This is not a difficult question to
answer. Just by feeling your body, looking at
your body, and being honest with yourself
- you will find your answer. It is not
something to feel bad about, it is merely a condition that needs
to be treated like any other. In fact,
letting yourself sink into depression
over this dis-ease only helps to perpetuate
it.
"Underweight", "overweight", "obesity",
and "morbid obesity" are all medical
terms for when a person is greater or
less than the healthy weight for a given
height. These are serious conditions
and should be treated as you would any
other dis-ease.
It is not an issue of beauty, it is an
issue of health.
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BMI, or Body Mass Index, is a way to calculate the amount of body fat
stored in your body. This widely used method of evaluating obesity is
easily calculated by using your weight and height.
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Again, it is NOT an issue of beauty!
The medical community states that an overweight
or obese person is at greater risk
for many dis-eases and illnesses.
When you feed your body more
energy (calorie) than what your
body uses in a day, the excess
energy is stored as fat. The cause of this calorie
imbalance may differ from one
person to another:
- Eating too much foods that are high
in fat / energy
- Eating
foods that are acidic
- Lack of physical activity
- Psychological stress
- Genetics (this does not mean you
MUST be obese!)
When the body takes in excessive sums
of
acidic
foods (average american
diets), it needs to expel
these acids to avoid damage
to the body. This is a function
of the liver and kidneys.
Shallow breathing, lack of
exercise, excessive alcohol,
and other toxicity exposures
can lead to liver stress and
kidney malfunction. Then the
acids in the body do not always
get eliminated as they should.
What is your
body to do at this point?
If it can't eliminate the acids, then
it has to store them.
Alkaline is the opposite of acid. Increasing
your body's alkalinity aids
the body's natural acid elimination
functions, thus decreasing
the stored acids / fat. If
your body CAN get rid of these
acid wastes, it will not store
them!
It is also important to note that during
the process of storing these
acids, the body uses minerals
from other parts of your body
to balance the effect of the
stored acids. It will take
potassium, magnesium and calcium
from your bones in order to
properly handle the stored
acids (fat). Potassium and
magnesium leaves your body
while calcium goes into your
blood; and now your bones are
that much weaker.
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By eliminating the causes
of your excess weight or obesity, your body will become healthier
and happier!
- Exercise,
use your body!
Find physical activities
that you can enjoy!
- Change your diet.
Review this list
of common acid and
alkaline foods.
Eat
well-balanced meals
containing less animal
protein, cheese/dairy,
alcohol, soda, refined
/ processed foods,
saturated fats,
artificial additives
and chemicals.
Introduce more whole
foods, vegetables and
fruits, and alkaline
grains into your daily
diet.
- DRINK PLENTY
OF ALKALINE WATER!
Changing your diet
is often a difficult
process. Luckily,
advances in technology
have delivered the
ability to create
extremely alkalized
water with potent
anti oxidizing properties.
Changing the water
you drink is much
easier than the
food you enjoy! Although
we don't recommend
it as a substitute
to eating more
healthy, we certainly
feel that high alkaline
water is a great
step towards balancing
your body.
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