Body Mass Index is NOT a Good Indicator of Obesity
Screen your body for muscle, not fat
As you already know, for every effect there is a cause. But, many people seem to confuse the cause for the effect. As an example, you would think most people could tell the difference between a symptom and a disease, right? Yet, millions of people are tricked into treating symptoms as if they were the cause when they are clearly the effect. This makes drug companies lots of money because the root cause of the real problem is never truly addressed.
The whole weight loss industry is a prime example of how marketing strategies attempt to confuse people. It’s a classic example of the old smoke and mirrors, slight of the hand (or psychological distraction) trick. Sad thing is more people are joining the already frustrated ranks of consumers who are being told that their obesity is a disease. I know some people will disagree with me, but if you follow me on this, the more you read, the more sense it will make.
Perhaps it’s a simple psychological trick of the tail that deceives millions of people to accept radical assumptions about reality that have no real basis. I just hope we can snap out of the trance soon enough to stop a national tragedy from happening. The fact is the American public has gotten the short stick on the whole health care deal to begin with. Blaming America’s obesity epidemic on genetic determinism is not only an act of denial; it is a crime against humanity.
Fact is your genes don’t do anything your cells don’t tell them to do
Encouraging people to take on a victim mind-set undermines their personal authority and betrays true intelligence. People need to embrace their inalienable rights to choose their own destiny, which includes choosing their own health regime. The new science of epigenetics confirms your health is a choice. Genetic diseases only account for about 1-3% of the world’s population, but Big Pharma and the World Health Organization would like to believe the opposite.
Your weight gain issues are not determined by your genetic inheritance. At least, not to the degree some direct marketing campaigns would have you believe.
Why does it seem that anyone that isn’t anorexic is considered overweight, borderline obese or obese according to the Body Mass Index (BMI)? According to the BMI charts, Mr. Universe is obese. It’s no wonder we have so many people trying to starve themselves to death to lose weight. A classic example would be that Michael Jordan?’ BMI was between 27 and 29, labeling him as “overweight” when he was in his prime. How do you think that makes the rest of us feel?
Since 1998, the World Health Organization (WHO), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and National Institutes for Health (NIH), used these numbers to track the worldwide and U.S. epidemic of obesity. The intention was to establish guidelines for doctors, researchers, dieticians and government agencies that would be better than the antiquated life insurance tables to gauge healthful weight.
After all is said and done, BMI is a screening tool, nothing more
But, even in our public schools this inferior BMI propaganda tool is classifying young athletes based solely on their height and weight. This is not only totally inaccurate; it is causing millions of young girls to feel unnecessarily self-conscious about their bodies during adolescence. These young people are at the stage of life where their bodies are changing so rapidly, that making any conclusions based on these limited criteria is ridiculous and damaging to their self esteem. This type of false science is largely responsible for the rising numbers of girls with bulimia and anorexia.
But, “weight” isn’t really the key. It’s how much fat versus muscle that really determines health and wellness.
There are better ways to measure your percent of body fat by calculating measurements at various points on the body (i.e. by pinching fat). Obviously, then, BMI is not accurate for determining whether you are at risk for heart disease either; it is the early trend of heart disease that eventually triggers the symptom of obesity. But, the medical industry doesn’t really want you to know that do they?
BMI doesn’t indicate where your fat is located
Some people store body fat in their abdominal regions (apple shape). Others accumulate excess fat around the hips and buttocks (pear shape).
The consensus is that people with the apple shape are at a higher risk for health problems associated with being overweight. These (abdominal region) fat cells are usually a major inflammation trigger.
These fat cells actually produce neuron-messengers, called hormones, such as leptin, which reduces cravings, resistin, which causes you to be even more insulin resistant and adiponectin, which makes you insulin sensitive and helps lower blood sugar levels. Fat cells also produce estrogen, testosterone and cortisol, as well as inflammatory molecules (cytokines).
Bottom-line is the more fat cells you have the more you become a slave of their appetite, a puppet of their hormones and a victim of their disease-triggering inflammation processes.
Did you know your fat cells are actually part of your immune and endocrine systems? That’s another reason why liposuction is not a healthy alternative at all. Your visceral fat acts as another organ and surgically stripping it out of the body is dangerous and totally unnecessary.
The secret is to farm muscle cells, NOT fat cells
A 2006 New England Journal of Medicine report associated excess fat during mid-life with increased risk of death.
But, the story doesn’t end there, either. Your weight is only a single factor in evaluating your overall health. If you are using a BMI chart, factor in your waist measurement. Studies reveal your waist circumference is an additional indicator of disease risk “associated” with obesity.
Obesity may very well be a symptom of under-nutrition. Further, under-nutrition may be the cause of major degenerative diseases like heart disease and diabetes, which are both “associated” with obesity and loss of muscle mass. The way I see it, if the medical industry won’t admit there is a cure for these diseases, then it leaves the real solution open for anyone to discover. Obviously, they really don’t know as much about it if they can’t cure it after all these years.
Well, if just “managing”disease and treating symptoms isn’t enough for you, then read on!
Imagine if you knew you could lose weight by curing the cause of degenerative disease. You would live longer, be happier and Big Pharma would lose a lot of special interest funding.
That’s the way it goes. Besides, why should you pay twice for their ignorance?
FACT: America is actually participating in the world’s largest blind placebo test, and the results are devastating.
Obesity, heart disease and diabetes (as well as cancer) are among their highest in the developed world. What’s worse is now neurological diseases are beginning to skyrocket as well. This is all because of empty calories and unhealthy habits. America is caught up in a tragic dilemma, because even though the average American overeats, the average American also suffers from under-nutrition.
That’s the high cost of depending on empty calories enriched with synthetic chemicals and neural toxins like aspartame and monosodium glutamate.
Not only is the American health care system ineffective and expensive, it is based on mistaken assumptions that should have been corrected twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, sixty and even seventy years ago! Unfortunately, Big Food and Big Agri are also owned and operated by the same global corporations that push Big Pharma politics down the American conduit of consumerism and cultural corruption.
If you are using the BMI you’ll be battling the bulge your entire life
What could be more discouraging and depressing than nutritionally starving while getting fatter? Seriously, it appears the (side) effects of the Standard American Diet are everything from impotence, depression, obesity, adrenal fatigue, arthritis, allergies and worse of all, apathy. So, I’m asking you, “Why should you have to pay for your ill health twice, when by taking charge of your own health is the ultimate, single-payer answer to health, wellness and happiness?”
Instead, government protected medicine is blaming you for being overweight, sick and tired.
Considering there are literally thousands of metric tons of drugs dumped into our public water supplies by hospitals that refuse to pay the fees to dispose of expired drugs properly, we are all exposed to too many chemicals and drugs from within and without. This is a clear and present danger to human health, as well as the entire planetary ecosphere. It’s a plain sign that we have been depending on chemicals way too much and far too long.
There was a time when it would be a capital offense to poison a well. Now, it’s just another news story in The NY Times.
Truth is we are paying the ultimate price for depending upon government protected health care, or “disease care.” America’s weight problems are cash cows for the drug industries, and it’s NOT your fault. In fact, if you read last month’s Pharmaspiracy issue, I revealed how monosodium glutamate (MSG) was keeping people fatter than mutant lab rats. There are chemical additives in your processed foods that are not just toxic, they actually cause complex health issues that you are held responsible for paying for in a number of different ways.
Medical politics waste America’s health and wealth while stealing their lives away slowly, day by day, decade after decade. Now, the cold reality is that government-protected medicine has decided to bill you, the taxpayer for your own ill health. Of course, it looks like a humanitarian move, but this latest, so-called “health reform bill” is as corrupt as the day is long. It doesn’t even begin to reform health care; it just empowers insurance companies to keep America sick, overweight and tired of being broke.
Your weight problems are caused by a government-sanctioned food program that actually keeps you from accessing alternative, naturopathic and homeopathic medicine. In fact, the RDA is an enforcement of a nutritional standard that barely keeps rats alive. Do you believe you are part of a giant lab experiment yet? Just look around; it’s not hard to see when you know what to look for.
Who really is the lab rat here anyway? Seriously, folks, we have to wake up and face the band here. I, for one, refuse to be lulled to sleep any longer by the message of fear and despair. I am sick and tired of commercials selling sugar-riddled beverages, alcoholic drinks and nutrient-free junk food as if it’s the latest fashion.
Meanwhile, did you know only America and New Zealand even allow pharmaceutical companies to sell direct-to-consumer advertising? Everything from weight loss drugs, HPV shots, birth control, antidepressants and anti-cholesterol drugs. The list goes on and on?
What’s the solution?
Why is America so sick? Why are we obese and under-nourished? Why are our banks and industries bankrupt? Why are we at war over obsolete technologies? Why are our kids being drugged with hypertension, diabetes and antidepressant drugs, as well as psychotropic drugs that stunt their mental and physical health?
Home Cures That Work (HCTW) addresses those modern challenges at the heart of the issue, right where your health, wellness and personal freedom meet.
People are sick, fat, overweight and tired because toxic additives, dangerous Big Pharma drugs and genetically mutated foods have been making them obese and unhealthy. Now, they want to bill you to fix it with the same programs that created the problems!
Come on – it’s time to wake up and make a stand.
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You can reverse degenerative disease, slow the aging process and cure your obesity by simply returning to the natural pathway you were intended to walk upon. Join the self-health care movement and keep reading about how you can take back control of your own health first. Then who knows, maybe you can change the world, too.
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