Thank you for viewing our video. This research was brought to you by the
Conscious Evolution Institute of Hormone Replacement Therapy. For more
information visit www.hgh.tv. How triggers alter calorie use and
storage. Environmental triggers for weight storage can cause the body to
divert calories which were originally intended to be broken down into immediate
energy and start converting them directly to adipose fat. The development
and aggregation of adipose fat is the literal definition of obesity. Our bodies
change the way that we perceive both calories and energy usage causing the
body to place an emphasis on energy storage rather than energy circulation.
Although there are a variety of reasons why weight gain occurs when your body
switches from utilizing energy from the food that you eat to storing it it is
bad for your health. From an evolutionary perspective this was beneficial
because it allowed humans to thrive even when food was available even when food
availability was irregular. But in today's American food abundant society
this ability to store fat has imminently negatively affected our health and
longevity. Environmental causes of obesity. Obese and overeating. In
environmental obesity the body changes the way it utilizes and stores fat as a
result of food intake which vastly outweighs the nutritional requirements
for the day. Although it may seem like there is a direct correlation between
calories consumed and obesity the link is not so clearly clearly defined so
some people's bodies are much more flexible with regard to adjusting for
different levels of caloric intake while it seems that others have a
propensity to gain weight much easier. Obesity and the sedentary lifestyle.
Another cause of environmental obesity is the result of changes in activity
level. It is possible to maintain the same diet and gain weight because your
activity level has dropped. Some people spend their college years working out
and becoming couch potatoes after they graduate. Other people may love working
out but may experience injuries or other factors which prevent them from
maintaining the same level activity. Obesity and climate. Weight gain can
even be the result of changes in climate. Someone that once lived in cold
climate can move to a temperate environment which their bodies do not
expend the same level of energy for temperature control contributing to
weight gain. Obesity and changes in food availability. Another factor which can
contribute to obesity is the sudden change in food availability. If an
individual experiences an extended period of deprivation whether it be the
result of famine, poverty or chronic illness, anorexia, adjusts in order to
adapt to reduced availability and consumption of calories. After conditions
change and food availability increases this can overwhelm and
cause the body to store fat at a significantly enhanced rate. One
historical example of this form of obesity comes from World War II. In one
case approximately 6,000 refugees from Poland were delivered from Russia to
India. Their conditions in Russia were deplorable and food was very scarce. In
India they lived in a camp where they fed a standard military rations and were
provided cash in order to rounds out their needs. After only a few months 85
percent of the Polish refugees have developed obesity. Obesity in America
today. Today one of the most common causes of obesity is the result of the food
that we eat and the availability of calories and nutrition contained within
that food. In a healthy modern diet people should subsist on a diet which
provides calories inefficiently but provides nutrition efficiently. This
means that foods like vegetables and lean meats are vital to healthy diet
because they provide high levels of nutritional content while not providing
excess calories. Obesity and processed foods. The issue today is that the foods
which are the cheapest and most widely available are processed and refined
foods. These foods provide calories very efficiently but they do not provide
nutrition efficiently. Snacks, fast food and processed meals contains large
large amounts of butter, white flour, sugar, and unhealthy oils which the body
can rapidly absorb. The problem is that
dianosephalon is not really equipped to handle this influx of pure caloric
intake. As a result the brain can't figure out what to do with all the
calories entering the body so quickly and shifts over to fat storage rather
than energy burning. Eating processed foods is like taking drugs both in the
way that the calories are delivered and the way that the body responds to them.
Most drugs become dangerous when they are processed and refined to a point
where the body receives a maximum dose for minimal effort. For example the cocoa
leaves and poppy plants do have chemical effects upon the body but they are
not necessarily dangerous. After purification and refinement however
cocaine and heroin are incredibly dangerous and can greatly shorten your
lifespan or even lead to immediate overdose and death. Although the effects
are not quite as stark processed and refined foods can also have severely
negative impacts upon your health, your life, and your weight. The sugar that you
buy at the store is simply purely refined empty calories. You eat the sugar and
you get pleasure response from the brain but you get absolutely no benefit from
sugar outside of calorie consumption which is the biggest contributing factor
to obesity. Processed grain is the same way. Processed grain is just pure simple
carbohydrates, simple sugar by a different name. Unless the processed
grain is fortified you get nothing but calories. Thank you for viewing our video.
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