Monday, March 2, 2009

Almost Everyone Can Benefit From A Low Fat Diet

By Haiyan Lai-Heskin

300 million people worldwide are obese. Studies have shown that obesity and heart disease are inevitably linked. And more than half of all deaths occurring each year in the United States are heart attacks and strokes.

One of the reasons people are encouraged to lose weight, exercise regularly and make wiser food choices is to avoid obesity. Therefore, losing weight is not just for beauty purpose, it actually will save your life.

The great danger of the heart disease is that people can suddenly have a massive heart attack and drop dead. People can have heart disease without any sign or symptoms for decades.

Diet and weight are two powerful forces for health that you can control. If you are currently overweight, you should do something about diet. And you can lose excess (unhealthy) weight easily, safely by eliminating certain foods from your diet, by including others in the right amounts, and by the use of nutritional supplements, you can achieve at least a 50 per cent protection against heart attack.

In the United States and Europe butter, eggs, whole milk, cream, meat, fish and poultry fats, and cheese in various combinations is the outstanding fats are being eaten daily.

In these fats, per gram contain 9 calories, which is more than twice the amount of calories than protein or carbohydrate does at four calories each per gram.

Researchs show that the reduction of fat content in the national diet have many effect on the number of deaths from heart attack. The low fat diet proved to be effective in reducing weight and promoting general good health.

Strong evidence has shown by pathologists, doctors, and medical researchers that when the arteries were correspondingly high in the degree of damage or destruction by atherosclerosis, the blood cholesterol and fats are high. And when the blood levels of fat were low, the damage to heart and brain was also low.

By following a correct nutritional program, and to follow it consistently, one might almost say religiously, you will achieve the correct poundage and to keep it at that figure. But first you have to make up your mind that you want to do it, and then do it. And then stick to it.

Let us "eat to live, not live to eat." The low-fat diet holds great promise for everyone, whether the person has atherosclerosis or not. The low-fat way of life can be followed by anyone, anywhere, and it is simple, safe, effective. - 15343

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