Saturday, April 7, 2007

“The Subconscious Diet” Can Help Protect Your Child From Type 2 Diabetes

Until obesity became epidemic, type 2 diabetes was virtually unheard of in children and teens. It was originally called “adult-onset” because it was mainly seen after middle age. At least 9 million American children are seriously overweight and another 9 million are heavy enough to be at risk, yet studies show that many parents are in denial about their children’s obesity.16% of U.S. children have weight problems but doctors make weight reduction suggestions to parents about their children in only 1% of visits. There are a number of reasons for this denial and lack of concern:Obese mothers nearly always recognize that they are overweight but only 1 in 5 correctly identified their overweight children.Many doctors are just too busy to become involved in problems not directly related to the symptoms the child was brought in for.78% of the population of the U.S. does not see being overweight as a health problem.Many cultures equate thinness with poverty and starvation; to them a fat child is a strong and healthy child.Many parents believe that the child will grow into their weight.A child that is overweight will very likely become an obese adult. Studies show at least 15 conditions causally related to obesity. They include diabetes, heart disease, sleep apnea, hip fractures, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, end-stage renal disease, liver disease, urinary incontinence and several forms of cancer.For many overweight children the possibilities of disease in the future is not a concern. There is a far more pressing cause of pain for these obese children on a daily basis. This pain is caused by discrimination by their classmates. Other children are much more direct and cruel then most adults when it comes to ridiculing the “fat kids” they associate with. A first grader is likely to believe that thinner is better and young children will put these thoughts in to action by excluding their heaver classmate from their team or by calling them names.This ridicule may cause a child to retreat from social interaction or to become a bully, using their weight to intimidate their tormentors. Either course of action only causes the child more grief and frustration in the long run.Most children are not receptive to traditional restrictive diets. When they are told that they can no longer have the foods they crave, such as: white bread, candy, cookies, and ice cream they feel that they are being punished. It makes little difference how much time the parent spends trying to convince the child it is for their own good.Children will often find access to the foods that are being denied to them at home with friends, relatives who don’t believe in diets or by spending their own money to purchase the sweets. If the child doesn’t have money they may begin to steal the foods they crave.Many times when the child gains access to the forbidden items they will binge. 30% of girls and 16% of boys who were on a diet admitted to binging on foods that had been forbidden to them when they got the chance. Now the child not only feels punished by the parent, they have added guild to the emotional mix by defying their parents’ orders or breaking the law. This guilt causes stress that may cause the child to act out in other more serious ways.Since traditional diets do not work for most people, it is far past the time to start looking for ways to change a person’s way of thinking about food, states Hugh B. Sanders the author of the Subconscious Diet: It’s not what you put in your mouth; it is what you put in your mind! (www.TheSubconsciousDiet.com)This is not hypnosis. Hypnosis implies external control but what is vital to any weight reduction program is a system of internal control. A child or an adult must feel that any change, such as a diet, is not only their decision but it is also something they understand and want to accomplish. Most diets are only restrictions on eating, very few offer the steps to changing a persons mind about the way they approach food.The Subconscious Diet shows a person how to develop a new operating system for the subconscious mind. The subconscious is very much like a computer in that it holds all of a person’s values, habits, memories, and is constantly working to come up with answers to each situation that life present us every day. Just like a computer we can choose to change how the mind goes about finding the solutions. The steps are relatively simple:Clearly stating our goals (weight loss is a goal).Writing out and repeating those goals daily (affirmations).Getting rid of fear, anger, hate, and guilt (letting go!).Learning to associate only with positive friends (get away from negativity).Vividly seeing the desired end result in our own mind (visualization).Children are ideal candidates for the Subconscious Diet because they are more in touch with the subconscious portion of their minds then adults generally are and they naturally day dream (Visualize). If the parents help the child direct those day dreams to focus on a positive view of the child’s body, eating habits, and physical activities, the parent can assure a healthy path for the future of their children.The catch for the parents and it is really a benefit, is that they can’t just tell their children what the kids have to do. The parent must lead by example. The adults in the family must incorporate all of these steps into their own lives. “Do as I say, not as I do!” just won’t work and has never worked for children.Eighteen million children are at risk of suffering pain and premature death if their weight is left uncontrolled. If your child is getting heaver each day, you have to make a decision about the amount of effort you are willing to put forth to make your child’s life as good as it should be.For more information please check out: www.TheSubconsciousDiet.com.
About the Author:Hugh B. Sanders is an award wining speaker who has been involved in the study of self-improvement, personal growth techniques, and success training for over thirty years. He has won production awards from every company he has been associated with. The author has conducted training classes and motivational seminars across the country. This book is a project of passion, and one that his readers and peers are very excited about. Read more articles by: Hugh B. Sanders

Tuesday, April 3, 2007

Insulin Resistance Syndrome Symptoms And Cause

Diabetes can be cause by insulin resistance syndrome (IRS) also known as metabolic Syndrome And Syndrome X, this syndrome produce the inability to transport blood glucose properly into the cells to produce energy. The relationship between insulin resistance syndrome and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus is very high. This condition is related to some cancer risk in women, heart attack, high blood pressure, stroke, high cholesterol level, fluid retention, decrease memory chronic fatigue, irritability, mood swings, insomnia and other serious complication. This condition and pre-diabetes usually have no symptoms and the person no noticing anything.The patient with this syndrome not use the insulin properly in her muscle, fat and liver cells. The pancreas increase the insulin producing because the body demand are high by the resistance of the insulin. Eventually the pancreas be sick and cause the Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. The cause of insulin resistance are probably by several causes and one can be genetic factor. Other common cause of insulin resistance is overweight or obese person, where the excess fat effectively reduces the capacity to use the insulin for the cells to convert glucose into energy. By the time, insulin resistance worsens and becomes evident to the suffere as wild swings in blood sugar lead to a roller coaster effect on energy and hunger, as well.The risk factor to have this disease is anyone 45 years or older, overweight, family history of diabetes or this condition, decrease level of HDL cholesterol and high triglycerides leve, High blood pressure and minority group background like African American, Latino and American Indian.The exercise and diet were shown by the Diabetes Prevention Program to be almost twice as effective as medication (a drug that is known to reduce insulin resistance) at reducing the risk of progressing to type 2 diabetes, which is more or less the end result of insulin resistance. Is obvious association between insulin resistance and excess weight that, despite the fact that insulin resistance is largely a genetic disorder, it is very responsive to dietary and lifestyle changes, especially those that result in significant.You can stop the insulin resistance with increase physical activity and weight loss. This increase the use of insulin by the body and decrease the production of insulin by the pancreas. Change your diet is important eat well,low sugar and fat diet, also be active with exercise activity to helps your muscle cells use blood glucose need it for energy, this action make the muscle cells more sensitive to insulin. With this change in the diet and increase activity the patient go to loss weight, this decrease the insulin resistance. Stop smoking one factor you need to change is very important to control this syndrome and other cardiovascular diseases. We now quitting smokingis not easy, but it could be the single smartest thing you can do to improve your health.
About the Author:Joseph Santiago owner of the blog Symptoms Of Diabetes Mellitus where you can found serious information about treatment, complication, and diagnostic test about Diabetes Mellitus.Read more articles by: Jose Santiago