Cellulite commonly occurs on the thighs and hips. It is formed when toxins are not eliminated and waste products start building up, fat cells grow and form hard pockets of fat, creating dimples in the skin sometimes referred to as “orange peel” or “cottage cheese skin”. You may be genetically more prone to cellulite, or lifestyle factors such as hormones, stress, poor diet, lack of exercise and drugs can affect how much cellulite you have. Prevention is of course best by following a healthy diet and taking regular exercise.

Cellulite removal treatments include liposuction surgery, where an incision is made in the skin, a tube is inserted and the fat cells are sucked out. Another option is Smart Lipo, which is a laser treatment to remove fat from areas of the face and body. The SmartLipo laser breaks down fat cells, which are then absorbed naturally by the body and eliminated over the weeks following treatment.

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Woman in the age group of thirty five and above go through an excruciatingly painful period of menopause – the time when their reproductive ability ends. What happens during menopause is that the hormones – estrogen, progesterone, testosterone and androgen stop secreting and the body tries to cope without these hormones. What follow is undue weight gain, stress and dietary irregularities.

Weight gain, feeling stressed out and irritated and feeling hunger pangs could all be symptoms of menopause. While weight gain could be a symptom for other things as well, women at menopause put on weight more on their stomach region than anywhere else. They start to have a pronounced belly and they literally become round unlike the times of pregnancy when the stomach becomes kind of pear shaped. Muscles start becoming rounder and rounder at the belly region and the woman finally loses shape.

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Although nearly two-thirds of Americans are overweight, 83 percent of us say our eating habits are very healthy or somewhat healthy, according to a Thomson Medstat survey. Only 3 percent of Americans characterized their eating habits as “not at all healthy.”

OH REALLY? Then why are we and our children so fat and unhealthy? Could it be that few parents really understand how the so called “Standard American Diet” is so detrimental to our children’s health. Let’s face the facts: We have a national health crisis on our hands. Since we love our children and would do everything in our power to keep their lives healthy and safe, there’s only one possible reason we continue to fill their bodies (and our own) with unhealthy, unsafe food – we don’t really understand what a healthy diet looks like. We have a problem and the good news is…..we can resolve this problem.

Did you know that our children’s generation is the first generation in history that is predicted to fail to outlive its parents? I don’t know about you, but that scared the heck out of me! All you have to do is drive down the streets and count how many fast food restaurants there are in one block. Look at the kids. Kids – all the way from toddlers to teenagers are pudgy. We have a childhood obesity epidemic plaguing our country. That’s the bad news. And the good news is that we have the power to change our fate.

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Increased Health Risk of Premature Death
According to CDC researchers, an estimated 300,000 American deaths a year are related to obesity, but see note, below. The risk of premature death rises with increasing weight. Even moderate weight gain (10 to 20 pounds for a person of average height) increases the risk of death, particularly among adults aged 30 to 64 years. Individuals who are obese (BMI greater than 30) have a 50 to 100 percent increased risk of premature death from all causes, compared to individuals with a healthy weight.

Increased Health Risk of Heart Disease
The risk of heart attack, congestive heart failure, sudden cardiac death, angina or chest pain is increased in persons who are overweight or obese. High blood pressure is twice as common in adults who are obese than in those who are at a healthy weight. Obesity is associated with high triglycerides and decreased HDL cholesterol.

Increased Health Risk of Stroke
Atherosclerosis, or narrowing of the arteries, which may lead to the formation of an arterial blood clot, is an important pre-condition of many strokes. Atherosclerosis is accelerated by high blood pressure, smoking, high cholesterol and lack of exercise. Obesity, especially morbid obesity is frequently associated with a high-fat diet, raised blood pressure and lack of exercise. Thus obesity is now considered an important secondary risk factor for strokes.

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When aIl this started, I never realized what I would have to go through. So, I have decided to tell you what I’ve discovered these many years in the hope that it can help you in some way.

Unfortunately, I have no guaranty of a cure, but maybe I can provide some help and some insight.

Recently, at a presentation in California,. a researcher from the Mayo Clinic confirmed that MS is not an autoimmune disease, and there is also a high probability that it is not caused by a virus or bacteria.

Indications pointed towards a biochemical imbalance causing sensitivities to some environmental combination. This, to me, could explain all the different levels and types of disability progression.

They got vague on whether it’s possibly triggered by artificially fertilized foods lacking critical nutrients, pollution not readily noticed, such as mercury, or carbon dioxide the electromagnetic radiation emitted by all of the technology permeating our airwaves, such as from televisions, computers, cell phones. etc.

Whatever the cause, they narrowed one aspect down to growing up away from the equator. The farther away you were while growing up, the greater the chance you might get

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Hibernating may be a natural impulse during the winter months, but it will not help you lose weight. Most people think they can eat more because it is the big sweater time of year, but what happens when the sun breaks through the clouds in April? Even though it is easier to bundle up and succumb to the allure of comfort food, weight loss requires extra effort during the winter months.

This season is fast approaching and in order to achieve your weight loss goals, you must begin preparing now. Resist the urge to hibernate and take stock in your ability to make a difference in your health this year. Come spring, you’ll be happy you did. Here are 6 tips to get you started in your Holiday Weight Loss plan of action.

Holiday Weight Loss Tips #1. Take Inventory
What foods fill your kitchen cupboards in the winter that you know will prohibit you from sticking to a healthy weight loss plan? Egg nog? Hot chocolate? Fatty soups? Christmas cookies? Candy canes? Write down these foods and prepare to leave them out of your grocery cart. It is bad enough you will be tempted to eat forbidden foods at holiday parties, so you do not need them readily available for you around the clock in your home.

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Doctors are frantically scurrying to annhilate detox out of the sphere of influence, making claims that invalidate and attack internal cleansing methods, labeling them “dangerous,” and “ineffective.” The scare tactics being employed by M.D.’s, however, can be demystified with a little common sense. Allow me to explain why the medical industry wants to boot detox off the radar screen by addressing the three biggest “myths” told by doctors and spun by journalists:

1.        The body is already capable of detoxing itself. Isn’t this a nice thought? See, this would be true if a person were in a perfect state of health, entirely free of toxins in the first place. Given that 100% of people are exposed to toxins through food, water, pesticides, cleaning products, pollution, and loads of invisible environmental toxins on a daily basis, it is safe to assume that all of us are, on some level, toxic. Doctors claim that the body is capable of eliminating these toxins effectively without the aid of a detox program. The problem, however, is that toxic overload, (which often results simply from consuming processed, packaged food over a lifetime) inhibits the body from being able to eliminate waste and other toxic material quickly enough. The result is essentially a “clogged” digestive tract that is unable to absorb nutrients properly. Furthermore, disease cannot exist in an alkaline, oxygenated enviroment. ____________ won the Nobel Peace price in 1XXX for this discovery. Given this idea,  people would not suffer from chronic health ailments or disease at all unless they were internally toxic on some level. Disease thrives in an acidic environment, and detoxing assists the body in obtaining a more alkaline state.

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