Obesity in America
Posts tagged Malnutrition
Malnutrition and Obesity
Aug 29th
Obesity is caused by several different factors such as overeating, diseases as well as malnutrition. It may come as a surprise to you that someone who is obese is malnourished, but it is very possible.
The reason behind that is that when your body does not have enough nutrients it craves for food. Usually this is junk food as that will give your body the quickest fix. However, this does not provide your body with proper nutrients, and thus you crave for more, and the cycle continues.
What Causes Malnutrition
Malnutrition occurs when your body does not get enough nutrients so that it can function properly. This could be due to reasons such as poverty, or not choosing a proper diet. It could also be the result of a sickness or disease where the body rejects the food or is unable to absorb the nutrients.
There is little that you can do if you are living in poverty and just cannot afford to buy food, or if you are sick, then you may need to take care of your condition first. However, there is a lot that you can do to choosing a proper diet in order to prevent malnutrition.
Choosing a Proper Diet
The foods you should eat are fruits, vegetables, herbs, nuts and seeds. And you should eat these foods raw as much as possible, as cooking destroys many essential nutrients.
They say ‘an apple a day, keeps the doctor away’, but you need much more than just an apple a day. Your body was designed to live off of raw and living foods. Studies have shown that plants can provide you with more usable proteins and other nutrients than any other foods such as meat, dairy and eggs. But most people do not even eat as many fresh fruits and vegetables as recommended by the FDA. As a result the majority of people are malnourished.
Hunger
Your body sends a signal that it is hungry when it needs more nutrients, not when it has eliminated all the foods from the last meal. This means that you can still have food in your stomach from your last meal when it sends the signal. Some of the so-called healthiest foods such as animal proteins can leave you in this state where you just keep craving for more and more before your previous meal has been digested.
Raw and living foods will not leave you in this state, as they are digested quickly and eliminated from the body in less than 24 hours. Therefore in order to prevent yourself from overeating you should stick to a raw food diet as much as possible so that your body will not cause you to overeat on junk foods.
Our Worst Health Nightmares Could Become a Reality
Aug 1st
Poor Nutritional choices in our diet and other factors are killing Western Society with thousands of people being diagnosed as obese or morbidly obese every year.
Here is a question for you, have you ever thought of an obese or over weight person as malnourished? Read on and I’ll give you this answer and more….
This is how an obese person is malnourished? – Poor Nutrition and lack of Good Nutritional alternatives in their diet! We hear the word malnourished and thoughts of emancipated, fly bothered third world children come into our minds? Well you would be right but only in part! The fact is that an obese and an overweight person actually in as much danger of dying from malnutrition as one of those poor unfortunates that we see nightly on our TV screens! And that’s not all! You see by the fact that most of the food in the diet that obese and overweight people may be eating have little to no Nutritional value to the body at all. Therefore they would be malnourished and are in fact starving their body of the correct and adequate intake of Nutritional Vitamins and minerals needed to supplement a good diet! You thought because the doctor said your cholesterol was fine you’ve got nothing to worry about! Wrong! Due to the major hype around Cholesterol levels, many are in fact are putting themselves at very real danger of chronic heart disease and heart attack. 90% of all heart attack victims have, in fact, perfect Cholesterol levels and some have never had heart trouble at all! Here’s what killed them! Inflamed arteries are the major cause of death in heart attack victims! Just as a muscle or joint swells or bruises when damaged or over worked, the same happens to our heart arteries when poorly nourished and without good vitamin and minerals intake in our diets. Diet…I hate diets! The fact is that advertisers,get trim quick gurus and shody weight loss programs are the blame for so many people having a negative view of the word diet. Whether a good diet or a bad diet, the word diet actually refers to the food that we consume on a regular basis, our eating habits.
How can I avoid these chronic diseases and health problems?
By maintaining a healthy lifestyle through a proper balanced diet of fruit, vegetables, nuts and lean meats and fish. You should also take a good multi-vitamin and mineral supplement.
I don’t know how to get my lifestyle and diet back in check!
There are many get trim quick, fat blasters and gimmicks out there. Don’t be fooled by them, find yourself a good nutrition based diet with support and direction for a healthier life and weight loss!
