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I got a lovely email recently from a therapist reporting on a session:
I did a client session in November 2016 regarding old and new traumas with a 30-year-old woman who was sexually assaulted when she was 18. She had cancelled and rescheduled several times, but she finally found a time she could come without her two small children.
We were discussing the phobia process and when I asked if she had any questions, she was tearful, voice shaking, and she shared a strong disturbing thought, “You are going to take this from me.” She had a strong belief that she “should” feel the reactions to the memories of the assault (hypervigilance, somatic symptoms when memories arose, discomfort with physical contact with her partner).
We had planned to use the movie theater/rewind method to address the phobic response to her traumatic memories, but instead we addressed this negative internal voice that thought she “should” have this reaction. We shifted to the Troublesome Internal Voice Transformation method from the online PTSD training. She quickly identified the negative voice as being that of the boyfriend she had at the time (not the person who assaulted her), who shamed and manipulated her when he found out about the assault. She had a very profound experience when she realized this — her affect changed dramatically, she was quiet and smiling and relaxed, so there was no need to do the phobia process.
She said she hadn’t realized that the voice was “not me,” and when she had this realization, she felt free to stop listening to it. We’ve met twice since that session, most recently in early March, and the results have held. Below is the email I got from her the next morning after our session.
—Susan Malcolm LCSW, Portland Maine
“I literally cannot explain it. I am happy. I could not fall asleep last night because I am happy. I feel like I am that girl that was lost 12 years ago that was once so happy and liked herself. I am a little in shock from it still, but to have this box that was gross and oozing yesterday be beautiful and dressed up today is just amazing. All my anxiety that I have been having about everything is gone. I want to spend time with my kids, I want to talk to my husband about all the weird crazy things in my mind, and I don’t even care about talking about building a house anymore. (Yes, it’s still overwhelming, but I am not scared about it anymore.) It is literally unexplainable and amazing all at once. I cannot say thank you enough. I want this to be available for everyone. This is the craziest thing that everyone with PTSD should go through. E.V.E.R.Y.O.N.E.”
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Susan’s lovely example is a reminder that when someone says they have a phobia, or PTSD, or anything else, those words may not accurately indicate the structure of what is troubling them. Many people use the words “trauma” and “PTSD” for a very wide range of different troubling experiences. If Susan had gone ahead with the phobia cure, either it wouldn’t have worked at all, or it might have worked with her memory of the assault itself. But it wouldn’t have resolved her crippling shame induced by the voice of her old boyfriend. It’s only too bad that she had to suffer needlessly for 12 years from something was so easily resolved in a single session. When Susan asked her if she recognized the voice, the realization that the troubling voice wasn’t hers probably only took a few seconds — a sweet example of what I call “Briefest Therapy.”
We take a look at what foods people with diabetes should avoid and outline what they should eat instead.
Maintaining a healthful diet can help people with diabetes control the symptoms of their condition.Having diabetes does not have to stop people from eating the foods they enjoy. However, it does mean that they should eat smaller portions, less often.
The Institute of Medicine recommend that carbohydrate intake for most people should be between 45-65 percent of total calories. This higher carbohydrate intake is consistent with plant-based diets, which have shown benefit for diabetes management in well-designed, long-term studies.
However, some research has shown that people can improve their blood sugar levels when their carbohydrate intake is between 5-35 percent of calories. Much of the research comes from short-term studies for higher-fat diets, such as the ketogenic diet and Mediterranean diets.
Experts are just beginning to understand the influence that the gut bacteria have on health. What is known is that high-fiber carbohydrates feed gut bacteria while a high-fat, low-carb diet often results in gut bacteria death. This is far from ideal as people with diabetes already have lower levels of gut bacteria.
Populations around the world that live the longest, known as Blue Zones, all eat a plant-based diet, rich in whole foods and carbohydrates.
This article outlines recommendations for people who plan to follow a plant-based diet.
The key to eating well with diabetes is to eat a variety of healthful foods from each of the food groups.
Foods to avoid within the major food groups and suggested replacements are listed below.
All grains are starches. Avoiding refined grains is a smart choice for people with diabetes, regardless of chosen diet, as they affect blood glucose more quickly than whole grains.
People with diabetes should look at the ingredients list on foods and avoid anything made from white flour, or enriched flour.
Grains and products made from refined flours to avoid or limit:
Two extra servings a day of whole grains may reduce the chances of developing prediabetes and has been shown to decrease the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 21 percent.
Grains to eat:
Protein helps the body build, maintain, and replace the body's tissue. The body's organs, muscles, and immune system are made up of protein. Protein can also be broken down into sugar, although less efficiently than carbohydrates.
Eating red meat, such as beef, pork, and lamb, has been shown to increase the risk of diabetes, even when consumed in small amounts.
One 3-ounce serving of unprocessed red meat, such as beef, per day was found by one review to increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 20 percent. A smaller serving of processed red meat, such as bacon, increased the risk of diabetes by 51 percent.
Swapping red meat or processed red meat for other protein sources that are more healthful, such as poultry, fish, low-fat dairy, whole grains or nuts, may cut the risk of diabetes by up to 35 percent.
Eating fish or soy-based products, such as tofu, can lower the risk of diabetes significantly.Protein to avoid or limit:
Protein to eat:
Dairy proteins are a major source of calcium and contain proteins and vitamins, and people with diabetes can still consume products, such as milk, yogurt, and cheese, every day.
People with diabetes are more likely to develop cardiovascular disease than other people. So, they should exchange foods that increase the levels of cholesterol in the blood and lead to a greater risk of heart disease for lower-fat options.
Dairy to avoid or limit:
Dairy to eat:
Fruits and vegetables not only add nutrients to the diet, but they also help manage body weight and reduce the risk of stroke, heart disease, some cancers, and other chronic diseases.
While some fruits may cause blood sugar levels to rise, they do not cause such sharp increases as some carbohydrates, such as bread, do. Whole fruits are considered to be high-quality carbohydrates and contain fiber that may help slow down the absorption of glucose.
Dried fruit contains concentrated natural sugars, which may spike blood glucose levels. People with high blood pressure should also be wary of sodium levels in canned and pickled vegetables.
Fruits and vegetables to avoid or limit:
Fruits and vegetables to eat:
Avocado and nuts both contain fats that are an essential part of a healthful diet.Fat is a source of essential fatty acids, such as omega-3, and is an important part of a healthful, balanced diet. Fat also helps the body to absorb vitamins A, D, and E.
Replacing saturated fats and trans fats with unsaturated fats lowers cholesterol and reduces the risk of heart disease.
Sugary foods, sweets, and desserts are made mostly of sugar and are considered to be low-quality carbohydrates. They lack in nutritional value and can cause a sharp spike in blood sugar.
Sugar can also contribute to weight gain, which can make it harder to control diabetes and increase the risk of heart disease and stroke.
Fats and sugars to avoid or limit:
Healthful fats and sugar substitutes to eat and drink:
There are three main types of carbohydrates in food, including starches, sugars, and fiber. Carbohydrates affect blood glucose levels more than other nutrients.
The body breaks down starches and sugars into glucose. Fiber, however, is not processed by the body in the same way as other carbohydrates and so does not raise blood sugar levels.
Fruits, vegetables, legumes, and whole grains are considered to be healthful carbohydrates. Healthful carbohydrates provide energy, nutrients, such as vitamins and minerals, and fiber.
While unhealthful carbohydrates, such as food and drinks with added sugars, also provide energy, they contain little nutrients.
People with diabetes need to monitor their intake of carbohydrates to ensure their glucose levels remain within target.
A diabetes educator or dietitian can help with developing a healthful eating plan. They can recommend what foods to eat, how much to eat, and when to eat based on factors like weight, physical activity level, medicines, and blood glucose targets.
The following steps could help with eating healthfully and maintaining blood glucose levels:
Despite what someone's current diet is, there are plenty of healthful alternatives available for people to try. Once someone has adjusted to a new diet, they may not even miss the foods they used to eat.
By Hannah Nichols
| This was my view of Mt. Hood from the airplane--I couldn't believe what a perfect view it was! Even my brother, who is a pilot and flies past it often, said he's never seen it this clearly. |
The results of a new study suggest that it is possible for seniors to maintain a healthy heart as they age, by following recommendations from the American Heart Association.The study - led by researchers collaborating on the Framingham Heart Study, from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and Boston University in Massachusetts - is published in the journal Hypertension.
First author Teemu J. Niiranen, a research fellow at Boston University School of Medicine, says that many people assume that "vascular aging" is a normal result of aging.
"As people get older, their arteries become stiffer and they develop high blood pressure. In fact, that's what happens to most people beyond age 70. But it doesn't have to happen," he explains.
He and his colleagues suggest that a healthful diet and lifestyle can reduce the risk of high blood pressure and stiff arteries, both of which raise the risk for heart disease.
The team studied nearly 3,200 people aged 50 and older who took part in the Framingham Heart Study, and they assessed how many participants met the requirements for healthy vascular aging.
The researchers defined healthy vascular aging as having normal blood pressure and the arterial stiffness of people aged 30 and under, which was assessed using a method called pulse-wave velocity.
The results showed that nearly 18 percent of participants (566 individuals) met the definition for healthy vascular aging.
The age group most likely to meet the requirements for healthy vascular aging were aged 50 to 59, in which 30 percent met the definition.
Only 1 percent of those aged 70 were found to have normal blood pressure and arteries similar to those of a 30-year-old, with women more likely to meet the standard than men.
Niiranen says that they also found that the participants with healthy vascular aging had a 55 percent lower risk of developing cardiovascular diseases.
He and his colleagues found that having a low body mass index (BMI) and not developing diabetes were the factors most strongly associated with healthy vascular function.
In fact, they found that participants who were meeting six out of the seven targets of the American Heart Association's (AHA) Life's Simple 7 program were 10 times more likely to meet the requirements for healthy vascular aging than participants who met none or only one of them.
In 2010, the AHA for the first time linked "ideal cardiovascular health" to seven simple diet and lifestyle changes that people can make to reduce their risk of stroke and heart disease.
The AHA called the seven changes "Life's Simple 7." The following list summarizes the seven steps and their associated ideal heart health targets as set out in the association's My Life Check toolkit:
The AHA launched the seven-step plan with two goals in mind: to improve the cardiovascular health of all people in the United States by 20 percent by 2020, and to reduce deaths from cardiovascular diseases and stroke by 20 percent by 2020.
Niiranen says that it is a challenge to keep blood vessels healthy in a Western culture, as it typically has "poor diets and sedentary lifestyles."
"Age-associated high blood pressure, for example, is not common in indigenous hunter-gatherer populations," he adds.
However, he suggests that the odds of maintaining healthy blood vessels - "even into old age" - increase by following Life's Simple 7, and concludes that:
"For the most part, it's not genetic factors that stiffen the body's network of blood vessels during aging. Modifiable lifestyle factors - like those identified in the American Heart Association's Life's Simple 7 - are the leading culprit."
Teemu J. Niiranen
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Jacob loved Rachel and Rachel loved him; Leah was just there for dramatic effect. This is a story of love, dreams, desires, vision, and, most importantly, about never ever giving up and settling for less. Too often, we work hard for our dreams and then give up or settle for “good enough” instead of continuing in faith until we get exactly what we envisioned. I believe our life goals, dreams, and ideas are given to us–we don’t create them. Our job it to respond to them and trust that God will provide the resources needed to bring them into physical reality. Listen as I explain:
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Obesity in childhood has long term health implications stretching into adulthood, a new study in the journal Obesity Reviews reveals.
Examining data collected from over 300,000 participants across 18 studies, researchers from the University of Surrey identified increased arterial damage and enhanced likelihood of pre diabetes in participants who were obese in childhood. The damage, an increased thickness of these vital arteries, heightens the likelihood of an individual suffering from a cardiovascular ailment, such as heart disease, in later life.
Body mass index (BMI), waist circumference and skin fold thickness measurements of over 300,000 children (average age of 10) were assessed and compared with results gathered from the same participants on average 25 years later.
Researchers discovered that obese children were pre disposed to 'pre-diabetes' (an inability to adequately metabolise glucose, which can later lead to diabetes) and thickening of arteries in adulthood, both of which can be detrimental to their adult health. Childhood BMI also proved to be an indicator of adult hypertension demonstrating that this indicator is useful in predicting illnesses associated with obesity in adulthood. Due to limited data it is unknown if waist circumference and skin fold thickness are indicators to future ailments.
Childhood obesity has become increasingly prevalent in the UK, with figures from the NHS National Child Measurement Programme indicating that 19.8 per cent of 10-11 year olds being classed as obese in 2015/16, a rise of 0.7 per cent on the previous year. The long term implications of childhood obesity to adult health and resulting cost to the NHS is unknown.
Lead author Dr Martin Whyte from the University of Surrey, said: "It is worrying that obesity is becoming endemic in our society.
"The adverse effects of adult obesity are well known but what we have found is that obesity in childhood can cause lasting arterial damage which could potentially lead to life threatening illness. This is something that we need to address to protect adult health and reduce pressure on the NHS."
Article: Childhood predictors of cardiovascular disease in adulthood. A systematic review and meta-analysis, O. Ajala, F. Mold, C. Boughton, D. Cooke, M. Whyte, Obesity Reviews, doi: 10.1111/obr.12561, published online 25 May 2017.
Today Daniel shared this video with me of a popular gaming Youtuber, Boogie2988, who just announced he is finally going to undergo weight loss surgery. It’s beautifully honest and sincere, and watching it, I couldn’t help but feel such love and kinship for this man. He also does a really good job of explaining his reasons why surgery is the right choice for him.
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After being a part of the weight loss and healthy living community over the years, I’ve observed what I think is an unfair bias against bariatric surgery. People can view those who decide to get surgery as lazy or reckless. People who have lost weight without surgery often like to let you know they did it “the hard way.” But I don’t think surgery should be viewed as the easy way out.
All of us who are or have been significantly overweight got that way because we have serious problems. Many of the problems are psychological, some are physical, but you don’t get to be 100+ pounds overweight just because you like chocolate a little too much. For people like us, In order to lose and maintain weight loss, you need to work through many, many issues. I was able to work through enough of my psychological problems with food to get to a place where I could physically lose and maintain a significant weight loss without bariatric surgery. Not everyone is able to do that. It isn’t because they don’t try hard enough, because they’re looking for a shortcut, or because they’re intrinsically weaker, they just have a problem that might require a different solution. Weight loss surgery allows them to address the physical nature of their addiction in the hope they will be able to correct the emotional side of it in time.
Surgery isn’t some magical cure where a wizard waves his wand over your body and your stomach shrinks and your mind is healed. Surgery simply physically forces someone into eating less for a period of time. It gives people an opportunity to lose an often large amount of weight, while they work on their relationship with food. People who get surgery need to eat a very restrictive diet and are often required to also address mental health issues. From the people who’ve undergone surgery that I’ve talked with and from the stories I’ve heard, I think it’s more than fair to say it’s still very hard work. But it gives people a chance to succeed when they have failed with more traditional methods. And in general, surgery can be successful in helping people lose at least a moderate amount of weight and cure comorbidities associated with obesity like diabetes and sleep apnea.
Surgery isn’t the first choice for anyone. The operating room is often at the end of a very long road. Many people who find success with surgery were lifelong dieters—people who have tried every diet imaginable but for whatever reason just couldn’t make it work. We live in an amazing time for medical technology and it would be foolish for people not to avail themselves of every option available to improve their health, or in many cases, save their life.
Higher than normal body mass index (BMI) is known to lead to cardiovascular ill-health in mid-to-late life, but there has been limited investigation of its effect in young, apparently healthy, adults. Researchers have now shown that having a higher BMI can cause worse cardiovascular health in those aged as young as 17, according to a study presented to the annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics.
Dr Kaitlin Wade, a Research Associate at the Medical Research Council Integrative Epidemiology Unit (MRC-IEU) at the University of Bristol, Bristol, UK, and colleagues used data from The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) to investigate the potential link between increased BMI and cardiovascular health. "ALSPAC is a world-leading birth cohort study, started in the early 1990s with the inclusion of more than 14,000 pregnant mothers and their partners and children, and provides an excellent opportunity to study environmental and genetic contributions to a person's health and development. It was therefore ideal for this purpose," Dr Wade will say.
The researchers hypothesised that cardiovascular risk due to increased BMI was likely to emerge in earlier life. The design of existing observational studies (those just looking for associations in the population) have meant that they are unable to make a distinction between correlation and causation. The MRC-IEU specialises in the use of genetics to help these difficult analytical situations and in this case researchers were able to use genomic data from ALSPAC to detect the likely causal relationship between higher BMI and higher blood pressure and left ventricular mass index (LVMI) in those aged 17 and 21. A thickening of the left ventricle in the heart (hypertrophy) means that it has to work harder to pump blood and is a common marker for heart disease.
Higher BMI did not appear to have an effect on heart rate in these young adults, although previous studies have shown an association - most likely due to bias caused by the mixing of effects of an additional factor resulting in a distortion of the true relationship (confounding). "Our results showed that the causal impact of higher BMI on cardiac output was solely driven by the volume of blood pumped by the left ventricle (stroke volume). This, at least in part, can explain the causal effect of higher BMI on cardiac hypertrophy and higher blood pressure that we observed in all our analyses," says Dr Wade.
The results support efforts to tackle the obesity epidemic from an early age in order to prevent the development of cardiovascular changes known to be precursors of cardiovascular ill-health and disease. "It is the first time that the nature of this relationship has been shown in group of young adults where it has been possible to draw improved conclusions about its causation," says Dr Wade.
The researchers are now trying to untangle the relationship between higher BMI and disease mechanisms including metabolomics (the study of the chemical processes involved in the functioning of cells and the abundance and diversity of microbes living in the gut - the gut microbiome). "We have also begun an analysis of the causal role of higher BMI on detailed measures of cardiac structure and function within the ALSPAC data. We hope to further explore these associations within an older population - the UK 1946 birth cohort.
"Whilst randomised controlled trials are important for disentangling cause and effect in disease, they are expensive, time-consuming and labour-intensive. Modern genomics allows us to detect causality more quickly and cheaply, and the availability of large quantities of genetic data means that we can overcome the limitations of observational epidemiological studies. We believe that there are clear messages for cardiovascular health in our findings and we hope that they may lead to increased efforts to tackle obesity from early life," Dr Wade will conclude.
Chair of the ESHG conference, Professor Joris Veltman, Director of the Institute of Genetic Medicine at Newcastle University¸ Newcastle, United Kingdom, said: "Distinguishing between correlation and causation is tremendously difficult in medical sciences, especially for complex interactions like those between obesity and cardiovascular disease. In this study, statistical genetics approaches were applied to longitudinal cohorts from the UK to improve this. The scientists could demonstrate that obesity also causes poorer cardiovascular health in young adults. In contrast, higher BMI did not seem affect heart rate in this group.''
Memorial Day, in the United States of America, is a day we set aside to remember those who have given their lives in service to our country and freedoms we enjoy. I think it is right a good that we do so. I also think it is right to remember all of our loved ones who have passed on. However, we need to do so in a way that is actually honoring to their lives. If we get caught up in the pain, sadness, or anger of the loss, that is an energy that only harms us and does not honor those lives. Those people would want us to be filled with gratitude for their service, or the memories of good times we had. In that energy, we, the living, can go on to lead meaningful, productive lives. Listen as I explain:
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Hi Friends! We finally moved in to the new house! We spent our first night yesterday and although most of our rooms are still empty and we have a lot of painting ahead of us, we’re so excited just to be here. When I get things up to picture quality shape I will absolutely share more. I hope everyone has a good Memorial Day weekend and takes some time to remember those who died while serving their country. I’d love to hear about some of your Memorial Day plans or traditions!
Here is a brief history on Memorial Day. Its traditions date back to the Civil War but it wasn’t declared a national holiday until 1971.
Sleep has always been difficult for me and now I can add this to the long list of things I think about as I lay awake at night. Lack of sleep may cause your brain to “eat itself.”
I’ve been known to buy a pair or two of jeans with some fashionable rips but I’m not sure I could shell out 400 bucks for these jeans covered in fake mud at Nordstrom.
A fascinating story about doing eye surgery on a 600-pound tiger at a wildlife retreat in Australia.
If you are a Bachelor/Bachelorette fan like me you might enjoy this in depth mathematical analysis of Bachelorette contestants.
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A newly discovered antibody, trialled in a mouse model of menopause, may help to boost bone mass and reduce body fat, a paper published online in Nature suggests. Further research is needed to determine whether these findings will translate to humans, but the study could aid the development of a single drug to help treat both post-menopausal osteoporosis and weight gain, and obesity in general.
Loss of bone mass and increased levels of visceral body fat are common features of menopause. Here, Mone Zaidi and colleagues show how treatment with an antibody against part of the pituitary hormone follicle-stimulating hormone increases bone mass and reduces adiposity in mice that have had their ovaries removed. The antibody treatment also reduced adiposity in regular mice fed a high-fat diet. Mice treated in this way showed increases in oxygen consumption, physical activity and thermogenesis (heat production) in brown and beige fat.
Current anti-obesity treatments, which tend to work by reducing appetite or blocking nutrient absorption, have limited efficacy and can cause side effects. The authors suggest that a humanized version of the newly reported antibody might also be of potential use in other conditions involving visceral adiposity, such as metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and polycystic ovary disease.
Article: Blocking FSH induces thermogenic adipose tissue and reduces body fat, Mone Zaidi et al., Nature, doi: 10.1038/nature22342, published online 24 May 2017.
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New research helps to explain why sometimes, diets simply do not allow us to lose weight.New research published in the journal eLife has uncovered a mechanism in mice that may be responsible for those frustrating moments in a dieter's life when nothing seems to work.
Mice, our fellow mammals, share enough similarities with the human body to provide a good model for understanding how our body responds to weight loss efforts.
The team of researchers - led by Dr. Clemence Blouet from the Metabolic Research Laboratories at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom - examined a group of neurons in the brain's hypothalamus and their role in regulating appetite.
The hypothalamus is a brain area responsible for producing hormones that regulate a series of bodily functions, ranging from body temperature and hunger, to mood, libido, and sleep.
This brain region contains a group of neurons called "agouti-related neuropeptides" (AGRP), which play a key role in regulating appetite. When AGRP neurons are "on," we want to eat, but when these neurons are deactivated, they can make us stop eating almost completely. AGRP neurons have the same effect in animals.
Dr. Blouet and team used genetics to switch these neurons "on" and "off" in mice. They used transgenic mice that had been modified to have the hM3Dq designer receptor, which can only be activated by designer drugs.
This genetic "shortcut" was tested in previous studies, which used evolved G protein-coupled receptors to control the neural activity in mice remotely.
The mice were examined in special "metabolic chambers" that can measure energy expenditure. They were also fitted with probes that measured their body temperature - which is also an indicator of how much energy the body is expending.
Dr. Blouet and colleagues took energy expenditure measurements in different situations - namely, in situations where food was either more or less available.
The experiments revealed that "artificially activating the neurons in mice that don't have access to food increases the animals' activity levels but reduces the rate at which they burn calories."
This helps the mice to maintain the same weight. However, when the small rodents were allowed to eat - or even just smell or see the food - their energy expenditure levels went back to normal.
"Finally, exposing mice to a high-fat diet for several days inhibits their AGRP neurons, and causes the animals to burn calories at a faster rate," report the authors.
In other words, AGRP neurons regulate our appetite depending on the amount of food that is available.
The study's lead investigator explains further:
"Weight loss strategies are often inefficient because the body works like a thermostat and couples the amount of calories we burn to the amount of calories we eat. When we eat less, our body compensates and burns fewer calories, which makes losing weight harder.
Our findings suggest that a group of neurons in the brain coordinate appetite and energy expenditure, and can turn a switch on and off to burn or spare calories depending on what's available in the environment. If food is available, they make us eat, and if food is scarce, they turn our body into saving mode and stop us from burning fat."
Dr. Blouet goes on to speculate that from an evolutionary perspective, such a mechanism may have evolved in order to help animals cope with famine. Evidently, in the case of dieting, the brain cannot tell that the person is intentionally trying to lose weight.
The study's first author, Dr. Luke Burke, also explains what these findings mean to the person who is trying to lose weight:
"This study could help in the design of new or improved therapies in future to help reduce overeating and obesity. Until then, [the] best solution for people to lose weight - at least for those who are only moderately overweight - is a combination of exercise and a moderate reduction in caloric intake."
The gallbladder stores bile, which is a substance that is produced by the liver. Bile is necessary to break down and digest fats.
A person usually has a cholecystectomy if they get gallstones, which are collections of hardened substances that form within the gallbladder. These stones can cause ongoing episodes of abdominal pain, inflammation, or infection of the gallbladder.
Gallstones can also cause blockages in the duct of the gallbladder and the duct between the liver and pancreas. This can lead to further complications, such as pancreatitis or inflammation of the pancreas.
Fast facts on weight loss after gallbladder removal:
Weight loss after gallbladder surgery may be caused by pain medication, surgical side effects, or a bland diet.There are several reasons for weight loss after gallbladder removal. These include:
Following a low-fat diet for a few weeks before surgery reduces the number of calories taken in. It is not uncommon for people to experience some weight loss as a result of these dietary changes.
Some of the side effects of surgery, such as diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting can also cause weight loss.
Some people experience prolonged diarrhea after a cholecystectomy. Doctors are not sure why this happens, but it may be the result of excess bile being present in the digestive system.
Some people also experience a decreased appetite for several weeks following surgery.
Pain medication administered after the surgery can cause constipation. Pain and constipation can also reduce the desire to eat, which could reduce caloric intake and cause weight loss.
While recovering from surgery, most people will be unlikely to tolerate anything too spicy or rich. Temporarily following a bland diet, which is also likely to be lower in calories can cause mild weight loss.
Recovering from surgery can be tough. How the surgery was performed can impact the recovery process.
Traditional surgery tends to come with a more difficult recovery and more pain. Additional pain medication may be required, which can lead to a diminished appetite.
In most cases, weight loss after gallbladder surgery is just a temporary issue. Once the body has adjusted, usually within a few weeks, weight loss will slow down or stop.
After gallbladder removal, it is essential to eat a healthful diet and be more active.People must understand that fad diets and "quick fixes" aren't just ineffective; they can be dangerous. The safest ways to lose weight are:
Living an active lifestyle is essential for weight loss after gallbladder removal. It is important to speak with a doctor about when it is appropriate to return to or begin an exercise routine after surgery.
Someone with a significant amount of weight to lose should speak with their doctor for advice and support.
The doctor will likely recommend taking a little time off after surgery before working out. Once cleared to return to activity, walking, biking, yoga, or swimming are excellent choices.
A high-fat diet can cause gallstones. As a result, people are frequently advised to follow a low-fat diet for a few weeks before the surgery. Once the surgery is over, most people can slowly return to a regular diet.
Though a doctor may not prescribe a special diet, a bland diet can minimize abdominal or digestive discomfort after surgery.
The diet may include:
In order to minimize the risk of side effects after gallbladder surgery, it may be preferable to start with small meals.
After surgery, there may be some side effects, including indigestion and gas.Side effects from the surgery should only last a few weeks after the procedure. If they last longer than a few weeks, report it to the surgeon.
Common side effects of gallbladder removal include:
Someone experiencing these side effects should check in with their doctor about medication or lifestyle changes that can relieve their symptoms. It can also be helpful to track what aggravates or triggers the side effects and avoid them if possible.
Report any other abnormal symptoms to a doctor. These include:
People with gallstones are the most likely to have their gallbladder removed, and so are more likely to be affected by weight loss after surgery.
In some cases, gallstones don't cause any symptoms. In other cases, they can be very painful, and irritate the gallbladder or pancreas. A cholecystectomy is the most effective treatment for frequent bouts of pain, inflammation, or infection due to gallstones.
