Being overweight or obese may increase the risk of many health conditions.
Let your tape measure do the talking and throw away the bathroom scales!
Waist circumference is increasingly supplanting body mass index as the preferred indicator of obesity-related cardiovascular risk, both in research studies and clinical practice, Robert H. Eckel. M.D., said at the annual scientific sessions of the American Heart Association.
"Many people believe we have been overfocusing on body mass index.... I think the database worldwide is suggesting waist circumference is a better measure of risk than weight itself or BMI," said Dr. Eckel, who is AHA president-elect as well as professor of medicine at the University of Colorado, Denver.
A healthy waist measurement (reflecting low coronary risk) is below 37 inches/94 cm for men and 32 inches/ 80 cm for women
The greatest health risks are associated with waist measurements greater than 40 inches/102 cm for men and 35 inches/88 cm for women.
When you look at the 10 Biomarkers for Vitality (sometimes called Anti-aging) you will see the critical need for reducing body fat relative to lean muscle mass. This will raise the Base Metabolic Rate, increase Aerobic capacity, bring both blood sugar, the cholesterol – HDL ratio and blood pressure back toward normal range
1.Muscle mass
2.Strength
3.Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
4.Body fat percentage
5.Aerobic capacity
6.Blood sugar within normal range*
7.Cholesterol-HDL ratio within normal range
8.Blood pressure within normal range
9.Bone density within normal range
10.Ability to regulate internal temperature
Improving our diets, increased physical activity; including an exercise program, are all important, but frequently for many people it’s not enough to turn off the fat switch....
Anything that a person can do to target fat loss will have a positive impact on most of the 10 biomarkers of vitality. It's not about how many pounds/kilos you lose - it's about how much fat you lose and how much lean muscle you keep.
The problem with most traditional weight loss programs, whether they are diet pills, herbal diet supplements, low-fat diets, low carb diets or detox and fasting along with exercise regimes is that quite often 50% of the weight loss is fat and 50% is muscle… not good in the long run when you revert to ‘normal living’ and the fat returns but not the muscle!
1.Muscle mass
2.Strength
3.Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
4.Body fat percentage
5.Aerobic capacity
6.Blood sugar within normal range*
7.Cholesterol-HDL ratio within normal range
8.Blood pressure within normal range
9.Bone density within normal range
10.Ability to regulate internal temperature
Improving our diets, increased physical activity; including an exercise program, are all important, but frequently for many people it’s not enough to turn off the fat switch....
Anything that a person can do to target fat loss will have a positive impact on most of the 10 biomarkers of vitality. It's not about how many pounds/kilos you lose - it's about how much fat you lose and how much lean muscle you keep.
The problem with most traditional weight loss programs, whether they are diet pills, herbal diet supplements, low-fat diets, low carb diets or detox and fasting along with exercise regimes is that quite often 50% of the weight loss is fat and 50% is muscle… not good in the long run when you revert to ‘normal living’ and the fat returns but not the muscle!
A specially formulated whey protein blend can help you lose fat without sacrificing muscle mass. Through advanced peptide technology, a patented process, specific parts of whey protein, called peptides, are extracted and concentrated to provide an effective level of “fat-loss” peptides.
These peptides are blended with calcium-rich minerals from whey and an essential glyconutrient called N-acetylneuraminic acid. This synergistic blend switches your metabolism from an anabolic to catabolic, reduces angiotension and targets fat-loss, not lean-loss.....
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