Does obesity begin in the mind?
William Shakespeare’s Julius Ceasar says : “Let me have such men about me as are fat and sleek, and sleep well o’nights. You Cassius have a lean and hungry look – such men are dangerous.”
Month: August 2017
How to Lose Weight: It Runs in the Family
Doctor, in my case obesity runs in the family. What can I do?
It is possible that obesity could run in a family. But it is of utmost importance to understand the reasons which collectively make this mere possibility into a harsh reality as in the case of Mr. R.K.
How to Lose Weight: Fallacies and the Truth
What Some People Believe and the Truth My Aunt says that ‘Lemon Juice’ helps in losing weight :
According to many aunts and grandmothers, lemon juice will help you lose weight. They can’t tell why they believe this, possibly because they heard it from someone, somewhere. The scientific evidence is that the vitamin C in lemon juice helps repair worn out tissue but does not destroy fat. Lemon juice may be healthful as a source of nutrients, but it is valueless as a treatment for obesity. Lemon juice has no action on fat whatsoever.
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How to Lose Weight: Health Hazards of Obesity
Why should I reduce?
The success of a weight-reducing programme is based on extreme co-operation and motivation on the part of an obese person. You have to want to reduce.
Anyone who wants to reduce must feel strongly enough about it so that he will adhere to a reasonable reducing-regimen and adhere to it full time. One cannot follow it five days a week and hope for results. As you will see my plan for a Balanced-Nutrient Diet requires certain adjustments in eating habits. Nothing drastic. Just sensible eating. Perhaps substituting fruits for fried foods as a snack. But you have to make these re-adjustments rigidly. You have to build up your will-power. You have to realize that fat is not just a matter of not looking good or a cosmetic problem. It is a major health problem to millions and millions of people in every area of life.
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How to Lose Weight: Why are steam and sauna baths popular among weight reducers? What are the health risks of steam and sauna baths?
Why are steam and sauna baths popular among weight reducers?
To a good many obese people, life is a constant battle of the bulge. Obese people are easy prey to all sorts of fads, gimmicks and gadgets. Most obese persons out of consideration for their health and their families would rather not weigh too much, and with all the best intentions they become victims of miracle cures and “health culture” business which thrives on calisthenics, dancercises, exercises and massage. The steam sauna baths are particularly popular, because they promise to melt fat away, catering to the wishful thinking on the part of the obese person.
How to Lose Weight: Drugs in Obesity
Doctor can you give me something to lose weight?
Every doctor is familiar with the obese patient who comes into the clinic with a request for “something to get my weight down , doctor!”
“No drugs can reduce the weight”, says Dr. O.P. Kapoor, Profession of Medicine, J.J. Group of Hospitals, Bombay.
How to Lose Weight: Diet’s Don’t Work
Why diets don’t work?
It is a matter of fact that dieting doesn’t work. It never has , and it never will. The sheer number should prove this to you. How many diets have there been over the last twenty years? Fifty ?One hundred? Magazine readers are constantly plagued by the promise on the cover “to take off 5 kilos in two weeks” with tips or with one or another diet made up to sell magazines. If they really did work would there be a need for an unending chain of new ones ?
How to Lose Weight: Are there any precautions to be observed on entering the sauna bath? Will not massage squeeze away fat?
If you decide on taking a sauna bath then it would be advisable to strictly understand certain precautions on entering the sauna bath. This little understanding may prevent the possibility of an uncalled-for situation.
How to Lose Weight: Are there any dangers of Jacuzzis?
Yes. Communal use of Jacuzzis may result in what is called Folliculitis i.e. inflammation of hair follicles, eight to forty-eight hours after exposure. The condition can be very painful in people with sensitive skin.
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How to Lose Weight: Can I not just do exercise and lose weight?
“I love to eat food-simply cannot diet. Can I not just do exercise and lose weight?”
No. You cannot exercise and lose weight. Exercise will not reduce you. According to Dr. O.P. Kapoor, Honorary Professor of Medicine J.J. Group of Hospitals Bombay ” Routine exercises do not lead to weight loss, only very heavy exercises lead to weight loss. But heavy exercises can prove dangerous in an obese person whose body is already over burdened with excess weight. Doctors constantly warn their obese patients against heavy exercise. Certainly there is no need for strenuous calisthenics. A moderate amount of exercise is both necessary and beneficial.
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