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Waipahu Chiropractic Clinic Waipahu Town Center 94-050 Farrington Hwy Suite E1-1B Waipahu, HI 96797 808-671-2685 Joseph G Morelli, Jr, DC email - website We have been serving the residents of central Oahu, and the leeward coast since 1978. If you know someone who you think may need our services, or have questions about Chiropractic or our practice, please contact us. | Health Articles and More! | Other articles in this months newsletter: Dieting: Why It Might Make You Overweight nutrition411 [ read article ] Vitamin D and osteoporosis naturalnews [ read article ] Prevent back, neck and shoulder pain from prolonged sitting Fleur Hupston [ read article ] Happy people live healthier, longer lives Amy Chaves, Ph.D. [ read article ] | |||
Dieting: Why It Might Make You Overweight nutrition411 In 2005, the Journal of the American Dietetic Association reported on the findings of a study that included obese, nonsmoking, chronic dieting, nondiabetic, and generally healthy women. One group (the diet group) received diet, exercise, and general-wellness education, and kept food and weight diaries. The other group (the Healthy at Every Size [HAES] group) was counseled on body acceptance and to live a full life regardless of their body mass index (BMI). Eating behaviors in the HAES group were less restrictive and more intuitive, and the participants were educated on the health effects of certain food choices and behaviors. Both groups received twenty-four 90-minute sessions and follow-up care for 6 months. Thirty-nine participants were assigned to each of the two groups. The average age for all participants was 41 years, the average weight was 223 pounds (lb), and the average BMI was 36. At 6 months, half of the diet group had dropped out, while less than 10% of the HAES group had dropped out. Body weight and BMI stayed the same in the HAES group, but the members of the diet group averaged an 11-lb loss during the 6-month period, but at the end of the 104-month period, most had only maintained a 3-lb loss. Participants of both groups had reduced their blood pressure by an average of 3 mm Hg by the end of 6 months. Total cholesterol levels were decreased in the HAES group, but not in the weight-loss group, although low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels were decreased for participants of both groups. A questionnaire showed that 100% of the HAES group participants had better self-esteem at the end of the program, although no such improvement was noted in more than half of the diet group. The following information may help if you are trying to lose weight or want to manage your current weight: Eating like a nondieter: People who are defined as nondieters often are eating like traditional diet books might tell them to, without even knowing this a great deal of the time. Dieting might not make us overweight, as much as the fact that overweight people are the ones who are going on diets; nonoverweight people do not feel the need to. Maybe then, the best advice for all of us is to eat like a nondieter. Muscle loss and reduction in metabolic rate: Any weight loss, no matter the amount or speed with which it is lost, results in muscle loss and a reduction in metabolic rate. In fact, your resting metabolic rate can decrease as much as 15% in the first 2 weeks of beginning a weight-loss diet. The plateaus that result from this decrease in metabolic rate cause many dieters to become discouraged and give up. In addition, exercise burns fewer calories the lighter you are. If you have lost weight, you will need to change your exercise routine in order to burn as many calories as you used to. Reference and recommended reading Bacon L, Stern JS, Van Loan, MD, Keim NL. Size acceptance and intuitive eating improve health for obese female chronic dieters. J Am Diet Assoc. 2005;105:929-936. | |||||
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