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Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. – Martin Luther King, Jr.
 

“All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.” – Buddha

Stay Strong,

Rosie Kielty

Artificial Sweeteners Once Again Linked to Weight Gain

Foods and beverages that contain no-calorie artificial sweeteners may be ruining your ability to control your food intake and body weight, according to new research by psychologists at Purdue University’s Ingestive Behavior Research Center. In their study, when compared with rats that ate yogurt sweetened with glucose (a simple sugar), rats that ate yogurt sweetened with the zero-calorie artificial sweetener saccharin: Consumed more calories (and didn’t make up for it by cutting back later) Gained more weight Put on more body fat It’s thought that consuming artificial sweeteners breaks the connection between a sweet sensation and a high-calorie food, thereby changing your body’s ability to regulate intake. The researchers also measured the rats’ core body temperatures, which typically rise after eating. However, after eating a sweet, high-calorie meal, rats that ate saccharin had a lower rise in body temperature than rats that ate glucose. The researchers believe that this blunted biological response led the rats to overeat, and made it harder to burn off the calories later. They concluded that consuming foods sweetened with saccharin would lead to greater weight gain and body fat than eating the same foods sweetened with sugar. Although further research needs to be done, the researchers believe that consuming other artificial sweeteners such as aspartame, sucralose, and acesulfame K would have similar effects. Sources: Eurekalert February 10, 2008 Behavioral Neuroscience February 2008, Vol. 122, No. 1, 161-173

How is your New Year’s Resolution Going?

Don’t Put Your Coffee in Plastic Cups

The amount of dangerous bisphenol A (BPA) that leaches from plastic bottles into the drinks they contain is most dependent on the liquid’s temperature, according to new research. When both new and used polycarbonate drinking bottles were exposed to boiling hot water, BPA was released 55 times more rapidly.

BPA an endocrine disruptor which mimics your body’s natural hormones. Hormones serve different functions throughout your body. BPA has been shown to affect reproduction and brain development.

The increased release of BPA continued even after the hot liquid was removed, meaning that even washing plastic cups or bottles in a hot dishwasher could lead to increased BPA content in cold drinks.

What a difference a couple weeks will make!

I teach classes everyday. Everyday I welcome new members and train our current members into peak ability and performance. One of my favorite parts of my job is getting to know our members. Seeing them come in, desiring a change and then making the commitment to themselves, inspires me and drives me to work harder to come up with new classes to motivate them in turn! However, the most fulfilling and inspiring part of my job is to witness the physical transformation that occurs to our members that can make the simple commitment of taking a couple of classes a week! CKO Kickboxing has changed my life and I in turn get to change the lives of our members! I will never get tired of that! If you haven’t tried a class yet, I’m ready to inspire to change your life! In a couple of weeks you’re going to see a change!

It all starts in how you think about yourself

It’s not about being rail-thin, or having a six pack, it’s about feeling healthy and being healthy. Exercising your heart and body so it can keep you going for another 20, 30 or more years. People say, they don’t have the motivation or they are looking for motivation. So, they look for a friend, or look for someone to give them that motivation, but that will only last so long. Because that energy was not from within and it was given to you by someone else, when that person is not there your motivation is gone and you are lost looking for it again. You can use that energy that is given to you as a kick start, but you must dig deep within yourself to get your own motivating energy, or else you won’t reach your goal to to loose weight or stay fit. You will fall of the fitness wagon and weeks will go by before you find that motivation again to get you back on. Stop and ask yourself: Do I want this? Why do I want this? Is this for me or to get outside approval? Once you ask yourself these 3 questions, then throw out all the garbage inside your head that keeps holding you back. Put yourself first in a positive state of mind, eating healthy and exercising all work together. It’s the recipe for our well-being. Remember, it’s about how you are feeling inside, and not the external world that you have to find peace with. We all have a negative voice that we listen to holding us back from what we want. But, it’s our choice on how long we want to listen to it. It’s like a bad radio station, and you have the choice to switch that station if you want to. One way is to take a walk and focus on your breathing, focus on how your body is feeling when you are walking and feeling the breeze. Take in the scenery around you, and then ask yourself some more questions How do I want to live my life? Am I in control of my life or am I handing the steering wheel to others? What steps do I need to take to live that life I dream of? (There are many ways to bring yourself in to awareness of your state of mind. For me it’s going to Club-KO and taking a class.) Then take it one day at a time, one step at a time. Don’t think about how much time it will take to get to your destination, only think about the steps you need to take. Also don’t beat yourself up if you have a bad day, you can always end it with a smile or begin a new day with a smile and start again. Until you make peace with who your are … you’ll never be content with what you have.

Doris Mortman Blessings to you all.

Rosie K. CKO – Personal Trainer

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Surge In Gout Blamed On Sweet Drinks

Men who drink two or more sugary soft drinks a day have an 85 percent higher risk of gout than those who drink less than one a month, according to U.S. and Canadian researchers. Gout has been increasing steadily in the UK in recent years, and the researchers believe it is linked to a rise in soft drink consumption over the same period. During the 12-year study, 46,000 men aged 40 and over were asked questions about their diet. The risk of developing gout significantly increased among men who drank five to six servings of sugary soft drinks a week. Fruit juice and fructose-rich fruits such as oranges and apples also increased the risk. Gout causes painful, swollen joints, usually in your lower limbs, caused when uric acid crystallizes out of your blood into your joints. Fructose is known to inhibit the excretion of uric acid, which may help to explain the study’s findings. Sources: BBC News February 1, 2008 British Medical Journal February 9 2008;336:285-286

One of the Most Ridiculous Studies on Diabetic Weight Loss Ever Published

A truly ludicrous study purports to show that a weight-loss surgery called adjustable gastric banding works better than conventional medical treatment for Type 2 diabetes in the obese.

Type 2 diabetes is usually brought on by obesity, and patients can often rid themselves of the disease entirely by losing about 10 percent of their body weight.

Adjustable gastric banding consists of looping a band around the top of the stomach to cinch it into a small pouch. 25 to 30 percent of the more than 200,000 weight-loss operations performed in the United States last year used gastric banding.

Of course, weight-loss surgeries can result in black-outs, malnutrition, infection, bowel and gallbladder problems, and an increased risk of death, but these facts are largely missing from reporting on the study.

The study’s lead author, Dr. John Dixon, says he believes that, “[D]iabetes surgery will become common within the next few years.” The reasons for his position might become a little clearer when you realize that Dr. Dixon has received research grants and speakers’ fees from Allergan Health, the company that makes the gastric bands. The company also paid for the study in question.

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