Modest weight loss appears to reverse many of the damaging changes often seen in the immune cells of obese people, particularly those with Type 2 diabetes, according to a new research.
The recent study, published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology Metabolism looked at 13 obese people with Type 2 diabetes or prediabetes who were limited to a diet of between 1000 and 1600 calories a day for 24 weeks. Gastric banding was performed at 12 weeks to help restrict food intake further.
The results showed an 80% reduction of pro-inflammatory T-helper cells, as well as reduced activation of other circulating immune cells (T cells, monocytes and neutrophils) and decreased activation of macrophages in fat.
The immune system is made up of many different kinds of cells that protect the body from germs, viruses and other invaders. These cells need to co-exist in a certain balance for good health to be maintained. Many factors, including diet and excess body fat, can tip this balance, creating cells that can attack, rather than protect, our bodies.
It has been known for some time that excess body fat, particularly abdominal fat, triggers the production of 'pro-inflammatory' immune cells, which circulate in the blood and can damage our bodies.
"Excess weight disorders now affect 50% of adult Australians, with obesity being the major cause of Type 2 diabetes and some cancers," said Katherine Samaras from Sydney's Garvan Institute of Medical Research. "The situation has reached crisis point, and people must be made aware that excess fat will affect their immune systems and therefore their survival."
Citation: A. Viardot, R. V. Lord, K. Samaras, 'The Effects of Weight Loss and Gastric Banding on the Innate and Adaptive Immune System in Type 2 Diabetes and Prediabetes', Journal of Clinical Endocrinology&Metabolism, 2010; doi: 10.1210/jc.2009-2371
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
Reducing weight can reduce your risk of diabetes by half !
Recently Australian scientists as well as Mediplex doctors have shown that modest weight loss can make a big difference to health. It is a documented fact that overweight patients are more prone to suffer from diabetes.
This is because excess body fat triggers the production of inflammatory reactions and reduce insulin sensitivity, harden arteries and cause type 2 diabetes.
But now scientists say modest weight loss could bring down production of those attacking immune cells to the same level found in lean people.
For 55-year-old Delhi Business Man, Mr. Malhotra, the battle with weight gain began at an early age.
"My first memory of being overweight is probably in primary school when my mother and family sent me away to some friend's farm and they had lots of scones and jam and cream there," he said.
"I came back and my mother said she would have to get a new uniform for me. So I've been overweight since then.
"In 1988 I was 112 (kilograms). At that stage I started working and went up, at the worst, to 135 (kilograms)."
That is when Mr Malhotra's doctor diagnosed him with type 2 diabetes and told to him to lose weight if he wanted to avoid having to take daily injections of insulin.
So that is what he did, with the help of Mediplex Program www.mediplex.in.
"I had the surgery in November 2007 and I was 125 (kilograms) ... and I'm down to about 88 at the moment," he said.
Along the way, the advancing diabetes has been reversed.
"All my medications have been reduced in half," Mr Malhotra said.
He was one of 20 obese patients monitored for a landmark study conducted looking at the benefits of weight loss.
The Doctors at Mediplex Health conducted the study and similar results were reported at australian university.
"What we showed for the first time was that the inflammation that's in the circulation and in fat tissue that characterises the obesity that's associated with diabetes can be pretty much gutted by modest weight reduction," she said.
"I was heartened by it, deeply heartened I must say, because most people struggle so much to lose any amount of weight and here we can show a profound benefit with even a small weight reduction."
And it is cheaper than some of the options.
"People are spending hundreds, if not thousands of dollars each year buying antioxidants and taking fish oils and all sorts of other things which are supposed to have anti-inflammatory action," she said.
"A little bit of calorie restriction and a modest amount of weight reduction will have a profound benefit."
While the study is an important advance for obese people with diabetes and other associated ailments, Professor Samaras says people are much better off if they avoid becoming obese in the first place.
Visit www.mediplex.in for more such results and talk to our doctors how your type 2 diabetes can be reversed.
Call at 9313520295
This is because excess body fat triggers the production of inflammatory reactions and reduce insulin sensitivity, harden arteries and cause type 2 diabetes.
But now scientists say modest weight loss could bring down production of those attacking immune cells to the same level found in lean people.
For 55-year-old Delhi Business Man, Mr. Malhotra, the battle with weight gain began at an early age.
"My first memory of being overweight is probably in primary school when my mother and family sent me away to some friend's farm and they had lots of scones and jam and cream there," he said.
"I came back and my mother said she would have to get a new uniform for me. So I've been overweight since then.
"In 1988 I was 112 (kilograms). At that stage I started working and went up, at the worst, to 135 (kilograms)."
That is when Mr Malhotra's doctor diagnosed him with type 2 diabetes and told to him to lose weight if he wanted to avoid having to take daily injections of insulin.
So that is what he did, with the help of Mediplex Program www.mediplex.in.
"I had the surgery in November 2007 and I was 125 (kilograms) ... and I'm down to about 88 at the moment," he said.
Along the way, the advancing diabetes has been reversed.
"All my medications have been reduced in half," Mr Malhotra said.
He was one of 20 obese patients monitored for a landmark study conducted looking at the benefits of weight loss.
The Doctors at Mediplex Health conducted the study and similar results were reported at australian university.
"What we showed for the first time was that the inflammation that's in the circulation and in fat tissue that characterises the obesity that's associated with diabetes can be pretty much gutted by modest weight reduction," she said.
"I was heartened by it, deeply heartened I must say, because most people struggle so much to lose any amount of weight and here we can show a profound benefit with even a small weight reduction."
And it is cheaper than some of the options.
"People are spending hundreds, if not thousands of dollars each year buying antioxidants and taking fish oils and all sorts of other things which are supposed to have anti-inflammatory action," she said.
"A little bit of calorie restriction and a modest amount of weight reduction will have a profound benefit."
While the study is an important advance for obese people with diabetes and other associated ailments, Professor Samaras says people are much better off if they avoid becoming obese in the first place.
Visit www.mediplex.in for more such results and talk to our doctors how your type 2 diabetes can be reversed.
Call at 9313520295
Biggest Looser Contest : Is it Safe
Recently an australian has become the first woman to win The Biggest Loser, shedding nearly half her body weight to win the contest.
Lisa Hose, 41, was crowned the winner on Sunday night’s finale of the reality television show, having trimmed down to a svelte 65.7 kilograms.
Ms Hose, who has two daughters aged 12 and 14, entered the competition weighing 121.9 kilograms, but managed to lose 56.2 kilograms during five months of intensive training. She will also take home $370,000 in prize money.
Before...Lisa Hose
An education assistant who works with disabled children, Ms Hose toppled Queensland’s Joe Medway, 21, who lost 82.7 kilograms to become runner-up in the closest final of the show’s history.
The biggest male contestant, 24-year-old Victorian Shannon Bourke, originally weighed 214.3 kilograms but finished in third place after losing nearly 90 kilograms. It was the largest weight loss by any contestant across all series, but the winner is the person who loses the largest percentage of their body weight.
Ms Hose said the experience had far exceeded her expectations.
"All I ever wanted from The Biggest Loser was to get my weight off and be a better role model to my beautiful daughters and to make my husband proud," she said.
"I could never have done it without the support of my trainer Shannan Ponton. Thanks to him, I am looking forward to a new beginning with my family."
At mediplex this is done regularaly ...met mother of two grown up children Mrs. Prema who has lost over 50 Kg .....read her story at http://mediplex.in/wt/Testimonials.html
Lisa Hose, 41, was crowned the winner on Sunday night’s finale of the reality television show, having trimmed down to a svelte 65.7 kilograms.
Ms Hose, who has two daughters aged 12 and 14, entered the competition weighing 121.9 kilograms, but managed to lose 56.2 kilograms during five months of intensive training. She will also take home $370,000 in prize money.
Before...Lisa Hose
An education assistant who works with disabled children, Ms Hose toppled Queensland’s Joe Medway, 21, who lost 82.7 kilograms to become runner-up in the closest final of the show’s history.
The biggest male contestant, 24-year-old Victorian Shannon Bourke, originally weighed 214.3 kilograms but finished in third place after losing nearly 90 kilograms. It was the largest weight loss by any contestant across all series, but the winner is the person who loses the largest percentage of their body weight.
Ms Hose said the experience had far exceeded her expectations.
"All I ever wanted from The Biggest Loser was to get my weight off and be a better role model to my beautiful daughters and to make my husband proud," she said.
"I could never have done it without the support of my trainer Shannan Ponton. Thanks to him, I am looking forward to a new beginning with my family."
At mediplex this is done regularaly ...met mother of two grown up children Mrs. Prema who has lost over 50 Kg .....read her story at http://mediplex.in/wt/Testimonials.html
Friday, April 16, 2010
Does dieting or cutting calories always help ?
If you are looking at loosing weight by simply cutting your calorie intake. Expert says it is not enough to prompt significant weight loss. This has been point of debate. According to research focused on a overweight monkeys at the Oregon National Primate Research Center were fed to a high-fat diet for several years before a switch to standard monkey food, with 30 per cent fewer calories. Thereafer monkeys' weight and activity levels were tracked over a month. This group of monkeys showed much less than expected weight loss but this group also showed reduced activity. The reason could be lowering of BMR or activation of alternating biochemical pathways to reduce calorie expenditure. Further reduction of physical activity marked that why low calories diet fail to reduce weight.
Only monkeys fed standard food who also ran on a treadmill for an hour every day lost a significant amount of weight.
In a similar study at Mediplex Weight Loss Institute, we found that people who are only dieting through other dieticians tend to be lethargic and less motivated to do exercise. They were loosing less weight than people who were undergoing our complete program which includes yoga, exercise, meditation, machines, as well as special diet plan which was varying every third day. Patients of this group felt healthier and happy: more motivated and lost more weight than inactive group.
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mediplex@gmail.com
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Doctors at Mediplex
P-15 A Jangpura Extn
Only monkeys fed standard food who also ran on a treadmill for an hour every day lost a significant amount of weight.
In a similar study at Mediplex Weight Loss Institute, we found that people who are only dieting through other dieticians tend to be lethargic and less motivated to do exercise. They were loosing less weight than people who were undergoing our complete program which includes yoga, exercise, meditation, machines, as well as special diet plan which was varying every third day. Patients of this group felt healthier and happy: more motivated and lost more weight than inactive group.
Write your feed back at
mediplex@gmail.com
www.mediplex.in
Doctors at Mediplex
P-15 A Jangpura Extn
Childhood Obesity
By Mediplex Doctors
Mediplex Health News
Reviewed by Dr. Sharma MD
US First Lady Mrs. Obama has initiated early intervention campaign to eradicate obesity.
Janet Wojcicki, PhD, MPH, UCSF assistant professor of pediatrics, and Melvin Heyman, MD, MPH, professor of pediatrics and chief of pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition at UCSF Children’s Hospital, discuss how ‘Let’s Move’ will impact obesity problem in New England Journal of Medicine.
Mediplex India has also introduced ‘Let’s Move Quickly’ in school obesity program in 2010, and outlined anti-obesity strategies. These include children to engage in physical activity, yoga, reading & understanding food labels to avoid high calorie foods.
According to Mediplex campaign in New Delhi, have shown that these interventional strategies do have the potential to alter the course of the childhood obesity epidemic to some extent. "These types of behavioral and nutrition interventions in schools or within the home have only limited success in preventing weight gain in children," the authors say. "Obesity prevention must start as early as possible, since school-age children already have an unacceptably high prevalence of obesity and associated medical conditions."
Do you wish to engage you or your school in this program, then write to us at Mediplex@gmail.com
Mediplex Health News
Reviewed by Dr. Sharma MD
US First Lady Mrs. Obama has initiated early intervention campaign to eradicate obesity.
Janet Wojcicki, PhD, MPH, UCSF assistant professor of pediatrics, and Melvin Heyman, MD, MPH, professor of pediatrics and chief of pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition at UCSF Children’s Hospital, discuss how ‘Let’s Move’ will impact obesity problem in New England Journal of Medicine.
Mediplex India has also introduced ‘Let’s Move Quickly’ in school obesity program in 2010, and outlined anti-obesity strategies. These include children to engage in physical activity, yoga, reading & understanding food labels to avoid high calorie foods.
According to Mediplex campaign in New Delhi, have shown that these interventional strategies do have the potential to alter the course of the childhood obesity epidemic to some extent. "These types of behavioral and nutrition interventions in schools or within the home have only limited success in preventing weight gain in children," the authors say. "Obesity prevention must start as early as possible, since school-age children already have an unacceptably high prevalence of obesity and associated medical conditions."
Do you wish to engage you or your school in this program, then write to us at Mediplex@gmail.com
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Obese Women Who Have Weight Loss Prior to Pregnancy Have Fewer Complications, Study Shows
Obese Women Who Have Weight Loss Prior to Pregnancy Have Fewer Complications, Study Shows
By Mediplex Doctors
Mediplex Health News
Reviewed by Dr. Sharma MD
April 14, 2010 -- Weight loss before pregnancy may help prevent complications for obese women.
High blood pressure, or preeclampsia, which raises the risk of premature birth and infant death are more common in obese women
In a new study, researchers found that obese women who had weight loss surgery prior to becoming pregnant were 75% less likely to have pregnancy complications related to high blood pressure than women who had the surgery after pregnancy.
Researchers say about a third of women of reproductive age in the U.S. are obese, defined as having a body mass index (BMI, a measurement of weight in relation to height) over 30, and 6%-8% are morbidly obese, with a BMI over 40.
For many of these women, weight loss through mediplex system is effective weight loss option. But researchers say little is known about the impact of weight loss surgery on the risk of pregnancy complications.
In the study, published in British Medical Journal, researchers compared the risk of high blood pressure-related pregnancy complications in 585 obese women aged 16-45 who had weight loss before or after pregnancy from 2002 to 2006.
The results showed that nearly 15% of women who delivered before weight loss had preeclampsia or eclampsia (the final stage of preclampsia if left untreated) compared to about 3% of women who had the surgery before delivery.
Overall, obese women who had weight loss surgery before pregnancy were 80% less likely to develop preeclampsia and eclampsia during pregnancy, and the risk of other blood pressure-related complications was also lower.
These lower rates of pregnancy complications were still evident after adjusting for the mother’s age at delivery, multiple pregnancy (twins or more), type of weight loss surgery, pre-existing diabetes, and type of health insurance.
Researcher Wendy L. Bennett, assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and colleagues say the results suggest that weight loss surgery should be considered for women of childbearing age with a BMI of 40 or more or a BMI of 35 or more with associated health problems.
In addition, they say more study is needed to examine long-term maternal and child health after pregnancies and deliveries following weight loss surgery
www.mediplex.in
By Mediplex Doctors
Mediplex Health News
Reviewed by Dr. Sharma MD
April 14, 2010 -- Weight loss before pregnancy may help prevent complications for obese women.
High blood pressure, or preeclampsia, which raises the risk of premature birth and infant death are more common in obese women
In a new study, researchers found that obese women who had weight loss surgery prior to becoming pregnant were 75% less likely to have pregnancy complications related to high blood pressure than women who had the surgery after pregnancy.
Researchers say about a third of women of reproductive age in the U.S. are obese, defined as having a body mass index (BMI, a measurement of weight in relation to height) over 30, and 6%-8% are morbidly obese, with a BMI over 40.
For many of these women, weight loss through mediplex system is effective weight loss option. But researchers say little is known about the impact of weight loss surgery on the risk of pregnancy complications.
In the study, published in British Medical Journal, researchers compared the risk of high blood pressure-related pregnancy complications in 585 obese women aged 16-45 who had weight loss before or after pregnancy from 2002 to 2006.
The results showed that nearly 15% of women who delivered before weight loss had preeclampsia or eclampsia (the final stage of preclampsia if left untreated) compared to about 3% of women who had the surgery before delivery.
Overall, obese women who had weight loss surgery before pregnancy were 80% less likely to develop preeclampsia and eclampsia during pregnancy, and the risk of other blood pressure-related complications was also lower.
These lower rates of pregnancy complications were still evident after adjusting for the mother’s age at delivery, multiple pregnancy (twins or more), type of weight loss surgery, pre-existing diabetes, and type of health insurance.
Researcher Wendy L. Bennett, assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and colleagues say the results suggest that weight loss surgery should be considered for women of childbearing age with a BMI of 40 or more or a BMI of 35 or more with associated health problems.
In addition, they say more study is needed to examine long-term maternal and child health after pregnancies and deliveries following weight loss surgery
www.mediplex.in
Revolutionary Height Increase Program of Mediplex
Revolutionary Height Increase Program of Mediplex
Forget about growth hormone injection or limb lengthening operation. They are way to expensive and dangerous for you. What you need is a safe, effective and affordable way to grow taller naturally and easily by using homeopathic medicine
it is seen that short height people are always tensed because of their height. Now you all can take a deep breath as now your height problem will be solved by Homeopathic treatment, yoga and nutritional counseling and supplement.
The homeopathic medicine acts mainly on three sites:-
1. Increase Growth Hormones Production
a. The growth is not only dependent on genetic but hormones equally plays important role in body's growth.
b. Your growth potential reduces especially after puberty because your pituitary gland becomes inactive. This medicine stimulates the pituitary gland to increased production of natural level of growth hormones, which causes growth of the cartilaginous portions of the vertebrae and the long bones.
2. Cartilages Growth
Al though most of your bones can't grow any longer after puberty, the articular cartilages that connect many bones can still grow thicker. Besides the distal potion on each vertebrae, the distal end of Femur and the proximal end of Tibia each can grow up to an inch, which gives another 2 inches extra height.
3. Spinal Column Extension
The Spinal column in upper body contributes significantly to r height because it accounts for 35% of total height.
One important component of the spine is inter-vertebral discs. These discs are located between each of 33 vertebrae. On average, your total discs account for one-quarter the length of your vertebral column - 4.5 to 6 inches for most people.
The thicker the discs, the longer your spinal column is and the taller you become.
Homeopathic medicine allows your height by expanding the discs and lengthening your spine.
Recent scientific research has proven that most young adults can still grow a few inches taller even after the bones in their lower body have become ossified. This is because besides the length of the femur bone, tibia bone, and other bones in the lower body, the length of the spinal column in the upper body also significantly contributes to human height.
One of the main questions people have about growing taller is whether it’s possible to grow taller even after puberty?
Yes, it is possible. We have many cases of customers in their late 20's and 30's and even beyond have reported positive results from our system and have grown several inches taller.
An average person, no matter what height he or she is, has the potential to be 2 - 4 inches taller, and often - even more!
Drs at mediplex includes famous senior homeopathic consultant specially for height increment, has treated several thousand cases during their 12 years of practice.
No side effects and after effects.
Height increases up to 15 cm.
It does not contains hormones or steroids.
For your convenient Treatment can also be send by courier for far off patients which includes DVD, medicines, supplements etc.
Contact
Mediplex Clinic® Headquarters:
P-15-A Jangpura Extn, New Delhi, India
Phone: (91) (011) (9313520295) and 9313314557
C34 A Kalkaji New Delhi India
Key words: Height Increase, Homeopathy, Yoga, Grow tall, Tall Kids
Forget about growth hormone injection or limb lengthening operation. They are way to expensive and dangerous for you. What you need is a safe, effective and affordable way to grow taller naturally and easily by using homeopathic medicine
it is seen that short height people are always tensed because of their height. Now you all can take a deep breath as now your height problem will be solved by Homeopathic treatment, yoga and nutritional counseling and supplement.
The homeopathic medicine acts mainly on three sites:-
1. Increase Growth Hormones Production
a. The growth is not only dependent on genetic but hormones equally plays important role in body's growth.
b. Your growth potential reduces especially after puberty because your pituitary gland becomes inactive. This medicine stimulates the pituitary gland to increased production of natural level of growth hormones, which causes growth of the cartilaginous portions of the vertebrae and the long bones.
2. Cartilages Growth
Al though most of your bones can't grow any longer after puberty, the articular cartilages that connect many bones can still grow thicker. Besides the distal potion on each vertebrae, the distal end of Femur and the proximal end of Tibia each can grow up to an inch, which gives another 2 inches extra height.
3. Spinal Column Extension
The Spinal column in upper body contributes significantly to r height because it accounts for 35% of total height.
One important component of the spine is inter-vertebral discs. These discs are located between each of 33 vertebrae. On average, your total discs account for one-quarter the length of your vertebral column - 4.5 to 6 inches for most people.
The thicker the discs, the longer your spinal column is and the taller you become.
Homeopathic medicine allows your height by expanding the discs and lengthening your spine.
Recent scientific research has proven that most young adults can still grow a few inches taller even after the bones in their lower body have become ossified. This is because besides the length of the femur bone, tibia bone, and other bones in the lower body, the length of the spinal column in the upper body also significantly contributes to human height.
One of the main questions people have about growing taller is whether it’s possible to grow taller even after puberty?
Yes, it is possible. We have many cases of customers in their late 20's and 30's and even beyond have reported positive results from our system and have grown several inches taller.
An average person, no matter what height he or she is, has the potential to be 2 - 4 inches taller, and often - even more!
Drs at mediplex includes famous senior homeopathic consultant specially for height increment, has treated several thousand cases during their 12 years of practice.
No side effects and after effects.
Height increases up to 15 cm.
It does not contains hormones or steroids.
For your convenient Treatment can also be send by courier for far off patients which includes DVD, medicines, supplements etc.
Contact
Mediplex Clinic® Headquarters:
P-15-A Jangpura Extn, New Delhi, India
Phone: (91) (011) (9313520295) and 9313314557
C34 A Kalkaji New Delhi India
Key words: Height Increase, Homeopathy, Yoga, Grow tall, Tall Kids
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