Here Is What Makes You Really Fat and the Most Effective Way to Stop It! It Is Not Overeating!

Almost all people have found themselves in various stressful situations. But in case they actually are familiar with what really happens with their organisms in such situations, they would freak out. In other words, stress has massive and chronic havoc on your organism. 

Unfortunately, today stress has really become the epidemic in our society and we are not able to avoid it.

According to a meta-analysis, made up of 300 studies chronic stress has the capacity to damage your immune system. It also can contribute to weight gain, and also obesity. In addition, there was a study published in the journal Appetite that showed stressed women have drastically higher waist circumference than non-stressed women. 

To explain you more deeply, it has been long considered by the scientist that there is a strong relationship between stress, blood sugar levels and belly fat, as well. Also, those people who suffer from chronic stress have increased insulin levels, which can contribute to weight gain, insulin resistance and finally diabetes.

Moreover, when you are stressed, your adrenal glands actually release the hormones cortisol and adrenaline. Thanks to these hormones your heart rate and blood pressure are increased, thus making your blood more likely to clot, which damages your brain’s memory centre. Then, it leads to increased belly fat storage and generally wreaking havoc on your organism.

Also, it is important to know that there are some negative effects due to this hormonal havoc. For instance, if you don’t consume your breakfast, you probably consume gigantic coffee and a muffin, as well.

But, see what happens within your organism if you replace your breakfast with coffee – coffee contains caffeine, which can increase your stress hormones, i.e., catecholamines. Then, the stress response stimulates the production of cortisol and if it is combined with a muffin, which contains sugar, there are increased insulin levels within your body. On the other hand, insulin can elevate inflammation, which can make you feel lousy. Also, the sugar found in the muffin can increase cortisol and adrenalin levels, i.e., stress hormones, which mean that sugar actually elevates your stress hormone levels, even in cases when you are not stressed.

- Manage stress by an adequate diet

It is recommended to consume whole, real foods as they actually can help you restore balance to cortisol, insulin, and other hormones within your body, and at the same time to manage your stress levels.

Therefore, you should avoid the consumption of refined sugars, coffee, and alcohol. But, on the other hand, eat on a regular basis in order to avoid the short-term starvation stress on your body.

Also, you should substitute the harmful processed foods with healthy fats, proteins, gluten-free grains, leafy and cruciferous vegetables and berries, as well. As you probably know you can regulate your blood sugar and stress levels and restore hormonal balance by the consumption of the adequate healthy foods.

- Decrease stress by using these simple and effective methods

It is important to know the definition of stress – bodily or mental tension caused by factors that actually alter an existent equilibrium. Also, your thoughts become unbalanced.

In addition, these 13 methods and tools are able to help you manage stress effectively.

- Try to learn new skills

If you want to manage your stress levels very effectively, it is recommended to try to learn new skills, for instance: yoga, progressive relaxation of muscles, watching a sunset, walking on a beach or in a wood, making love, biofeedback, or having a hot bath.

- Change your beliefs

You should consider changing your beliefs and attitudes about certain situations in order to decrease stress.

- Mediate

Also, you should consider mediating, for instance just find a practice that makes you feel relaxed. Moreover, you can try Ultra Calm CD featuring guided meditations and techniques of relaxation.

- Sleep

Have a healthy sleep pattern as lack of sleep actually elevates stress hormone levels. You should have at least 8 hours sleep regardless your obligations and busy life. Also, you can take a nap in case you missed your sleep.

- Tap

You should know that tapping is actually a combination of ancient Chinese acupressure with modern psychology. In case you want to learn more, pick up a copy of The Tapping Solution, i.e., the new book by Nick Ortner.

- Eliminate the underlying stress causes

You can help your brain with avoiding mercury toxicity, gluten rich foods, but include vitamin B12 and magnesium in your diet. In other words, by changing your body you can change your mind.

- Supplements

You should start taking a multivitamin and nutritive supplements, for instance: vitamin C, B complex vitamins, B6, B5, zinc, and the most important magnesium, i.e., the relaxation mineral, to help the stress response balance.

- Include herbs in your diet

Consider consuming herbs that help you adapt and balance your stress response, for instance: Rhodiolarosea, cordyceps, Siberian ginseng, ginseng, and ashwagandha.

- Try to actively relax your body and mind

Also, you should learn how to actively relax your mind. For instance, you can just sit and watch TV, or drink beer. In addition, you should find active relaxation that is great and relaxes you.

- Use heat therapy

Start relaxing your body with a hot bath or sauna, as well.

- Start exercising

You should start exercising in order to lower stress and heal your mind. Furthermore, there are certain studies that have proved the beneficial effects of exercising, and that it works better than Prozac in the treatment of depression. However, if you are very busy, but want an effective and intense workout, you should try interval training.

- Find a community

It can be of a great importance for your long-term health to be surrounded by people that you love the most and also motivate and make you happy.

- Breathe

At least, you should take deep, slow, full breaths as they have fundamental effects on the stress response resetting. For instance, you can try to take 5 deep breaths and you can notice how differently you feel after.

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What else have you found  helpful to beat stress? 

Scientists recommend 20-minute daily walk to avoid premature death

Research into obesity establishes benefits of engaging in moderate levels of daily exercise

Adults should aim to do at least 150 minutes of moderate intensity activity a week, the British Heart Foundation recommends. Photograph: Tony Watson /Alamy

Lack of exercise is twice as likely to lead to an early grave as obesity, research has shown.

A brisk 20-minute walk each day could be all it takes to avoid dying prematurely, the findings suggest.

Scientists looked at the effects of obesity and exercise on 334,161 European men and women whose progress was followed for 12 years. They found that people who engaged in moderate levels of daily exercise – equivalent to taking an energetic 20-minute walk – were 16% to 30% less likely to die than those classified as inactive.

Although the impact of exercise was greatest among people of a normal weight, even those with a high body mass index (BMI) levels saw a benefit.

Overall, avoiding inactivity theoretically reduced the risk of death from any cause by 7.35%, said the scientists. Having a BMI lower than obesity levels, defined as a score of 30 or more, was estimated to lower mortality by 3.66%. Keeping waists trim, irrespective of BMI, had a similar impact on death rates as exercise.

BMI is calculated by dividing a person’s weight in kilograms by their height in metres squared and is a standard tool used to assess whether someone is overweight or obese.

Lack of exercise was thought to have caused almost 700,000 deaths across Europe in 2008.

Study leader Prof Ulf Ekelund, from the Medical Research Council (MRC) epidemiology unit at Cambridge University, said: “This is a simple message: just a small amount of physical activity each day could have substantial health benefits for people who are physically inactive.

“Although we found that just 20 minutes would make a difference, we should really be looking to do more than this – physical activity has many proven health benefits and should be an important part of our daily life.”

Participants in the research, who had an average age of about 50, were recruited to the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer (Epic) study conducted across 10 European countries, including the UK. All had their height, weight and waist sizes measured and provided self-assessments of physical activity levels.

Just under a quarter (22.7%) were categorised as inactive, working in sedentary jobs without engaging in any recreational exercise.

The findings, which are published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, say the greatest reductions in the risk of premature death were seen when comparing moderately active groups with those who were completely inactive.

Using the most recent available public data, the researchers calculated that 337,000 of the 9.2m deaths that occurred in Europe in 2008 could be attributed to obesity, but physical inactivity was thought to be responsible for almost double this number – 676,000 deaths.

Co-author Prof Nick Wareham, director of the MRC epidemiology unit, said: “Helping people to lose weight can be a real challenge and, whilst we should continue to aim at reducing population levels of obesity, public health interventions that encourage people to make small but achievable changes in physical activity can have significant health benefits and may be easier to achieve and maintain.”

June Davison, senior cardiac nurse at the British Heart Foundation, said: “The results of this study are a clear reminder that being regularly physically active can reduce the risk of dying from coronary heart disease.

“The research suggests that just a modest increase in physical activity can have health benefits. Adults should aim to do at least 150 minutes of moderate intensity activity a week, carrying it out in sessions of 10 minutes or more.

“Whether it’s going for a walk, taking a bike ride or using the stairs instead of the lift, keeping active every day will help reduce the risk of developing coronary heart disease.”

Press Association, The Guardian, Wednesday 14 January 2015 23.28 

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jan/14/scientists-recommend-20-minute-daily-walk-premature-death

Five shocking food facts...

If you ever needed inspiration to grow your own, here it is...

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1.         Pesticide levels in our food have been steadily increasing, and according to a report by the Pesticide Action Network, as much as 40% of the food we eat contains them.

            *To campaign, join the Pesticide Action Network at www.pan-uk.org 

2.         Food corporations spend millions lobbying governments every year to get what they want.  For more information on just how much these corporate heavyweights spend on cajoling governments, check out The Center for Responsive Politics at www.opensecrets.org
3.         Vitamin levels in our food have dropped dramatically in 50 years.  Canadian researchers discovered that today’s consumers need to eat eight supermarket oranges to get anywhere the same amount of Vitamin A our grandparents got from just one fruit.

            *For more information on why, check out Scientific American at www.scientificamerican.com

4.         Many in the world starving, while others are obese.  In figures, it’s said there’s a total of 800 million people on the planet going hungry, while one billion are overweight.  Both problems are symptomatic of a food system that is grossly out of control.

            *Read Raj Patel’s ‘Stuffed & Starved’ for insight into the failures of the global food chain.

5.         Today’s chickens have as much of weight problem as we do.  Cramped conditions where many birds don’t see the light of day, let alone move, and eating unnatural diets, means they contain 33 percent less protein and twice as much fat as in he past, according to a study from the London Met University.

    *Worried about battery farming?  See Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall’s Chicken Out! Campaign     www.chikenout.tv

By Susan Tomlinson

http://www.familiesonline.co.uk/LOCATIONS/National/Family-Life/Food-nutrition-and-eating-out/Five-shocking-food-facts