Ramai orang kerap bergurau dengan mengatakan perut buncit ini tanda bahagia atau tanda kemewahan tetapi yang pastinya perut buncit telah terbukti secara saintifik berkait rapat dengan banyak masalah kesihatan termasuklah masalah jantung. Lemak yang terkumpul di perut boleh diumpamakan lemak (viseral) di dalam organ-organ dalam badan termasuklah hati, jantung dan sebagainya.
Semakin buncit perut menandakan seseorang itu semakin tidak sihat. Ukuran lilit yang ideal bagi kaum lelaki ialah 90 sentimeter dan bagi wanita ialah 80 sentimeter.
Ukuran ini perlu dilakukan oleh pengamal perubatan atau mereka yang mengetahui teknik ukuran tersebut. Pergilah berjumpa dengan doktor atau jururawat bagi mendapatkan ukuran lilit perut saudara.
Perut buncit merupakan kriteria utama sebelum seseorang itu dilabelkan mendapat sindrom metabolik yang berkait rapat dengan penyakit-penyakit seperti diabetes mellitus, hipertensi, masalah jantung dan sebagainya. Tidak ada cara selain menjaga pemakanan yang baik dan melakukan senaman secara konsisten bagi mengatasi masalah perut buncit.
Mungkin cara sedutan lemak atau 'liposuction' boleh dilakukan tetapi kesannya adalah tidak berkekalan jika tidak mengamalkan cara hidup yang sihat. Semoga kita sama-sama berazam agar perut kita tidak buncit dan seterusnya mendapat kesihatan yang berkekalan, Insya-Allah.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Water, the simplest appetite control method
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An appetite control agent that requires no prescription, has no side-effects and costs almost nothing? A new clinical trial has confirmed that just two 8-ounce glasses of the stuff, taken before meals, enables people to shed pounds. The new miracle elixir? Water.
The Virginia Tech findings, presented at the 240th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, come from the first randomized controlled intervention trial demonstrating that increased water consumption is an effective weight loss strategy.
"We found in earlier studies that middle aged and older people who drank two cups of water right before eating a meal ate between 75 and 90 fewer calories during that meal. In this recent study, we found that over the course of 12 weeks, dieters who drank water before meals, three times per day, lost about 5 pounds more than dieters who did not increase their water intake," said Brenda Davy, senior author on the study. "People should drink more water and less sugary, high-calorie drinks. It's a simple way to facilitate weight management."
Previous studies had hinted that drinking water before meals reduces intake of calories but there has been surprisingly little scientific information on the topic. The study included 48 adults aged 55-75 years, divided into two groups. One group drank 2 cups of water prior to their meals and the other did not. All of the subjects ate a low-calorie diet during the study. Over the course of 12 weeks, water drinkers lost about 15.5 pounds, while the non-water drinkers lost about 11 pounds.
Davy said water may be so effective simply because it fills up the stomach with a substance that has zero calories. "People feel fuller as a result, and eat less calorie-containing food during the meal. Increased water consumption may also help people lose weight if they drink it in place of sweetened calorie-containing beverages."
Davy also pointed out that that nobody knows exactly how much water people should drink daily. The Institute of Medicine says that most healthy people can simply let thirst be their guide. It does not specify exact requirements for water, but set general recommendations for women at about 9 cups of fluids - from all beverages including water - each day, and men at about 13 cups of fluids.
An appetite control agent that requires no prescription, has no side-effects and costs almost nothing? A new clinical trial has confirmed that just two 8-ounce glasses of the stuff, taken before meals, enables people to shed pounds. The new miracle elixir? Water.
The Virginia Tech findings, presented at the 240th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, come from the first randomized controlled intervention trial demonstrating that increased water consumption is an effective weight loss strategy.
"We found in earlier studies that middle aged and older people who drank two cups of water right before eating a meal ate between 75 and 90 fewer calories during that meal. In this recent study, we found that over the course of 12 weeks, dieters who drank water before meals, three times per day, lost about 5 pounds more than dieters who did not increase their water intake," said Brenda Davy, senior author on the study. "People should drink more water and less sugary, high-calorie drinks. It's a simple way to facilitate weight management."
Previous studies had hinted that drinking water before meals reduces intake of calories but there has been surprisingly little scientific information on the topic. The study included 48 adults aged 55-75 years, divided into two groups. One group drank 2 cups of water prior to their meals and the other did not. All of the subjects ate a low-calorie diet during the study. Over the course of 12 weeks, water drinkers lost about 15.5 pounds, while the non-water drinkers lost about 11 pounds.
Davy said water may be so effective simply because it fills up the stomach with a substance that has zero calories. "People feel fuller as a result, and eat less calorie-containing food during the meal. Increased water consumption may also help people lose weight if they drink it in place of sweetened calorie-containing beverages."
Davy also pointed out that that nobody knows exactly how much water people should drink daily. The Institute of Medicine says that most healthy people can simply let thirst be their guide. It does not specify exact requirements for water, but set general recommendations for women at about 9 cups of fluids - from all beverages including water - each day, and men at about 13 cups of fluids.
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