Obesity is the second leading cause of death after smoking. It is associated with an increased mortality rate of all ages including children. Losing weight though commercialized is still to your benefit if you carry more weight than you should.
Obesity and overweight are a term
often used interchangeably. However, technically they refer to two different
states.
Being overweight technically means excess body mass. This
includes all the body tissues. Obesity, on the
other hand, refers explicitly to excess body fat e.g. a professional
heavy weight bodybuilder is overweight because of excess muscles but is not
obese.
Obesity is what should concern you. Losing weight is no
longer an issue you can afford to procrastinate, and probably a good health scare
is in order.
Reason #1 to lose weight
Diabetes:- It is well known that 80 -90% of type-two-diabetes
patients are overweight. Diabetes is the third leading cause of death in the
U.S., as well as the leading cause of adult blindness in the world. One of the
direct causes of obesity is eating wrong foods. Some of these wrong foods
include high glycemic foods. High glycemic foods are energy dense foods that
quickly increase the level of blood glucose in your body after been eaten. This
results to the body reserving the unnecessarily high glucose/energy into fat.
This makes losing weight very difficult.
Releasing a hormone called insulin does this.
Type-Two-diabetes occurs because the body cannot produce enough insulin to
remove the excess blood glucose and store it as body fat. This will occur after
straining insulin production for some time. And that’s how you end up being fat
and diabetic.
Reason #2 to lose weight
Stroke:-Obesity is associated with arteriosclerosis, the
build up of fatty deposits in the arteries through out your body. This makes
them narrow slowing blood flow and among other things increases the risk of the blood clotting. Arteries at risk
include those supplying blood to the brain. If clotting occurs due to narrowed
artery, it blocks blood supply to an area of the brain resulting to stroke.
Losing weight reduces this risk.
Reason #3 to lose weight
Cancer:-The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates
between 25% - 33% of cancer world wide are overweight and physical inactivity
related. Body fat evidently promotes higher levels of insulin production and
excess estoregens, a hormone. Both insulin and estorogens accelerate cell
division.
Probably to create adipose tissue; new fat cells to store
fat, in addition to the regular cell division
As research has indicated, the faster cells duplicate the
more they increase chances of a cancerous cell developing. The situation is
further complicated as the rapid cell division caused by the excess hormones
lead also to rapid cell reproduction of the one cancerous cell, hence cancer
starts to develop actively. In addition,
fat cells tend to keep carcinogenic i.e. cancer-causing agents, trapped in the
body which increases chances of developing cancer.
Types of cancers you will be at high risk to get include:-
* Breast cancer- affecting the breast possibly in both men and
women.
* Colorectal cancer- affecting colon and rectum.
* Prostrate cancer- affecting the prostrate gland in men.
* Endometrial cancer- affecting the uterus.
* Esophageal cancer- affecting the esophagus.
* Renal cell cancer, the cancer of the kidney, etc.
Reason #4 to lose weight
Respiratory problems:-Obesity causes lungs to “become
smaller” in size and chest wall become heavier to lift in the process of
breathing in. The most common respiratory problem is sleep apnea. Sleep apnea
is a condition where by individual stops
breathing for some time while asleep. A soft tissue in the throat collapses
around the air way probably due to weight, blocking it. For the severely, obese sleep apnea may get more
complicated with hypoventilation. Hypoventilation is an accumulation of toxic levels of carbon dioxide (the gas we breathe
out) in the blood, due to inadequate breathing. Losing weight would be the only
permanent safe and healthy solution to sleep apnea.
Reason #5 to lose weight
Urinary Incontinence:- This is involuntary release of urine.
Being overweight can contribute to urinary incontinence. A heavy abdomen due to
body fat deposit may cause valve of the urinary
bladder to be weakened. The weight also exerts pressure on the urinary bladder,
trying to push urine out. This results to leakage of urine when coughing,
sneezing or laughing. This is because of a slight relaxation of the bladder
valve that normally will not result to leakage. It can even result to bed
wetting at night. This particular problem can be a very effective motivator to
lose weight.
Reason #6 to lose weight
Varicose veins:-Also known as Venous Stratis Disease. The
leg and thigh muscles assist the heart in blood circulation just like most
large muscles in the body. They are involved in pumping blood against gravity
back to the heart with the help of valves that close to avoid a backward flow.
Pressure as a result of a large abdomen may increase the work load on the
valves eventually causing damage. Damaged valves then allow for blood to back
up, due to gravity, causing high pressure in these veins leading to swelling,
thickening of skin and skin ulcers.
Reason #7 to lose weight
High Blood Pressure:-The BMI (Body Mass Index) and age
together are the strongest indicator of risk of hypertension or high blood
pressure. At least a third of hypertension is related to obesity.
Reason #8 to lose weight
Other Diseases:-Other
diseases which MAY occur as a result of being overweight include.
* Gout
* Coronary heart disease
* Lower back pains
* Osteoarthritis
* Rheumatoid Arthritis
* Gall stones
* Pregnancy disorders such as
* Neural tube defect,
* Prenatal mortality,
* Maternal hypertension,
* Gestational diabetes etc.
* Impaired immune response
* Liver disease
* Pancreatitis
* Bad body smell
* Depression
Research shows that even modest weight loss of
even 10 pounds for the overweight significantly
reduces the risk of developing these diseases. Weight loss is, in fact, a challenge taken by many every
year.
Unfortunately many fail in this healthy endeavor. And all
because of one thing; they lack proper information on effective weight loss.
Effective weight loss is permanent, and a permanent weight loss depends
fundamentally on four factors. These four are what we at Health-eMark call the
‘Top 4 Reasons for Weight Loss Failure’. Watch free video for loss weight naturally!