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The weight loss surgery is considered an ideal treatment for the people, who are suffering from a problem of obesity but now a new study has shown some other health benefits of this surgery.
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The Bariatric weight-loss surgery for the obese people with type 2 disease can have very unexpected results, a study has shown that 3 out of 4 people had stop taking insulin and other diabetes medicines within the six months of the surgery.
Study’s lead author, Dr. Martin Makary, a surgeon and associate professor of surgery and of public health at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine said that “We’ve got a new epidemic in the world replacing smoking — its obesity. And, the number one health consequence of obesity is type 2 diabetes. Now, we have an effective surgical intervention for two major health problems”.
Green Tea Benefits
Green tea is undeniably an extraordinary natural ingredient that has special affects on health. Green tea healthy affects indications are from the study of four thousand years ago. Green tea as health tonic is being used is Asia for the last four thousand years, but recently scientists have found very good medical affects on human health. These research conclusions have proven that green tea holds different restorative and remedial features. Researches in Asia and in West have provided the solid verifications about the benefits those are associated with drinking of green tea.
The important green tea affects are:
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Green tea has good affects to enhance one’s vitality.
- Weight loss programs important component is green tea. Scientists are working to find out the benefits of diets having green tea. The results of these studies are showing that green tea has definitely good affects on health and weight loss.
- Latest researches depending upon current and past studies findings are showing that green tea is a promising therapy for cancer. Green tea diet can wash out cancer cells without affecting the healthy cells in body. Read the rest of this entry
It is not something new; you probably already know that when your body is not able to produce or utilise insulin, diabetes results.
Insulin helps your food become energy in your cells. Thus, not only will your cells be low on energy, the energy source, that is, glucose will accumulate in your blood.
This high level of glucose will cause damage to your major organs including eyes, heart and kidney.
The American Diabetes Association says that 6.3% of the American population are diabetics. Now, that is a staggering number.While Type I is more common among children, Type II is common among adults. However, even children are developing Type II diabetes because of being obese.
What types are there?
There is the Type I, in which there is total insulin lack and mostly children have this type. The other is Type II, in which there is not enough insulin production or proper insulin usage. This is more common and most often develops in adults.
Different statistics suggest that more than 65% adults in the U.S. are overweight and obesity has become a serious health concern in the country. “We need more effective interventions because long-term weight loss and prevention of its regain are not according to desires in adults,” the author of below mentioned study states.
According to a study, published in Archive of Internal Medicine, besides limiting calories, obese women required something more to maintain their weight loss over the period of two years as they need 55 minutes daily exercise five days in a week.
John M. Jakicic, Ph.D. of the University of Pittsburgh and collogues conducted that research in which they calculated the required amount of exercise by studying 201 obese women who were enrolled in a weight loss intervention from 1999 to 2003.
