A guide to adapt a wise approach to your overall health and wellness journey.
Medical therapies are getting better as a natural progression of medical science continues. Various organ transplants costs over $500,000 and heart transplant will run you $750,000 but the real wow factor is seen in the Wall Street Journal – Immunotherapy is the new kid on the block. It is being recognized as a wonder treatment after conventional therapies have nose-dived. The catch, and there always seems to be one, is that immunotherapy costs over a $1,000,000.
Controlling metabolism is one of the best ways to control weight. The key measurement is the basal metabolic rate (BMR) (the amount of calories the body requires at rest). The BMR consumption varies most with the pounds of muscle the body has.
Muscle loss begins after age 25 and averages about 0.5% annually without extra efforts. For every 10 pounds of muscle lost 600 less calories are needed but our appetites do not correspondingly decrease.
In modern times when excesses are everywhere present, excessive gorging can overwhelm the subcutaneous storage spaces and result in our important organs becoming fat containers. The most obvious are abdominal organs with the essential organs liver and pancreas being the first to suffer.
Our bodies do not make more cells to store fat as more fat accumulates. The storage cells for fat enlarge.
