Cause and Effect of Obesity
Cause and effect of obesity do not come simply from eating too much, while not exercising enough. But obesity is much more complicated than that. Obesity is caused when something goes very wrong with your metabolism and sets up a vicious cycle. To break this cycle of obesity, you have to first understand how your metabolism works.
Obesity can result from a minor energy imbalance, which lead to a gradual but persistent weight gain over a considerable period. Some researchers have hypothesized that energy imbalance is the result of inherited metabolic characteristics; whereas others believe it is caused by poor eating and lifestyle habits, that is “gluttony and sloth”.
Your metabolism is the system by which nutrients are taken in, digested, and become energy. Energy enables our activities and maintains basic biological functions such as breathing and body temperature, as well as the directed activities such as reading, working, and playing.
When you consume carbohydrates, they are turned into blood sugar, which is the fuel for human activities and basic biological sustenance. Healthy people will maintain a balance between nutrition and cellular burning of fuel. When there is a healthy balance in this basic metabolism, you become overweight.
But once something goes wrong with your basic metabolism, the vicious cycle of obesity gradually sets in. In this case, you will see a three-stage cycle of obesity set in, and the obesity effect will control your body.
First, eating foods high in refined carbohydrates such as white sugar and white flour - will lead to spiking blood sugar levels. The high blood sugar levels lead to the production of extra insulin, as the body tries to handle the excess blood sugar. Over time, the unused blood sugar is stored in your body as fat.
Then, the body ability to burn these blood sugars is slowly diminished as insulin resistance sets in. The body reacts poorly to the continual excess production of insulin and begins to use insulin less efficiently. After several years of high blood sugar, insulin production weakens and your body becomes resistant to the insulin that it does produce. Thus, your body has one fewer resource to deal with your obesity.
Finally, after many years of obesity, your body begins to break down and diseases such as heart failure and diabetes come into play. When your metabolism isn’t functioning properly, the rest of your body can’t function properly. And there’s the cause and effect of obesity.
There is no quick fix to this cycle of obesity, but you can begin to normalize your metabolism get it working properly again. This will take your blood sugar levels back to normal and allow the insulin production to again function properly in your body. As your blood sugars are effectively metabolized and burned for energy, your body no longer stores them as fat. Day by day, your metabolism will start burning the fat stored in your body and you will lose weight. You’ll also feel a lot better from cause and effect of obesity.
Posted at August 20, 2009, Filed Under
