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Written by Jerry O'Donnell


Losing Weight—Step 2 Here isrepparttar second step in losing weight.

A couple decades ago, someone came up withrepparttar 113569 idea that six little meals a day would be easier onrepparttar 113570 stomach as compared to three regular meals. A couple decades later we now wonder why America is so overweight.

When we “snack” all day,repparttar 113571 stomach needs to finish digestingrepparttar 113572 previous meal and what you just ate sits while it catchesrepparttar 113573 food up torepparttar 113574 consistency ofrepparttar 113575 digesting food, but inrepparttar 113576 meantimerepparttar 113577 already digested food is beginning to become unusable, which means it becomes fat.

Thinking outside the box concerning congestive heart failure.

Written by Greg Post


“Think outsiderepparttar box!” These words show up in commercials, boardrooms, operating rooms and casual conversations. They have becomerepparttar 113568 calling card ofrepparttar 113569 young creative hotshot trying to secure an impressive position in a choice company. They markrepparttar 113570 inventive thinker and condemnrepparttar 113571 one doing everything inrepparttar 113572 same old fashion. Forrepparttar 113573 most part we live in a world where new is better and change in and of itself is considered a good thing.

But there are some boxes in which our thinking seems to be locked. I have in mind one particular box which conforms us torepparttar 113574 idea that health is a matter of fixing problems after they present themselves. There is no doubt that medical science has advanced at a remarkable rate. We are daily finding cures for diseases that have plagued us for all history. But medical science is notrepparttar 113575 savior of careless living. It is time to think outsiderepparttar 113576 box of waiting until there is an evident problem before we do anything about it. Or perhaps it is more accurate to say that we should return torepparttar 113577 box that says, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”

One case in point, among many others, is demonstrated byrepparttar 113578 rise in heart disease in developed and developing countries. In particular to this article isrepparttar 113579 increase in incidence of congestive heart failure. Congestive heart failure is not so much a disease as it isrepparttar 113580 end result of heart degradation. Sometimesrepparttar 113581 cause is not known. But most often it is caused by one or more long-term ailments that stressrepparttar 113582 heart torepparttar 113583 point that it simply can not function properly.

Here is an example. Perhaps a patient has lived with elevated blood pressure for many years. Long-term hypertension is one ofrepparttar 113584 leading causes of CHF. The patient might make some efforts to reduce his blood pressure but is not overly concerned about it. After all, we live in a high speed world. Hypertension is common amongrepparttar 113585 hard working. It becomes an acceptable part of every day living inrepparttar 113586 modern world.

But high blood pressure is one common condition that works for years to wear onrepparttar 113587 cardiovascular system resulting in a number of serious ailments, notrepparttar 113588 least of which is congestive heart failure. The fact that something does not kill us in a week does not logically imply that it will not kill us. Hypertension causesrepparttar 113589 heart to work harder ultimately weakening it over time. The weakening ofrepparttar 113590 heart coupled with a vascular system not conducive to efficiently transporting blood due to hypertension and atherosclerosis (clogging ofrepparttar 113591 arteries) can only lead to trouble. The heart gets torepparttar 113592 point that it simply can not keep up withrepparttar 113593 work load. The patient then turns to medical science for a cure; or perhaps a miracle. Twenty years of neglect, and even abuse, is expected to fade away withrepparttar 113594 swallowing of a few pills.

The blood pressure example is just that, an example. Atherosclerosis is another. Atherosclerosis comes fromrepparttar 113595 Greek words athero (meaning gruel or paste) and sclerosis (meaning hardness). The combination ofrepparttar 113596 two meanings provides a rather gruesome picture of a hard paste (plaque) being deposited in our blood vessels. Not a pretty sight from any angle. When plaque buildup sufficiently restricts blood flow torepparttar 113597 major organs serious repercussions can occur notrepparttar 113598 least of which is heart attach, stroke or long-term congestive heart failure.

It is believed by many scientists that atherosclerosis begins when damage occurs torepparttar 113599 innermost layer ofrepparttar 113600 artery. Such damage can be caused by high levels of cholesterol and triglycerides, high blood pressure, smoking, diabetes and obesity. It stands to reason, then, that controlling these conditions can go a long way toward reducingrepparttar 113601 effects of atherosclerosis and, by logical inference, congestive heart failure.

There are many more possible examples that could be given. The above represent only a couple common possibilities. But notice even in these two examplesrepparttar 113602 amount of overlap. High blood pressure affects atherosclerosis buildup. Smoking has an effect on both conditions. It isrepparttar 113603 same with other conditions as well. The same, then, is also true with treatments. Taking steps to control one area of heart health usually provides beneficial results in other areas. And these benefits in return aid in prevention and treatment of CHF.

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