Research is starting to show that fat is not only a result of gaining weight, it can also be a cause of gaining weight. For that reason, it’s better not to gain excess fat to begin with, but it also means that it’s important to lose the excess fat we do have, and soon.
There’s been a 3 fold increase in child and adolescent obesity in the last 20 years! That’s a HUGE change in a SHORT time. Children get less exercise these days and they are eating too much (especially of the wrong foods). Nearly 2/3 of American adults are overweight, more than 1/3 are obese. It is estimated that there are now more obese people in the world than there are malnourished. That’s never happened before.
We have mechanisms in our bodies that help us maintain a stable weight. However, the mechanisms in place to fight against starvation tend to be stronger than the ones in place to fight against obesity. People in industrialized countries are now rich enough to poison themselves with delicious, convenient, and inexpensive calories.
When we take in more calories than we burn we begin to accumulate fat. We now know that fat actually produces hormones (like leptin and adiponectin) which can contribute to insulin resistance. Insulin is the hormone that keeps our blood sugar down. When we get resistant to insulin our bodies put extra insulin in our blood (this is called hyperinsulinemia) to keep our blood sugars normal. At some point our pancreas cells may not be able to keep up making so much insulin and then the blood sugar starts to rise (this is Type II Diabetes).
Cardiovascular disease (#1 killer in the U.S) starts to develop as soon as hyperinsulinemia kicks in. Hyperinsulinemia promotes the breakdown of muscle. One thing that GREATLY increases the chances of hyperinsulinemia developing into Diabetes is LACK OF REGULAR EXERCISE. Exercise and greatly reducing carbohydrates in the diet is a great way to turn this process around and reduce insulin levels, reduce body fat, and build muscle.
As you know, some people gain fat around the middle of their bodies giving them more of an apple-shaped figure. Others tend to gain it around their bottoms and thighs and have more of a pear shape. Apple-shaped people are more likely to have the consequences of insulin resistance which include high triglycerides, high blood sugar, high LDL, low HDL and a tendency to gain weight. That’s because the circulatory system is set up to take blood from around the organs straight to the liver, where the consequences of fat can have a more direct impact.
The time is now to get serious about reducing excess body fat. One good thing to do is to cut back on carbs for a while. Don’t eat anything with a glycemic index of more than 50. Click here to see a list of foods with their glycemic index. Many people find that normalizing their body temperatures is also extremely helpful in losing fat.
Impossible to find a doctor who’ll prescribe T3 or Natural Dessicated Porcine Thyroid in Ontario.
Naturopaths are advertising but not prescribing.
Hypothyroid patients with partial ablation of thyroid are sent home told to fast!
Endocrinologists are sorelly lacking education about thyroid and turn the blind eye to the obvious epidemic of hypothyroid conditions in Ontario where water is fluoridated, causing in time thyroid failure in large part of population.
People are exercising 24/7 and gaining weight on macrobiotic, vegetarian diet while being told to get used to it, it’s part of aging, even if you are 25 or so…..