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Posted in Health, 0 comments | post comment2:27 PM, 10/1/2008Dietary Tips To Lose Weight With Hypothyroidism1. Redu ce your use of stimulants. When trying to fight fatigue, stimulants like caffeine may be a way of life. Hypothyroidism makes the adrenal glands susceptible to overwork and burnout. The adrenal glands can only take so much stimulation before they begin to under-function. Weaning off of stimulants, including coffee, soda and tea, can help the adrenal system heal and recharge.2. Decrease the amount of carbohydrates you eat. The Spark People plan recommends a range of 45-60% carbohydrates for its members. However, research shows that individuals with hypothyroidism are more successful when eating slightly less—about 45-50% of total calories coming from carbs. Limiting your intake to the low end of your Spark People range (about 50% carbs) will help you accomplish this. At 50% carbs, your diet will probably result in about 30% protein and 20% fat. 3. Choose more complex carbs. Enjoy plenty of fresh fruits, vegetables, and whole grains (whole wheat bread and pasta, brown rice, wheat germ). These foods are nutritionally superior to their refined counterparts. (Read Low Carbohydrates & Pregnancy - Part 2 to learn about the differences between complex and simple carbs.) 4. Limit sugary (simple carbohydrate) foods such as pies, cakes, cookies, candy, soda, ice cream and chips. These foods stimulate high insulin production. 5. Avoid eating carbohydrates by themselves for meals or snacks. Be sure to include a protein source at the same time. Protein is digested more slowly, helping slow down the release of insulin. 6. Increase your fiber intake to 30-40 grams per day. People with hypothyroidism often experience sluggish digestion and constipation. A high-fiber diet can help move things along so to speak, while increasing satiety so that you never feel hungry. Be sure to slowly increase your fiber over time. To meet this goal, you may also need a fiber supplement such as Metamucil. 7. Drink 8-12 cups of water every day. Metabolism requires water, so not drinking enough will hurt your weight loss potential as well. When increasing your fiber intake 30-40 grams, water is even more important. Drink additional water to compensate for perspiration from exercise and hot weather. Posted in Health, 0 comments | post comment2:26 PM, 9/1/2008Losing Weight With HypothyroidismMany h
Posted in Health, 0 comments | post comment2:25 PM, 8/1/2008Eating With HypothyroidismHypothyroidism, the chronic condition of an under-active thyroid, affects millions of Americans. It's most commonl
Be realistic about your goals and objectives and realize that being a certain weight or size is not always the best goal when living with hypothyroidism. Having more energy and reducing feelings of fatigue and depression are usually more important to your quality of life.
Posted in Health, 0 comments | post comment2:25 PM, 7/1/2008Avoiding Common Thyroid Pitfalls: Weight GainMost thyroid patients end up hypothyroid, with an underactive, radioactively ablated, or even surgically removed thyro id that is unable to produce all or part of the needed thyroid hormone. If you are taking thyroid hormone replacement drugs - levothyroxine, Synthroid, Levoxyl, Levothroid, Unithroid, Thyrolar, Armour Thyroid, or natural thyroid - then you are hypothyroid.And when you're hypothyroid, your metabolism usually does not work at the same speed as someone else of your height, weight, and level of physical activity, meaning that it becomes easier for you gain weight, and harder to lose weight. If you are hyperthyroid and about to undergo antithyroid treatment, or RAI, once your thyroid starts slowing down, you should be particularly careful to avoid eating as if you were still hyperthyroid. Avoiding weight gain in the first place, by making a deliberate diet change and adding more exercise to your program, are both essential. Some people gain weight, and discover their hypothyroidism after weight has been gained. Others continue to gain weight after diagnosis and treatment for an underactive thyroid. In this case, it's critical that you... 1. Optimize your thyroid treatment 2. Follow a diet approach that is optimal for thyroid patients. Posted in Health, 0 comments | post comment2:24 PM, 5/1/2008Your Own Weight Loss ProgramSo if y ou are over weight and you are looking to lose weight. No need to fret. There are several diet programs available that you can make use of. Some of these programs will show you ways to lose weight in just a few days. Just make sure that you follow a diet that isn't promoting starvation. Be sure to follow the diet strictly. And always remember, if you want best results from your diet, do a bit of exercising. Diet and exercising make a good team for losing weight. They go hand in hand. If you apply the two, results will show almost immediately.Diets require you to be committed to them. You need to follow the diet religiously if you expect to see any results. Some diets will show results in a week's time but please keep in mind that diets that help you lose weight instantly won't help you maintain your weight. You need to work at it. You can not do the diet and expect not to put on weight. You either do the diet regularly or at least maintain an exercise plan that you will do rigorously everyday so that you can maintain your weight. Most diets recommend that you give a bit of a gap before trying out the diet again. You don't have to repeat the diet. Like I said earlier, maintain your weight through exercise. Another thing I recommend is not pigging out after finishing a successful diet. Do not go drink sodas and fill yourself up with cheesy pasta or with pizza. Maintain a healthy diet even when not on any program. By that I mean, cook healthy at all times. Try and have a balance diet. Stop eating out too often. Go slow on the red meats. Eat a lot of fish, its healthy and not fattening. Vegetables are very good for you. Make sure that every meal you have in the day includes vegetables. Raw vegetables are the best for you. Also include greens. Green salads are extremely healthy for you and your family. Include fresh fruit juices in your diet. Do not buy juices from out; most of them contain added flavor and sugar. Fresh fruit juice is tasty and is what you require. Avoid eating foods that contain too many calories. You do not have to give up on a high calorie dish altogether. You can still have them but make sure you do not eat them very often and when you do eat them, eat them in smaller portions than usual. Another important thing to remember is that water is very good for you. You should consume on an average, at least about 15 glasses of water. Drinking water before every meal is a nice way of killing your appetite. The water you consume will make you want to eat lesser food as compared to before you drank the water. Thus it kills your appetite which is always good' especially when your looking forward to losing weight. Posted in Health, 0 comments | post comment2:23 PM, 4/1/2008Weight Loss - Different Weight Loss ProgramIt is difficult to define a weight loss program because there are so many different programs to choose from. Not everybody is the same and there is not a person that has the same metabolism, body structure and physique. If this was the case, there would be one program that worked for everyone and was the best weight loss program available.Sadly, this is not the case. Even sadder, one of the most effective methods to lose weight is trial and error. You may have to try out several programs before you find the one that works for you. It can become discouraging and irritating putting in so much time and effort while constantly seeing no results. But it is vital that you do not give up. One thing you can expect from a weight loss program is to give it time and be patient. Too many people go into a program expecting to lose 50 pounds in the first week. Not only will this not happen, but it is also not healthy. It may seem crazy, but the healthy way to do it is to lose five or six pounds a week. This does not sound like much, but you will begin to notice a difference in your lifestyle rather quickly. You will begin to feel much more energized and a lot healthier. Believe it or not, it can change your mood as well. Having the extra energy and feeling healthy will put anybody in a good mood. In order to see the results and consistently lose five pounds a week, you have to be motivated to stay on track. There is no sticking with the program one week and then taking a week off. This will accomplish nothing. If you are serious about losing weight, you have to be devoted to the program. The best weight loss program is one that you believe you can succeed in and one that you see results from. Again, there is no need to look for a fast weight loss plan. Find a program that you believe in and you feel you can succeed in. Regardless of the program you set up, there are a few things you can do to help succeed. First, set goals for where you want to be after a certain amount of time. Do not give yourself a break, but at the same time make sure your goals are achievable. Second, be consistent and work hard every day you are supposed to work out. There are no breaks when it comes to dieting. Lastly, track your progress so you can see how well you have done. While there is no best weight loss program you can buy at the store, the best program for you is the one that suits your needs. Everyone is different and have different goals. Find the program that you have confidence in and give it a try. It may take you a few tries before you find the perfect program, but in time you will find the best weight loss program for you. Posted in Health, 0 comments | post comment2:23 PM, 4/1/2008Weight Loss - Obesity DietObesity is a rising trend all over the world, and it is becoming more common in people of all ages. The most important th ing to understand about obesity is that although it is a problem that can cause a lot of physical and mental anguish, it is a problem that can be remedied when handled properly. Obesity diet help and solutions do exist, but unfortunately many people are unable to take the proper steps that they need to really help themselves.Obesity presents a problem that everyone needs to address, even at the government level. Yes, there might already be programs aplenty all designed to help people who are obese deal with their problems, but if you look closely at the foundation of these programs, none of them deal with the problem cohesively and almost none of these will have a support structure which overlaps with other obesity diet help solutions. Each of these obesity solutions is a plan and a design standing on its own, with a support structure only insofar as the program goes. When the particular obesity program is finished, or when the person needs, or voluntarily switches to a different method of obesity diet help, they have to go through the entire process almost from the beginning. The current structure and solutions which they are using, in most cases, just won’t work for them. This is not to say that there are no proper or viable obesity diet help and solutions at all. Only that what there is, it needs to be looked at and reorganized so that people can get the most benefit out of them, not the least. People who are obese and are looking to get help with their obesity problems also need to have a proper support structure in place. Again, these are there already, but not in a proper form or manner. Many people will argue over this fact and even say that these support structures just aren’t being used properly by those who need it, and this will to some extent be true. But what about the majority of the cases where the support structure fails these people, and where they fall through the cracks and the loopholes which can invariably be found in these support structures, as well as in the many other types of obesity solutions? What then? These matters need to be dealt with, as well as other more fundamental matters, which can only help other obesity solutions, and not hinder them. We are for the most part, obsessed with weight and diets, but the fact of the matter is that none of these problems or the obesity solutions needed to solve them, would be needed if we addressed the larger issues at hand. Posted in Health, 0 comments | post comment2:22 PM, 3/1/2008Fast weight loss – Too Good To Be True, Or An Important Factor To Lasting Weight Loss?Many argue diet- or weight loss programs offering fast weight loss to be questionable and consider them "too good to be true". While this is true with most diet pills and magic weight loss formulas, research shows that loosing weight fast is an important part of long lasting weight loss.Most scientists agree the most important factor for lasting weight loss is a change of lifestyle. This change may sound like a walk in the park, but don’t be so easily fooled, old habits are hard to get rid of. Many aspects of the lifestyle contribute to a person’s overweight. Changing just one, or a few, won’t be enough. More often than not, you need a complete change in lifestyle. The most important reasons for overweight are; Your diet What you eat is, of course, the single most important factor when gaining weight. If you eat more than you spend, you will gain weight. Some people can eat more and fattier foods than others, it’s in the genes. Focusing on eating food with less fat, more fibers and nutrition as well as fruits and vegetables is a must of you want to loose weight. When you eat is also important. Eating just before bedtime isn’t the best idea while regular meals will help you keep your weight. Smoking Smoking will kill you! It’s as simple as that. In the long run, smoking will cause many diseases, but in the short run it’ll make you fat and lazy. There are reasons you rarely see an athlete smoke, it’s disastrous for you and your health. There are several places online to quit smoking, if you are a habitual smoker – quit today. Alcohol Most people enjoy an occasional drink now and then, but if these occasions become more of a daily routine, you will gain weight. Alcohol has many negative health aspects and its rich in calories. And, with a hangover you rarely get any exercise, a pizza and a diet coke is a more likely scenario. Fast weight loss as motivation Changing too much at once may be overwhelming, so make sure you have your mind set on it. Loosing weight fast will boost your moral, and this is exactly what researchers tell us; fast initial weight loss motivates people to change their lifestyle. Changing your life without seeing any results makes most people’s intentions fly right out the window, where seeing results from an early stage will help you fulfill those same intentions. Some weight loss programs are using this method in their programs, with some very good results. Staying with the program is important even after the initial weight loss; inspiration and motivation are important to achieve long lasting weight loss – make sure you keep yourself motivated. Posted in Health, 0 comments | post comment2:18 PM, 2/1/2008Fatigue And Weight Gain Are The Two Most Common Symptoms Of The Problem.Many people aren't getting enough iodine in there diet and in fact, iodine deficiency is a world wide health concern and the lea ding cause of thyroid problems.In North America iodine is added to table salt to help alleviate the problem, but anyone on a low sodium diet or opting to use sea salt or alternatives becomes at risk for an iodine deficiency. For the protection of the thyroid gland the average person requires 160 micrograms of iodine per day. If you don't get it from table salt, iodine can be found primarily in kelp and other sea vegetables, sea food, milk, eggs and whole grain breads. Kelp is by far the richest source and is richer than other sea vegetables such as dulse or spirulina. Primarily because of the iodine content, kelp is reputed to boost thyroid function, stimulate weight loss and be beneficial for brain tissue, sensory nerves, spinal cord and blood vessels. Kelp is also rich in B-Vitamins (important for heart health and combating stress), and vitamin K, which helps maintain healthy blood clotting. I am hoping that the addition of iodine to my client's diet may help her to shed some weight and perhaps it could help you to avoid this health risk. See your doctor if you suspect you may have hypothyroidism for an accurate diagnosis and treatment. Posted in Health, 0 comments | post comment2:09 PM, 1/1/2008Hypothyroidism And Weight Gain May Be PreventedLearn how hypothyroidism can cause weight gain and how you might prevent it. I have been working with a client recently who is in great physical condition but about 30 pounds heavier than she would like. And though she works out like a trooper and her diet is calorie controlled and healthy, she has been unable to drop much below her current weight, even after working with me for a few months. This was frustrating to both of us until she learned from her doctor that she has an underactive thyroid gland or what is called 'hypothyroidism'. This revelation led me to do some research on the thyroid gland and the hormones that it produces. I wish to share my findings with you in the hope that you will learn what to do to maintain a healthy thyroid. I found out that thyroid problems are more common than diabetes and heart disease and that 1 in 20 Canadians suffer from thyroid dysfunction, and that women are 10 times more likely than men to have thyroid problems. Apparently, taking care of thyroid health may be as simple as ensuring adequate iodine in your diet. The thyroid gland is a tiny , butterfly-shaped gland at the front of the windpipe. This small gland looks after most of your bodies organs including the heart, brain and liver. The gland uses tiny amounts of iodine to produce two types of hormones, which regulate cell growth and metabolism. Thyroid hormone keeps the rest of the body working at the right speed. Although the trace mineral iodine is only needed in small amounts by the body, it is an essential nutrient, critical for thyroid health and proper physical and mental development. Without adequate iodine, the production of thyroid hormones is slowed. An underactive thyroid or hypothyroidism can cause fatigue, sensitivity to cold, memory loss, weight gain, loss of hair, high blood pressure and dry itchy skin. It can also lead to much more serious health problems if untreated. Posted in Health, 0 comments | post comment |
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