When it comes to living longer, looking younger and losing weight, everyone is searching for the holy grail, but the solution is relatively simple. If you want to live longer, look younger and lose weight, you need to live a healthier lifestyle.
Four common bad habits combined — smoking, drinking too much, inactivity and poor diet — can age you by 12 years, according to new research.
The findings are from a study that tracked nearly 5,000 British adults for 20 years, and they highlight yet another reason to adopt a healthier lifestyle.
The risky behaviors were: smoking tobacco; downing more than three alcoholic drinks per day for men and more than two daily for women; getting less than two hours of physical activity per week; and eating fruits and vegetables fewer than three times daily.
These habits combined substantially increased the risk of death and made people who engaged in them seem 12 years older than people in the healthiest group, said lead researcher Elisabeth Kvaavik of the University of Oslo.
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Bacteria in your gut may be the cause of obesity and weight gain
Most experts concur that living healthy is the best way to prevent obesity or being overweight, but a recently-released study on mice (led by Andrew Gewirtz at Emory University) shows some promise.
The study concludes that your intestines harbor a universe of bacteria - the so-called gut microbiota - that may play an important role in whether your body will store the food you eat as extra pounds.
The authors explain in their paper (published in Science Express) the cause that may account for the extra weight. Inflammatory signaling can promote a condition called metabolic syndrome, which causes weight gain, high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels, and a higher risk for developing diabetes and heart disease.
Fatter mice were bred for the study, to lack a protein known as toll-like receptor 5 (TLR5).
The job of TLR5 is to control the mass of pathogens living in the intestine; without it, the normally harmless gut bacteria tend to over flourish and increase in number. When these bugs proliferate, it triggers an inflammatory state as the body attempts to respond to the increasing population of bugs, and at the same time makes cells less sensitive to insulin.
Inflammatory factors and insulin compete for the attention of the same intestinal cells; if the cells are busy responding to inflammatory factors, then they are less likely to take up glucose and process it effectively. This desensitization to insulin and glucose then leads to the symptoms of metabolic syndrome, such as weight gain, high cholesterol and triglyceride levels and elevated blood pressure - which were all present in the TLR5-deficient mice.
So, what causes changes in gut microbiota? Many things, says Gewirtz, including the use of antibiotics, cleaner water and improved sanitation and hygiene in general, which influences the type and amount of microbes that reside in the intestines.
Click here to read the full story.
The study concludes that your intestines harbor a universe of bacteria - the so-called gut microbiota - that may play an important role in whether your body will store the food you eat as extra pounds.
The authors explain in their paper (published in Science Express) the cause that may account for the extra weight. Inflammatory signaling can promote a condition called metabolic syndrome, which causes weight gain, high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels, and a higher risk for developing diabetes and heart disease.
Fatter mice were bred for the study, to lack a protein known as toll-like receptor 5 (TLR5).
The job of TLR5 is to control the mass of pathogens living in the intestine; without it, the normally harmless gut bacteria tend to over flourish and increase in number. When these bugs proliferate, it triggers an inflammatory state as the body attempts to respond to the increasing population of bugs, and at the same time makes cells less sensitive to insulin.
Inflammatory factors and insulin compete for the attention of the same intestinal cells; if the cells are busy responding to inflammatory factors, then they are less likely to take up glucose and process it effectively. This desensitization to insulin and glucose then leads to the symptoms of metabolic syndrome, such as weight gain, high cholesterol and triglyceride levels and elevated blood pressure - which were all present in the TLR5-deficient mice.
So, what causes changes in gut microbiota? Many things, says Gewirtz, including the use of antibiotics, cleaner water and improved sanitation and hygiene in general, which influences the type and amount of microbes that reside in the intestines.
Click here to read the full story.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Healthy Living: Twelve Steps to Guaranteed Better Health
If you're looking for a healthy living book that packs some punch, then look no further.
How would you like to lose weight, live longer, regain your energy, look younger and attain vibrant health? If this sounds like you, then the book Healthy Living: Twelve Steps to Guaranteed Better Health was written especially for you.
This is what Dr Shawn Stipich, the former WWE wrestling superstar Shawn Staziak, had to say about the book: “Every once in a while a book comes along that is truly worth reading. Such a book is Healthy Living: Twelve Steps to Guaranteed Better Health. But I’ll go one step further. Every home in America should have a copy of this book. It’s mandatory reading. Unless the message in this book is heard loud and clear, our nation’s health will continue to decline.”
The book is available in ebook format and you can download it right now and be reading it in less than a couple of minutes. This is what you will discover in the ebook:
You can find out more here: http://www.healthy-living-book.com/
How would you like to lose weight, live longer, regain your energy, look younger and attain vibrant health? If this sounds like you, then the book Healthy Living: Twelve Steps to Guaranteed Better Health was written especially for you.
This is what Dr Shawn Stipich, the former WWE wrestling superstar Shawn Staziak, had to say about the book: “Every once in a while a book comes along that is truly worth reading. Such a book is Healthy Living: Twelve Steps to Guaranteed Better Health. But I’ll go one step further. Every home in America should have a copy of this book. It’s mandatory reading. Unless the message in this book is heard loud and clear, our nation’s health will continue to decline.”
- Have you ever wondered why there are twin epidemics of obesity and diabetes in America, the wealthiest nation in the world?
- Would you like to know precisely why that is so that you don’t fall into the trap?
- Are you striving for optimal health and somehow just don’t get there?
- Do you want to improve your health?
- Are you obese or overweight and need help? Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired?
- Do you lack energy and the ability to concentrate?
- Are you visiting your doctor regularly?
The book is available in ebook format and you can download it right now and be reading it in less than a couple of minutes. This is what you will discover in the ebook:
- The real reason for the twin epidemics of obesity and diabetes and what you need to do to avoid them.
- Practical tips on how to improve your health, energy and vitality without expensive supplements.
- How to lose weight for good.
- Twelve steps to holistic and balanced living that will improve your health, guaranteed.
You can find out more here: http://www.healthy-living-book.com/
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