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Overweight: What if it was the parasites?

Monday, January 18th, 2010

Millions of Westerners suffer from parasitic without being aware

A study by the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene shows that in a sample of 2896 persons, representative of the national population, 32% of subjects had a positive test for parasites.
When we know that parasites are life forms with their own intelligence and their survival depends on not being identified. One can imagine that the percentage of the population have parasites may be much larger.

What is a parasite?
A parasite is an organism that lives at the expense of another organism and insidiously eats his depends. That means it draws on reserves of energy from its host and causes more damage ranging from poisoning to the destruction of the body that hosts it. In most cases it can live for years in an organization without his presence is never suspected.

How are they transmitted?
The modes of transmission of parasites are innumerable. To mention only the most common food both animal and vegetarian: too little meat cooked fish, especially sushi, fruit and vegetables (even organic, can come from contaminated soil, where they may be contaminated during transport or handling), water, pets, sand, biting insects, etc..

Action of parasites in the body
According to Dr. Elson Haas, MD Director of California’s Preventive Medical Center of Marin, parasites are responsible for inflammation of the lining of the digestive system, which has the effect of disrupting the absorption of essential nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids and other nutrients necessary to ensure proper functioning hormonal balance in glucose metabolism.

Parasites acidify the body and to defend the body begins to turn to produce more acid in the fat cells and slowing metabolism. According to researcher Robert O. Dr. Young, this makes weight loss almost impossible.

Dr. Dean, MD, ND adds that the parasite produces catalytic indoles, and other toxins, strongly requesting the liver and kidneys. These bodies end up being rapidly depleted and this leads to the person with a feeling of fatigue, irritability and weight gain.
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Iron: its role

Friday, January 15th, 2010

Iron is essential for the synthesis of hemoglobin and other organic molecules such as myoglobin (muscle). Contributions by food should be 2 to 4 milligrams per day to compensate for losses (sweat, urine, feces, menstruation).

Iron deficiency is responsible for anemia, called anemia. The normal level of iron in the blood is 0.6 to 1.9 mg / l, e 1.1 and 2 mg / l in infants.

Iron blood increases when hemochromatosis, hepatitis, cirrhosis, and decreases in anemia, malabsorption, hemorrhage, vegetarian diet.

Ferritin

Ferritin is a protein circulating in blood, associated with iron molecules. The ferritin is significant reserves of iron in the body, and its determination allows early detection of deficiency or iron overload.

The normal level of ferritin is 30 to 60 mg / l in men and from 20 to 150 mg / l in women.

The ferritin decreased during pregnancy.

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Obesity: medical and surgical treatments

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

Medical treatment is to find and treat any and rare medical causes of obesity, such as a malfunction of the endocrine glands (thyroid, adrenal glands).

Traditional treatments of obesity, now banned, associated with diuretics, amphetamines (diet pills) and thyroid hormones, which are both ineffective and dangerous.

Today, several medicines are available to help fight obesity. A large majority requires a prescription, because their effects on metabolism are not trivial. Some drugs work well on the intestinal enzymes, they inhibit. They reduce 30% of fat absorption from the gastrointestinal tract and is complementary diets. Dietary restriction is necessary, particularly fat, on pain of severe diarrhea.
Other drugs act on the satiety centers of the brain by a mechanism similar to that of amphetamines. Only specialists can prescribe these products.

Surgery is used only in cases of morbid obesity when body mass index (BMI) exceeds 35 or 40, and weight 130 or 150 kg. Bariatric surgery is most commonly performed is to remove part of the stomach, limiting food intake. The results are spectacular in the coming weeks, but this surgery must be accompanied by a strict diet. Psychological support is recommended. Finally in the months following the intervention of small cosmetic surgery may be required to remove folds of skin and abdominal fat deposits disappear easily.

Other interventions include installation of a temporary balloon in the stomach, which by its mere presence, cut hunger and forced to make smaller meals.

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