and the right amount of exercise, you shouldn’t be putting on weight… That is the right way to do it, if fast food and sweets and stuff like that didn’t exist, then no one would be obese or overweight.
Congrats on your weight loss
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February 27th, 2010 at 1:28 am
Stop reading hippy propaganda, eating less is the CURE FOR WEIGHT LOSS. You lost 50 lbs but I guarantee you have a higher bodyfat percentage than people who eat tons of animal protein. What you are doing is not the answer, you are merely eating less. Count up your calories for the day and realize you are eating less its STRAIGHT SCIENCE. CALORIES IN – CALORIES OUT= HOW FAT YOU ARE.
Obviously poor food choices cause obesity but using an overly restrictive diet (the china study!) is achieving the same thing other diets like atkins, south beach, pritikin. They limit food choices so you can’t eat to much.
If you want to really see how weight loss happens excercise and shove your face with 5000 calories a day of all healthy "china study" foods. YOU WILL GAIN WEIGHT. You cannot defy science calories count.
Your diet magically works because you are eating bland foods all day that no one would ever probably over eat in the first place. Blame it on whatever you want but you are EATING LESS. science proves this.
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February 27th, 2010 at 1:30 am
Well duh
Wow. T. Colin Campbell, PHd figured all that by himself?
I could have told him if he asked me 
"It is a long-term lifestyle change"
I strongly agree. If you live like a fat person, you will look like a fat person. If you live like a nice-body person, you will look like a nice-body person. You can’t be one while living the life of another. Only Batman can do that, and he’s not doing very well either
"plant-based diet"
Now this I would disagree with. Look at a mirror and open your mouth. If you look closely you will notice 2 pairs of fang-like teeth in both jaws. These are there for eating meat. They wouldn’t be there if the body didn’t need meat to work properly. And that’s including burning body fat and gaining muscle mass. Sure you can use a lot of supplements for protein but only a vagent can tell you how hard it is.
You’re doing good by adding free weight. You should have done that before
I would only suggest getting a complete diet with all 3 macronaturions.
Cheers
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February 27th, 2010 at 1:32 am
Pretty Much…although it hasn’t worked for me quite yet. Being allergic to 30 Pages of Food, my "Diet" is quite bland, boring, and ho-hum. My body hasn’t adjusted to this "Crash Diet" of sorts.
Good For You though…
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February 27th, 2010 at 1:34 am
Yes…most definitely.
I see all these porkers at work and what do they do? Sit on their fat ass all day in front of the computers and have donuts for breakfast, McDonald’s for lunch, and the only time they get up is to go to the bathroom or have a smoke…….needless to say their ass’s are twice as wide as the seat they sit on, and all they do is complain about how they have high blood pressure and their diabetic, yet their only in their late 30′s and they all look like their in their 50′s……
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