Aspartame is Dangerous

Aspartame is linked to leukemia and lymphoma in new landmark study on humans

Wednesday, October 31, 2012 by: Ethan Evers

(NaturalNews) As few as one diet soda daily may increase the risk for leukemia in men and women, and for multiple myeloma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma in men, according to new results from the longest-ever running study on aspartame as a carcinogen in humans. Importantly, this is the most comprehensive, long-term study ever completed on this topic, so it holds more weight than other past studies which appeared to show no risk. And disturbingly, it may also open the door for further similar findings on other cancers in future studies.

THE MOST THOROUGH STUDY YET ON ASPARTAME – OVER TWO MILLION PERSON-YEARS
For this study, researchers prospectively analyzed data from the Nurses’ Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study for a 22-year period. A total of 77,218 women and 47,810 men were included in the analysis, for a total of 2,278,396 person-years of data. Apart from sheer size, what makes this study superior to other past studies is the thoroughness with which aspartame intake was assessed. Every two years, participants were given a detailed dietary questionnaire, and their diets were reassessed every four years. Previous studies which found no link to cancer only ever assessed participants’ aspartame intake at one point in time, which could be a major weakness affecting their accuracy.

ONE DIET SODA A DAY INCREASES LEUKEMIA, MULTIPLE MYELOMA AND NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMAS
The combined results of this new study showed that just one 12-fl oz. can (355 ml) of diet soda daily leads to:- 42 percent higher leukemia risk in men and women (pooled analysis) - 102 percent higher multiple myeloma risk (in men only) - 31 percent higher non-Hodgkin lymphoma risk (in men only) These results were based on multi-variable relative risk models, all in comparison to participants who drank no diet soda. It is unknown why only men drinking higher amounts of diet soda showed increased risk for multiple myeloma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Note that diet soda is the largest dietary source of aspartame(by far) in the U.S. Every year, Americans consume about 5,250 tons of aspartame in total, of which about 86 percent (4,500 tons) is found in diet sodas.

CONFIRMATION OF PREVIOUS HIGH QUALITY RESEARCH ON ANIMALS
This new study shows the importance of the quality of research. Most of the past studies showing no link between aspartame and cancer have been criticized for being too short in duration and too inaccurate in assessing long-term aspartame intake. This new study solves both of those issues. The fact that it also shows a positive link to cancer should come as no surprise, because a previous best-in-class research study done on animals (900 rats over their entire natural lifetimes) showed strikingly similar results back in 2006: aspartame significantly increased the risk for lymphomas and leukemia in both males and females. More worrying is the follow on mega-study, which started aspartame exposure of the rats at the fetal stage. Increased lymphoma and leukemia risks were confirmed, and this time the female rats also showed significantly increased breast (mammary) cancer rates. This raises a critical question: will future, high-quality studies uncover links to the other cancers in which aspartame has been implicated (brain, breast, prostate, etc.)?

There is now more reason than ever to completely avoid aspartame in our daily diet. For those who are tempted to go back to sugary sodas as a “healthy” alternative, this study had a surprise finding: men consuming one or more sugar-sweetened sodas daily saw a 66 percent increase in non-Hodgkin lymphoma (even worse than for diet soda). Perhaps the healthiest soda is no soda at all.

Sources for this article include:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23097267
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16507461
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17805418

About the author: Ethan Evers is author of the award-winning medical thriller “The Eden Prescription,” in which cutting-edge researchers perfect an effective, all-natural treatment for cancer, only to be hunted down by pharmaceutical interests which will stop at nothing to protect their $80 billion cancer drug cash machine. The Eden Prescription is based on the latest science and draws on real historical events stretching back to the beginning of the “War on Cancer.” Ethan has a PhD in Applied Science.

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Is it Alzheimer’s or NPH?

A lot of people with Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH) are misdiagnosed and told that they have either Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s. The Hydrocephalus Association estimates that at least 350,000 Americans and 5 percent of people with dementia have NPH. A 3005 Virginia Commonwealth University paper estimates that 9 percent of patients in assisted-living facilities may have NPH.

Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is a rise in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the brain that affects brain function. However, the pressure of the fluid is usually normal. Hydrocephalus means "water on the brain."

The root cause of NPH is unknown. As CSF fluid builds up in the brain, the fluid-filled chambers (ventricles) of the brain swell. This causes pressure on brain tissue. This can damage or destroy parts of the brain.

The symptoms often begin slowly and some people may consider it just part of the aging process.

A person needs to have three symptoms to be diagnosed with Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus:

• Changes in the way a person walks: difficulty when beginning to walk (gait apraxia), feet held wider apart than normal, shuffling of the feet, unsteadiness
• Slowing of mental function: forgetfulness, difficulty paying attention, apathy or no mood
• Problems controlling urine (urinary incontinence), and sometimes controlling stools (fecal incontinence)

Sudden falls without a loss of consciousness or other symptoms (drop attacks) may occur early in the illness.

Note: Many of these symptoms are common in the elderly, and may be caused by other conditions. NPH normally occurs in people 55 or older.

An examination shows walking (gait) changes related to the pressure placed on parts of the brain. Deep tendon reflexes may be increased in the lower legs.

Tests include Lumbar puncture (spinal tap) with careful testing of walking before and after the spinal tap and a Head CT scan or MRI of the head.

The good news is that NPH can be treated by surgery to reduce pressure in the brain. The treatment of choice is surgery to place a tube called a shunt that routes the excess CSF out of the brain ventricles. This procedure is successful in 85 – 90 percent of NPH patients.

Call your doctor if you or a loved one is having increasing problems with memory loss, walking, and urine incontinence.

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Female Obesity takes toll in maternity wards

Overweight mothers carry higher risks

As Americans have grown fatter over the last generation, inviting more heart disease, diabetes and premature deaths, all that extra weight has also become a burden in the maternity ward.

About one in five women is obese when she becomes pregnant, meaning a body mass index of at least 30, as woulda5-foot-5 woman weighing 180 pounds, according to researchers with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And growing medical evidence suggests obesity might be contributing to record-high rates of cesarean sections and leading to more birth defects and deaths for mothers and babies.

Hospitals, especially in poor neighborhoods, have been forced to adjust. They're buying longer surgical instruments, more sophisticated fetal testing machines and bigger beds. They're holding sensitivity training for staff members and counseling women about losing weight, or having bariatric surgery, before they become pregnant.

At Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, where 38 percent of women giving birth are obese, Patricia Garcia had to be admitted after she had a stroke, part of a constellation of illnesses related to her weight, including diabetes and weak kidneys. On May 5,11 weeks shy of her due date, a sonogram showed that the baby's growth was lagging, and an emergency C-section was ordered.

Studies have shown babies born to obese women are nearly three times as likely to die within the first month of birth than women of normal weight, and that obese women are almost twice as likely to have a stillbirth.

Obese women are also more likely to have high blood pressure, diabetes, anesthesia complications, hemorrhage, blood clots and strokes during pregnancy and childbirth, data shows. Very obese women, or those with a BMI of 35 or higher, are up to four times as likely to deliver their first baby by cesarean section as first-time mothers of normal weight, reported a study by the Consortium on Safe Labor of the National Institutes of Health

The above is by Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times News Service

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Foods that are Considered Negative Calorie Foods

We need plenty of calories in a day, but if you are trying to lose weight and like to snack, you have a problem. Enter negative Calorie Foods. These foods burn more calories in their digestion than they contain, so you can fulfill your snack cravings without gaining weight. In addition, they all contain some pretty important nutrients.

Many of these contain Vitamin A, C, Calcium, Iron, Potassium plus dietary fiber. Foods such as:

• Apples
  
• Apricots
  
• Broccoli
  
• Cabbage
  
• Carrots
  
• Cauliflower
  
• Celery
  
• Cucumbers
  
• Grapefruit
  
• Hot Chili Peppers
  
• Lemon
  
• Lettuce
  
• Lime
  
• Oranges
  
• Strawberries
  
• Tangerines
  
• Tomatoes
  
• Watermelon
  
• Zucchini.

Don’t go to the store and limit your purchase to these items because that could lead to malnutrition. But as a snack, they are excellent. You can actually lose weight while you snack. Of course, if you have a lot of weight to lose, snacking on the above items isn’t the only thing you have to do.

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Health is Wealth: Health Alert

by Nobel Laureate in Medicine Dr. Louis Ignarro and Naturopathic Physician Dr. Andrew Myers

Nitric Oxide Boosting Fitness

Many people are beginning to understand that eating nutrients found in certain foods or taking supplements can be an effective way to boost Nitric Oxide levels in the body. But did you know that the easiest and most inexpensive way to boost NO production is through exercise? Exercise accelerates blood flow, stimulating the production of Nitric Oxide. In fact, boosting NO levels is known to increase the body’s anaerobic threshold, meaning you can work out for longer periods of time. Working out, in turn, boosts NO levels.

Nitric Oxide Benefits:

• Exercising regularly can help to lower blood pressure. By exercising, the endothelial cells lining the blood vessels throughout the body produce sufficient NO to help prevent hypertension.
• Exercise can help to improve cholesterol levels by raising blood levels of the “good” HDL cholesterol. Research shows that regular exercise can boost HDL levels by a full 5 to 15%.
• Exercise-enhanced NO production can help to discourage blood platelets from sticking to the inner lining of blood vessels, reducing the risk of plaque accumulation and blood clots. This can reduce the chances of developing atherosclerosis.

Regular Exercise.......

• Can strengthen the heart and make it work more efficiently. This enables the heart to deliver more blood with each beat and lower the resting heart rate.
• Is critical to weight loss and preventing or reversing obesity.
• Lowers the risk of breast, prostate, and colon cancer.
• Reduces  the risk of adult-onset diabetes.
• Reduces the chances of developing osteoporosis.
• Leads to a decline in stress and anxiety.
• Improves sleep quality.
• Heightens energy levels.
• Strengthens the immune system.

How Much Exercise?

It doesn’t take hours a day to receive the health benefits of exercise. The key to success is regularity and frequency. Twenty minutes, three times a week is the critical amount of exercise that every person needs to receive the benefits of NO production caused by exercise. Regular exercise can actually train the endothelial cells to produce additional Nitric Oxide even when the body is at rest. Exercise does not have to be particularly strenuous to be very effective. Walking, jogging, and biking are some of the easiest and most effective ways to regularly exercise.

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National Physical Activity Plan

The National Physical Activity Plan (NPAP) has a vision: One day, all Americans will be physically active and they will live, work, and play in environments that facilitate regular physical activity.

The Plan is a comprehensive set of policies, programs, and initiatives that aim to increase physical activity in all segments of the American population. The Plan is the product of a private-public sector collaborative. Hundreds of organizations are working together to change our communities in ways that will enable every American to be sufficiently physically active.

The Plan aims to create a national culture that supports physically active lifestyles. Its ultimate purpose is to improve health, prevent disease and disability, and enhance quality of life.

The Plan is comprised of recommendations that are organized in eight societal sectors:

Implementation

The Plan includes over 250 recommendations across 8 societal sectors, all aimed at increasing physical activity.  The National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity (NCPPA) is spearheading implementation of the NPAP and is actively seeking organizations (Coalitions, Non-profits, Businesses) interested in implementing the NPAP.

This plan is not one to sit on the shelf. NCPPA and the Make the Move Council define priorities, measurable outcomes and annual objectives for advancing strategies within the Plan. If your organization is interested in helping implement the NPAP, please click here.

The Make the Move Implementation Report contains important information about national implementation priorities and recommended resources for inspiring measurable change and success stories from organization that have succesfully "made the move." For continued updates regarding implementation of the plan, subscribe to Make the Move News.

• Business and Industry
• Education
• Health Care
• Mass Media
• Parks, Recreation, Fitness and Sports
• Public Health
• Transportation, Land Use, and Community Design
• Volunteer and Non-Profit

Each sector presents strategies aimed at promoting physical activity. Each strategy also outlines specific tactics that communities, organizations and agencies, and individuals can use to address the strategy. Recognizing that some strategies encompass multiple sectors, the Plan also has several overarching strategies.

The Plan is focused on initiatives that aim to increase physical activity. Reducing sedentary behavior is recognized to be an important public health goal, but is not the Plan's specific objective.

A coordinating committee comprised of representatives from numerous organizational partners provided overall direction and guidance for the Plan. Working with the coordinating committee, working groups for each of the eight sectors developed the Plan's strategies and tactics. An open public comment period garnered extensive comments and suggestions that were incorporated into the Plan.

In developing the Plan, the Coordinating Committee and Working Groups relied on several guiding principles:

• Use evidence to inform the Plan's actions to promote physical activity.
• Include initiatives for all socio-demographic groups.
• Aim actions at local, state, federal, and institutional levels.
• Encourage the involvement of diverse stakeholders to guide the content of the Plan.
• Ground the Plan in the ecological model of health behavior.
• Ensure that the Plan's initiatives reduce health disparities across socio-demographic groups.
• Present the Plan as a "living document" that is updated on a regular basis.

Learn more about how to help implement the Plan here.

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Obesity Epidemic Threatens to Bankrupt the Nation

Original Article: June 06, 2012 | Rene Letourneau, Editor Healthcare Financial News

WASHINGTON – The obesity epidemic in the U.S. will eventually bankrupt the nation if left unchecked, according to the Bipartisan Policy Center, which held a webcast Tuesday to outline its recommendations for curbing the crisis.

In its report, “Lots to Lose: How America’s Health and Obesity Crisis Threatens our Economic Future,” the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Nutrition and Physical Activity Initiative, co-chaired by former U.S. Secretaries of Agriculture Dan Glickman and Ann Veneman and former U.S. Secretaries of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala and Mike Leavitt, calls on the public and private sectors to collaborate in creating healthy families, schools, workplaces and communities.

The report’s goal is to draw attention to the role obesity plays in the nation’s mounting healthcare spending, which is expected to reach $4.6 trillion dollars annually and consume 19.8 percent of the GDP by 2020, said Glickman.

“We Americans are a very overweight and unhealthy nation and as a nation we spend $2.6 trillion on healthcare (annually). Those costs are the primary driver of our nations’ debt,” said Glickman, adding that the current level of healthcare spending will “bankrupt our country.”

In addition to the high cost of healthcare, other issues the nation will face as the obesity epidemic worsens include lost workforce productivity and the armed forces’ inability to recruit and retain qualified military personnel, said Glickman.

The Bipartisan Policy Center is calling on legislators on both sides of the political aisle to get involved in the fight against obesity, he said. “Some issues are just too important to be partisan and this is clearly one of those issues. We must all take action to beat this threat,” said Glickman. “This is an issue that has cried out for simple solutions in every respect. It’s complicated, but it’s not so complicated that we can’t find ways to deal with it.”

“(This) report focuses on practical steps we can take in the real world,” he added.

Among the report’s recommendations are:

• The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) should extend federal guidelines for diet and physical activity to all children under six and enhance public awareness and understanding of these guidelines.
• USDA should ensure that all its nutrition assistance programs reflect and support federal dietary guidelines.
• All key institutions, including hospitals, workplaces, communities, government and insurance providers, should support and promote breastfeeding with the goal of substantially increasing U.S. breastfeeding rates for the first six months of an infant’s life.
• Schools should improve nutrition and physical activity offerings, in partnership with the private sector.
• The Centers for Disease Control (CDC), in partnership with private companies, should develop a database of exemplary workplace wellness programs with a rigorous cost/benefit analysis to help scale up existing best practices in both the private sector and within government.
• The Ad Council or similar organizations should coordinate a multi-media campaign to promote healthy diet and physical activity, funded by leading private sector companies in collaboration with federal agencies.
• Food retailers should adopt in-store marketing and product placement strategies to promote the purchase of healthier, lower calorie products.
• CDC and HHS should continue robust efforts to collect and disseminate information on food, physical activity and health – including information on the social determinants of health and future costs – and Congress should continue to support these monitoring and information-gathering functions.

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Stroke Rises Among Pregnant Women

According to the CDC strokes have risen sharply in pregnant women and new moms. The reason according to the experts is that more of them are obese before they get pregnant and are suffering from high blood pressure and heart disease.

There is a program to help women called WISEWOMAN

The WISEWOMAN program is administered through CDC's Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention (DHDSP). The WISEWOMAN program provides low-income, under-insured or uninsured women with chronic disease risk factor screening, lifestyle intervention, and referral services in an effort to prevent cardiovascular disease. The priority age group is women aged 40–64 years.

CDC funds 21 WISEWOMAN programs, which operate on the local level in states and tribal organizations. WISEWOMAN programs provide standard preventive services including blood pressure and cholesterol testing. WISEWOMAN programs also offer testing for diabetes.

Women are not just tested and referred, but can also take advantage of lifestyle programs that target poor nutrition and physical inactivity, such as healthy cooking classes, walking clubs, or lifestyle counseling. Women who smoke are encouraged to quit and are referred to proactive quit lines or quit-smoking classes. The interventions vary from program to program, but all are designed to promote lasting, healthy lifestyle changes.

They provide nutritional support and help you with weight loss, even if it’s only to lose 10 pounds, or to lose that baby weight.

Stroke Facts

• Stroke is a leading cause of death in the United States. Over 800,000 people die in the U.S. each year from cardiovascular disease and strokes.¹
• A stroke, sometimes called a brain attack, occurs when a clot blocks the blood supply to the brain or when a blood vessel in the brain bursts.
• Someone in the United States has a stroke every 40 seconds. Every four minutes someone dies of stroke.²
• Every year, about 795,000 people in the United States have a stroke. About 610,000 of these are first or new strokes. About 185,000 people who survive a stroke eventually have another.²
• Stroke is an important cause of disability. In 2005, nearly 1.1 million stroke survivors reported difficulty performing basic activities of daily life.³
• In 2010, the estimated cost of stroke in the United States was $53.9 billion.2 This total includes the cost of health care services, medications, and lost productivity.

Common stroke warning signs and symptoms include—

• Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm, or leg—especially on one side of the body.
• Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding.
• Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes.
• Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination.
• Sudden severe headache with no known cause.
• You can’t control some stroke risk factors, such as heredity, age, gender, and ethnicity. Some medical conditions, including high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, diabetes, overweight or obesity, and previous stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA), can raise also your stroke risk. Not smoking, not drinking excessively, and getting exercise are all choices you can make to reduce your risk.

References

1. Miniño AM, Murphy SL, Xu J, Kochanek KD. Deaths: Final data for 2008 [PDF-2.9M]. National Vital Statistics Reports; vol 59 no 10. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2011.

2. Roger VL, Go AS, Lloyd-Jones DM, et al. Heart disease and stroke statistics—2011 update: a report from the American Heart Association . Circulation. 2011 Feb 1;123(4):e18-e209. Epub 2010 Dec 15.

3. CDC. Prevalence and most common causes of disability among adults—United States, 2005. MMWR 2009;58(16):421–426.

For more information on strokes, you can go to:

American Heart Association - http://stroke.ahajournals.org/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - http://www.cdc.gov/stroke/
National Stroke Association – www.stroke.org/

Mayo Clinic - http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/stroke/DS00150/

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THE TOO-FAT SOCIETY

The obesity epidemic is one of the country's most serious health problems. Adult obesity rates have doubled since 1980, from 15 to 30 percent, while childhood obesity rates have more than tripled. Rising obesity rates have significant health consequences, contributing to increased rates of more than 30 serious diseases, including type 2 diabetes, heart disease and some forms of cancer. These conditions create a major strain on the health care system. More than one-quarter of health care costs are now related to obesity.

Obesity is one of the biggest drivers of preventable chronic diseases and health care costs in the country. Two-thirds of Americans are either obese or overweight. The Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) and Micro Health Simulations conducted an analysis to examine how much the United States could save in health care costs if obesity rates were reduced by five percent. The analysis found that the country could save $29.8 billion in five years, $158.1 billion in 10 years and $611.7 billion in 20 years.

For the past five years, TFAH has issued an annual report F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies Are Failing in America to track obesity trends and policies. We conclude that the country is failing to address the obesity crisis with the urgency it deserves. TFAH recommends that a National Strategy to Combat Obesity be created with roles for individuals, families, communities, schools, employers, businesses, insurers, and government.

Keeping people healthier is one of the most common sense and effective ways to reduce health care costs. (1)

Obese adults should get counseling, federal task force says.

Under the healthcare law, insurance companies would be required to cover the panel's recommended weight-loss treatments.

In a move that could significantly expand insurance coverage of weight-loss treatments, a federal health advisory panel on Monday recommended that all obese adults receive intensive counseling in an effort to rein in a growing health crisis in America.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force urged doctors to identify patients with a body mass index of 30 or more — currently 1 in 3 Americans — and either provide counseling themselves or refer the patient to a program designed to promote weight loss and improve health prospects.

Under the current healthcare law, Medicare and most private insurers would be required to cover the entire cost of weight-loss services that meet or exceed the task force's standards.

Few private health insurers now reimburse physicians for weight-loss counseling or pay for programs that patients seek out on their own. A growing number, in fact, charge obese patients more for coverage — a policy that some public health officials have denounced as punitive and ineffective.

The task force concluded after a review of the medical literature that the most successful programs in improving patients' health were "intensive, multi-component behavioral interventions." They involve 12 to 26 counseling sessions a year with a physician or community-based program, the panel said.

Successful programs set weight-loss goals, improve knowledge about nutrition, teach patients how to track their eating and set limits, identify barriers to change (such as a scarcity of healthful food choices near home) and strategize on ways to maintain lifestyle changes, the panel found.

In some cases, programs include exercise sessions as well.

It follows a November decision by Medicare to reimburse physicians for providing "intensive weight counseling" to the roughly 14 million obese Americans insured by the government program.

The new guidelines were met with cautious support by many physicians on the front lines of the nation's struggle against excess fat.

Jeffrey Levi, executive director of the nonpartisan think tank Trust for America's Health, said the recommendations would put physicians in a difficult position: Few have the time or resources to provide obese patients with intensive counseling, he said.

And since programs meeting the standards set by the task force remain scarce, most doctors won't know where to send their obese patients.

"The question is whether the services will develop fast enough to meet the potential demand," Levi said.

Susan Pisano, a spokeswoman for the trade group America's Health Insurance Plans, said it was unclear how the report would affect the industry and patients. But, she said, "there's a lot being done" already by health insurers to help their enrollees lose weight.

Obesity and obesity-related diseases are already responsible for an estimated $147 billion in annual healthcare spending. Widespread adoption of the panel's recommendation would increase that spending, at least initially.

The panel acknowledged that one problem with its recommendation was that no studies have shown such intensive programs provide long-term health benefits. (2)

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(1) Trust for America’s Health
(2) June 26, 2012 by Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times

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Exercise and Counseling Help with Weight Loss

When it comes to dieting, you should exercise and not go it alone.

That seems to be the message from two studies (1) published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

In both studies, participants lost more weight and kept most of it off by controlling calories, exercising and talking to a diet counselor.

According to the National Weight Control Registry, the key factor for almost all those that have lost weight and kept it off is that they have continued to exercise.

Many people know that they should get more exercise, but are unsure of what to. do or how to work it into their daily lives. Not to worry, there is help as close as your computer.

The National Physical Activity Plan is a comprehensive set of policies, programs, and initiatives that aim to increase physical activity in all segments of the American population. The Plan is the product of a private-public sector collaborative. Hundreds of organizations are working together to change our communities in ways that will enable every American to be sufficiently physically active. Learn about the Plan on this site, and get involved. You can read the plan at their website

Most people can start a moderate exercise plan without consulting a doctor. However, if you have a doubts or have a chronic disease such as heart disease or diabetes, it behooves you to check with a doctor prior to starting a program.

Little changes to your lifestyle can have a big affect on your health. Things like walking a few blocks instead of driving. Parking farthest away from a store, returning a cart back to the store instead of leaving it where you park. Taking stairs instead of an escalator. Walk around your block and talk to neighbors.

A future article will go into more detail about the National Physical Activity Plan.

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I can help you with diet planning and counseling.

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(1) A two year study at UC San Diego and a one year study at the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

OBESITY

Obesity is becoming a huge factor (pun) in medical care. Many patients today weigh 500 to 600 pounds.   Hospitals all around the country are buying equipment to accommodate an increase in the number of obese patients.   Everything from beds, wheelchairs, floor mounted toilets to MRI machines have to be upgraded for the heavier patients.   The problem continues to get worse every year. Not only are there more obese people, but the obese are becoming severely obese.   It is expected that by 2030, 42 percent of adults will be obese. (1)

A person is considered obese when their BMI is 30 or greater. The formula to determine your BMI is: BMI = ( Weight in Pounds ) divided by ( Height in inches x Height in inches ) x 703. Editors Note: I’m 180 pounds and 68 inches tall. My BMI is 27.36. I’m NOT obese.

BMI of 25 to 30 is Overweight
BMI of 30 to 35 is Moderately Obese
BMI of 35 to 40 is Severely Obese
BMI of over 40 is Very Severely Obese

Adult Obesity Facts ⁽²⁾

Obesity is common, serious and costly

   • More than one-third of U.S. adults (35.7%) are obese.
   • Obesity-related conditions include heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and certain types
      of cancer, some of the leading causes of death.
   • In 2008, medical costs associated with obesity were estimated at $147 billion; the medical
      costs paid by third-party payors for people who are obese were $1,429 higher than those of
      normal weight.

Obesity prevalence varies across states and regions

   • During the past 20 years, there has been a dramatic increase in obesity in the United States
     and rates remain high.
   • By state, obesity prevalence ranged from 21.0% in Colorado to 34.0% in
      Mississippi in 2010. No state had a prevalence of obesity less than 20%
      Thirty-six states had a prevalence of 25% or more; 12 of these states (Alabama, Arkansas,
      Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina,
      Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia) had a prevalence of 30% or more.
   • The South has the highest prevalence of obesity (29.4%) followed by the Midwest (28.7%),
      Northeast (24.9%) and the West (24.1%).

Obesity affects some groups more than others

   • Non-Hispanic blacks have the highest rates of obesity (44.1%) compared with Mexican
      Americans (39.3%), all Hispanics (37.9%) and non-Hispanic whites. (32.6%).

Obesity and socioeconomic status

   • Among non-Hispanic black and Mexican-American men, those with higher incomes are
     more likely to be obese than those with low income.
   • Higher income women are less likely to be obese than low-income women.
   • There is no significant relationship between obesity and education among men. Among
     women, however, there is a trend—those with college degrees are less likely to be obese
     compared with less educated women.
   • Between 1988–1994 and 2007–2008 the prevalence of obesity increased in adults at all
      income and education levels

Get help losing weight and keeping it off. I’m offering you the hassle-free, low-hunger path to weight-loss success. Created by doctors and scientifically based, this program is all about personalization – giving your body the nutritional support you need. If you are trying to lose weight, rather it’s to lose 10 pounds or that baby weight, I offer weight loss help.

I can help you with diet planning and counseling.

For information on nutrition and losing weight, go to Rays Nutrition Center
or contact me at: raybarmore@gmail.com

For information on a home based business.

Ray R Barmore
The Herbal Guy
Health and Wellness Coach
San Diego California
619-876-5273
Skype: barmore4


(1)American Journal of Preventative Medicine
(2) http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html