New treatments could be in the pipeline to give obese people a full feeling after eating just a small meal, researchers said.
Experts have identified two cell proteins that relax the stomach and help it expand to accommodate large meals.
By targeting the protein receptors, they hope to be able to develop drugs which make people feel "full up" quicker.
Dr Brian King, senior lecturer at University College London (UCL), said the targeted therapies - in the form of a pill - were a long way off but the research was an exciting step.
"This offers a new way forward for people who are looking to find an effective way for weight control," he said.
"This is a growing problem and so people need as much help as possible."
Dr King and his colleague, Dr Andrea Townsend-Nicholson, published their latest research in the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.
The study explores the basis of relaxation of the gut at a molecular level.
The authors identify two protein receptors - P2Y1 and P2Y11 - involved in fast and slow relaxation of the gut.
The study was carried out on guinea pigs, but the proteins are also present in the human gut. Future research will look at the human form of the P2Y11 protein receptor.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Herbal Remedies:
The use of herbs is a time-honored approach to strengthening the body and treating disease. The following have been used traditionally to treat obesity:
Guggul (Commiphora mukul): This is a popular herb used in Ayurveda. Guggul is frequently recommended by Ayurveda practitioners for weight control in addition to use in lowering cholesterol. In clinical trials, intake of guggul derivatives regularly for three months results in four times the weight loss compared to placebo.
Licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra): Licorice root strengthens the adrenal glands, thus helping to sustain a regulated blood-sugar level and reduce cravings for sweets. Licorice tastes sweet.
Dose: Take a cup of licorice daily, one week out of every month for up to three months.
Triphala (Emblica officinalis): Effective Laxative which takes away fats from body & reduces weight. It is said to promote normal appetite, good digestion, increase red blood cells and hemoglobin. It has strong purifying and antioxidant qualities as well as reducing the overall water content in the body tissues.
Aloe Vera (Aloe barbadensis): Aloe vera juice improves digestion and cleanses the digestive tract.
Garcinia Cambogia: Garcinia slows down the enzyme process that is responsible for producing fat within the body's cells. As a result, the process of thermogenesis is accelerated. The active ingredient in Garcinia cambogia, hydroxy-citric acid, has been shown to help reduce appetite by maintaining blood sugar levels in the body. It also helps promote the conversion of blood sugar into glycogen rather than fat.
People who are overweight almost always have an excess of ama in their bodies. Getting rid of the body of its ama is a primary strategy of Ayurvedic treatment. The following herbs and compounds are effective in reducing ama:
Triphala (a combination of Amalaki, Vibhitaki, and Haritaki) detoxifies the whole body and improves digestion and assimilation.
Guggulu - Take this in combination with triphala
Guggul (Commiphora mukul): This is a popular herb used in Ayurveda. Guggul is frequently recommended by Ayurveda practitioners for weight control in addition to use in lowering cholesterol. In clinical trials, intake of guggul derivatives regularly for three months results in four times the weight loss compared to placebo.
Licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra): Licorice root strengthens the adrenal glands, thus helping to sustain a regulated blood-sugar level and reduce cravings for sweets. Licorice tastes sweet.
Dose: Take a cup of licorice daily, one week out of every month for up to three months.
Triphala (Emblica officinalis): Effective Laxative which takes away fats from body & reduces weight. It is said to promote normal appetite, good digestion, increase red blood cells and hemoglobin. It has strong purifying and antioxidant qualities as well as reducing the overall water content in the body tissues.
Aloe Vera (Aloe barbadensis): Aloe vera juice improves digestion and cleanses the digestive tract.
Garcinia Cambogia: Garcinia slows down the enzyme process that is responsible for producing fat within the body's cells. As a result, the process of thermogenesis is accelerated. The active ingredient in Garcinia cambogia, hydroxy-citric acid, has been shown to help reduce appetite by maintaining blood sugar levels in the body. It also helps promote the conversion of blood sugar into glycogen rather than fat.
People who are overweight almost always have an excess of ama in their bodies. Getting rid of the body of its ama is a primary strategy of Ayurvedic treatment. The following herbs and compounds are effective in reducing ama:
Triphala (a combination of Amalaki, Vibhitaki, and Haritaki) detoxifies the whole body and improves digestion and assimilation.
Guggulu - Take this in combination with triphala
Alternative Medicine for Obesity
The Obesity Cause
To understand The Obesity Prevention and Curing Protocol, you should first get familiar with The Obesity Cause
Now, I assume that you know something about what is causing Obesity, so we can continue with the Obesity program.
Obesity Diet
Let's start with most simple part of this program: Obesity diet. When it comes to diet, it is very important to avoid eating Toxins and Foods that Kill. Please follow those links and learn what are The Toxins I am talking about and what are those " Foods that Kill". Now, important part of your diet should also be Water Cure. Please, become familiar with Water Cure. Your Diet should contain: Foods That Heal, Vegetable juices, Fats that Heal, Unrefined Sea Salt. Also, try to understand food tolerance. You can not find the right Obesity diet, unless you fully understand and learn about food tolerance.
Take some time to implement and learn all what you have read here, and then continue reading further.
Body Cleansing (Obesity)
Now, let's start with body cleansing. Body cleansing is extremely important part of every prevention and curing program. You are guessing: "Dietary changes you made are also a form of cleansing." But, most people need more then this, especially when it comes to liver health. Body Cleansing is even important for children. Our internal organs can hold a lot toxins, and sometimes, it is impossible to get those toxins out, without doing cleansing. Our liver can contain hundreds of intrahepatic stones. Those stones will block bile flow, and affect the bases of your health, your digestion. Another problem are parasites. You must learn as much as possible about parasites. And, don't forget also dental toxins.
Let start with cleansing program. You are suppose to do cleansing in this order:
Bowel cleanse with parasite cleanse
Dental cleanup (if you can afford it)
Kidney Cleanse and
Liver cleanse.
Body Cleansing for Adults:
Bowel cleanse and Parasite cleanse !
Dental cleanup - dental work may be one cofactor of your disease: amalgam, root canal, nickel crowns, cavitations (pocket inside jaw bone left after extraction of the wisdom and molar teeth )
Kidney cleanse
Liver cleanse and Gallbladder cleanse -liver flush!
Make sure you visit those pages and get more info. Dental cleanup can take many years. If you have a lot of dental metal, do not rush to replace it all at once.
Bowel cleanse should be done at least once a year.
Liver cleanse is a procedure that, for best results, should be repeated at least 6 - 10 times, every 2 or 3 weeks.
Kidney cleanse is simple and cheap, many herbs can be used to cleanse kidneys. If you have no kidney stones, even Water Cure could be enough!
Body Cleansing for kids:
Parasites cleanse
Dental cleanup .. Kids older then 8 may need dental cleanup (amalgam) and liver cleanse:
Liver Cleanse - flush
Physical Activity (Obesity)
Physical Activity helps cleansing, it brings balance and relieves stress.
Psycho-physical activities will help you balance your body and will help you relief accumulated stress. You will have to find a form of exercise that suit you. I will just give you a few examples:
Mini Trampoline jumping - rebounding!
Meditation
Walk or jog in the nature : Forest, Mountain , river / sea / lake side, beach ... fishing, photo-safari, rowing, riding, golf, ...
Tai Chi, Chi Gong, Meditation ...
Yoga - Hatha, Meditation, Chinese Yoga ...
Martial Arts: Karate, Judo, Kung Fu, Teakwood, Budokai, Uechi, Aikido ...
Dancing, Aerobics, Gymnastics, Stretching ...
Swimming in non-chlorinated water ! ( Best in minerals rich water - Ocean ! )
Weight lifting, ....
Do not exhaust yourself !
Do not exercise with full stomach ! (You may take a walk!)
Do not hurt yourself !
Sweating (Obesity)
Sweating is powerful way to cleanse your body from accumulated toxins.
examples:
- exercise with a lot of clothes
- Sauna
- drink warm tea in a hot room ...
- eat CAYENNE pepper! ...
It is known that some modern industrial toxins and pesticides can leave your body only through sweat glands!
Psychotherapy and Spiritual Therapy
Human body is not just this what we can se. There is more to it. To treat other level of us, to treat soul and to treat mind and unconscious parts of us, I suggest you Hellinger's therapy.
To understand The Obesity Prevention and Curing Protocol, you should first get familiar with The Obesity Cause
Now, I assume that you know something about what is causing Obesity, so we can continue with the Obesity program.
Obesity Diet
Let's start with most simple part of this program: Obesity diet. When it comes to diet, it is very important to avoid eating Toxins and Foods that Kill. Please follow those links and learn what are The Toxins I am talking about and what are those " Foods that Kill". Now, important part of your diet should also be Water Cure. Please, become familiar with Water Cure. Your Diet should contain: Foods That Heal, Vegetable juices, Fats that Heal, Unrefined Sea Salt. Also, try to understand food tolerance. You can not find the right Obesity diet, unless you fully understand and learn about food tolerance.
Take some time to implement and learn all what you have read here, and then continue reading further.
Body Cleansing (Obesity)
Now, let's start with body cleansing. Body cleansing is extremely important part of every prevention and curing program. You are guessing: "Dietary changes you made are also a form of cleansing." But, most people need more then this, especially when it comes to liver health. Body Cleansing is even important for children. Our internal organs can hold a lot toxins, and sometimes, it is impossible to get those toxins out, without doing cleansing. Our liver can contain hundreds of intrahepatic stones. Those stones will block bile flow, and affect the bases of your health, your digestion. Another problem are parasites. You must learn as much as possible about parasites. And, don't forget also dental toxins.
Let start with cleansing program. You are suppose to do cleansing in this order:
Bowel cleanse with parasite cleanse
Dental cleanup (if you can afford it)
Kidney Cleanse and
Liver cleanse.
Body Cleansing for Adults:
Bowel cleanse and Parasite cleanse !
Dental cleanup - dental work may be one cofactor of your disease: amalgam, root canal, nickel crowns, cavitations (pocket inside jaw bone left after extraction of the wisdom and molar teeth )
Kidney cleanse
Liver cleanse and Gallbladder cleanse -liver flush!
Make sure you visit those pages and get more info. Dental cleanup can take many years. If you have a lot of dental metal, do not rush to replace it all at once.
Bowel cleanse should be done at least once a year.
Liver cleanse is a procedure that, for best results, should be repeated at least 6 - 10 times, every 2 or 3 weeks.
Kidney cleanse is simple and cheap, many herbs can be used to cleanse kidneys. If you have no kidney stones, even Water Cure could be enough!
Body Cleansing for kids:
Parasites cleanse
Dental cleanup .. Kids older then 8 may need dental cleanup (amalgam) and liver cleanse:
Liver Cleanse - flush
Physical Activity (Obesity)
Physical Activity helps cleansing, it brings balance and relieves stress.
Psycho-physical activities will help you balance your body and will help you relief accumulated stress. You will have to find a form of exercise that suit you. I will just give you a few examples:
Mini Trampoline jumping - rebounding!
Meditation
Walk or jog in the nature : Forest, Mountain , river / sea / lake side, beach ... fishing, photo-safari, rowing, riding, golf, ...
Tai Chi, Chi Gong, Meditation ...
Yoga - Hatha, Meditation, Chinese Yoga ...
Martial Arts: Karate, Judo, Kung Fu, Teakwood, Budokai, Uechi, Aikido ...
Dancing, Aerobics, Gymnastics, Stretching ...
Swimming in non-chlorinated water ! ( Best in minerals rich water - Ocean ! )
Weight lifting, ....
Do not exhaust yourself !
Do not exercise with full stomach ! (You may take a walk!)
Do not hurt yourself !
Sweating (Obesity)
Sweating is powerful way to cleanse your body from accumulated toxins.
examples:
- exercise with a lot of clothes
- Sauna
- drink warm tea in a hot room ...
- eat CAYENNE pepper! ...
It is known that some modern industrial toxins and pesticides can leave your body only through sweat glands!
Psychotherapy and Spiritual Therapy
Human body is not just this what we can se. There is more to it. To treat other level of us, to treat soul and to treat mind and unconscious parts of us, I suggest you Hellinger's therapy.
Save Child from Obesity
Helping Your Child Be a Healthy Weight
When children are overweight, it's best to focus on becoming healthy rather than on losing weight. Here are some tips for helping your child maintain a healthy weight:
Create a Safe Environment
Make your home a safe environment in terms of food. Only have foods and beverages that are healthy. This means getting rid of all the junk food, soda and juice. Ideally, your child should only drink milk and water. Keep fruits and vegetables easily accessible for healthy snacks.
Creating a safe environment also ensures that the entire family is eating right, not just your child who may have a weight problem. This makes it easier for parents because you don't have to say "no" to unhealthy foods if they aren't around. Parents need to buy and prepare the right foods, making all meals eaten in the home healthy.
Be a Positive Role Model
Children eat what their parents eat so, you need to set a good example and eat the same foods you want your child to eat. Your attitudes, beliefs and behaviors around food are passed down to your children in both explicit and implicit ways.
There needs to be conscious parenting around food. Make a point to convey that fruits, vegetables and whole grains are yummy and be careful not to emphasize a craving for sweets or salty snacks. Studies show that parents' presence at mealtime leads to kids eating healthier meals. And, in terms of preventing obesity, it's important to understand that the exposures you give your children will influence what they eat.
Set Limits
One of the most important things you can do for your child is to set limits. Parents must be the gatekeepers. This is the case for all dangerous behaviors, including overeating. Children need their parents to set limits for them. You cannot expect your child to self-limit how much he or she eats.
Restrict Sweetened Beverages
Children should not drink soda, juice or other sweetened beverages. Beverages with sugar are essentially wasted calories. While high in calories, sweetened beverages do little to fill up your child.
Limit Television
Specifically, children under 2 years of age should not watch any television. Children over 2 should only watch one to two hours a day. Studies have shown that limiting television is an important part of helping children lose weight and be more active. Also crucial is not eating in front of the television.
Use Positive Messages and Rewards.
Children benefit from setting attainable goals that are celebrated with inexpensive, non-food and age-appropriate rewards. When children have a reward to work toward, they are more likely to succeed. The best reward you can give a child is time with the parent. Rewards can include taking your child to the park or to see or rent a movie. Praise also is extremely important, even non-verbal praise such as a thumbs up. For teenagers, getting a music CD or movie ticket or getting to spend special time with a friend are great rewards.
Help Your Child be Active.
The key to children and physical activity is that it has to be fun. To find the activities children really enjoy, you have to expose them to many different activities. And, as with adults, your child's favorite activities will likely change over time.
Some kids like doing the same thing over and over. They like the structure that doing the same activity provides. But most children need constant exposure to a variety of activities or they'll get bored.
It's best to expose your child to many different activities -- from biking to swimming to team sports to walking with mom or dad to skateboarding to dance class. Let them tell you what they like and what they want to do. And, for almost all kids, activity works best if they are doing it with someone else, especially a parent.
When children are overweight, it's best to focus on becoming healthy rather than on losing weight. Here are some tips for helping your child maintain a healthy weight:
Create a Safe Environment
Make your home a safe environment in terms of food. Only have foods and beverages that are healthy. This means getting rid of all the junk food, soda and juice. Ideally, your child should only drink milk and water. Keep fruits and vegetables easily accessible for healthy snacks.
Creating a safe environment also ensures that the entire family is eating right, not just your child who may have a weight problem. This makes it easier for parents because you don't have to say "no" to unhealthy foods if they aren't around. Parents need to buy and prepare the right foods, making all meals eaten in the home healthy.
Be a Positive Role Model
Children eat what their parents eat so, you need to set a good example and eat the same foods you want your child to eat. Your attitudes, beliefs and behaviors around food are passed down to your children in both explicit and implicit ways.
There needs to be conscious parenting around food. Make a point to convey that fruits, vegetables and whole grains are yummy and be careful not to emphasize a craving for sweets or salty snacks. Studies show that parents' presence at mealtime leads to kids eating healthier meals. And, in terms of preventing obesity, it's important to understand that the exposures you give your children will influence what they eat.
Set Limits
One of the most important things you can do for your child is to set limits. Parents must be the gatekeepers. This is the case for all dangerous behaviors, including overeating. Children need their parents to set limits for them. You cannot expect your child to self-limit how much he or she eats.
Restrict Sweetened Beverages
Children should not drink soda, juice or other sweetened beverages. Beverages with sugar are essentially wasted calories. While high in calories, sweetened beverages do little to fill up your child.
Limit Television
Specifically, children under 2 years of age should not watch any television. Children over 2 should only watch one to two hours a day. Studies have shown that limiting television is an important part of helping children lose weight and be more active. Also crucial is not eating in front of the television.
Use Positive Messages and Rewards.
Children benefit from setting attainable goals that are celebrated with inexpensive, non-food and age-appropriate rewards. When children have a reward to work toward, they are more likely to succeed. The best reward you can give a child is time with the parent. Rewards can include taking your child to the park or to see or rent a movie. Praise also is extremely important, even non-verbal praise such as a thumbs up. For teenagers, getting a music CD or movie ticket or getting to spend special time with a friend are great rewards.
Help Your Child be Active.
The key to children and physical activity is that it has to be fun. To find the activities children really enjoy, you have to expose them to many different activities. And, as with adults, your child's favorite activities will likely change over time.
Some kids like doing the same thing over and over. They like the structure that doing the same activity provides. But most children need constant exposure to a variety of activities or they'll get bored.
It's best to expose your child to many different activities -- from biking to swimming to team sports to walking with mom or dad to skateboarding to dance class. Let them tell you what they like and what they want to do. And, for almost all kids, activity works best if they are doing it with someone else, especially a parent.
Childhood Obesity Treatment
For some children, especially if they are still growing taller, it's more important to stabilize weight and allow them to grow into their weight. Overweight children who are still growing do not necessarily need to lose weight but simply maintain so that they can grow into their weight. The earlier a child is identified as being overweight or at risk the easier it is to treat. Because it's hard to permanently change dietary and exercise habits, it's essential to do something sooner rather than later.
Obese children need a thorough medical evaluation by a pediatrician or family doctor to assess their family history as well as their diet and exercise routines. First, the doctor will check for genetic and biochemical disorders related to obesity, such as Prader-Willi Syndrome and other genetic disorders, and hypothyroidism, and other hormonal disorders.
Diet and Activity Changes
The main way to treat obesity in children is to help them eat a healthy diet and encourage them to be physically active. In some instances, medication and even surgery may be considered depending on how overweight a child is and how much the weight is impacting his or her health.
Since losing weight is so difficult, it is very important that parents support their child while he or she makes difficult lifestyle changes. Lasting weight loss only occurs when the whole family participates.
Surgery
UCSF Children's Hospital has begun to evaluate the use of bariatric surgery to treat teens with severe weight problems.
Obese children need a thorough medical evaluation by a pediatrician or family doctor to assess their family history as well as their diet and exercise routines. First, the doctor will check for genetic and biochemical disorders related to obesity, such as Prader-Willi Syndrome and other genetic disorders, and hypothyroidism, and other hormonal disorders.
Diet and Activity Changes
The main way to treat obesity in children is to help them eat a healthy diet and encourage them to be physically active. In some instances, medication and even surgery may be considered depending on how overweight a child is and how much the weight is impacting his or her health.
Since losing weight is so difficult, it is very important that parents support their child while he or she makes difficult lifestyle changes. Lasting weight loss only occurs when the whole family participates.
Surgery
UCSF Children's Hospital has begun to evaluate the use of bariatric surgery to treat teens with severe weight problems.
Diet Therapy
Lifestyle modifications such as increasing physical activity and decreasing calorie intake are recommended instead of "dieting." Crash diets should definitely be avoided. The best approach to changing your diet is to talk to your doctor to find out what is best for you. Your doctor can provide you with dietary guidelines or refer you to a dietician for further help. Dietary guidelines will differ for each person depending on height, weight, concurrent health conditions, and desired amount of weight loss. A diet must be established that will allow for weight loss and be easy to comply with. Maintenance of your program is the key to keeping the pounds off.
Exercising is important to any good weight loss program. An aerobic exercise program reduces weight regardless of any changes you make in your diet. Adding 45 minutes of aerobic exercise a day is the equivalent of losing 400-800 Calories depending on your intensity. Minimally, that would result in losing one pound per week. Even if you can only exercise three times per week, that would still help you lose almost 2 pounds per month or 20 pounds over a year! Remember that this is without any changes in your diet. Dropping 500 Calories a day from your diet (the equivalent of one large French fries) will double your results.
Weight training and calisthenics also help you to reduce weight not by direct loss but by decreasing fatty tissue and increasing lean body mass. This will increase your metabolism and burn more calories while at rest.
Obese patients should start slowly with low-intensity walking or swimming and advance intensity as tolerated. If you have cardiovascular disease or other conditions that may make exercise very difficult, talk to your physician before you begin.
Exercising is important to any good weight loss program. An aerobic exercise program reduces weight regardless of any changes you make in your diet. Adding 45 minutes of aerobic exercise a day is the equivalent of losing 400-800 Calories depending on your intensity. Minimally, that would result in losing one pound per week. Even if you can only exercise three times per week, that would still help you lose almost 2 pounds per month or 20 pounds over a year! Remember that this is without any changes in your diet. Dropping 500 Calories a day from your diet (the equivalent of one large French fries) will double your results.
Weight training and calisthenics also help you to reduce weight not by direct loss but by decreasing fatty tissue and increasing lean body mass. This will increase your metabolism and burn more calories while at rest.
Obese patients should start slowly with low-intensity walking or swimming and advance intensity as tolerated. If you have cardiovascular disease or other conditions that may make exercise very difficult, talk to your physician before you begin.
How is Obesity treated
The FDA is calling the nation?s obesity problem an ?epidemic? and released a report in 2004 with goals and actions focusing on a campaign entitled, ?Calories Count.? Recommended actions include:
enhancing the food label to display calorie count more prominently and to use meaningful serving sizes
initiating a consumer education campaign focusing on the "Calories Count" message
encouraging restaurants to provide nutritional information to consumers
stepping up enforcement actions concerning accuracy of food labels
revising FDA guidance for developing drugs to treat obesity
working cooperatively with other government agencies, non-profits, industry, and academia on obesity research
Obesity is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Weight loss reduces risk factors for complications associated with the excess weight, including diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. There are several treatment options for the management of overweight and obese individuals, including diet therapy, changes in physical activity, behavioral therapy, drug therapy, surgery and a combination of these.
The initial goal of weight loss therapy is to decrease body weight by about 10%. Once this goal is met, then further weight loss can be attempted. This weight loss will not occur overnight, but you can see a difference over mere weeks if you stay with your program. Once the weight is lost, maintenance of the loss needs to be implemented to ensure that the weight stays off.
enhancing the food label to display calorie count more prominently and to use meaningful serving sizes
initiating a consumer education campaign focusing on the "Calories Count" message
encouraging restaurants to provide nutritional information to consumers
stepping up enforcement actions concerning accuracy of food labels
revising FDA guidance for developing drugs to treat obesity
working cooperatively with other government agencies, non-profits, industry, and academia on obesity research
Obesity is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Weight loss reduces risk factors for complications associated with the excess weight, including diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. There are several treatment options for the management of overweight and obese individuals, including diet therapy, changes in physical activity, behavioral therapy, drug therapy, surgery and a combination of these.
The initial goal of weight loss therapy is to decrease body weight by about 10%. Once this goal is met, then further weight loss can be attempted. This weight loss will not occur overnight, but you can see a difference over mere weeks if you stay with your program. Once the weight is lost, maintenance of the loss needs to be implemented to ensure that the weight stays off.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)