lundi 24 septembre 2012

Fighting obesity with The Mediterranean Diet

By Pamella Rodriguez


One of the major issues with the current trends in dieting in the United States is that almost all of the diet plans revolve around starvation or reliance on chemical supplements in the form of pills, protein bars, shakes and powders. Almost no thought is given to whole foods and real nutrition, with most people thinking they just don't have time to prepare something.

As a result, the United States is the world leader in obesity, with the Center for Disease Control estimating that 72% of Americans are overweight or obese. Out of those 72%, an estimated 34% are considered obese to the point of dangerously unhealthy, and out of those 34% only an estimated 6% have an actual genetic reason for being obese. The rest of those are simply fat because they don't know any better, or they just don't care.

If you look at the latest research from The Medical Research Council's Epidemiology Unit in Cambridge, England, they state that if you look at the 6% of obese people in the United States, roughly 40% of them could actually stop being obese if they would merely start doing some exercise in combination with a whole food diet plan such as The Mediterranean Diet. That's roughly half of all people who claim to have an obesity issue as a result of their genes.

It's fairly staggering in its scope, considering for years there have been thousands of obese people who claim they have no option other than to be fat. The reality is that out of the six percent of the population who are morbidly obese, only around half of them are that way because of their genes. The rest of them could easily be shedding weight through regular fitness and whole foods such as with The Mediterranean Diet.

Ask any nutritionist and you'll find out that the hardest part of being in shape isn't the fitness itself, but the controlling of the diet, which accounts for 70% of any fitness regimen. The other 30% is the workout itself, but the core principles all come down to the quality of the food you are putting into the body. When nothing but high-quality, whole foods are going in, you'll see positive results coming out.

There's no doubt that regular exercise is important, but nutrition still beats the pants off of a workout routine. Which is why The Mediterranean Diet is so superior in terms of whole foods and raw nutrition, because there isn't a diet plan on the planet which comes close to having as much total, raw nutrition as you get from eating roughly 80% fruits and vegetables and zero processed and synthetic power bars and protein shakes. If it's all about getting out what you put in, this is the ultimate healthy lifestyle choice for overweight and obese people.




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