Sweetened Beverages Are One Possible Cause Of Obesity Epidemic

           All of us at McClellan Family Chiropractic are concerned with the problem of over-weight patients and all the side effects caused by the extra weight. Did you know that?      
          
 A 2010 systematic review concluded that 1/5th of the weight gain between 1977 and 2007 was attributable to  sweetened beverages.

 Another 2010 meta-analysis found that sugar-sweetened beverages were “associated with development of  metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes”.

 “Consumption of diet soda at least daily was associated with significantly greater risks of select  incident metabolic syndrome components and type 2 diabetes”.

 Consumption of two or more artificially sweetened sodas “is associated with 2-fold increased odds for  kidney function decline in women”.

 “Findings suggest that sugary soda consumption may be associated with kidney damage…”

 Multiple studies link sweetened drinks to obesity.

        Public Health Nutr. 2010 Sep 23:1-11. ;Diabetes Care. 2010 Nov;33(11):2477-83. Epub 2010 Aug 6

        Metab Syndr Relat Disord. 2010 Oct 19.

Be careful what you drink. It may be detrimental to your good health!

Sugar, Sugar

No, we’re not talking about The Archies’ 60’s hit, but the epidemic of sugar consumption in the United States!
When you eat or drink sugar the sudden energy surge your body experiences is followed by an insulin surge that rapidly drops the blood sugar level—so two hours later, you feel famished and tired. To keep an even keel, replace simple carbohydrates with complex ones so the absorption is more controlled and you experience long-term satiety. While sugar should be eaten, it should come together with fat or some element like fiber—as you would find in fruit—so you can absorb it a bit more slowly. Read More→

Tips On Maintaining Your Exercise Program

Here are five tips that may help you keep on keeping on your exercise regimen.

1. Make a contract with yourself. If you’re really serious about making a change, doing something good for yourself, and taking charge of your health, then make a commitment.

There’s always time to do the things that are really important to us-so your first step is to decide that your health is important to you. In order to be a success at your fitness program, you need to challenge yourself to make an active, ironclad commitment to it. Once you’ve made this commitment, you’ll be surprised at how much time suddenly becomes available. In fact, we suggest making a formal promise to yourself, in writing.

2. Turn off the phone. There’s nothing that disrupts our lives more consistently and insistently than the telephone. Don’t let Ma Bell interfere with your workout! Turn off your home phone. Turn down the volume on your answering machine. And leave your cell phone at home if you go out for a walk. This is your time, and you have to make that clear both to yourself and the other people in your life. No phone calls, no texts.

3. Be good to yourself. Honestly, if you haven’t been exercising regularly, you haven’t been very good to yourself. Now is your chance to turn all that around. One way to get started is to stop considering your workout a Read More→

It’s 2011 and just about everybody seems to be interested in weight control. Some of us weigh just the right amount, others need to gain a few pounds. Most of us “battle the bulge” at some time in our life. Whatever our goals, we should understand and take advantage of the important role of exercise in keeping our weight under control. Read More→