Childhood obesity is a sure path to an adolescent, a youth and adult health problems. Helping your children to fight or prevent it from a young age is not a matter of vanity or coquetry, but to prevent a problem that affects the entire body and can cause conditions that previously only of concern to adults, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, sleep apnea, depression, asthma and other respiratory diseases, skin infections, liver problems and the list goes on.

Most worrisome is that obesity is increasingly hold more of our children. According to figures provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC by its acronym in English), thanks to the results of two surveys conducted between 1976 and 1980, the first, and between 2003 and 2006, the second, the weight gain in children has been dramatic: among children 2 to 5 years of age increased from 5% to 12.4% among children aged 6 to 11 years, from 6.5% to 17% and among adolescents aged 12 to 19, from 5% to 17.6%.

Obesity is the result of an imbalance between calories consumed and energy expended, ie occurs because you eat too much and exercise little. But these are not the only cause: there are other factors that contribute to weight gain, such as genetics and customs.

Being Hispanic or Latino, for example, have an increased genetic risk of suffering from obesity. But the children eat what their parents give them, so the family eating habits and are also very important (and help fight this genetic predisposition): you have the power to control your children’s access to foods that do not make Okay, so you should try to fill the pantry with nutritious food.

Physical inactivity or lack of physical activity is another factor which helps weight gain. Studies show that children and teens spend too much time watching television and movies and playing video games.

Sometimes there may also be psychological factors that stimulate the child to overeat, as emotional problems, depression or boredom. And this adds a new factor: the relationship with the mother during the first years of life, which apparently can influence obesity in adolescence. If so, love and affection can become new weapons to combat childhood obesity.

This data comes from a new study by researchers at Ohio State University, USA, who analyzed the data of hundreds of families living in nine U.S. states, who had children who were born in 1991, collected National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

In this study, which appears in the January issue of the journal Pediatrics, the risk of obesity in children at 15 years was higher among those who had an emotional relationship of lower quality with their mothers when they were children. In particular, over 25 percent of children who had the lowest quality relationships with their mothers were obese in adolescence, and only 13 percent of those with closer ties with their mothers in their early years life showed this problem in his teens.

According to the researchers, these findings and earlier indicate that the risk of developing obesity may be affected by brain areas that control emotions and responses to stress, which work in conjunction with that control appetite and energy balance.

In this sense, is not only important to encourage children to exercise and help maintain a healthy diet. The affection and a strong bond between mother and child (a) may also be key when your children take care not collect kilos or pounds.

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.

Some symptoms of parasitosis

* Persistent fatigue, low energy
* Intestinal problems, constipation, diarrhea, gas, bloating
* Pain in joints, muscles
* Difficulty falling asleep, insomnia, restless sleep
* Grinding teeth while sleeping
* Frequent infections, colds, candida
* Nervousness, anxiety or depression, irritability
* Eyes identified (dark patch under the eyes)
* Skin problems, acne, eczema,
* Difficulty concentrating, dizziness

Presenting some of these symptoms may suggest the presence of parasites. But they can also be linked to other diseases. Only certain tests and tests performed by a doctor or health specialist will be able to determine an accurate diagnosis.

How to protect against parasites?
Some foods provide good protection against pests. They are useful as preventive and sometimes they will be sufficient for intestinal worms body.

The 5 foods most useful

Garlic
One of the most powerful foods against pests. Numerous studies show that action. According to studies conducted in Israel, allicin, a compound sulfuric natural garlic, kills parasites in less than two hours after their arrival in the digestive system and can reduce 50% the presence of pests already present in five days. Two cloves daily would be sufficient for protection.

Cranberries
This fruit is rich in organic acids that kill parasites by breaking their protein structure and boosting natural defenses of the body. Drinking a daily drink a mixture of 236 ml (8 oz) of pure cranberry juice, unsweetened, and 1.5 liter (56 oz) of water.

Pumpkin Seeds
These seeds are rich in zinc, a mineral toxic to pests, and also stimulates the defense system of the body. Eating ½ cup of seeds per day. We can grind and mix with cereal or in juice.

Lemon
The fibers can increase the effectiveness of a treatment to prevent or control pests. Lemon is rich in fiber, including pectin. A soluble fiber that can help improve the digestive system against the presence of parasites. But lemon is also rich in essential oils against very powerful parasites.

Carrots
The carrot is rich in carotenoids, which stimulate the natural defenses of the body against parasites. Consume daily some portions of grated carrots (tossed with lemon juice) help fight against pests.

It is more likely that other nutrients in these foods are responsible for the effectiveness of these foods against pests.

Useful plants against pests

There are now on the market for natural products, several preparations with herbal practice for a course of deworming complete. Most of these preparations are based on some of these plants: the bark of black walnut, clove, pumpkin seed extract, grapefruit seed extract, cranberry concentrate of garlic, etc..

If parasites are responsible for your excess weight, a good deworming treatment and rehabilitation should solve your problem fairly quickly.

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.

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.