BiTherapca Health

Most people express the frustration of straining to lose weight only to gain it back in a twinkle of an eye. This is because most weight loss programs are strenuous and not natural. Going to the gym is not always much fun and although you may enjoy playing tennis everyday this may not always be a practical way to lose weight, given that you may have to work on a daily basis to earn a living. If your job involves standing and talking then you may not only have the benefit of earning an income but also an opportunity to lose weight, for close to eight hours. You are more than twice able to spend calories standing than sitting. You are even luckier if your job involves body movement, since physical exercise is the best way to lose weight. If you are overweight, it is advisable to begin any exercise program slowly and build up with time. Although endurance exercise like jogging, may help you lose weight fastest, you will only keep it off if you refrain from lavishly rewarding yourself ...

Type 2 diabetes occurs when insulin secreted by the pancreas is deficient. The insulin cannot, therefore, adequately carry or escort sugar from blood into body cells, where it normally combines with oxygen to provide energy that keeps the body alive and makes it function properly. Without sugar inside the cells, the body turns to fat for energy, as an alternative. As fat burns to provide energy, you begin to lose weight. The energy from fat is, however, not enough to satisfy your body needs and so you feel weak. You feel hungry most of the time but if you eat starchy food because you are hungry and starved, you end up increasing your blood sugar while not getting the needed strength, since glucose from starch is not being taken up into your cells. Rather, it will be lost in urine. Since sugar remains in blood, it fails to perform its cellular functions and ends up damaging blood vessels, instead, and plaque begins to build up. This will raise blood pressure and increase your chances ...

Obese or heavy people, middle age to elderly people are prone to stroke and heart attack because their arteries have built up a lot of plaque and have narrowed down. This means that the blood vessels cannot dilate(expand or open up) to accommodate blood flow which supplies tissues and takes care of increased metabolic demands in stress. The heart, therefore, has to work extra hard to try and force blood round the body. In doing so it damages blood vessels and this forms clot which limits blood flow to the brain or heart tissue, leading to stroke or heart attack. Oxygen is very important for the vitality of tissue. Without it tissue begins to die. Sudden distress such as excitement or an unwelcome news or event can easily trigger the above outcomes in susceptible individuals. To avoid being victims of such events, we should try and reduce our vulnerability factors by exercising regularly and keeping down our weight.. A dose of sunshine is good, for vitamin D prevents the hardening of ...