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You can vastly improve your overall health by losing weight. Losing weight is tough, but it is well worth the effort. Anyone thinking about losing weight needs to realize the benefits it has on their health over time.
by GaryL.Condoluci,LMT
You can vastly improve your overall health by losing weight. Losing weight is tough, but it is well worth the effort. Anyone thinking about losing weight needs to realize the benefits it has on their health over time.
Here are just a few of the benefits to losing extra pounds:
Avoid heart disease, high blood pressure, and stroke by shedding extra pounds.
That's a triple benefit from weight reduction. The primary killer of both women and men in the United States and a leading cause of disability is heart disease. Excess fat on the body is linked to high cholesterol levels and triglycerides.
Angina, will restrict the amount of oxygen that reaches your heart, it can also cause chest pain and is a common type of heart problem.
Sudden death also occurs from heart disease and stroke, and usually this strikes with very little warning, signs and symptoms.
Even a small weight loss such as a six percent drop in weight will have a positive effect on the likelihood of having heart attack or stroke. Your heart will also work much better without as much weight to carry around. Your cholesterol count will go down as well your blood pressure and triglycerides.
Type 2 diabetes and weight loss.
Diabetes puts in jeopardy ones life as well as how one leads his or her life because of the complications that result from having it. Both types of diabetes, Type One and Type Two are linked with being overweight. To those who already have diabetes, regular exercise and losing weight could help in controlling your blood sugar levels as well as the medication you may be currently taking. Increase your physical activity. You could simply walk, jog or dance. It helps get those blood streams moving as well as lose those unnecessary pounds.
Reduce you cancer risk by losing weight.
Obesity puts one at risk for many types of cancer. Obese women have a higher likelihood of uterus, ovary, breast, colon and gallbladder cancer. This information is not an attempt to frighten you, just to let you know that weight reduction can lower these risks. Men also increase the odds of rectal, colon and prostate cancer from being obese. It only makes sense to stay away from high fat, high cholesterol foods and to make every effort to slim down.
Weight loss reduces sleep apnea.
Weight reduction could eliminate it completely. A person with sleep apnea stops breathing periodically throughout the night for short periods. As breathing resumes, there is heavy snoring with sleep apnea. An obese person with sleep apnea will suffer from extreme drowsiness throughout the day as well as an increased risk of heart problems. Reducing excess body fat can reduce or eliminate this condition.
The pain of osteoarthritis is lessened with weight reduction.
Your joints take a beating when they have to carry around a lot of excess weight every day. The joints in your knees as well as your hips and back may become very painful because of the stress endured from carrying all that weight. You can alleviate much of this pain by losing weight thus lessening or even eliminating the pain associated with osteoarthritis.
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