Archive for June, 2008

Disrupting the vagus nerve, which runs between the gut and the brain, may supplant obesity surgery.

When the stomach is empty, the vagus nerve informs the brain and triggers the feeling of hunger. When the stomach contains food, the vagus tells the brain and relays back the brain’s commands to secrete stomach acid to help digest the food.

The brain’s control of the passage of food through the digestive system also relies on the vagus nerve. In short, without the vagus, we would get less hungry, and food would stay longer in the stomach.

Disrupting this communication, they believe, could lead to safe, effective and sustained weight loss — mainly by cutting off signals from the gut that tell the brain it’s time to eat. The concept still has to be validated.

Two different methods of disrupting the vagus nerve are now in clinical trials. One method, vagotomy, simply cuts the nerve and permanently disables it. The other, vagal nerve blocking, uses an electric current to periodically confuse the nerve and prevent it from transmitting signals.

Preliminary results suggest that both methods help to safely reduce excess body weight by about 20% on average within six months of therapy.

Generation of excess calories in your body actually depends on your food habits. Reducing these calories can become a tough task for you.

If you start counting the total intake of calories in a day, you will be shocked by the amount of calories which you consume in a day, especially when you take fast foods.

So, in order to cut these excess calories in your body and to achieve a successful weight loss, it is very essential for you to switch on from high calorie diet to low calorie diet.

Eating smart can help you in controlling the calorie intake in your body.

Calories can be reduced in your body by maintaining haphazard dieting, which means, having nutritious food at regular intervals of time.

Here are certain tips which can help you considerably in reducing the excess calorie intake.

6 effective ways to reduce excess calories:

Cutting excess calories!

Reducing weight goes on par with cutting calories, determination and self discipline. Once you begin eating healthy stuff with minimum amount of taste enhancers, you will notice a drastic change in the intake of fats and calories [Dietary planning].

Are you really conscious about your health? Being health conscious doesn’t essentially imply that you should not enjoy your marvelous holiday season.

Having a little bit more than the usual doesn’t cause any harm to your health.

Being health conscious simply mean that you must continue to be cautious while having different kinds of foods and at the same time you must be prepared for all kinds of festivities.

So, don’t get anxious about this particular issue of maintaining better health during holidays.

There are several ways which can help you significantly to strike a balance between maintaining a healthy diet and joining the parties with more excitement and fun.

So, if you are really concerned about what to eat and what not to, here are certain useful tips, which you need to consider before having any kind of foods during partying or even in holidays [Effective fitness tips to stay fit and healthy].

Tips for healthy eating during holidays:

Develop regular exercise routine!

As we all know, developing a better exercise routine in your daily schedule can help you in many ways. But most of you find a very little time, particularly in your holiday season, rather than in your normal working days. So, try to take the maximum opportunity to develop a better exercise regime in your holiday season.