Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) deficiency

April 19, 2014

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) deficiency-Key issues Introduced

NAD Stimulates production of dopamine, serotonin, and noradrenaline, thereby improving moods

I want to introduce this discussion with an illustration “proper functionality of your car”. For your car to serve you well, it will need to be fueled, well lubricated and mechanically checked from time to time. When these are not done you will not get the best from your car and instead it may become disastrous to you. NAD is like these elements the car need to function well. Your body will not function well without NAD and so what is this great element that the body needs so much and how does it function in the body? Keep reading and find out.

NAD stands for Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, which is the chemical term for a molecule that reacts with oxygen in the mitochondria in every cell of your body in order to create energy so you can function properly and move, breathe, pump blood, digest food, think, and generally, live your life. The absence of this essential cellular fuel is now recognized as a key feature of chronic fatigue, apathy, depression, anxiety, alcohol and drug addiction, weak immune system (infections and cancer), muscle pain and weakness, headaches, memory disturbance, sleep problems, focus and concentration defects and other chronic diseases. NAD deficiency may be an unrecognized epidemic of cellular disease.

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) deficiency-Functions and Benefits of NAD

Nevertheless friends, we may not understand the importance of NAD in our body until we identify its key roles in the body. To help us get the facts right let us look at some of the functions of NAD in the body which include:

Increases energy in brain cells
Stimulates production of dopamine, serotonin, and noradrenaline, thereby improving moods
Increases energy in heart cells
Protects and repairs DNA, reducing DNA mutations which contribute to atherosclerosis, cancer, immunodeficiency, rheumatoid arthritis, and much more
Lowers cholesterol
Lowers blood pressure
Strengthens the immune system
Stimulates nitric oxide production, thereby improving blood flow in the body

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) deficiency-Effects of NAD to the affected and infected people

Medical research has shown that NAD therapy has positive effect to several medical conditions. The following are some of the medical conditions that improve greatly as a result of this therapy:

Chronic fatigue
Depression
Anxiety
Alcohol and drug addiction
Sleep disturbance
Memory loss (forgetfulness)
Attention deficit
Diabetes
Muscle pain and weakness
Joint pain and stiffness
Headaches
Fevers, sore throats and swollen lymph glands
Parkinson’s disease
Cancer

Research has also shown that NAD does not only benefits persons with medical condition but can also provide the following benefits to healthy people:

Increased physical energy
Improved mental performance
Improved response to short term sleep deprivation
Reduce the effects of jet lag
Enhance libido
Anti-aging

Since NAD is so fundamental to good health, how is it that we can become deficient in this powerful molecule? First of all, the vitamins, minerals, complex carbohydrates, proteins and fats come from our diet and provide the building blocks to citric acid cycle energy production. If either of the nutritional factors is low, energy production is weakened. Since oxygen is just as important as hydrogen in cellular energetics, lack of exercise and shallow breathing due to stress are common factors that can reduce the amount of oxygen at the cell level. And finally the enzymes that catalyze the citric acid cycle are often inhibited or destroyed by chemical or physical toxins that create oxidative, or free radical, damage.

Free radical damage comes from cigarette smoke, drugs, radio waves from cell phones and Wi-Fi, and the myriad chemicals found in all humans at this time on earth, including phalates, parabens, pesticides, styrene, benzene, toluene, and thousands more. For example, medical scientists now widely believe that Alzheimer’s dementia and Parkinson’s disease share the common feature of nerve cell degeneration due to impairment of the ATP producing enzymes with the citric acid cycle and mitochondria.

Genetic NAD deficiency may be present at birth and appear in children as poor sleeping, behavioral problems, hyperactivity, impaired concentration, academic stress and underachievement. Some people have been tired and depressed for as long as they can remember. For these people there is a greater tendency to try drugs and alcohol in order to improve energy and mood, and simply feel better, but the risk for addiction is high.

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) deficiency-Genetics and addiction

A word of caution is necessary as we discuss genetics and addiction, or, any other disease. Inherited variations in genes do not invariably lead to disease. Lifestyle and mind style factors often override, so to speak, a genetic tendency. Basically the DNA is the hardware in the computer and the epigenome is the software, which is influenced by our lifestyle and the choices we make in our lives. The epigenome responds to our thoughts, emotions, beliefs and overall stress levels, as well as our diet, exercise levels and other features of our daily lives. Basically, the genes put the bullet in the gun, but it is our lifestyle and mind style that pulls the trigger.

NAD deficiency

There may be a genetic polymorphism that reduces a gene coding for a mitochondrial protein which regulates NAD production. Since mitochondrial DNA is all received from the mother through the egg (no mitochondria are found in sperm) we can look to the maternal side for clues to energy production in the family history.

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) deficiency-Dopamine D2 receptor impairment

Since the primary neurotransmitter of the reward pathway is dopamine, genes for dopamine synthesis, degradation, receptors, and transporters are indicators for further consideration. Also, serotonin, norepinephrine, GABA, opioid, and cannabinoid neurons all modify dopamine metabolism and dopamine neurons. Therefore, defects in various combinations of the genes for these neurotransmitters may result in a Reward Deficiency Syndrome (RDS).

Finally I will not be doing you any form of justice if I don’t let you know of experts you can make further enquiries from. Matters of health are not just about reading and understanding what you have read from books, internet or articles like this one. Every one of us will need a professional touch for effectiveness and that is ware doctor Dalal Akoury comes in. she is an expert in chronic problems, addiction and obesity. A visit at AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center under Doctor Akoury’s care will be all you need to regain your life completely.

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) deficiency-Key issues Introduced

Neurotransmitter Restoration (NTR)

April 18, 2014

Neurotransmitter Restoration (NTR)-Addiction Recovery using Intravenous NAD & amino acids

Besides Neurotransmitter Restoration (NTR), Addiction Recovery can be achieved by physical activities.

The first step in addiction recovery is a functional medical investigation targeting the conditions in the body that facilitates fatigue, anxiety, depression, reduced pain tolerance, poor focus and the likes. These common underlying conditions include food sensitivities, gluten intolerance, adrenal and thyroid imbalances, malabsorption, neurotransmitter deficiency and NAD deficiency. Since these issues are treatable, normally with nutritional supplements and diet, the patient receives intravenous NAD and amino acids based in individually designed protocols for a 10 day period of time. The IV NAD and amino acids improves brain function based on higher levels of cellular energy production along with increased neurotransmitters, such as serotonin. There could be some withdrawal symptoms for a period of two or three days which is easily manageable and so should not worry you much. After three to five days as withdrawal symptoms disappear, craving subsides and clarity of thinking is restored.

It should be noted that this treatment is not a substitute for recovery, but it is the beginning of the process of healing. The moment the brain and body are functioning better, the patient has the energy, clarity and focus to engage in the recovery process. The patient will be able to understand the reasons for compulsive behavior and with better health and motivation they can stop compulsive behaviors and make informed choices that are self-supportive rather than self-destructive.

Some studies done in the past five decades reveals the efficacy and safety of IV NAD in detoxifying patients from alcohol, opiates, tranquilizers and stimulants. Like the early studies, our experience with the protocol over the past five years substantiates its benefits in greatly reducing withdrawal symptoms, as well as reducing, and often eliminating the cravings.

At AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center under Doctor Akoury’s there are tailor made programs provided to individual, family and group therapy. Patients are provided with continued integrative care for their underlying medical problems, which helps them to timely feel better physically and mentally. This way they are more likely to continue healing psychologically, emotionally, socially and spiritually. Depending on case by case at least two year commitment to after care treatment is critical because the underlying psychological issues which often lead to substance abuse must be resolved for long lasting recovery.

Neurotransmitter Restoration (NTR)-Addiction

It is a disease in the body and the mind and successful therapy depends on treating both. Mind-Body medicine is based on the unity of mind and body and focuses on promoting health and balance in the mind-body, thereby providing highly effective therapy for addiction. If you detoxify, or withdraw, from alcohol or a drug, but do not address the conditions in the body that create fatigue, depression, and anxiety, then relapse is more likely and therapy has been incomplete. Similarly, if you withdraw from a substance and do not understand the psychological and spiritual issues that promoted the need for it, then relapse is likely and the “lessons of disease” have not been learned.

Neurotransmitter Restoration (NTR)-The body

Integrative, or, functional medicine provides the tools to assess and treat the conditions in the body that contribute to fatigue, depression, and anxiety, thereby increasing the likelihood of chemical dependency. These include:

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) deficiency
Neurotransmitter deficiency (serotonin, GABA, adrenaline, noradrenaline, dopamine, etc)
Metabolic cofactor deficiency
Pyroluria
Hypothyroidism
Adrenal fatigue
Intestinal yeast overgrowth
Delayed onset food sensitivities
Gluten intolerance

These “terrain issues” in the body need to be properly treated in order to make detoxification easier and to prevent relapse.

Neurotransmitter Restoration (NTR)-The mind and spirit

However, addiction is also disease in the mind. The fact that the mind rules the body is, in spite of its neglect by biology and medicine, the most fundamental fact which we know about the process of life.

The origins of most physical disease are within consciousness – the body is the messenger of the conflicts, sustained fears, suppressed emotional traumas, disturbed patterns of thinking, and other imbalances that lie within the conscious and unconscious mind. Many people have painful childhood experiences, including patterns of neglect, smothering control, abandonment, and emotional, physical and sexual abuse. Later on there can be failed relationships, years of marital conflict, and the pain of loneliness. Many experience decades of unfulfilling employment, foiled personal creativity and the quiet desperation of a slowly dying spirit. These life experiences contribute to relentless anxiety, depression, denied emotions, destructive beliefs, hopelessness, helplessness, “giving up”, and an endless variety of recurrent stresses.

Disease of any kind is the body’s way of getting your attention and inviting this self-exploration, thereby offering true healing.

Neurotransmitter Restoration (NTR)-Brain disease Reward Deficiency Syndrome

Neurotransmitters are chemicals in the brain that help to control states of consciousness, including moods.
Serotonin and GABA down-regulate electrical activity in the brain, thereby contributing to calm, peacefulness, or less anxiety.
Adrenaline and nor-adrenaline up-regulate electrical activity thereby promoting excitement, motivation, or, reducing depression and apathy.
Dopamine is the “feel good” brain chemical. It is the dance of these electro-chemicals that produce emotional balance and feelings of well-being.

When the proper flow, or cascade, of these neurochemicals is impaired, or, the brain’s receptors are blocked, then a variety of problems can develop, including:

Mood instability
Irritability
Agitation
Hypersensitivity
Anxiety
Depression
Apathy
Impaired concentration
Trouble focusing
Despair

A host of medical and lifestyle issues can disturb the healthy flow of neurotransmitters, including chronic stress, alcohol, drug abuse, genetics, poor diet, digestive disturbances and malabsorption, micronutrient deficiency and more. The result can be Reward Deficiency Syndrome (RDS), a term primarily used for hereditary chemical imbalances wherein the pleasure centers, which regulate feelings of well-being in the brain, fail to receive appropriate neural signals. As a result, the brain sends out urgent messages of craving. In the brains of addicts, various neurotransmissions are affected, depending upon the drug or drugs that have been used. As a result addicts experience difficulty concentrating and have mood swings, for example, as well as having other physical symptoms. Collectively, these symptoms are called cravings and withdrawals. Craving and withdrawal symptoms are a result of a neurochemical imbalance in the brain.

It is the Reward Deficiency Syndrome that causes the compulsive use of alcohol and drugs that help to feel good, at least temporarily. In addition to alcohol, people use nicotine, other stimulants, illicit drugs, junk foods, sugars, or thrill-seeking behaviors such as gambling, sex and Internet porn. Unfortunately, this only provides temporary relief while bringing with it the possibility of more long-term problems. For lasting solution to addiction, only experts in the same line will liberate you from this problem. Doctor Dalal Akoury is an expert you can rely on for whatever addiction you are going through.

Neurotransmitter Restoration (NTR)-Addiction Recovery using Intravenous NAD & amino acids

Overcoming addiction by healing energy

April 17, 2014

Overcoming addiction by healing energy-Good health for wealth

In order to overcome addiction, healing energy would be necessary.

Have you ever imagine life without any form of illness? If you picture this and try to visualize it in your mind then what you’re likely to see is what I will call sustainable wealth. If your body is free from any kind of disease then you’re wealthy than anyone ranked in the top 100 of the wealthiest persons in the world. You may be wondering ware I’m heading to with this wealth direction in relation to the title of my article. This is my point, the study of addiction indicate that nearly all things we do, eat or desire in life when not done properly may lead us into becoming addicted to them and eventually cause health complication.

Let us take food for example, we all need food to live and in fact it’s one of the most important basic needs in the globe, yet food can be serious problem to your health and mine. It’s very interesting that our bodies need energy which comes from food to move around yet some of these sources of energy can be harmful to you and me. For this reason, it will be very important that we overcome addiction by all means possible and that includes healing energy.

Addiction is usually the result of a larger problem. Stress, depression, anxiety, low self-esteem and even some mental disorders are usually the underling factor in addiction, which is a symptom and not in itself an illness.

Overcoming addiction by healing energy-Types of Addictions

Chemical addictions and process addictions are two general categories of addiction. We often assume that because the initial stages of addiction begins with voluntary behavior and is expressed in the form of excess behavior, people should just be able to use self-medication to stop their addictions, and this may not be true. The brain of an addict has been altered by choices they make over a period of time and so you and I need to know some of the common elements of addiction which include the following:

Alcohol
Tobacco
Drugs – cannabis, cocaine, heroin, steroids, etc.
Exercise
Sex
Eating
Computers
Work
Gambling
Shopping and many more…

Overcoming addiction by healing energy-Characteristics of Addiction

Addiction has control mechanism to addicts, once addicted you will be under the influence of addiction and not vice versa. You become driven by its forces and you think you cannot live without it. Boredom, grief, frustration, sadness, rejection and failure are just few emotional issues that you try to escape from with use of your choice of addiction. Addiction is costly and takes your money and time. The more you focus on control it the more you feel your energy is depleted. It often disrupts your social life, family, love, and work life, as well as damages your mental and physical health. While addiction may bring short term pleasure, it can bring long term harm and therefore must not be taken lightly.

Withdrawal Fear of Addiction

Fear of withdrawal is one of fundamental forces at play in the power of addiction. After long use of choice of addiction, not just brain but body tissue develops dependence. The physical signs and symptoms of withdrawal usually associated with abrupt stop of usage can be: tremors, sleeplessness, diarrhea, anxiety, sweating, loss of appetite, up to hallucinations and seizures in severe cases.

Substance Dependency and Relapse

Trigger-induced craving is one of the most frequent causes of drug use relapses, even after long periods of abstinence. Environmental triggers help explain why re-entry to one’s community can be so difficult for addict leaving the controlled environments of an addiction treatment Centre.

Overcoming addiction by healing energy-How Energy Healing is Beneficial in Addiction?

Energy healing helps to increase the level of energy in the body, and leaves you feeling relaxed, energized and in positive state of mind. It unblocks energy and re-establishes energy flow in internal organs which stimulates, nourish and replenish them. In doing so it improves the state of internal organs, assisting everything from digestion, absorption, blood circulation and energy production activities.

In order to truly help someone who is suffering from addiction, energy healing involves seeking the tools that will help you attract your desires and find your personal power to manifest wellbeing on all levels and help you overcome the underlying problem that is causing addiction. Energy healing is therefore beneficial in addiction control and elimination by executing the following:

Increasing feeling of relaxation
Reducing intensity of withdrawal symptoms
Improving sleep patterns
Freeing blocked energy in the body

How Many Treatments Will One Need?

The number of energy healing treatments required to treat addiction will differ between individuals patient.

Overcoming addiction by healing energy-Guided Meditation

There are indications from new research that meditation can help decrease substance use and relapse. Meditation will allow for a reflection on all repressed feelings and events, providing the space for them to come to surface, enabling healing process to take place by shifting brain activities from the stress-prone brain to more calming. Turning off your brain may be hard especially for someone in recovery process. Meditation will be effective when learned from the instructor/teacher than from the book, tape or just sitting and focusing on your breath. By learning to meditate correctly, the increased awareness and mindfulness of meditation helps you avoid thoughts of substance usage, which can surface during recovery. Other benefits of meditation in the treatment of addiction include:

Decreased feelings of anxiety
Decreased feeling of sadness
Decreased moodiness and irritability
Heightened concentration levels
Enchanting memory
Increased feeling of stability
Increased feelings of well-being and vitality
Increased self-awareness

In making effort to get well you will certainly meet obstacles, it will not be a smooth flow all the way. Nevertheless you need not to worry of the possible challenges since doctor Dalal Akoury who is an expert in addiction and at professional in training trainers (physicians) globally will be of great help for you. I strongly recommend her for you and your relatives and friends who may be going through addiction problem. It doesn’t matter what kind of addiction you may be going through or what stage you’re in, with doctor Akoury you shall have started the meaningful journey to your full recovery and comfort living thereafter.

Overcoming addiction by healing energy-Good health for wealth

Childhood Obesity and the Environment

April 15, 2014

Childhood Obesity and the Environment-Determinant factors

Remove all the obesity incentives within the environment for children. Research findings associate childhood obesity to the environment.

We are living in a very unpredictable world when it comes to physical health of the entire humanity. Every parent wish is to raise a healthy family and most importantly the good health of the children. The health complications among children is a serious concern to parents and this is going to form the basis of our discussion in this article focusing on obesity among children and the effects of their environment as a determinant factor.

New evidence is confirming that the environment children live in has a greater impact than factors such as genetics, insufficient physical activity or other elements in efforts to control child obesity. Three new studies, published in the April 8 Pediatrics, land on the import of the ‘nurture’ side of the equation and focus on specific circumstances in children’s or teen’s lives that potentially contribute to unhealthy bulk.

Studies revealed that in the past three decades child and adolescent obesity has more than tripled in the U.S and the world at large, estimates from 2010 classify that more than a third of children and teens as overweight or obese. Obesity puts these children at higher risk for type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, sleep apnea, and bone or joint problems. The variables responsible are thought to range from too little or no exercise to too many soft drinks. Now it seems that blaming Pepsi or too little PE might neglect the bigger picture.

Experts express fears that we are raising our children in a world that is vastly different than it was several decades ago this is because Childhood obesity is a disease of the environment. It’s a natural consequence of normal children with normal genes being raised in unhealthy, abnormal environments. The environmental factors in these studies range from the seemingly minor, such as kids’ plate sizes, to bigger challenges, such as school schedules that may keep teens from getting sufficient sleep. But they are part of an even longer list: the ubiquity of fast food, changes in technology, fewer home-cooked meals, more food advertising, an explosion of low-cost processed foods and increasing sugary drink serving sizes as well as easy access to unhealthy snacks in vending machines, at sports games and in nearly every setting children inhabit—these are just a handful of environmental factors research has linked to increasing obesity, and researchers are starting to pick apart which among them play bigger or lesser roles in making children obese.

Childhood Obesity and the Environment-Size matters in “obesogenic environments”
In one of the three new studies dishware size made a big difference. Researchers studied 42 second-graders in which the children alternately used child-size 18.4-centimeter (7.25-inch) diameter plates with 237-milliliter (8-ounce) bowls or adult-size 26-centimeter (10.25-inch) diameter plates with 473-milliliter (16-ounce) bowls. Doubling the size of the dishware, the researchers found, increased the amount of food kids served themselves in a buffet-style lunch line by an average of 90 calories. They ate about 43 percent of those extra calories, on average.

Although children can typically adjust their energy intake by regulating their food, their surroundings and options may change that equation for kids in the same way that it does in adults. This notion that children are immune to the environment is somewhat misguided, to promote self-regulation, you have to constrain the environment in a way that makes the healthy choice the easy choice.

Childhood Obesity and the Environment-Link between obesity and screen time
Overconsumption might be a key component in the link between obesity and screen time, too, according to another of the new studies. Although past research already had linked increased TV time to widening waistlines, this study dug deeper. Ninety one children between ages 13 and 15 year olds filled out diaries for TV, video games and computer use during a one-week period. About four to seven times a day the teens were paged to record what they were paying the most attention to at that particular moment, followed by activities receiving their second- and third-most attention.

Kids live in a multitasking world and in trying to assess their technology use when they’re using different forms of technology at once. Three theories have been floated for the link between screen time and obesity: food advertising, unconscious eating and displacement—that is, the idea that the media use replaces physical activity. The findings lent more support to the first two variables and less to the third. They found video games and computer use had no impact on BMI (body mass index). Television did, but only if it was the main event. Background TV, for example, didn’t matter.

Childhood Obesity and the Environment-Less physical activity is not the problem
Screen-time study did find that kids engaged in more physical activity had lower BMIs, but that does not mean that more exercise is keeping those teens lighter. “What we’ve seen for so many years is research looking at physical activity as the preventative or the curative solution for childhood obesity, but the data on physical activity as a means to set children’s weight is abysmal. What the study confirmed is that screen time increases obesity consequent to calorie intake, not to a lack of physical activity. That’s a crucial message that people don’t understand obesity is not a disease of inactivity.

Childhood Obesity and the Environment-Modifying children’s environment

To help our children from being obese, we need to reorganize their environment to try as much as we can to eliminate elements that facilitate occurrences of obesity. These are some of the elements to be put aside:

Sugary drinks from vending machines
Snack food serving sizes
Removed deep fryers from school cafeterias and replaced whole milk options with 1 percent and skim
Ensure new healthy nutrition standards both in schools and daycare centers for the children.
Encourage corner stores around the schools to stock their shelves with healthier snacks.

Finally controlling the happenings in our environment may be an uphill task for you and me, yet we all need to keep our children safe from obesity. If for whatever reason this problem is already affecting you or your child directly or indirectly you can get help at AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center under Doctor Akoury. Hear all your worries will be sorted out humanely in the most natural and efficient way. Doctor Akoury and her team are professionals who care for you and will focus on Neuroendocrine Restoration (NER) to reinstate normality through realization of the oneness of Spirit, Mind, and Body, Unifying the threesome into ONE. Giving this a try will be one of the most precious gift you can give to your children, friends and even yourself.

Childhood Obesity and the Environment-Determinant factors

Obesity and the Economy

April 13, 2014

Obesity and the Economy-Reality of Poverty

It is possible to eradicate obesity irrespective of your financial status or your environment.

The need to put food on the table is everyone’s concern globally. Each passing day the entire humanity gets out all for one assignment that is putting food on the table. Various governments are working round the clock with a view of ensuring that there are favorable conditions for doing business all these efforts are geared towards feeding their respective citizens. Much as billions of dollars is channeled in food security, ascertaining this has been a challenge for many families and governments. So many studies have been conducted world over to ensure that we have healthy and hunger free society with very little progress. It’s because of this disturbing phenomenon that I want to take you through the sad reality of how harsh economic situation is causing the poor their comfort and how the few rich people are also sharing in the problem of obesity.

Food security

Feeding the society is the number one priority of every state down to the family. In the process of doing this some people will have more than enough for them, others will not even be fortunate to have what to eat drawing the line between the poor and the rich. The rich have access to good quality and healthy foods while the poor survive on anything available, to them quality is a luxury they cannot afford. They do not have constant flow of income, majority of them live below the poverty line and can barely afford a single meal let alone the common three triangular meals.

Obesity and the Economy-Limited food budgets and choices

With limited resources the poor has to budget for food and make certain difficult choices. The little they have must take them through the month or the season before they can get another pay or income, this leads to unhealthy behaviors in many ways:

They spend on food they do it with a lot of caution making sure that they spend on durables to last them the season. In the process of doing this, they choose high fat food with dense energy: foods like sugar, cereals, potatoes and processed meat products, the choice is guided by the affordability and durability than fresh vegetables, fruits and lean meat and fish. Such foods are often not healthy with high risk of weight gain and eventually obesity to their consumers.
They often live in disadvantaged neighborhood where healthy foods are hard to get. Their environment has a disproportionate number of fast food chains and small food stores providing cheap, high fat foods.
Economic insecurity-such as problem paying bills, rent may lead to stress making them to eat high fat, sugary foods.

Obesity and the Economy-Restricted physical activities

Good health is not just about eating the right kinds of food, it involve other things including participation in physical activities. These may not be easily available to the poor. Their economic situation does not allow them to access the gym facilities for active physical activities. The absent of continuous body exercise is recipe for weight gain and obesity.

The poor cannot afford organized children’s events outside school making their children to be less active physically. This is evidence because of inflexible work schedule, lack of transportation or unmet needs for child care, poor parents especially the single mothers may find it hard to support extra activities for their children. Leaving kids in front of the television is often all stressed poor parents can manage. This inability is not helpful to the children and as a result of this many children from poor societies suffer from obesity and eventually health complications related to overweight.

Obesity and the Economy-Food deprivation and overeating

Those who are eating less or skipping meals to stretch food budgets may over-eat when food does become available, resulting in chronic ups and downs in food intake that can contribute to weight gain. Cycles of food restriction or deprivation also can lead to an unhealthy preoccupation with food and metabolic changes that promote fat storage – all the worse when in combination with overeating. Unfortunately, overconsumption is even easier given the availability of cheap, energy-dense foods in low-income communities.
The “feast or famine” situation is especially a problem for low-income parents, particularly mothers, who often restrict their food intake and sacrifice their own nutrition in order to protect their children from hunger. Such a coping mechanism puts them at risk for obesity – and research shows that parental obesity, especially maternal obesity, is in turn a strong predictor of childhood obesity.

Obesity and the Economy-High levels of stress

Low-income families, including children, may face high levels of stress due to the financial and emotional pressures of food insecurity, low-wage work and luck of access to health care, inadequate and long-distance transportation, poor housing, neighborhood violence, and other factors. Research has linked stress to obesity in youth and adults, including (for adults) stress from job-related demands and difficulty paying bills. Stress may lead to weight gain through stress-induced hormonal and metabolic changes as well as unhealthful eating behaviors. Stress, particularly chronic stress, also may trigger anxiety and depression, which are both associated with child and adult obesity.

Greater exposure to marketing of obesity-promoting products

Low-income youth and adults are exposed to disproportionately more marketing and advertising for obesity-promoting products that encourage the consumption of unhealthful foods and discourage physical activity. Such advertising has a particularly strong influence on the preferences, diets, and purchases of children, who are the targets of many marketing efforts.

Limited access to health care

Many low-income people lack access to basic health care, or if health care is available, it is lower quality. This results in lack of diagnosis and treatment of emerging chronic health problems like obesity.

It’s quite unfortunate that this avoidable health problem is still with us and causing serious suffering to the human race. I don’t know what is ringing in your mind right now that you are a bit enlightened on the risk of obesity as a result of poverty. If you feel discouraged and hopeless for being obese, I have good news for you, at AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center under Doctor Akoury all your worries will be sorted out doctor Akoury cares for you and will focus on Neuroendocrine Restoration (NER) to reinstate normality through realization of the oneness of Spirit, Mind, and Body, Unifying the threesome into ONE. This is something you don’t want to miss if you wish to have your life back and live it to the fullest.

Obesity and the Economy-Reality of Poverty

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