This approach I found personally effective and I am inviting currentpot-bellieds to try what I tried and continue to do up to this time.
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Something may be wrong with How We Eat
1. We eat as if there is no more tomorrow - we must EAT SLOWLY to allow brain to recognize the load of what you all rapidly ate;
2. The stomach does not have a calorie counter BUT it does have a volume sensor that tells brain if we are full already - and modulates our hunger pains;
3. With food excess we take because of rapid eating, our body stores them - that's our fat belly!
4. Eating in Non-sweet Fruits first - High Fiber next like veggies - then Main course / Meat last) sequence helps prevent sudden sugar load into the body.
Remember our college chemistry when we were taught how our sugars in complex carbohydrates are linked via 1,6 carbon-to-carbon connection - we have enzymes to cut that BUT since we are not goats or cows or carabaos, we may not have a lot of enzymes to cut 1,4 cardon-to-carbon connection branches of carbohydrates in vegetables or fibers so our sugars do not sky rocket (they call it low glycemic index) when we eat them.
5. Do not serve all food at the same time because we practice selective blindness to foods we don't like - do it in sequence - better remove spoon too, to help slow down the eating.
6. Take time to eat - see how the French eat? Ever wonder why they don't have a lot of obese, maybe that's one reason.
7. Realize that the Obese subject is not only caused by themselves but also by those who prepare their food. Yes, parents are accountable too, being the ones who shop / cook.
8. The challenge of diet programs , I believe, is that they are deviations from the norm of eating, and while one may lose weight with it, it is difficult to sustain , hence the relapse.
7. Look around us. Within our environment are cues to indulge and overeat - supersize drinks here, no rice limits there, etc. These stores are after their sales and are NOT interested in your health - they don't subsidize your medicines, nor sponsor your confinement, they offer no health loans, and certainly are not refunding on any excess foods you took. When you get sick, they will leave you alone ....I call it PARTWAYSHIP ...
The other issue is partly medical and partly financial. I describe Obesity and elevated cholesterol, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, kidney disease, stroke and heart attack as FIRST COUSINS - very commonly they occur together in a patient. The haven't parted ways so far...up to this time. Whether they are different diseases or just part of another long-standing disease called Metabolic Syndrome can be anybody's guess but be that as they may, when they occur altogether, the cost of treatment skyrockets.
In this country, medicines' costs can go up ~10-15% yearly, but post-covid that went up drastically, some 20-30%, others even higher!There is a so-called Bank Rule of 72 - that 72 divided by interest rate is equal to doubling time. That means if one is buying medicines today for 4 illnesses like high blood, diabetes, heart disease , and high cholesterol... at 50PHP/meds/day is (P50x4 = P200/day or P6000 a month - that is the amount going to be slashed monthly from one's monthly income. and few years from this time, the PHP6000 monthly medicine cost becomes doubled. The problem is there is hardly a job that doubles one's salary in few years - a serious Financial Crossroad is waiting ahead, a Katrina-like medical tsunami of some sort when one is sicker with lesser job output, and at the same time one's health insurance premiums are higher . At this time also, the patient's parents are gone already and one is left alone to provide for all needs ...
Obesity is a modifiable disease though and when addressed early, one can avoid the conundrum of its complications. So aside from seeing your nutrition counsellor, reflect on which one among the above factors need to be addressed. And don't forget to burn those unused calories - and no fastfood drive-thru after a gym activity!
I find it impossible going to gym so I considered Bike-On-Air exercises for my rectus abdominis muscles a practical alternative. The result is magical indeed!
Here's some developments on the importance of having the right food. It's not just about obesity or diabetes or high cholesterol when we deal with foods. Our lungs are affected by what we eat too, to a large extent. Visit these sites I found very helpful
http://www.european-lung-foundation.org/
and click the Health Risks button then the Nutrition button! Happy surfing!