Obesity: A Global Health Threat

 

Weight Loss relationship to Diabetes, Heart Health, Cancer, Osteoarthritis, etc.

 

 

Are you at risk of diabetes, heart disease, cancer, osteoarthritis, or other health issues related to obesity?  Yes, you can have any of these obesity related diseases without being obese, but the risk is much higher if you have gained a few extra pounds or are over your ideal weight.

The cost of healthcare around the world has climbed beyond comprehension and is still rising with the rise of obesity around the globe.  Reducing the obesity issue is the major answer to the cost of healthcare.

Eat less, move more!  Have you heard that? 

 

 

And it is true that the number one cause for weight gain is taking in more calories than are used in activity.  All sorts of excuses are used for not moving more – tight schedules, more office/computer jobs, modern conveniences, and a slowing of metabolism as age increases.  My 90 year old mother has told me about her grandma and how even as a young person, my mother would practically have to run to keep up with her grandma.  Her grandma did not drive so if she needed to go somewhere, she walked.  When my mother spends time with us (usually 4 to 6 months a year), I walk 2 miles with her every day the weather permits.  She walks along at a good clip and I don’t have to slow down and wait for her.  She is about 5 foot tall, weighs in the neighborhood of 100 pounds, and is on no prescription drugs.  Her mind is as sharp as a tack and she still makes quilts, participates in her local church, and reads her Bible daily.  She takes a small bowl full of supplements every morning and evening.  Quite a role model she is!

I was fortunate to have grown up on ranches.  We always had grass-fed beef, venison, fresh milk and eggs.  During the summer and early fall, we had an assortment of fresh vegetables and some fruit.  My mother baked our own bread and cooked a big pot of pinto beans every week.  During the winter and spring we ate from the canned fruits and vegetables my mother had put up from the garden surplus in the summer and fall.  Processed foods were unheard of at our house.

 

 

Unfortunately today’s lifestyle does not give us access to fresh food like it once did.  We have to rely on produce from the grocery store.  Maybe during the summer months, we may have access to a local farmer’s market.  Things are different now.  So what can we do to stay healthy or become healthy and combat the rising obesity problem?

We can move more.  Very few people are so ill that they cannot walk.  If all you can do is take 2 steps today, tomorrow take 3 steps.  Start where you are and move step by step from your starting point.  Schedule time to move more!  Take the time and make the effort – it can only put you closer to your ideal weight.

Make wise food choices!  Become informed about the effect of certain foods on your body.  Again make and schedule time to plan and prepare your food.  There are certain foods that are considered relatively healthy but in fact are high in sugars or starches (carbs).  Consuming too much of these foods can set you up for what we call the ‘roller coaster’ effects of uncontrolled glycemic response as blood sugar levels go through peaks and valleys throughout the day.  Being on the ‘glycemic roller coaster’ will have an effect on your mental and physical energy thus setting you up for skipping out on your activity time and for grabbing the most convenient food available.

Understanding how glucose and glycemic response affects the body is important.  Glucose is a double-edged sword?

·         The body recognizes blood glucose as an essential partner of energetic health.  Glucose is the basic carbohydrate energy unit that circulates through the bloodstream to our cells.

·         The body recognizes blood glucose as a potentially lethal adversary.  Glucose has the potential to damage the circulatory system if levels remain too high for too long.  Thus, when blood glucose levels exceed certain predetermined upper limits, the body needs to lower those levels rapidly.  To do that it secretes insulin, which enters the bloodstream and causes glucose to be lowered.

Glycemic response is basically how our body responds to glucose.  Eating a lower glycemic response diet results in lower, less dramatic elevations of blood glucose which means less insulin needs to be secreted.  Secreting less insulin helps reduce the risk of diabetes because the body’s ability to make insulin is not continually overtaxed.  Also, secreting less insulin is associated with more heart healthy blood lipid levels, in particular lower triglycerides and higher HDL (good) cholesterol. Thus, it is thought that lower insulin secretion helps reduce the risk of heart disease.

One of the most interesting aspects of low glycemic response foods is that because they are converted to glucose and enter the bloodstream more slowly, they also provide more even and lasting energy.  Because they cause less insulin to be secreted, blood glucose levels stay within “safe” parameters and leave the blood more gradually and over a longer period of time.  The result is also a longer period of hunger satisfaction thus a lower the amount of food is eaten overall.

Choosing low glycemic response foods may be easier than you think.  Think natural, purest state, unprocessed, raw, fiber.  For example avoid refined carbohydrates such as white bread, white rice, white sugar, etc.  Many wheat breads on the shelf are not much better than white bread.  Bread labels should list whole grains first.  I do not consume much bread but my choice when I do purchase bread is the sprouted-grain breads usually available at health food stores.  I can have a slice of sprouted grain one day for breakfast and am satisfied until lunch time but if I have a slice of 100% whole grain bread, I am hungry within 2 or 3 hours.  I give this example to show the closer the food is to its natural state, the healthier it is for you.  Another example would be comparing oat groats to rolled oats.  Granted you must plan ahead as it takes an hour to cook the oat groats but they are so much healthier (and stick to your ribs) than even the steel-cut oats.  I cook 2 or 3 cups of oat groats ahead (just like cooking a pot of pinto beans) and then all we have to do is reheat them for several breakfasts.  You can’t get much quicker than that.

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Have a happy, healthy, low glycemic day!

Pat Moon

  Pat is a grandmother who started as an Independent GNLD Distributor in 1985 because of family health concerns. After experiencing positive results for several family members, she chose to share the whole food nutritional supplements and natural vitamins with other people. Her confidence in GNLD'S Whole Food Nutritional Supplements and Natural Vitamins has continued to grow because they work. Her goal is to help others have the BEST REAL HEALTH possible and slow the aging process.  The products Pat uses and features are:

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