Things We Want To Avoid

Good Morning Perfect Phit,

I wanted to provide you all with some information on a few things that we are trying to avoid, Obesity, High Blood Pressure and Diabetes.

These three ailments are prevalent in over 75% of Americans because of one of the following
1. Genetics
2. Poor dieting
3. Lack of exercise

Genetics is not anything that you can do anything about, but the last two...you have control of.  I preach over and over about how critical your eating is to the way that you look, but its even more important to your overall health.  If you are obese..which does not mean, "disgustingly fat"...you are at a higher risk for all three of these ailments. Obese if having a body mass index of 30 or above. some of us are obese and don't even know it.  some of us are obese and still think we are cute. and some of us are obese and are in denial.  These ailments are SERIOUS, life threatening situations.


Please read these three snippets and get a general understanding of these ailments so that you can familiarize yourself with them. This is what we are trying to avoid.

you all have a nutritional guideline to follow and a meal selection plan to follow. most people don't have access to these tools until AFTER the doctor prescribes them, along with medicine for treatment of one of the 3 ailments above. let's do everything in our power to avoid the doctor.

make your eating a lifestyle or make taking medicine a lifestyle!!

if you know anyone who suffers from poor dieting or lack of exercise, please share this with them as well. they may want to get ahead of the game too.


Obesity 
is defined as having an excessive amount of body fat. Obesity is more than just a cosmetic concern, though. It increases your risk of diseases and health problems such as diabetes and high blood pressure.
Doctors often use a formula based on your height and weight — called the body mass index (BMI) — to determine if you are obese. Adults with a BMI of 30 or higher are considered obese. Extreme obesity, also called severe obesity or morbid obesity, occurs when you have a BMI of 40 or more. With morbid obesity, you are especially likely to have serious health problems.

High Blood Pressure
Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against blood vessel walls. The heart pumps blood into the arteries (blood vessels), which carry the blood throughout the body. High blood pressure, also called hypertension, is dangerous because it makes the heart work harder to pump blood to the body and it contributes to hardening of the arteries or atherosclerosis and the development of heart failure.
The exact causes of high blood pressure�are not known. Several factors and conditions may play a role in its development, including:

• Smoking
• Being overweight or obese
• Lack of physical activity
• Too much salt in the diet
• Too much alcohol consumption (more than 1 to 2 drinks per day)
• Stress
• Older age
• Genetics
• Family history of high blood pressure
• Chronic kidney disease
• Adrenal and thyroid disorders

Diabetes
Eating sweets or the wrong kind of food does not cause diabetes. However, it may cause obesity and this is associated with people developing Type 2 diabetes.
The following risk factors increase the chances of someone developing Type 2 diabetes:

• Increasing age;
• obesity; and
• physical inactivity.