Yet Another Reason to Reduce Your Fat Intake
April 16th, 2008
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by Angie Tousignant · Filed Under: Fat Loss Exercise · Fat Loss News · Fat Loss Nutrition
Hi everyone, I have just read an article in the U.S. Today that concluded your risk of dementia is 3. 6 times higher if you carry excess body fat around your waist. Researchers have already proven that excess weight in belly area will increase your risk of diabetes, stroke, and heart disease. However, this is the first study to reveal that it also increases your chances of getting dementia. This includes Alzheimer’s Disease- an incurable brain disease.
” But even people who’d kept close tabs on overall body weight were at risk if they sported a spare tire: They were 1.8 times more likely to develop dementia compared with people who were lean all over. The study appears in today’s online edition of Neurology.”
You can read more about this is at: http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-03-26-belly-dementia_n.htm
This is obviously not just about the weight, but more importantly WHERE you carry the weight on your body. The abdominal region carries its own unique fat cells that secrete certain hormones which play a vital role in developing these diseases.
THE POSITIVE SIDE:
You CAN change your body shape through nutrition and exercise! People may have beliefs that this is where they carry their excess weight and they can never change it. This is not true! Anyone and everyone can modify the shape of their body through a sound nutrition program and proper exercise.
I myself and my husband, Scott, follow the Every Other Day Diet. We have achieved tremendous fat loss results and feel totally amazing! We have never followed any other ‘diet’ in our life. The reason why we decided to try this program was because we had become too relaxed with our body and had put on some excess weight over the years. I have 2 children, 6 and 4 , and wanted to have the body that I had before pregnancy! Scott had gained 35 pounds over the past year and really needed to shed that off!
So you do have the power within you to make a change NOW in your life so that you will live a life of quality.
Have a fantastic day!
Cheers to health,
Angie
ISSA-C.P.T.
B.Ed.
