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Obesity is one of the major health concerns that plague
American women today.
Because the word big is not equal for everyone with the word
beautiful (specially when men talking about women),
millions of American women who are above average size are
made to feel undesirable.
For lot of over weight women, the extra weight causes
their self-esteem and their sex lives disappear.
Unfortunately 70 percent of American women wear a size XXL
or above. The two XX in their size effecting their sex life
physically and emotionally. Lot of them have hard time
looking in the mirror and seeing themselves as a attractive
woman because of their weight.
Obesity is defined as having an abnormal amount of body fat;
being 20 to 30 percent over the ideal weight for age, sex
and height.
Aside
from being a major cosmetic concern, obesity is might
destroy sex life and mental health. For extra obesity is a great risk
factor for serious medical conditions such as high blood
pressure, diabetes, kidney troubles, prostate enlargement
for men,
female infertility, uterine fibroids, pregnancy disorders,
gallstones, cardiovascular diseases, stroke and cancer.
Excessive body weight also puts great stress on joints
increasing the chances of arthritis.
Everyone's metabolism (the rate at which the body burns
calories) is different and is influenced by many factors,
including genetics. Regularly eating even a few more
calories than your body needs can lead to weight gain. By
consuming only 100 extra calories a day, for example, you'll
gain a pound in approximately a month (a pound of body fat
equals 3,500 calories). Some experts think a sedentary
lifestyle influences weight gain even more than eating too
many calories. Exercise burns calories and builds muscle.
And the more muscle mass you have, the greater number of
calories your body burns at rest.
Aside
from aggressive dieting and exercising, some herbal products
may aid in raising metabolism or suppressing the appetite.
But at the same time, you should also be wary of their side
effects. Before you take anything you should check with your health care provider first.
Weight loss tips - weight loss advices>>> The Herbal Alternative
Plants
are nature's remedies. The use of plants for healing
purposes predates human history and forms the origin of much
modern medicine. Herbal traditions have been passed down and
refined with scientific understanding, providing information
to assist in health maintenance.
Today, our diet mainly consists of foods rich in fats, oils, and
complex carbohydrates. These have become problems in today's
society, both leading to certain chronic diseases. Many
dietary and herbal approaches attempt to balance the body's
nutritional well-being. This includes dietary supplements
and herbal medicine.
Herbal products (medicines/dietary supplements) fall under the
complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) which refers to
the practices that aren't integral parts of conventional
medicine according to the National Center for Complementary
and Alternative Medicine.
Herbs are valuable sources of natural medicine, vitamins and
minerals that have a remarkable history of curative effects,
when used in the proper way. In fact, the World Health
Organization estimates that there are 4 billion people or 80 percent of
the world population who are presently using herbal medicine
for some aspect of primary healthcare.
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