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Fighting obesity: two in one
November 13, 2009
One of the coaches Hollywood celebrities helping them throw off excess weight, and along with their pets.
Fitness guru from Beverly Hills, Gunnar Peterson (Gunnar Peterson), known as the man to help stay in shape, such celebrities as Jennifer Lopez and Sylvester Stallone, has created a series of videos for training people with their dogs and cats.
“It is about maintaining the physical form along with your favorite” – said Peterson of Los Angeles – “We have become less and less time, so we combined the two in one”.
And just in time. Veterinarians say that with an increase in waist increases the mass of people and, accordingly, worsening the health of furry friends.
“Just as we have become a nation of fat people, we bring up in his lap” nation “ozhirevshih pets,” – said Dr. Ernest Ward (Ernest Ward), president of the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention (APOP), a group of physicians involved in against obesity in animals.
“Over 44 percent of dogs and 57 percent of cats by today’s estimates, are overweight or obese” – he said, referring to recent studies APOP.
In an interview from Calabash, North Carolina Ward added that when he graduated from veterinary school 17 years ago, obese animals was not a problem.
Fat cells in the human body
November 9, 2008
No diet can not change the number of fat cells in the human body, Swedish researchers suggest
Researchers Carolina Institute in Sweden say that the final number of fat cells in humans is formed during adolescence and does not change until the end of life, regardless of the recruited or lost weight.
Increasing the number of people suffering from obesity has led to the focus of scientists – fat cells, the effects of which we notice in our stomach.
When we tolsteem, these cells actually increased in size.
However, according to the journal Nature, scientists could not say for sure whether obesity is only a “broadening” fat cells and also to increase their numbers.
If the latter assumption is confirmed, this would mean that slimming could lead to a reduction in the number of fat cells in the body.
Swedish researchers conducted a study involving several hundred children, adolescents and adults of various ages and found that the number of fat cells grown in childhood, but, having reached a certain number during puberty, remain unchanged.
The researchers also tested the hypothesis that the number of fat cells can be changed in extreme circumstances. To this end, they took samples of fat in patients, in particular, had planned to make a plastic operation to remove fat.
Once people lose weight, researchers took a new piece of fat to see whether the number of fat cells.
It is difficult to lose weight
“This explains why so difficult to lose weight and more it is not to recruit – the very fat cells do not disappear, and require more and more” Kirsti Spadling.
According to lead researcher Kirsti Spadling received data – bad news for wishing to lose weight.
“This explains why so difficult to lose weight and more it is not to recruit – the very fat cells do not disappear, and require more and more” – she said.
Dr. Paul Treyhern from the University of Liverpool believes that the Swedish study is a “solid foundation” for further study of the phenomenon of obesity.
“It would be nice if we could find a way to lose weight by altering the number of fat cells, but there are lots of other, the primary options, such as diet and exercise” – felt Treyhern.
According to him, “the real benefit of [the study] is that it has provided us with evidence that we can use in the future to study obesity and its causes.”
“We know that in many tissues of adult cells, which contain no fat, but may begin to accumulate it, with some modification of diet”
Stephen O’Reilly,
University of Cambridge
However, another scientist, Professor Stephen O’Reilly from Cambridge University said that the idea of a constant number of fat cells in adults do not think it credible.
“We know that in the tissue of adults there are many cells that do not contain fat, but may begin to accumulate it, with some modification of diet,” – says O’Reilly.
“You can almost say with certainty that the cells do so without being divided, and therefore they could not” count “using a similar technique. I think it is premature to conclude that by the time of puberty” game is over “- in meaning the number of fat cells, which we will have. “
Diet and lifestyle in treating obesity in postmenopause
September 28, 2008
Diet and lifestyle in treating obesity in postmenopause
Most adults is rapidly gaining excess body weight. One of these subpopulations, in which the prevalence of obesity is increasing most rapidly, are women in postmenopause.
Until now, clearly it was not clear itself whether the transitional period leading to a set of weights, however, showed that the physiological decline in estrogen causes changes in the distribution of fat that increases the risk of metabolic syndrome, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Treatment of obesity in postmenopause logically very simple, but extremely difficult to implement – and few have much to move. According to recent studies have shown that an active lifestyle more important than weight reduction. Therefore, the main recommendation is regular physical exercise at least 30 minutes 5 days a week, subject to a healthy balanced diet. Unfortunately, there is no “miracle pill” that would apply to long-term care, and all diets “work” regardless of their identity only until they adhere. Substitution of healthy life does not exist.
Diet may influence the sex of your unborn child
September 27, 2008
Diet may influence the sex of your unborn child
Experience has shown that in mice, diet, which adheres to the mother before conception may influence the sex of her unborn child. The study shows that mice, which gave drugs, decreases blood sugar significantly more often produced by the light of young females than males.
This discovery confirms the traditional beliefs, which state that if there are certain products that can affect the sex of offspring.
According to popular belief, a crucial role in determining the sex of the child plays the father of semen. But with time scientists find more and more evidence that the mother is also something that depends. For example, previously published papers stating that single mothers often are born girls.
Elissa Cameron of the University of Pretoria (South Africa) and her colleagues decided to see how changes in diet influences sex ratios – the proportion of females and males in this population.
To do so, they help dexamethasone (DEX), steroids, which prevents the ingress of glucose in the blood system, changed the level of sugar in the blood of mice females during fertilization.
Evolutionary advantage
Scientists give 20 female mice water with the addition of DEX for the first three days after they were admitted to males. After that mice given clean water. Several times during the experiment Cameron colleagues measured the levels of sugar in the blood of these mice, as well as 20 blood specimens from the control group.
The average level of glucose in the blood of mice receiving DEX, fell from 6.47 to 5.24 millimol per liter. Researchers found that 53% of young specimens of the control group were males, while among the offspring of mice receiving DEX, such was only 41%.
As it is lowering blood sugar leads to greater per cent of the female progeny, remains unclear. However, it seems that the opposite is true. Previous experience, in which the mouse-Diabetics showed that rodents with high blood sugar give more males than expected.
Biologists suggested that the mother suffers stress or health problems to light often appear young female, because it gives evolutionary advantage: a weak male born to a mother’s sick, can hardly find a pair, and female, no matter how weak it is was likely to bring more offspring.
The rate of the state
“It seems that blood sugar levels can actually speak indicator of whether the mother is in good shape or bad,” – said Ruth Mace of University College London (Britain). Previously, Mays published work, in which it finds that, subject to the shortage of food the mother with a large muscle mass more likely to produce light males.
The idea that diet affects sex ratios, have already joined the People’s practice. According to folk tradition, if a family wants a boy, the mother should have more red meat and salty foods, but if a girl – it must be nalegat for fish, vegetables, chocolate and candy.
“It’s interesting, because the meat for a long period increases the blood sugar level, while the sweet dishes dramatically increase this figure, but briefly, followed by a sharp decline in the level of glucose”, – said Cameron.