We ask ourselves how we got to the point of being overweight? The most basic scientific explanation is caloric imbalance. If you go beyond the suggested RDA for your age and weight, then that means excess calories. Excess calories are converted energy reserves or simply fat and starch.
If a person develops eating habits that result to caloric imbalance, then the tendency is for that person progress from being overweight to obese.
There are other factors affecting weight gain and obesity and these need more attention such as genetic makeup and pre-existing medical conditions.
Metabolism plays a central role since it is the rate at which we burn calories. Metabolic rates vary from person to person. Basal Metabolic Rate is the relative caloric needs of each person.
Our modern lifestyles and the combination of what we do are now the most common causes of obesity. As our society progresses, technology makes our lives easier thus reducing the need for us to move around. With all the progress and advancement, the environment seems to be more stressful. With stress levels at a high and cost of living at its peak, office workers tend to work more on desks, sleep less, and eat more.
And with more time dedicated to work, even good eating habits are taken for granted. With no time to prepare real food, we resort to junk food. Less sleep, less physical activity, unhealthy food consumption and increases anxiety levels cause us to become overweight and later on obese.
There are a lot of obesity related health risks. To mention a few, they are type 2 diabetes, asthma, high blood pressure, serious heart conditions, fatty liver, heart failure, dementia, gallstones and osteoarthritis. Getting obese is hard enough physically, and top it off with these medical conditions, its like falling into a heavy pitfall.
How then can we address weight gain? The stereotypical answer is diet and exercise. But what if youre already in that vicious cycle of uncontrollable eating and minimal physical activity? This is where artificial help comes in.
There are weight loss pills and appetite suppressants that can help us burn fat and reduce on calorie intake. Appetite suppressants work by making us feel full. In clinical terms, appetite suppressants causes the body to release more noradrenaline. This hormone cause the body to think that it is full. Other appetite suppressants act with natural inhibitors.
Different weight loss pills have various claims on how they work.
Some pills work as fat burners while others work by controlling the bodys capacity to absorb fat. Some pills have multiple effects as fat burners, appetite suppressants and muscle builders.
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