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Can You Be Fat and Fit?

Often we see people that run or workout, and are kind of overweight, or we ourselves can be overweight but exercise, and think that being fat and  fit is good enough. Really the fitness level seems important and your weight isn’t that important. Right?

Well that isn’t really true. You have to lower your fat level as well as get fit to be more healthy

The study results are in. If you want to reduce the risk of dying before your time, being fat and fit isn’t the way to go. Ditto for being slender but not fit. Fat and sedentary is the worst combination, of course. Lean and fit is the best way to live out your years.

Sounds logical, especially in view of all the recent hand-wringing about rising obesity rates. Nevertheless, whether exercise can overcome the risk of being over has been controversial, until now.

Early in 1999, Steven Blair, director of research at the Cooper Institute of Aerobics in Dallas, opined that you can be fat and fit and that would be good enough. In the men who are over or obese, but also moderately or high-fit, we don’t see much increase in the risk of dying, he told Nutrition Action Health Letter.

Can You Be Fat and Fit?

There has been some suggestion that if you are particularly active, you don’t have to worry about your fat, or about your diet, Dr. Frank Hu, lead author of the new study from the Harvard School of Public Health, told the Associated Press. That’s very misleading.

A Harvard study that was large and impressive, encompassing approximately 2.7 million person-years. The researchers followed 116,564 female registered nurses for 24 years. The nurses were 30 to 55 and healthy when the study began in 1976.

The nurses, all non-smokers, were monitored for physical activity and body mass. During the course of the study, 10, 282 died: 2370 from cardiovascular disease, 5223 from cancer, and 2689 from other causes.

The researchers found that being over or obese increased the risk of death regardless of the level of physical activity. Exercise helped, but did not overcome the higher risk of death associated with being fat.

Can You Be Fat and Fit?

 

Obese women who did brisk walking or other more rigorous activity three-and-one-half hours or more per week were, nevertheless, almost twice as likely (91 %) to die as those who were both active and lean.

Slender but inactive women were 55% more likely to die. Those who were both sedentary and obese were almost two and one-half times more likely to die.

Women who were both lean and physically active had the lowest mortality, the researchers reported.
Being physically active did not cancel out the increased mortality of over, Dr. Hu stated.

Applauding the Harvard study, Dr. Timothy Church of the Cooper Institute of Aerobics Research told the AP: If you’re lean but you’re sedentary, don’t fool yourself. You’re still at risk. You need to get physically active.

Thin and Fit Is The Way To Live

Another study done by researchers at Imperial college and University College in London. That Study had over 17,000 subjects and found the same thing

Waist circumference was similarly associated with heart disease risk (HR 1.32, 95% CI 1.24 to 1.41). Again, adjusting for blood pressure, cholesterol and diabetes similarly reduced the link so it was on the threshold of significance.

Metabolically healthy obese people had a 28% increased risk of heart disease compared with metabolically healthy normal weight people

Clearly, the best way to live to a ripe old age is to watch what you eat and exercise. According to that research there is no way that you can be fat and fit at the same time.

There has been some suggestion that if you are particularly active, you dont have to worry about your body, about your diet, Dr. Frank Hu, lead author of the new study from the Harvard School of Public Health, told the Associated Press. Thats very misleading.

The Harvard study was large and impressive, encompassing approximately 2.7 million person-years. The researchers followed 116,564 female registered nurses for 24 years. The nurses were 30 to 55 and healthy when the study began in 1976. The nurses, all non-smokers, were monitored for physical activity and body mass. During the course of the study, 10, 282 died: 2370 from cardiovascular disease, 5223 from cancer, and 2689 from other causes.

The researchers found that being over or obese increased the risk of death regardless of the level of physical activity. Exercise helped, but did not overcome the higher risk of death associated with being fat.

Obese women who did brisk walking or other more rigorous activity three-and-one-half hours or more per week were, nevertheless, almost twice as likely (91 %) to die as those who were both active and lean. Slender but inactive women were 55% more likely to die. Those who were both sedentary and obese were almost two and one-half times more likely to die.

Women who were both lean and physically active had the lowest mortality, the researchers reported.

Being physically active did not cancel out the increased mortality of over, Dr. Hu stated.

Applauding the Harvard study, Dr. Timothy Church of the Cooper Institute of Aerobics Research told the AP: If youre lean but youre sedentary, dont fool yourself. Youre still at risk. You need to get physically active.

Clearly, the best way to live to a ripe old age is to watch what you eat and exercise.

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ASCI upholds complaints against 89 advertisements out of 162

In April 2018, ASCI’s Consumer Complaints Council (CCC) upheld complaints against 89 advertisements out of the total of 162 advertisements that were evaluated by the CCC.

Out of the total 89 advertisements against which complaints were upheld, 24 belonged to the healthcare sector, 34 to the education sector, 20 to the food beverages category, two to the personal care and nine were from the ‘others’ category. A total of 101 advertisements were picked up by ASCI’s suo moto surveillance, wherein 31 cases were informally resolved as advertisements were voluntarily withdrawn and objections against 68 advertisements were upheld. Of the 61 advertisements complained against by the general public or by industry members, 12 cases were informally resolved wherein the advertisements were voluntarily withdrawn and complaints against 21 advertisements were upheld by the CCC.

ALSO READ: ASCI Update: Complaints against 232 out of 305 ads are upheld

Exaggeration of product efficacy was the number one reason for upholding complaints. The other reasons included providing facts and figures which were inadequate to substantiate claims, exploiting consumers’ lack of knowledge, claims which were misleading by gross exaggeration and delivering advertisements which were misleading by ambiguity or by implication. This was followed by violations of the Drugs and Magic Remedies Act (DMR Act) and the Drugs and Cosmetics (DC) Rules and advertisements which contravened various ASCI guidelines.

Among the various complaints against advertisements, the CCC observed that a popular smartphone company was found to unethically attract customers by claiming the biggest sale ever in the history of India. Several advertisements used logos of AYUSH or FSSAI in their communication which was considered to be inappropriate as all AYUSH products in the market are required to have approval from the State Licensing authorities and calling it out separately as a claim, is misleading by implication that Ministry of AYUSH or FSSAI has approved the product efficacy/ claims made in the advertisement.

Shweta Purandare

“ASCI’s work in monitoring Print and TV advertisements for the AYUSH sector has also been recognized by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health Family Welfare. The committee was of the view that collaborative efforts of the ministry, along with the DoCA, MIB and State Governments, have certainly given results as misleading advertisements, with respect to AYUSH drugs, which have been unregulated so far, have been controlled to an extent. ASCI’s inclusion in the AYUSH’s empowered committee earlier this year is a reflection of regulators’ recognition of ASCI’s consistent efforts to curb misleading advertisements” says Shweta Purandare, secretary general of ASCI.

A total of 24 advertisements were complained against in the healthcare segment. While direct complaints include five advertisements, suo moto surveillance by ASCI, picked up 19 advertisements complained against. In personal care, a total of two advertisements complained against were direct complaints.

Twenty advertisements were complained against in the food and beverages segment. Direct Complaints were made against five advertisements while suo moto surveillance by ASCI picked 15 advertisements.

The Education segment drew a Total of 34 advertisements. Direct Complaints were made against four advertisements. Suo Moto Surveillance by ASCI picked 30 advertisements,

A total of nine advertisements were complained against in the others segment of which direct complaints were made against five advertisements and the rest were picked via Suo Moto Surveillance by ASCI.

DIRECT COMPLAINTS:
FOOD AND BEVERAGES:
Mobius Foundation/ Ayurvet Limited (Antibiotics in Chicken), All India Poultry Development and Service. Perfetti Van Melle India Pvt. Ltd (Chupa Chup Sour Strip and Sour Bite), Oshun Food Products Private Ltd (Native Milk), Nutravo Lifecare Pvt Ltd (Nutralyfe Garcinia Cambogia Herbs).

HEALTHCARE:
Jolly Healthcare (Jolly Vaseir), Shape in Slimming Centre, Aura Weight Loss Clinic, A R Ayurveda Pvt. Ltd (Ashwa Shakti powder), Greek Retail P. Limited (Refollium Capsules),

PERSONAL CARE:
The Himalaya Drug Company (Himalaya Youth Eternity under Eye Cream), The Promen.in (Promen Lip Lightener)

EDUCATION:
LegalEdge Tutorials, National Institute of Fire Safety Engineering (NIFSE), National Academy Of Fire and Safety Engineering (NAFS), Fortune Computer Academy

OTHERS:
Xiaomi Logistics, Magicon Impex Pvt Ltd (Jivi Mobiles), Yamaha Motor Pvt Ltd (Yamaha FZ), Walter Bushnell (Uriliser), Tata Steel Ltd (Tata Pipes)

SUO MOTO Surveillance by ASCI

FOOD BEVERAGE:-
Swad Food Products (Swad Adatt Matta Rice), Flipbald Health and Wellness Products (Flipbald De-addiction Powder), Flipbald Health and Wellness(Flipbald De-addiction Powder), Flipbald Health and Wellness (Flipbald Green Coffee Beans and Forme Oil), Flipbald Health and Wellness Products (Flipbald De-addiction Powder) Ganga Milk Foods (Ganga Shahi Kheer), Anil Foods (New Range of Millet Vermicellis), Super Salt Pvt Ltd (Top Line Activ Natural Salt), Super Salt Pvt Ltd (Top Line Activ Natural Salt), Super Salt Pvt Ltd (Top Line Activ Natural Salt), Bhopal Sahakari Dugdha Sangh (Sanchi Milk), Saboo Sodium Chloro Limited (Surya Salt), Paras Mushroom.

HEALTHCARE:-
Slim N Slender, Olivia Skin Hair Clinic, Sah Hospital, ILS Hospital, Ranjeet Goswami Memorial Homeopathic Hospital, Aesthetica Implant Clinics Dental, Rediscover Clinic, Lotus Slimming Centre Pvt Ltd (Figure First), Dr Paiwal Physiotherapy Clinic, D.S Research Centre, Kaya Komal Avleh, Naturoveda India Pvt Ltd Naturoveda Health World, Naturoveda India Pvt Ltd (Naturoveda Health World), Arogyam Ayurvedic Centre (Allergy Rakshak Range of Products, Ayurwin Pharma Private Limited (Nutrigain Plus Range of Products – Capsules Powder) Ayurwin Pharma Private Limited (Nutrigain Plus Range of Products – Capsules Powder) Flipbald Health Wellness (Flipbald De-addiction powder) Flipbald Health Wellness (Flipbald De-addiction powder), Flipbald Health Wellness (Flipbald De-addiction powder).

EDUCATION:-
Law Prep Tutorial, Winner Institute, Maharashtra Academy of Engineering and Educational Research Vishwashanti Gurukul, Sham Kaushalya Taneja Educational Society – Taneja Public School, Rao Edusolutions Pvt Ltd Rao IIT Academy, DAV College Managing Committee, International Institute of Fashion Design, Karnel Academy.

Complaints against advertisements of 22 educational institutes listed below are UPHELD mainly because of unsubstantiated claims and/ or misleading claims that they provide 100 per cent placement/ placement assistance and/ or they claim to be the No.1 in their respective fields.

X-EEED Coaching, Vinayak Classes, Saraswati Institute of Career Studies, Patliputra Coaching Classes, Pai Defence Academy, Nice Study Circle, Institute For Competitive Exam, Marwad Defence Academy, Bansal Classes Pvt Ltd, Deeksha College of Commerce, Institute of Account Management Studies – Institute of Accounts and Management Business School, Ayyappa Constable Coaching Center, The Sumana Foundation /School of Indian Hotel Management, Kautilya Academy, Brills Institute, Delhi Public School, A B Foundation, Safal Academy , Shrestha Samajik Seva Sansthan Samiti – Shrestha Private Ltd, Image Infotainment Ltd (Image Computer Education), Jagat Narain Romesh Chander Educational Trust (J.R. Media Institute), Excellent Civil Academy.

OTHERS:-
Confident Group (Confident Canopus), Maa Kamakhavya Darbar Fragrances India Pvt. Ltd (Tiranga Sacred Agarbatti), Jet Knitwear (Jet Lycot Readymades), ARG Outlier Media Asianet News Pvt Ltd Republicworld.com.

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First Published : July 27, 2018 06:51 AM

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RapidTone Presents New Online Offers to Australia Residents

RapidTone Presents New Online Offers to Australia Residents

Australia residents can now benefit from new online offers for RapidTone natural fat burner supplement

SYDNEY – Just a few moments ago, the manufacturer of RapidTone – the natural supplement that aims to burn body fat and prevent it from building back up through organic ingredients only – declared that new offers are being made available for Australia residents on the product’s official website. Furthermore, the special prices and packages are also available for residents of Ireland, Canada and New Zealand.

Bad eating habits, stress and pollution are just a few of the factors that lead to weight gain. With an increased number of people complaining about extra fat, the manufacturers of RapidTone argue the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle: consuming fruits and vegetables, reducing sugar intake, drinking plenty of water, sleeping at least 8 hours every night and doing regular exercises. Even more, they also recommend introducing a natural supplement such as RapidTone into the daily healthy routine, as an extra aid in the process of weight-loss.

Further information can be found on the official RapidTone website

RapidTone Australia – Benefits and Ingredients

Manufacturers of RapidTone argue the importance of the natural ingredients that can be found within the natural supplement:

Forskolin – aims to increase the levels of an enzyme called “hormone sensitive lipase,” responsible for burning the fat within the body

Garcinia Cambogia – generally known for its ability to suppress the appetite and reduce cravings

Vitamin B12 – a vitamin that is soluble in water and part of the B family that aims to support the adrenal function and maintain a healthy nervous system

L-Carnitine – transports the fatty acids into the cells’ mitochondria

Ginseng – improves the overall mood, reduces stress levels and improves the functions of the brain

Together, the ingredients wish to prevent fat from building up, control food cravings, increase serotonin levels and boost the overall energy and mood. Moreover, the natural formula aims to maintain the body free of toxins, so that the process of weight-loss can bring results on the long term.
Nevertheless, manufacturers wish to express the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle and encourage individuals to develop a healthy meal plan and involve in regular exercise. Introducing a natural supplement such as RapidTone should be seen as an extra help, and not as a substitute of healthy habits.

RapidTone Australia Online Price Offer

Manufacturers wish to inform individuals that all offers benefits from free shipping and are available to Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Ireland residents only. The special online offers and packages are as follows:

  • Best Selling Package – 5 Bottle Monster Plan (buy 3, get 2 free) – save $150 – $29.60/per bottle
  • Tier 2 Package – 3 Bottle Moderate Plan (buy 2, get 1 free) – save $129 – $33.00/per bottle
  • Sampler Package – 1 Bottle Test Plan (buy 1 bottle) – save $20 – $59.94

*RapidTone is a natural supplement and should not substitute a healthy diet and lifestyle. The offer is available on the official online website for residents of Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Ireland. Read the product’s label before administration.

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