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Strike out obesity with a strong immune system

January 14, 2017
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Strike out obesity with a strong immune system including taking physical activities seriously

Strike out obesity with a strong immune system: Physical activities and immune function

Exercise and health go hand-in-hand. We’re aware that exercise helps fight diseases such as high blood pressure and cholesterol, cancer, sleep disturbances, mood and obesity itself. Doctor Dalal Akoury MD, who is a weight loss expert and also the founder of AWAREmed health and wellness resource center says that people who exercise are physically active throughout the day tend to live longer, healthier lives which are why we must all strike out obesity from our lives. Besides, there are plenty of evidence that exercise does improve immune function. Studies have shown that exercise seemed to increase numbers of certain immune cells that help to bolster immune activity. Moderate exercise has been reported to increase certain immune cells, reducing the risk of infection. On the other hand too intense of exercise (without adequate rest) has actually been shown to increase stress on the body and cause a person to be more at-risk to infection.

Strike out obesity with a strong immune system: Good diet to help your immunity

  • If you are affected by obesity, decrease your calories to help facilitate weight-loss.
  • Decrease simple carbohydrates such as sweets, goodies, baked goods, sugar-sweetened beverages, sugar, honey, jams, jelly, etc.
  • Decrease excess “bad” (saturated or trans) fats commonly found in commercial baked goods, processed or fried foods, cheese, whole and 2% milk, ice cream, cream, fatty meats (beef and pork products), butter and margarine. Bad fats are also found in some vegetable oils – coconut, palm, and palm kernel oil.
  • Eat two cups of whole fruit per day and at least three cups of vegetables per day.
  • Drink or eat three cups of low-fat (1% or skim) liquid dairy or dairy alternative per day (light yogurt, low-fat or fat-free milk). Eat two to three ounces of lean meat or beans with two meals per day (three ounces = deck of cards).
  • Drink at least 60 to 80 ounces of water per day.

Strike out obesity with a strong immune system: Obesity and Immune function

A person affected by obesity that eats healthy and exercises is still at risk for decreasing immune function. Obesity itself has been shown to impair immunity in some studies. Some of these specific findings include:

  • Decreased cytokine production
  • Altered monocyte and lymphocyte function
  • Natural killer cell dysfunction
  • Reduced macrophage and dendritic cell function
  • Decreased response to antigen/mitogen stimulation

Now, you may be saying to yourself, “What does all that mean?” The bottom line is studies have shown impaired immune response in animals and people affected by obesity, leading to increased risks of infection. The exact cause of these findings is not known. Obesity is an extremely complex disease and many processes and pathways are altered, any of which could affect the immune system.

Population studies have shown the same things. Like for instance, hospitalized patients affected by obesity are more likely to develop secondary infections and complications, such as sepsis, pneumonia, bacteremia, and wound and catheter infections. Overall, it appears that obesity may increase the risk for bacterial and viral infections. Severe obesity has also been named a risk factor for increased severity of infection and death from the H1N1 influenza strain. Those affected by obesity may also be at risk for viruses like H1N1 because of less of an immune response to vaccinations, although it has not been studied to date further explaining why you need to consult with doctor Akoury soonest.

Strike out obesity with a strong immune system: Physical activities and immune function

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Holiday diet plans and weight loss program

December 6, 2016
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Holiday diet plans and weight loss program are essential globally if we have to keep healthy

Holiday diet plans and weight loss program: Holiday diet tips of all time

Holiday is a very good time of family bonding and during this time many good and healthy thing happen. Because of the benefits that come with the holiday, everyone would love to have some time away from work and household scores for fun. Amidst the expectation of fun, certain things can ruin your holiday more so if the holiday diet plans and weight loss programs are not well addressed. Many have worked hard in keeping their weight healthy only to lose it while on vacations. This happens because during these seasons family and friends come together to celebrate traditions and spread good cheer. Holidays’ also bring lots of opportunities for socializing, eating and drinking. In other words, there is a euphoric pull associated with merry making during holidays, if not careful you may find yourself flopping into an unhealthy lifestyle which may bring with it dire consequences relating to weight and obesity.

To navigate the party landmines with your healthy diet intact, you need to re-strategies. Experts at AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center are in agreement that having a plan in place will help you handle night after night of eating and drinking. For example in business we incur expenditure to make the profit, now consider your appetite as one of the capital expenditure in your weight loss program during the holidays. Now how much do you want to spend on drinks, appetizers, entrees, and dessert? Will this expenditure be worth it? It will be reasonable for you to make an evaluation and only enjoy your favorite meals in reasonable units. The following tips would be helpful for you during your holidays to stay slim.

Holiday diet plans and weight loss program: Trim back the trimmings

Go all out and deck the halls with boughs of holly, glitter, and lights, but when it comes to holiday food, accessorize with care. To shave calories, go easy when adding nuts, cheese, cream sauces, gravy, butter, and whipped cream additions that don’t add much to the meal, but can add plenty to your waistline. Trim calories wherever you can so you leave the party feeling satisfied, but not stuffed this is very important.

Wear snug clothes and keep one hand busy

Rearrange your day by wearing snug-fitting attire, by doing this chances are you’ll be too busy holding in your stomach to overeat. While you stand around looking posh in your holiday finery, hold a drink in your dominant hand so it won’t be so easy to grab food.

Chew gum

Avoiding food may be difficult and therefore when you don’t want to eat keep your mouth busy with a piece of sugarless chewing gum. This works well when you’re cooking or when you’re trying not to dive into the buffet.

Be a food snob

Keep to your principles that if you don’t love a given food, don’t eat it. In buffet only go for foods you truly treasure and skip the everyday dishes that are available all year long. Remember that it’s not your responsibility to sample everything on the buffet. Go ahead and indulge in your personal holiday favorites, then find a seat and, slowly and mindfully, savor every mouthful. Finally, you can always consult with doctor Dalal Akoury for any weight loss concerns you may be struggling with any time.

Holiday diet plans and weight loss program: Holiday diet tips of all time

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Detoxification alternatives for body cleansing

November 14, 2016
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Detoxification alternatives for body cleansing is very necessary before any meaningful treatment can be done

Detoxification alternatives for body cleansing: Detox diet

The process of natural detox is healthy and user friendly explains doctor Akoury. Like for instance natural detox diets are designed to help the body purge itself of toxins. To archive this, you for a moment give up certain kinds of foods (this is called fasting or purging). Then you slowly reinstate foods. For example, you might start with a liquid diet for one or two days. Then you graduate to four or five days of brown rice, fruit, and steamed vegetables. Finally, you add other foods, excluding red meat, wheat, sugar, eggs, and prepackaged or junk food. Remember that in all these, the organic foods and drinks and lots of water are required on a natural detox diet. Alcohol, caffeine, tobacco, drugs, processed or refined foods, and certain supplements are not allowed.

AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center is home of solutions. When you visit this facility we will not only naturally detox but also paired it with changes in lifestyle, primarily to foster the cleansing of toxins from the body. We would recommend Saunas and other exercises to increase sweating which is another useful way of purging the body of certain substances.

Detoxification alternatives for body cleansing: Natural ways of detoxification

The body is an expert in eliminating elements which are seen to be un-necessary to the body on its own however in certain extreme cases where these substances are overwhelming other natural means would be applicable for detoxification.  In this instances your liver, lungs, kidneys, skin, and digestive track are programmed by Mother Nature to keep your body clean all round.

Nevertheless you can give your body’s natural detoxing powers a boost with some of these easy tips. You may start with a two week trial and see how you do. This version of “clean” living can work for a lifetime, but gauge your ability to stick with these changes over the first 2 weeks. This 14 days jump-start will help you find the right balance of moderation in these areas to keep you on a healthy living path.

Stay hydrated with water – Water is part of every metabolic process in the body, and adequate water intake also helps keep the balance of body salts normal. Natural thirst should always be addressed. And remember that fruits and vegetables are almost all water, so 5-7 servings can boost your natural water intake. And the best way to tell if your water intake is adequate is to check the color of your urine. Pale yellow is the goal. If it’s any darker than that, drink a glass of water or two.

Avoid alcohol-even red wine – Alcohol is not a healthy food it’s also a diuretic, which can be dehydrating. And it’s a double diet whammy, bringing both the extra calories and the lowering of mental focus to say no to higher-calorie foods.

Eliminate processed and prepared foods – Purpose not to consume foods that come in cans, boxes, bags or jars.  Avoid restaurant foods since many of them may look healthy but the preparation process may include unhealthy oils, or may be saturated in a creamy sauce. Therefore eliminating processed foods is the quickest and easiest way to limit excess sugars, fats, and calories.

Break a sweat – Skin is the body’s largest organ, and sweating helps you eliminate excess body salts and other metabolites of body processes. Breaking a sweat every day is a good way to support your body’s healthy elimination of metabolic breakdown products.

Get some sleep – Purpose for seven to nine hours every night. Enough sleep supports and maintains a healthy brain.

Change your response to stress – While eliminating stress is not realistic, changing how you respond to daily stressors goes a long way to boosting a healthy body. Start with the concept to “stop and think” with a deep breath before you respond. Stress has both physical and mental effects on metabolic and behavioral activities. And simple steps like eating well, getting adequate sleep, and being physically active go a long way to helping you maintain the control you need to manage your stress more effectively.

Detoxification alternatives for body cleansing: Detox diet

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Biochemical restoration and nutrition

October 26, 2016
Biochemical restoration

Biochemical restoration and nutrition alongside exercise

Biochemical restoration and nutrition: Alternative treatment for addiction complications

This mode of treatment (biochemical restoration) may be new to many of you but all the same it is tailored to bring corrective measures and repair the biochemical imbalances that cause cravings, depression, anxiety and the unstable moods that lead to and the perpetuation of addiction. It is very important to appreciate that there are certain biochemical imbalances capable of making a person more prone to addiction and which this form of treatment (chemical nutrient therapy) endeavors to improve. The direct problems to be addressed by this may include imbalances of neurotransmitters in the brain, nutrient deficiencies, amino acid imbalances, hypoglycemia, inflammatory and oxidative stress, and adrenal fatigue.

Personal nutritional plan

Once biochemical imbalances are assessed, an individualized biochemical restoration plan can be established. This can include a personal nutrition plan, a micronutrient supplement including amino acids (sometimes with a futuristic approach of micronutrient injections), and prescribed physical activity and relaxation. The moment a balance is restored, the other addiction treatment modalities such as counseling and relapse prevention can be tackled more effectively.

Experts at AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center believe that the single most ignored aspect to treating addiction is treating nutritional deficiencies. Many other nutritionists are also in agreement with this. Recovering addicts tend toward highly palatable foods that can provide a temporary reprieve from negative feelings. These are almost invariably processed foods with added sugar, salt and vegetable oil fats; refined carbohydrates, and caffeine rather than high-nutrient foods. Unfortunately, these foods destabilize blood sugar, spur inflammation, and deplete the brain of essential neurotransmitters that play a large role in stabilizing moods.

Nutritional intervention

Doctor Akoury is very concerned that “nutritional interventions [should be] based on real food rather than supplementation.” And she is of the opinion that one should never be hungry and at the same time never be full approach of eating six small meals a day, or every two to four hours. In other words, people should eat in an interval of two hours small portions of food that will not make them to be too full or leave them hungry either. Therefore it is very necessary that addicts should strive for more protein, fiber, and healthy fats like those found in fatty fish, nuts, and flax seeds. Certainly, learning about nutrition, how to cook healthy meals and making good food choices are accessible options for the majority of people in recovery.

From a nutritional perspective point of view, an individual in early recovery can improve mood and fight off depression, anxiety, and stress by incorporating foods that contain an ample amount of omega-3 essential fatty acids, complete proteins, and antioxidant and anti-inflammatory vitamins and minerals. These foods will also help the recovering addict’s mind provide essential building blocks for depleted neurotransmitters, for example as well as the body, promoting healing of all systems and tissues damaged by malnutrition.

Biochemical restoration and nutrition: Alternative treatment for addiction complications

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Nutrition and addiction

Malnutrition and substance abuse conflict

October 12, 2016
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Malnutrition and substance abuse conflict. Digestive complications caused by alcohol addiction are real, the solution is quitting

Malnutrition and substance abuse conflict: The effects of alcohol

There is no doubt that food is very essential for anyone’s life and well-being. This is so because from the food we eat, we are able to get constant supply of the energy we need to keep us a float and to be productive in our daily activities. Nonetheless, when food is not taken in the right way it could also cause certain health complications. But besides that food is very good and rich in nutrients which are the driving forces in the proper functionalities of our bodies. In one of the teaching forums where doctor Dalal Akoury MD who is a veteran expert in addiction was addressing professionals in different health sectors, a question was asked that is malnutrition related to substance abuse?

What is your response to that? This is a very good way to start our discussion and therefore that question is going to form the focus of our discussion with a view of finding out the significance of alcohol addiction in malnutrition. Ideally alcohol addiction and malnutrition are two different elements which must not be allowed to have any relationship let alone one being a victim of either or both. Therefore doctor Akoury is kicking off the discussion with finding out the nutritional status of what we feed on as follows. In the meantime, if you have any concern about drug or alcohol addiction, you can always schedule for an appointment with doctor Akoury for more professional guidance.

Malnutrition and substance abuse conflict: Nutritional status

According to the experts from AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center a facility which was established by doctor Akoury the general observation suggests that many alcoholics in many cases do not actually feed on a well-balanced diet. And besides, excessive alcohol consumption may interfere with these alcoholics’ ability to absorb and use the nutrients they do consume. Accordingly, many alcoholics suffer from various degrees of both primary and secondary malnutrition, where primary malnutrition occurs when alcohol replaces other nutrients in the diet resulting in an overall reduction of nutrient intake. Secondary malnutrition occurs when the drinker consumes adequate nutrients but alcohol interferes with the absorption of those nutrients from the intestine so they are not available to the body.

The most severe malnutrition, which is accompanied by a significant reduction in muscle mass, generally is found in those alcoholics who are hospitalized for medical complications of alcoholism (e.g., alcohol–related liver disease or other organ damage). According to the experts at AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center if these patients continue with their drinking habits, the consequence would be that they will lose additional weight; conversely, if they abstain from drinking, they will gain weight. This pattern applies to patients with and without liver disease.

Malnutrition and substance abuse conflict: The effects of alcohol

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