BEAT THE HELL OUT OF METABOLIC SYNDROME

Metabolic Syndrome also known as Syndrome X. But contracting Syndrome X does not make you a        member of the X-Men. It makes you more susceptible to heart attacks, stroke, diabetes and host of other circulatory and metabolic conditions. To know more about metabolic syndrome, click here. Below are some tips that you can do right away and take charge of your health.

1) Exercise and losing  weight

Losing weight must be the primary aim for anyone with metabolic syndrome and exercising is the way to go. As metabolic syndrome is an effect of long term storage of unused energy as fat and insulin inefficiency, the trick here is to take charge of your food calorie intake and rev up your energy expenditure.

So the type of exercise I recommend is weight exercise. If you do not have weights or do not have the time to go to the gym, body weight exercise is a good alternative. Weight exercise gives you a raise in body metabolism for hours even after you are done with it. The good thing is the exercise takes you only 20-30 minutes, four days a week.

Basic weight exercise movements should help you in achieving your desired weight level. Try different variations of squats ( the best for revving up energy expenditure) and push ups. Also invest in a chin up bar and elastic band so that you can do your exercise at home. ( my advice is to invest in a personal trainer at your nearby gym or fitness center to learn the basics of weight exercise so that you do not hurt yourself while doing it with a wrong posture and as an encouragement for you to stay on track with your exercise regimen)

2) Reduce the Whites Get rid of the whites fast!

They are the next worst thing to the white powder drug addicts are addicted to.

White salt, White sugar, white rice, and white flour!

Bleached, refined and devoid of any natural nutrients (beware of the “fortified with Vitamin B stuff”… it does not work the way natural vitamins do). It is just an utter waste of money by just consuming them.

3) Try eating THIS way (challenge for Asians)

Go fruits first, then veggies, meat next, then rice. You will find that you will be consuming less simple carbohydrates in no time. Too much simple carbohydrates in your daily diet spikes your sugar level at an consistent rate then converts it to fat if not used, contributing to metabolic syndrome.

Consuming too much simple carbohydrates increases your body’s production of insulin. If the body develops insulin resistance as a result, consistently high sugar levels kicks in and eventually develops into diabetes mellitus.

4) Take care of your gut

The digestive system consumes most of the available energy we have if we are consuming the standard modern diet which is low on enzymes and fiber.

Charge up your digestive abilities by consuming more raw natural foods rich in enzymes or alternatively take enzymes supplements. Probiotics also promotes a healthier gut.

I also would like to point out the importance of repairing the villi of our small intestines. Most allergies can be traced to damaged villies, where larger particles of undigested proteins accidentally enters our bloodstream and results in allergies.

I recommend polysaccharidepolypeptide (Alpha-PSP) to promote the repair of the small intestines. Alpha PSP also provides the source of cell ATP energy production, encourage intestinal flora balance, promotes proper production of insulin and antioxidants in the body and within the cell for DNA protection.

5) Detoxification

Despite our best efforts to lead the healthiest lifestyle possible, we cannot avoid the massive amount of environmental toxins surrounding us. It’s everywhere. Studies suggest that your home’s interior is even more toxic than the outdoors! Even the clothes you wear are toxic. The shampoo you use contains a cocktail of toxic chemicals (unless you re using organic products). So what can we do about it?

Detox!

Any kind of detox, as long as, it is safe and does not use drugs and chemicals to excite the body to remove the toxins. E.g laxative for constipation. There are so many options available, colon hydrotherapy, chelation, toxin removal foot plasters, detox spa bath, scrubs, and fiber supplements made from natural ingredients.

I recommend a FIR spa system to remove the fat soluble toxins from our body. Fat soluble toxins are generally toxic chemicals that we have contact with or consumed unknowingly(pesticides). If we were to discharge these toxins through our feces and urine it will damage our kidneys and liver in the long run. The safest route to eliminate these toxins are through our sweat glands from the lymphatic system.

The plus point is we can do this everyday, safely and it promotes cardiovascular conditioning and weight management too!

p.s. Look forward to your comments!

SECRET OF A MAN’S MIND ( in a bar )

Doesn’t it make you swoon when she smiles? So sweet…. Your heart skips faster as your body feels more rigid…. You hope that she is staring at you but she’s not… you hope she notices you…she does… you hope good opinion is formed in her mind of you… her mind is thinking the same too….

You start swaying to the music .. moving your head side to side and your shoulders to the beat of the music… you she her swaying her hips too… you try to attract.. you steal a look …she looks back noticing that your eyes are onto her… your eyes quickly shoots to the TV screen pretending not to stare but you know better…

You hope she will start the conversation first…. But fat chance as it does not happen that way… you wait and procrastinate out of fear.. then a jerk comes along and chat her up… you secretly vow to beat that jerk up if he should take advantage of her… but that does not happen… before you know it she walks with him to another table… you feel down and useless and lost… then she comes walking back… hope comes back and goes just as fast as she walks not to her table but out the exit.. gone for now and you hope to meet again …soon….

Loser…

WHAT YOU DO THAT PREVENT YOUR SUPPLEMENTS FROM WORKING FOR YOU.

WE ARE FED UP WITH  SUPPLEMENTS THAT DON’T WORK!

Or are we preventing it from working?

52% of Malaysians taking vitamins and supplements making it the 7^th highest in the world and highest in the Asia pacific region.

In contrast, high blood pressure among Malaysian stands at 480,000 and is projected to increase to 960,000 in a ten year period.

Diabetes is on a all time high standing at 1.2 million Malaysians diagnosed with the condition.

What gives?

Aren’t taking supplements supposed to keep me away from all these illness?

Are the supplements just bogus pills and powder that don’t work?

My take is your lifestyle, attitude and commitment towards your health that matters most.

Consider this

How many times have you hop from one supplement to another without actually finishing the last one? (check your refrigerator, you might find a good number of half full supplements in it.)

How long did you stick to your last supplement? One month? Four months? A year?

Do you know what you are consuming? What the supplements does? Is it synthetic or all natural?

Did you buy the supplement over the counter or through a friend or agent? If so, where you educated on the function of the supplement and most importantly why and how it helps you?

Are you committed to consuming it on a daily basis as part of your daily diet? What is your daily diet like? ( I have customers going on oily, high simple carbs, salty and sweet foods and hope that the supplement they bought could simply zap away all those nasty stuff)

Do you believe that by taking supplements you can skip exercising and still be healthy? If not, are you exercising right? (I have people challenging me that if my supplements were that good then why the need to exercise? How naive)

Are you taking the supplement as a food supplement or do you take it as a medication? (most people change supplements because they take it as a quick fix)

Do you believe in prevention? Or do you believe that conventional medicine’s aims to get you back to good health?

If you are consuming supplements and do not want to be part of the statistic then consider this

Study the supplement you are going to buy. Or the one selling you the supplement should be knowledgeable and caring enough to educate you on what you need to know.

Is the supplement supported with research and studies? Is the studies carried out using the supplement brand or type or is it a borrowed claim? If there are no studies, how have people by using it benefited from the product (anecdotal evidence).

Is the supplement you are consuming important for your body type? By important, I mean that every individuals has some different pressing problems within their bodies. For example is your digestive risk is high and you take a supplement that is meant for general health maintenance it is not going to benefit you.

Do not treat supplements as medication. They work differently. Medication has concentrated amounts of certain chemicals that is mixed to function in a specific way. Supplements on the other hand works synergistically with other nutrients to nourish, repair, and supports bodily functions.

Lead a healthy lifestyle. Exercise! Watch your diet! Get enough rest and sleep. Most supplements we take works on the nutritional side only. Supplements is NOT a cure-all and never will be.

Choose natural supplements over synthetic ones. Whole food based over extracted ones. Know that no single vitamin and mineral can work by itself. It needs other nutrient (also known as co-factors) to work efficiently.

Till next … Stay cheerful … be healthy

If you have questions that you do not want to get posted on my comments column you can email me at edward@ues.com.my

p.s. Beware of these claims (I find them very misleading and irresponsible):

Take this supplement X and you will never need other supplements ever again. (misleading)

Take this supplement X and continue enjoying the foods you like and never have to watch what you eat. (irresponsible)

Take this supplement X and your problems will be CURED. (misleading and irresponsible)

Most who make these claims are people who do not know much about nutrition or the supplement they are selling and just want to make the sale or get you to join their membership program.

Ask more and find out more. If these agents get into a rut and start side stepping your questions and make no effort to search for answers to your queries, find another that is willing to do so. ( that’s because these agents won’t be in business for long, their purpose is to make money not make you healthy)

METABOLIC SYNDROME: YOUR DOCTORS’ GOLDMINE

WHY knowing WHAT metabolic syndrome is could

SAVE your life and dollars.

What is Metabolic Syndrome?

A group of risk factors for heart disease, diabetes, and stroke. It includes abdominal obesity, high blood pressure, high blood glucose levels, and low levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol. The metabolic syndrome is sometimes called the insulin resistance syndrome.
quamut.com/quamut/insulin_resistance/page/key_terms.html

Signs and symptoms of Metabolic Syndrome

To establish whether you are suffering from metabolic syndrome use the below, Education Program Adult Treatment Panel (ATP III), as a guideline. The presence of 3 out of 5 of the following measurements is necessary to identify the syndrome:

1. Waist measurement Men: Greater than 102 cms Women: Greater than 88 cms

2. Blood pressure greater than or equal to 130/85

3. Triglyceride levels greater than or equal to 1.7 mmol/l

4. Glucose level: greater than or equal to 6 mmol/l

5. HDL cholesterol

Men: less than or equal to 1.0 mmol
Women: less than or equal to 1.3 mmol/l

Consequences of metabolic syndrome

1. Life long medication that serve to suppress the symptom rather than the cause of disease. In the end of it all, it gives you various side effects in forms of other complications as a bonus or parting gift.
2. Bypass or angioplasty if you are lucky enough to be alive from an initial heart attack. The operation costs a bomb so make sure to have enough insurance coverage. (go to your local hospital to check out the price)
3. Walking aid or a wheelchair (for added comfort?) if you are unlucky enough to get plaques in your brain vessels and got a stroke.
4. Please be patient while waiting for dialysis and amputation if you are a diabetic and does nothing about it other than religiously taking your medication.
5. You can never fit into those slick designer wear and look good.
6. Who jabs himself everyday but is not a drug addict? An insulin-dependant diabetic!
7. and the list goes on and on……

Question is : Do you want to live your life like that?

YES? Congratulations! You are an official elite member of the IGNORAMUS CLUB where 80% of the population of the world are also members. Pay up and get a lifetime supply of drugs. We guarantee that the drugs might not work and we may increase the dosage where it deems fit.

NO? Take charge of your life RIGHT NOW!

NEXT POST : How to beat the hell of out of Metabolic Syndrome! (only for those ready to do something about their health. Skeptics, don’t bother)

p.s. What more do you want to know about metabolic syndrome? Do you have any experience you want to share? Leave your comment….

1 Secret to MORE CASH by year end 2009 !!!

 

 

 

If you happened upon this post with a search  engine … most probably you are looking for some  extra cash in these trying times… or maybe you  are looking for some part time revenue… or  maybe you just want to make more….

 Sorry to dissappoint … this post is anything but  the extra cash….

 You want more by year end? The secret is

PAY YOURSELF FIRST!

 You have heard of it before? Then have you acted  on it?

 How many times have you paid yourself first  before paying off those bills “even when you have  to pay the bare minimum on your credit card”?

  As a rule of thumb you can pay yourself first with  a 10% after tax income every month and work  upwards from there. 10% too much? Start from  5% then….. 

  The trick here is to keep doing it until it becomes  a HABIT.

 

 KEEP PAYING YOURSELF TILL IT BECOMES A HABIT!

 You would just spend the money anyway, if it  stays in your account which can be withdrawn with an ATM card. (yeah..you should deposit the money in an bank account without the ATM card)

Do it, take action NOW and you will knock yourself silly that you have not done it sooner. (i did)

AND YOU KNOW WHAT? If you have read all the way down here… i think that you are seriously considering the piece of old age advice above so I’ll give you ONE more tip for that extra cash by year end…

SAVE THAT ONE DOLLAR!

Yes.. it adds up. Save all your one dollar notes by the end of every day… you will be surprised that it adds up from 500 to 1000 extra dollars by year end….well that’s swell for a lil Christmas budget ( i saved 1100++ in 2008, and i just put it into my savings acocunt)

Well, what do you think? Is it doable? Or do you have other advice? TELL US MORE!