Less Sleep Can Equal More Weight Gain

Less Sleep Can Equal More Weight Gain

Lack of sleep has become a global problem in the past
decade. Everywhere around the world people are sleeping
less. This trend has increased in the recent years
starting a viscious cycle of sleep deprivation. Many
shrug off lack of sleep and say they will only become
irratible. Lack of sleep can also play a role in
weight gain.

Did you know that your hormones play a role in your weight
loss and gain? The hormones called Ghrelin and Leptin are
the hormones that can either cause you to gain or lose
weight. Ghrelin stimulates your appetite while leptin
helps to control your appetite. Leptin is your friend as
it tells you when you are full.

Guess what happens to these hormones when you don't get
enough shut eye? They are affected in a way that is
disastrous to your waist line. When you don't get enough
sleep your body responds by producing more appetite
inducing Ghrelin hormone. This means that you will not
only be tired, but have an increased appetite ast well.

Plus, when you do eat it will take you longer to feel
full and satisfied. This is due to the fact that the
amount of leptin hormone in your system has decreased.
This wreaks havoc on your waistline as you eat more and
more to feel full.

If the production of ghrelin and leptin aren't convincing,
then consider this: there is a correlation between obesity
and sleep deprivation according to researchers at Stanford
University and the University of Wisconsin. According to
polls, 63% of Americans declare that they are not getting a
full 8 hours of sleep every night. Amazingly, 65% of
Americans are considered overweight or obese (Source:
usatoday.com, 12/06/2004). Coincidence? Perhaps.

One would surmise that when you are awake you burn more
calories. While it is true that an increased level of
physical activity will burn more calories, staying up
longer won't necessarily burn more calories. The reason
is that when you stay up longer you tend to grab the
nearest bag of pretzels, chips, and cookies to satisfy
your undending hungry. More calories in means more pounds
on your waistline. So you are better off sleeping.

Plus, it is also true that we burn 60-65% of all calories
while our bodies are at rest. That means that only 35% or
so of all the calories we burn are the result of physical
activity. While there are certainly exceptions to this,
the fact remains that being awake does not translate into
rapid calorie burning.

There is a disastrous majority of overweight Americans
today. Obliviously, current diet and exercise programs
are not being followed currently. An easy way to help
curb a burgeoning waistline is to focus on your sleep
time. Try sleeping more to affect your ghrelina and leptin
hormones positively. Get comfortable and get some sleep
for a trimmer you!



Peter Kilpton runs a very interesting website at
http://www.resleep.com/articles

Diet and Exercise - Secrets Of Good Health

Warmly,
Perdita Del Peso
Diet and Exercise - Secrets Of Good Health

Physical activity and a well balanced diet are two secrets
to good health. It's been proven that dieting alone
produces a yo-yo cycle with rapid gains and losses.
Although dieting alone can help you reach your goal sooner,
most dieters gain the weight back when they resume their old
eating habits. By gradually modifying your eating habits
and adding a regular exercise program, you can achieve
permanent weight loss without slipping back into old habits.

Until recently a low-fat or low-calorie diet was considered
a cure to obesity. However, that didn't prove to be
successful since it increased the appetite. In contrast, a
low-carb diet is more practical and effective. In a low-carb
diet you can consume fats and oils but have to cut down on
carbohydrates. This way your appetite remains under control
because fatty foods are very satisfying. Moreover, eating a
high level of fat actually causes you to lose weight faster
than if you were fasting. However, you must take only good
fats like olive oil and flax seed oil, and avoid consumption
of trans-fats.

A low-carb diet is high in fat and protein. No diet should
be attempted without physical activity. Being active does
not mean working yourself to exhaustion. Any type of
physical activity is sufficient, especially if you were a
couch potato. Little changes like adding fifteen minutes
of exercise a daily can have a positive effect. Being
motivated is one of the biggest problems dieters have. Once
you begin to see the changes in your body, you'll be
motivated to spend more time exercising.

Before starting any exercise program, always consult your
doctor. Assessing your cardiovascular health is important
to make sure your body is ready for exercise, especially if
you are sedentary. Your doctor will ask you questions about
the type and duration of your exercise program.

If you are new to exercising, you might want to consider
joining a gym, hiring a personal or private trainer. Many
health clubs offer a range of exercise classes from aerobics
and stair-stepping to yoga and kickboxing. Many of these
classes are offered free to their members.

It is important to remember when exercising that you should
focus on getting healthy more than the numbers on your
scale. Many people gain a little weight when they first
begin an exercise program because they are building muscle.
As a rule, muscle weighs more than fat. As you gain muscle
you'll start burning more calories and fat. So even if you
choose not to diet and only exercise, you can still loose
weight. It is also important to eat well balanced healthy
meals to sustain you through your workout sessions.


Perdita Del Peso is the editor Weight Loss
information. For questions or comments, go to:
http://www.weight-loss-zone.com

Clinical results experienced.

Xanthones—What Lies Ahead?
By J. Frederic Templeman, M.D.

As the months fly by in this new health adventure, research on the mangosteen’s xanthones continues to accumulate. Independent university laboratories in schools of medicine and pharmacies around the world are probing the secrets of this magnificent fruit. And as a result, amazing new discoveries are being brought to light. Recently, Dr. Sunit, of the University of Bangkok, published an article on one xanthone’s ability to kill a tuberculosis bacteria that still ravages populations in the Third World. This was the second research paper to document the anti-tuberculosis effect of the xanthones. When I visited with Dr. Sunit earlier this year, she discussed with me and David A. Morton, Ph.D. four more research projects that she had underway at that time. Journal articles will undoubtedly be published on these projects in the near future. Interestingly, she could not discuss a fifth project with me as it was confidential and being funded by pharmaceutical interests. I did learn, however, that the research had to do with the cholesterol-lowering effect of certain xanthones.

Earlier this year, the Gifu International Institute of Biotechnology (from the laboratory of Dr. Matsumoto) at Gifu University in Japan published a study in the Journal of Natural Products. Dr. Matsumoto was able to demonstrate that six (not one, but six) xanthones had the amazing ability to kill leukemia cells in laboratory experiments. Of the six xanthones, alpha, beta, and gamma mangostin (the most studied of all xanthones) demonstrated the most potent ability to destroy leukemia cells. I intend to visit Dr. Matsumoto in the near future to discuss his future projects. In September, I was in Japan to visit with Dr. Ohizumi, Dr. Nakatani, and Dr. Nakahata of Tohoku University in Sendai. These three professors have produced several papers on the xanthone’s power to prevent inflammation in brain cell preparations. They have also researched the ability of xanthones to act as antihistamines. Unfortunately, when I arrived, I was only able to visit with Dr. Nakahata, the head of the “Second Messenger” division of the pharmacy school’s laboratories.

The reason that Dr. Nakatani and Dr. Ohizumi were unavailable was most intriguing! They had both been put under contract by large pharmaceutical and vitamin-producing firms, the former with Riken Corporation and the later with Pfizer Pharmaceutical! They, of course, will be under the “gag effect” of non-disclosure agreements as they presumably work on projects intended to produce commercial products from the mangosteen. Mangosteen researchers involved in confidential medical product research! Mangosteen researchers being hired away from their academic posts by the world’s largest pharmaceutical company and by Japan’s largest producer of vitamin products! What does it mean? Almost every week, Dr. Morton and I discuss requests from university research scientists and medical practitioners for assistance in setting up new research projects to confirm the clinical results experienced by mangosteen users. The enthusiasm that exists among these medical experts means just one thing to me - the research into the mangosteen’s potential is going to explode in the near future!

Consider these facts:

Only seven of the 39 known xanthones have even been studied in laboratories.

Over 50 university papers exist to document the xanthones’ medicinal qualities!

Mangosteen researchers are involved in the development of pharmaceutical products from this magnificent plant.

Corporations, among the largest in the pharmaceutical and food supplement fields, are scrambling to secure a position in what I would call “mangosteen futures”.

Antioxidant, Free Radicals, Immune System.

ANTIOXIDANT


An antioxidant is a molecule with extra electrons it can donate to inactivate or "mop up" free radicals. The body's immune and other systems produce homemade antioxidants, and some vitamins such as E and C are also powerful antioxidants. But there exist other potent antioxidants, and these powerful protective substances are only found in certain plants such as the mangosteen. After studying the antioxidant properties of the mangosteen's xanthones, researchers discovered that they exhibited "potent free radical scavenging activity". A study conducted in Singapore compared the antioxidant properties of three major fruits from Southeast Asia ... rambutan, durian and mangosteen. The paper concludes that, "mangosteen extract displayed the greatest antioxidant activity." The study further states that, "garcinia mangostana activity is nearly seven times that of durios zibethinus, (durian)" with regards to antioxidant capacity. It is said that good research answers one question and asks several more. If the mangosteen fruit showed strong antioxidant activity against free radicals, could it help in treating diseases of the cardiovascular and the immune systems?

Mangosteen Testimonies & Experiences.

Steph from Ohio

I have plenty of health issues and have for many years been a guinea pig for the medical field. I have Fibromyalgia, Thyroid Disease, Degenerative Disc Disease (which has led me to two back surgeries), Myoclonous, Essential Tremmors, Carpel Tunnel, Tendonitis and the list goes on. I have a small pharmacy in my cupboard. I really did not believe the "hype" that I was hearing about this product but decided to give just one bottle a try. My Fibromyalgia Doc is all for taking it even though they have not done any specific studies with this and Fibro but the studies that have been done have shown that it is an anti-inflamitory. I was able to stop taking my muscle control pills, my pain pills and my sleep was much more restful, my tremors are all but gone, I did not hurt anymore and it was a quick process. I stopped having the muscle spasms during the day and all I did was drink 2 ounces of the XanGo in the morning and 2 ounces of XanGo with my dinner. I will be a long time user and believer in XanGo.


Ali from Missouri

My dermatologist told me there was no point in my coming back as she had been unsuccessful in treating my eczema. After being on mangosteen juice for 5 weeks, the excruciating itching has stopped and the skin has started healing. The only thing I have done different is taking mangosteen juice. I'm a believer!

Dennis from Oregon

I first started taking mangosteen juice just to see what the effects might be for me. Initially, after about 3 days of taking 3oz. a day, I noticed that I wasn't waking up with the back pain that I usually experienced and that I felt more rested on fewer hours of sleep. It has taken me a few weeks to realize that I no longer suffer from the carpal tunnel pain that I have been experiencing for the last year. I used to wake up in the middle of the night, nearly every night, with numb arms and hands and a shooting pain that would reach from my wrist to my elbow. The only partial relief I had was from the use of large doses of ibuprofen, which I would try to avoid because of known dangers with that substance.

Jeff from British Columbia

After suffering with chronic back pain and inflammation in my back for almost a year and a half i decided to try mangosteen juice. I went on 2 oz 3 times per day and by the 3 rd bottle my inflammation in my back and joints was 95% gone. I'm now on my 4th bottle and am happy to say that I'm back to playing tennis again without having to pop Advil before and after.

Becky from Nebraska

When I first started to take the mangosteen juice I was getting sinus headaches three or four days a week. Especially on rainy days. The first day I took the juice it was raining and I didn’t have a headache and haven’t since I started taking it! Also, I have had back pain off and on since I was 16. I have gone to chiropractors and physical therapists for temporary relief. This past winter I slipped on the ice with my two year old in my arms and have had daily pain since. Just like with my headaches I haven’t had any back pain since I have taken the mangosteen juice. Besides the relief I have had with my pain I also have more energy and my appetite has decreased significantly.

Lee from Kentucky

I own a one person public transportation company carrying people on Medicaid to the doctor, rehab, or clinic and back home. (Basically, I just drive a bunch) I was feeling lightheaded and dizzy often enough that I was concerned about possibly passing out while driving. I had excessive cholesterol (my LDL was 156) and my brain was not getting enough blood circulation. After about a week of 2oz of Xango twice a day I noticed I was no longer having feelings of lightheadedness. That was about 6 weeks ago. When I had my regular 3 months re-test last week the Doctor was so amazed (my LDL is now 115) that he permits 'Xango' brochures in his waiting room.

XanGo distributors get recharged at convention

Article Last Updated: 11/04/2005 11:54 PM
XanGo distributors get recharged at convention.

By Linda Fantin
The Salt Lake TribuneSalt
Lake Tribune

Is XanGo the next Google?
The iPod of dietary supplements? Rosa Parks in a bottle?

Yes, yes and yes, says company president Aaron Garrity, at least if the common denominator is catalyst for change. Garrity used the image of the late Civil Rights icon Parks, sitting on a bus in Montgomery, Ala., on Friday to inspire his troops - 6,000 distributors gathered at the Salt Palace Convention Center for the third annual XanGo convention, the theme of which is Unleash the Power. All are united by a single product: A tasty blend of juice concentrate made from and marketed around the mangosteen fruit of Thailand. If you've never heard of the Lehi-based company or the supplement it makes, you're not alone. Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson hadn't until he was asked to welcome the crowd at Friday's opening session. "We just drove down to BYU law school and noticed XanGo's incredible presence at Thanksgiving Point," Anderson said. "It is a company that has just skyrocketed in just three years and along with that is a huge distributor network." XanGo (pronounced Zango) has more than 400,000 independent distributors worldwide and employs more than 500 workers in Utah.

The privately held company won't discuss its balance sheet, but Nutrition Business Journal ranked XanGo's U.S. sales No. 5 - ahead of NuSkin and behind veteran direct sales companies Avon, Alticor (formerly Amway), Mary Kay Cosmetics and HerbaLife. "We're right up there with the big boys," says spokesman Bob Freeze. That much is reflected in the spectacle of the two-day convention. Inside a convention center wrapped in XanGo orange, distributors are being treated to Bill Gates-style stage shows - the company has its own theme song - motivational videos, a huge store of XanGo swag, and a raffle for cash prizes, a XanGo Vespa and a 2006 Ford Mustang GT. Today, U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah - the author of dietary supplement legislation and a rock star in the health-food world - is expected to speak.

This is Justin Banner's first XanGo convention. Before joining the company, Banner earned an MBA from Purdue University and worked at General Electric. "I'd go to their meetings and people don't clap, people don't get excited. . . . The momentum of this company is incredible." Adds Anderson: "They really crank the crowd up." This year, the company is launching an online store and taste-testing some new products - XanGo ice cream, a caffeine-free sports energy drink, a chocolate truffle and hard candies, all made in conjunction with Wild Flavors, the German-based company that works with the makers of Capri-Sun and SoBe. "These aren't two guys who mixed up some potion in their bathtub," said Freeze of founders Joe and Gordon Morton. But they are celebrities with the orange-clad crowd. "People come to convention to get recharged, and we see a huge jump in sales immediately after," Freeze said. "But a lot of people come just to get on stage with the founders.