You can vastly improve your overall health by losing weight. Losing weight is tough, but it is well worth the effort. Anyone thinking about losing weight needs to realize the benefits it has on their health over time.
Here are just a few of the benefits to losing extra pounds:
Weight loss prevents high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke.
These are three very good reasons to lose weight, heart disease is the number one killer in adult women as well as men in the USA and it is responsible for many cases of disability. High levels of blood fat or triglycerides and cholesterol are common in people who are overweight.
Angina, will restrict the amount of oxygen that reaches your heart, it can also cause chest pain and is a common type of heart problem.
Due to a lack of obvious signs or symptoms, death can come suddenly from stroke or heart attack.
Fortunately, even a five to ten percent reduction of body fat can lower the odds of having a stroke or heart attack. Triglyceride and cholesterol levels decrease and heart function improves as weight reduction is achieved.
Weight reduction can be a benefit to a person with Type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes is a life threatening disease. A diabetic has to make adjustments in their diet as well as general lifestyle to avoid possible complications from the disease. Obesity is linked to diabetes; persons with both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes are likely to be overweight. Losing weight as well as proper diet and exercise helps to control blood sugar in those already afflicted with diabetes. Simple exercises such as walking will get the blood circulating, increase energy, and help to remove unwanted pounds.
Weight reduction decreases cancer risks.
Being overweight is linked with a number of kinds of cancer. Specially for women, the common types of cancer that are associated with being overweight include cancer of the uterus, gallbladder, ovary, breast, and colon. This is not meant to scare you, this is only to keep you informed. Men are at risk too from developing cancer if they are overweight. These include cancer of the colon, prostate and rectum. Extra weight, a diet high in fat and cholesterol should as much as possible be avoided.
Weight loss reduces sleep apnea.
Weight reduction could eliminate it completely. A person with sleep apnea stops breathing periodically throughout the night for short periods. As breathing resumes, there is heavy snoring with sleep apnea. An obese person with sleep apnea will suffer from extreme drowsiness throughout the day as well as an increased risk of heart problems. Reducing excess body fat can reduce or eliminate this condition.
Weight loss reduces the pain of osteoarthritis.
When one weighs heavily, the joints of his or her knees, hips and lower back would have to exert double, if not triple, effort to carry him or her through out his or her waking, walking and moving life. This could cause tension and stress on these joints. Weight loss decreases the load these joints carry thus decreasing, if not eliminating, the pain of one who has osteoarthritis.
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