Obesity Is Not Disease But Like a Disease, Health News ( Like) Update

Obesity

obesity

Obesity is a condition where a person has accumulated so much body fat that it might have a negative effect on their health.

If a person's body weight is at least 20% higher than it should be, he or she is considered obese. If your Body Mass Index (B M I) is between 25 and 29.9 you are considered overweight. If your B M I is 30 or over you are considered obese.

Health Risks ;-

Obesity is a term that means you weigh at least 20% more than what is considered a normal weight for your height. It makes you more likely to have conditions including:

Health Risks;-

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Obesity is a term that means you weigh at least 20% more than what is considered a normal weight for your height. It makes you more likely to have conditions including:

1.Heart disease and stroke

2.High blood pressure

3.Diabetes

4.Some cancers

5.Gallbladder disease and gallstones

6.Osteoarthritis

7.Gout

8.Breathing problems,

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9.sleep apnea (when a person stops breathing for short episodes during sleep)

10. asthma

Heart Disease and Stroke

Extra weight makes you more likely to have high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Both of those conditions make heart disease or stroke more likely.

The good news is that losing a small amount of weight can reduce your chances of developing heart disease or a stroke. Losing 5%-10% of your weight is proven to lower your chance of developing heart disease.

Type 2 Diabetes

Most people who have type 2 diabetes are overweight or obese. You can cut your risk of developing type 2 diabetes by losing weight, eating a balanced diet, getting adequate sleep, and exercising more.

If you have type 2 diabetes, losing weight and becoming more physically active can help control your blood sugar levels. Becoming more active may also reduce your need for diabetes medication.

Cancer

Cancers of the colon, breast (after menopause), endometrium (the lining of the uterus), kidney, and esophagus are linked to obesity. Some studies have also reported links between obesity and cancers of the gallbladder, ovaries, and pancreas.

Gallbladder Disease

Gallbladder disease and gallstones are more common if you are overweight.

Ironically, weight loss itself, particularly rapid weight loss or loss of a large amount of weight, can make you more likely to get gallstones. Losing weight at a rate of about 1 pound a week is less likely to cause gallstones.

Osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis is a common joint condition that most often affects the knee, hip, or back. Carrying extra pounds places extra pressure on these joints and wears away the cartilage (tissue cushioning the joints) that normally protects them.

Weight loss can ease stress on the knees, hips, and lower back and may improve the symptoms of osteoarthritis.

Gout

Gout is a disease that affects the joints. It happens when you have too much uric acid in your blood. The extra uric acid can form crystals that deposit in the joints.

Gout is more common in overweight people. The more you weigh, the more likely you are to get gout.

Over the short term, sudden weight changes may lead to a flare-up of gout. If you have a history of gout, check with your doctor for the best way to lose weight.

Sleep Apnea

Sleep apnea is a breathing condition that's linked to being overweight.

Sleep apnea can cause a person to snore heavily and to briefly stop breathing during sleep. Sleep apnea may cause daytime sleepiness and make heart disease and stroke more likely.

specially it may seen that in development countries ,like USA ,UK ,UAE ,

but in asian countries & African low percentage of OBESITY

Medication;-

1.Orlistat. Orlistat  reduces intestinal fat absorption by inhibiting pancreatic lipase. ...
2.Lorcaserin. Lorcaserin was approved June 28, 2012 for obesity with other co-morbidity. ...
3.Sibutramine.
4.Rimonabant.
5Metformin. .
6.Exenatide/Liraglutide. .
Other drugs.

PREVENTION IS BETTER THN MEDICINES.

Vitamin A (Retinol) Health Benefits ,Discovery,History, Source,Uses Free

VITAMIN A

VITAMIN A :-(RETINOL)

DISCOVERY:-

In 1912, an English biochemist called Frederick Gowland Hopkins found unknown factors present in milk that were not fats, proteins or carbohydrates, but Hopkins was later awarded the Nobel Prize (in 1929) for this discovery. In 1917, Elmer McCollum from the University of Wisconsin–Madison along with Lafayette Mendel and Thomas Burr Osborne from Yale University discovered one of these substances while researching the role of dietary fats. In 1918, these “accessory factors” were described as fat soluble and in 1920, they were referred to as vitamin A.

VITAMIN 

HISTORY:-

VitaminA is a group of unsaturated nutritional organic compounds that includes retinol, retinal, retinoic acid, and several provitamin A carotenoids (most notably beta-carotene) 

USES:-

Vitamin A is a vitamin. It can be found in many fruits, vegetables, eggs, whole milk, butter, fortified margarine, meat, and oily saltwater fish. 

1.Vitamin A is used for treating vitamin A deficiency. It is also used to reduce complications of diseases such as malaria, HIV, measles, and diarrhea in children with vitamin A deficiency.

2.Women use vitamin A for heavy menstrual periods, 

premenstrual syndrome (PMS), vaginal infections, yeast infections, “lumpy breasts” (fibrocystic breast disease), and to prevent breast cancer. Some women with HIV use vitamin A to decrease the risk of transmitting HIV to the baby during pregnancy, childbirth, or breast-feeding.

3.Men use vitamin A to raise their sperm count.

4.Some people use vitamin A for improving vision and treating eye disorders including age-related macular degeneration (AMD), glaucoma, and cataracts.

5.Vitamin A is also used for skin conditions including acne, eczema, psoriasis, cold sores, wounds, burns, sunburn, keratosis follicularis (Darier’s disease), ichthyosis(noninflammatory skin scaling), lichen planus pigmentosus, and pityriasis rubra pilaris.

6.It is also used for gastrointestinal ulcers, Crohn’s disease, gum disease, diabetes, Hurler syndrome (mucopolysaccharidosis), sinus infections, hayfever, and urinary tract infections (UTIs).

7.Vitamin A is also used for shigellosis, diseases of the nervous system, nose infections, loss of sense of smell, asthma, persistent headaches, kidney stones, overactive thyroid, iron-poor blood (anemia), deafness, ringing in the ears, and precancerous mouth sores (leukoplakia).
8.Other uses include preventing and treating cancer, protecting the heart and cardiovascular system, slowing the aging process, and boosting the immune system.

9.Vitamin A is applied to the skin to improve wound healing, reduce wrinkles, and to protect the skin against UV radiation.

SIDE EFFECT:-

 HYPERSENSITIVITY OF DRUG 

1.NAUSEA

2.ANOREXIA

3.INSOMNIA

4.FATIGUE

5.RENAL FAILURE

6.VOMITING 

7. Blurry vision, 

8.Toxicity

Important Sources Of Vitamin :-

1.cod liver oil

2.eggs yolk

3.milk

4.color fruits

5.vegetables

6.mango

7.tomato

8.apricot seed 

PREVENTION IZ BETTER THN 

MEDICINES.

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