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Diet, General

Is Water The Key To Weightloss?

Water may be the secret to weightloss, according to  new research.water

Dr Tammy Chang, an assistant professor in the department of family medicine at the University of Michigan’s Medical School, and her colleagues studied a nationally representative sample of 9,528 adults from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Health and Nutrition Examination Survery (NHANES).

They found that those with a high BMI and obese people are more likely to be dehydrated, compared to slimmer people who are more likely to be well hydrated.

Roughly one in three of the adults, who were aged 18 to 64, were found to be inadequately hydrated.

Dr Tammy Chang said: ‘The link between hydration and weight is not clear.

Our study further explains this relationship on a population level using an objective measure of hydration.

We often hear recommendations that drinking water is a way to avoid overeating because you may be thirsty rather than hungry.

Hydration may be overlooked in adult weight management strategies.

Our findings suggest that hydration may deserve more attention when thinking about addressing obesity on a population level.

Staying hydrated is good for you no matter what, and our study suggests it may also be linked to maintaining a healthy weight.’

To read more about the study, CLICK HERE.

If you are overweight (BMI 28 or over), tried dieting and excerise
but still haven’t had success in losing weight– please go to www.ukmeds4u.com for a free private online consultation for other weightloss options.

 

Diet, General, Mens Health

Five-A-Day Keeps The Doctor Away

Eating your five-a-day can help prevent heart attack or stroke, experts have revealed. five-a-day fruit

For seven years, scientists at the University of Oxford studied half a million people from across 10 urban and rural localities in China by tracking their health through electronic hospital records and death records.

The 500,000 participants did not have a history of taking medication to lower high blood pressure (hypertension) or cardiovascular disease when they joined the study.

Study author, Dr Huaidong Du, said: ‘The association between fruit consumption and cardiovascular risk seems to be stronger in China, where many still eat little fruit, than in high-income countries where daily consumption of fruit is more common.’

The results revealed that 100g of fruit each day lowered the risk of premature death from stroke or heart attack by a third, for both men and women.

They found that fruits, such as apples and oranges, were strongly linked with other factors such as lower blood glucose, education, lower blood pressure and not smoking.

The senior author, Professor Zhengming Chen, from Oxford University, said: ‘It’s difficult to know whether the lower risk in people who eat more fresh fruit is because of a real protective effect.

If it is, then widespread consumption of fresh fruit in China could prevent about half a million cardiovascular deaths a year, including 200,000 before age 70, and even larger numbers of non-fatal strokes and heart attacks.’

Fruit and vegetables are one of the 5 food groups which contribute towards a healthy balanced diet.

However fruit and vegetables aren’t on the top of everyone’s shopping list as they are more expensive compared to processed ready meals.

According to a study by the Overseas Development Institute this has caused a huge rise in obesity and type 2 diabetes.

Obesity can cause many health problems such as high blood pressure, stroke and coronary heart disease.

To read more CLICK HERE

If you are overweight (BMI 28 and over) and tried dieting and excerise but still haven’t had success – please go to www.ukmeds4u.com for a free consultation for other weightloss options.