According to that article babies that are born to obese women are three times as likely to die in the first month and the problems are not only with the babies. The problems are also with the mothers. Obese women have higher blood pressure, diabetes, and a host of other illnesses that come with being overweight that they are dying, too!

Hospitals are trying to cope by buying larger cots, longer tools, and offering counseling on weight loss, but what does this trend show?

At this rate, humans could eat themselves extinct. National data shows that half of the pregnancies in the United States every year are unplanned, about 3 million every year. (http://www.thenationalcampaign.org/national-data/default.aspx) What does that mean for you? It means that you can get pregnant at any time. You must be healthy in order to be ready for it.

You can get yourself healthy now with some practical tips:

• Eat little or no carbs, dairy or wheat
• balance your neurotransmitters: it may be a lack of dopamine that is causing you to not be motivated enough to lose or keep your weight down
• Do not drink any soft drinks.
• No processed foods
• eat organic if possible.

We need to, as a country, get healthy for us and our future generations. Our overeating has shown that it doesn’t only affect us and the people in our lives now.

Are you looking to get pregnant and worried about your eating habits? Have you been trying to lose weight unsuccessfully?

It is almost impossible to keep track of food recalls today. When we worried about mad-cow disease, the whole world seemed to stop and take notice, the tomato scare, a little bit less, the peanut-butter thing, ehhh, what could it really do? It’s how we as a society react to real threats. Unfortunately, media decides how we truly feel about something. Sure, if you look deeply into any subject you will know so much more, but most of us get our information from the evening news, or maybe a newspaper, possibly on our computers during lunch-hour, and if our reporters aren’t covering it, you aren’t hearing it.

Here’s a true story: several years ago, there was a summer when all you heard about was shark attacks. Do you remember? Everyday, there was a shark being spotted here, a person being attacked here. We were suddenly at risk of sharks. Then, all of the sudden, they disappeared. Truth was, that the year before, there were actually way more shark attacks than the year it was covered in the news, but you never would have known it. Here’s why. It was simply a boring summer. There were no elections, race riots, no stars being arrested. Media still has to fill an hour of TV time. They still need to get you to read their paper instead of someone else’s. And the way to do it is fear. Oh my gosh, I might be attacked by a shark. I should buy that paper and read how I can protect myself.

But, with food safety, it’s actually the opposite. Here, these are things we need to know, but media knows that they can only keep a person’s interest for so long. Everyone knows that blood sells, and there are way more exciting things to read about than people who got diahrrea from contaminated food. But it’s still so important, as little by little, we contaminate our bodies with unclean food.

You can keep up on food safety at www.foodsafety.gov, which lists all the most recent recalls and safety information. But that is not enough. You need to take control of the foods you eat.

Recently, there was an outbreak of salmonella in pistachios (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/31/business/31nuts.html). That is just weird! There should be no way in nature that it would happen.

There was a case a while back where several people suddenly fell ill with stomach infections. They all had gone out to eat and had a Caesar Salad  (http://www.carec.net/pdf/mobidityreview/8.%20Food-borne.pdf). But what in a Caesar salad would cause them to get so ill? Turns out, the lettuce was contaminated from not being properly washed.  Read more here: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/foodspot.htm We think of diseases from things like dirty hands, meat and milk. But lettuce? How?

Everybody knows that food born diseases are caused by bacteria, parasites, viruses or their toxins.   But where do they com from?  They do not come from air!  Most of the time they come from feces:   human of animal.

Cows! Cows are just one example of animals being raised in confinement, being fed hormones to make them produce more milk, and leaving the animal succeptable to many more illnesses. When they move their bowels, it goes into the soil, the soil is used as fertilizer for our  lettuce, which is, in turn, not properly washed.

The most practical advice here is to wash, wash and wash. Wash your hands. Wash your salad. Don’t trust labels that say something is pre-washed. Just think of who is out there washing your lettuce the way it should be washed.

Also try to know the source of your food. If you can, you should grow your own, or buy organic where possible.

Make sure that you have acid in your stomach. What happens is that most of the people don’t have enough acid to fight off these infections. This is where you need to be under the care of a holistic doctor to help monitor you.

Now what about you?

• Are you suffering from food poison?
• Do you know if your body can fight certain viruses?
• Do you need to increase your immune system?

For more information visit Dr Kalitenko’s website at  www.doctorkalitenko.com to make an appointment or call our offices at 718-382-9200.

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• Mexican Serrano Peppers May Be Dangerous to Eat
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• Poisons in the Tap Water

There was a lot of excitement when Splenda was first released on the market. But pretty soon, you can see the faults in the synthetic sweetener. Some even go so far as to call it toxic.

If our body takes in a manmade substance, it doesn’t know what to do with it. No matter what anyone says, it can’t be that good because our bodies don’t know how to get rid of it.

It is chlorinated sugar. Look at substances like Nutrasweet and Aspartame, which have been linked to everything from intestinal problems to brain tumors. You can find more information on Splenda and its effects at http://www.holisticmed.com/splenda.

One main reason Splenda is unhealthy is that it contains chloride. The thyroid hormone contains iodine. They are very close. The Splenda then interferes with the thyroid hormone function. Our bodies are then in trouble and it’s not really helping you lose weight.

If you want to lose weight try not to use artificial sweeteners or even weight loss products, which the FDA is now always warning us about. Instead, go to a natural diet of meat, fish, vegetables and purified, possibly distilled water.

Get rid of manmade wheat, dairy, and carbohydrates. Nothing but natural. Give up juice but do not give up fruit. The difference between fruit and juice is simple. The fibers in the piece of fruit that you eat stabilize the sugar. Juice doesn’t do the same thing, there is nothing to stabilize the sugar.

Don’t bother with Splenda, artificial sweeteners, or supplements. Instead, lose weight the way that nature intended. Visit our website at www.doctorkalitenko.com to find out how. We also have a great calorie counter on our site. Don’t forget to try it!

Obesity is a very well recognized cancer risk factor. This fact is a very powerful stimulant to lose weight. But can it be neutralized?  The only thing that needs to be done is to prove that it is not obesity that causes cancer, but something else.  Hard to do, but possible. And in my opinion, that is what a new study might be doing intentionally or unintentionally.  Take a look yourself.

According to the new study, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute on December 30, 2008, “Insulin, Insulin Like Growth Factor 1 and Risk of Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women,” it is not obesity itself, it is your high insulin level that causes cancer.  The conclusion is that we need to control insulin levels.

But how about weight? If it is all about insulin, then do we need to lose weight or not? The study states, that “this (obesity) association was attenuated by adjustment for insulin” http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/101/1/48.

The way that I interpret this study is to mean that if we watch our levels, we have no need to lose weight.  I don’t agree with this statement.

When does an obese woman have low insulin level? When the weight gain is not for a long time and her body is still sensitive to insulin, being able to bring its sugar down with less insulin.  But what happens when it is a long time, when her body gets too many calories? It loses its ability to respond properly to insulin and bring sugar down.  This is called insulin insensitivity and the result is a high insulin level.

The bottom line is that a high insulin level in an obese, postmenopausal woman might be the result of a long time of being obese, leading to increased cancer risk.  So you need to lose weight and change your lifestyle and not just watch your insulin level.

A new study suggests that increased breast size by the age of 20 may signify a higher risk for diabetes in mid-life. Data was gathered from Nurses Health Study 11 to show that the correlation does exist.

The relationship between breast size and diabetes can be explained as follows: too much fat might elevate the estrogen level, resulting in breast size increase.

Therefore the solution to the problem might be a hormonal level check.

And the first change that needs to take place is weight loss.

Food stimulates cortisol secretion by adrenals. Cortisol secretions are what help you fight stress and manage anxiety.

Therefore, if one has a low cortisol level because of adrenal fatigue secondary to chronic stress, he tends to eat more to bring cortisol up.

So, if you seem to be in a constant struggle, unable to lose weight even though you are diligently dieting, check your hormone levels.

Contemporary medical study published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine, the official journal of the International Society for Sexual Medicine, found that obesity is linked to low testosterone level, explaining erectile dysfunction.

But is obesity the reason of low hormones or low hormone levels are the cause of obesity? There is no answer for the question in the article. On on hand fat tissue transforms men’s main sex hormone testosterone into women’s main sex hormone estrogen, leading to erectile dysfunction. On the other hand low testosterone may lead to muscle mass drop and hence fat accumulation, leading to further testosterone drop. Which is the first and which is the second, I do not know. But from the practical standpoint weight loss is the most important thing to start with. Imagine that obesity is the primary cause of low testosterone, then weight loss is the primary goal. But even if low testosterone is the primary cause of obesity, then loosing weight will help to slow down the testosterone drop, helping with erectile dysfunction.

So let us benefit from the well known fact, that calorie restriction prolongs life. And helps with erectile disfunction too. May be sex can prolong your life!

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/134731.php

There is no doubt, that weight loss is very important for people with extra ponds to stay healthy. And any products to help achieve weight loss are potentially good money making machines. And that is what Hydroxycut was using to make money: people’s natural desire to stay healthy.But to what expense? For some to Hydroxycut customers the price was too high: liver damage, resulting in liver transplant on 2002 for example. Or jaundice, seizure or cardiovascular events. Or even death in 2007. Isn’t is too much?, resulting in liver transplant in 2002, why FDA is warning us now, in 2009?

What is means is the complete FDA failure to protect us, consumers. Government created FDA to ensure our safety, not to watch people suffering for at least 7 years then intervene.

What does it mean to us? That we must rely on our common sense, not on FDA: stay away from any artificial products including weight loss products, any kind of shakes, processed food etc.

Stick with “Paleolitic” diet using organic food, and you do not have to worry about safety.

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/01/hydroxycut.fda.recall/

We all crave unconditional love, and while we may be in a satisfying relationship, we still would do everything possible to look attractive to our significant other. Why bother? Because you want to be in control.  It feels good to have your significant other look at you with desire.  It feels great to feel sexy.. However, feeling sexy may not come that easy especially if you need to lose some pounds. 

Have you ever been engaged in an intimate moment but have been unable to just let go because you’re being overly critical of yourself?  I think we have all been there and the result is the same: you don’t enjoy yourself as much.

Recently I’ve read an article in New England Journal of Medicine about obesity genes. Researchers have found so many of them! It was quite surprising to me. I was always under the impression that we gain weight because we eat too much.  Even with this research, I still believe so because it is not enough to just have those genes.  Having a genetic predisposition for a certain trait does not imply causality. Having these genes does not mean you have to become obese, it just means that you have the potential to be.  To be functional, these genes have to be activated by the environment. No modern society around – no obesity genes expressed.

Therefore to lose weight and look sexy you need to eat a cave’s men diet which includes:

• Meat
• Fish
• Vegetables
• Fruits
• Drinking distilled water

The premise of getting rid of carbohydrates is a difficult one, I know. But it has to be done.  Removing carbohydrates does not have to mean starvation and cravings.  The easiest way to do this is to eat nuts when you cannot tolerate hunger any more.  Try it out and please share with me your experiences, thoughts and suggestions.

Good luck!

It prevents a person from sleeping, working and relaxing. What is the most common cause of back pain? Too much excess weight! Think about it: the more pressure you put on your spine, the faster it breaks down.  It’s the same as your car: the more you use it, the faster it breaks down. So what needs to be done for back pain?

The first thing to do is to loose weight.  How? Eat natural food like meat, fish, vegetables and fruits, drinking distilled water. Isn’t it easy? And your weight will go down without heroic efforts.

The second thing to do is to check your hormone profile to make sure that pain and/or weight gain is not the result of a dysbalance. Remember: it is easily correctable.

The bottom line: for your back pain do you want to take pills and eventually have to go through risky surgery or do you want to correct it naturally?
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