Please understand that knowing what metabolic type you have, be it fast or slow, carbohydrate-based or protein-based, will make all the difference in your weight loss. Regardless of the weight loss program you are using, metabolic typing is key to success. If you eat the right foods and take the correct supplements according to your specific metabolic type you will reach your goal with less difficulty. Metabolic typing is really not complicated at all. This article and more to follow will build on that premise.
Researchers Discover Obesity to be Worse than Smoking, Drinking or Poverty
Researchers at the RAND Corp. recently examined the comparative effects of obesity, smoking, heavy drinking, and poverty on chronic health conditions and health expenditures*. Their astounding finding was that obesity is the most serious problem! Obesity is linked to a big increase in chronic health conditions and the spiraling rise in health expenditures. Their surprising conclusion was that obesity affects more people than smoking, heavy drinking, or poverty. The study reveals that obesity is linked to very high rates of chronic illnesses, higher than living in poverty, and much higher than smoking or drinking. Seventeen chronic health conditions including diabetes , high blood pressure, asthma, heart disease and cancer were investigated and related to the incidence of obesity.
Few overweight people fail to recognize their need for weight loss. The problem we all face is the inherent difficulty in losing weight. Metabolic typing is a simple tool available to everyone to help overcome the weight loss obstacles. Click here for all the details and stay tuned as I will discuss the subject in depth in upcoming blog posts.
*Sturm R, Wells KB. Does Obesity Contribute As Much to Morbidity As Poverty or Smoking? Public Health. 2001;115:229-295.
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