It is hard to resist the instant gratification of a sweet tooth when all kinds of sweet temptations are readily available. Unfortunately, too much of a good (sweet) thing can be bad for the body’s chemistry. Harvard Medical School talks about “the sweet danger of sugar” when referring to the
Overweight or obese and wanting to lose weight? Which diet would be best to follow – a low-fat or low-carbohydrate diet? If you have a genetic predisposition to do better on one of these diets, what difference would it make? What role does your level of insulin secretion play in your
Within our bodies lurks a silent, active and extremely dangerous assassin called Inner fat. It goes under a number of aliases – Abdominal fat, or Active fat, or Visceral fat, as it is known in medical circles. Visceral fat is quite bulky and hides out of reach, deep inside the
When trying to lose weight, there are more diets out there than one can follow in a lifetime! Sometimes it is not only what you eat, but how much you eat that affects your weight. Eating too fast can easily lead to overeating. A very simple eating practice originated in
WHY DAILY EXERCISE IS IMPORTANT IN OBESITY Daily physical activity improves the insulin sensitivity of skeletal muscle Daily exercise is a very powerful stress reducer (and its free!), which in turn curbs one’s appetite. Stress and obesity go hand in hand Daily exercise increases your metabolism, with more energy being used and less
Prof Robert H Lustig, a pediatric endocrinologist, at the University of California, has the following advice for parents of / and overweight children: Get rid of all sugared liquids – only water and milk Eat your carbohydrates with fiber Wait 20 minutes before second portions Buy your “screen time” minute
South Africa presently ranks amongst the world’s top 20 fattest countries, and SA is the fattest country in sub-Saharan Africa! Seven out of every ten women in SA are overweight (BMI above 25), with four of these seven being obese, implying their BMI is over 30 (BMI = Weight in
New statistics, recently released, estimate that the number of obese and overweight people in the world has jumped from 860 million in 1980 to around 2.1 billion in 2013. This means that almost a third of the world is now overweight. Worldwide prevalence of obesity and overweight during this period
A few secrets before we talk food. It is very important to always have water available wherever you are that you can readily sip while working, talking, in meetings, in the car or even listening to others in talks. This eliminates so called “throat food” – food that we eat when
You all know by now that Health Insight does NOT believe in magic bullets and diet fads. Keep it simple and keep it healthy. 1. Keep a daily food diary – open and transparent to all 2. Discover what works for you ….. we are all different! (Geneva – your
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