Most of my patients use the word "overweight" and "obesity" interchangeably. The two words are not synonymous.The medical-dictionary definition of obesity describes it as " a bodily condition marked by excessive generalized deposition and storage of fat." This means that throughout the body there is an excess of fatty tissue stored beneath the skin. The key word is...

Fat stored in the body can be made from any food component - carbohydrates, proteins or fats. When food is eaten, it travels to the stomach and intestines. Enzymes break down food into glucose, amino-acids and minute droplets of fats. The fats travel to the liver and are processed to form fatty acids and glycerol. From the liver, the fatty-acids enter circulation where they are broken down further...

The human body contains many glands. They are small sac like structures, each of which secrete various substances. Some called endocrine glands secrete hormones. The glands which are associated with obesity are: the pituitary, which is located at the base of the brain; the thyroid,located in front of and on either side of the windpipe ; the adrenals, two small glands located above each kidney ;...

It is possible that obesity could run in a family. But it is of utmost importance to understand the reasons which collectively make this mere possibility into a harsh reality as in the case of Mr. R.K.Mr. R.K. the financier, and his brothers V.K. and J.K. the diamond merchants all weighed over 100 kilos. His mother, Mrs. T.K. five feet three inches weighed 85 kilos.At social functions they were an...

Obesity has not always received such a favourable press, but Shakespeare’s observation reflects popular psychology - that the fat person is more contented than the slim one - or simply different mentally. Let us see that what the psychologists really say.

The success of a weight-reducing programme is based on extreme co-operation and motivation on the part of an obese person. You have to want to reduce.Anyone who wants to reduce must feel strongly enough about it so that he will adhere to a reasonable reducing-regimen and adhere to it full time. One cannot follow it five days a week and hope for results. As you will see my plan for a...

According to many aunts and grandmothers, lemon juice will help you lose weight. They can’t tell why they believe this, possibly because they heard it from someone, somewhere. The scientific evidence is that the vitamin C in lemon juice helps repair worn out tissue but does not destroy fat. Lemon juice may be healthful as a source of nutrients, but it is valueless as a treatment for obesity. Lemon...

It is a matter of fact that dieting doesn’t work. It never has , and it never will. The sheer number should prove this to you. How many diets have there been over the last twenty years? Fifty ?One hundred? Magazine readers are constantly plagued by the promise on the cover "to take off 5 kilos in two weeks" with tips or with one or another diet made up to sell magazines. If they really...

The Amphetamine group of drugs have a powerful stimulant action on the central nervous system. The drug postpones sleepiness and fatigue, stimulates mental and physical activity energy expenditure and well-being. It also diminishes appetite when taken before meals. And this effect is sought after to keep the reduce satisfied with less quantity of food.

To a good many obese people, life is a constant battle of the bulge. Obese people are easy prey to all sorts of fads, gimmicks and gadgets. Most obese persons out of consideration for their health and their families would rather not weigh too much, and with all the best intentions they become victims of miracle cures and "health culture" business which thrives on calisthenics,...

The operation you have heard of is a surgical procedure called Liposuction. Liposuction is a method by which the surgeon, loosens and removes fat from any area of the body using metal tubes connected to a suction machine. It was done by a fifty-five-year-old Parisian doctor, Dr. Genard Illouz in 1977.

You cannot exercise and lose weight. Exercise will not reduce you. According to Dr. O.P. Kapoor, Honorary Professor of Medicine J.J. Group of Hospitals Bombay " Routine exercises do not lead to weight loss, only very heavy exercises lead to weight loss. But heavy exercises can prove dangerous in an obese person whose body is already over burdened with excess weight. Doctors constantly warn...

The basic idea of a slimming centre or a weight loss centre is to scientifically help an obese person to trim excess fat off. What should otherwise have place under the banner of medical profession, has now become a multimillion rupee business.

Food is the most important single factor in connection with attainment and maintenance of health. Every drop of blood in the body is conditioned by the food we eat and it is blood that every tissue, every organ, every gland, and indeed every function of the body fundamentally depends on. The function of food is to supply the body with the materials necessary for the growth, maintenance, repair and...

Protein is a word of Greek origin, meaning "primal life substance." Your body is a collection of millions of microscopic cells and each cell contains chemicals, which must have protein, raw materials upon which its life and therefore yours, depends.