Failure Diet

It can happen, depending on each person who implements it. It mostly occurs because of misunderstanding on the meaning of diet and paying less attention to the factor of health.
The statistics shows that 80-90% of dieters are disappointed by the failure of their diets, they regain the weight and often heavier than before.
If it is rethought and re-analyzed the causes of diet failure are as follows:

 Choosing Incorrect Diet Program

Most of them choose an instant weight-loss program, a tight diet program, in which they eat fewer calories than the body needs. This condition can produce a result faster, but it increases the risk of developing disease. In addition, they become bored and apathetic, which condition may cause the appetite to increase and trigger consumption of foods which should be avoided during the diet program For example, fasting model diet in which they usually do not consume almost all foods except water resulting in a drastic weight loss, but the weight loss is not caused by the loss of body fat reserve but it is because of the loss of water and salt in the body.

 Lack of Control on Meal Schedules

A poor eating habit lacking control on meal schedules may cause the diet to fail. Good meal schedules are morning, noon and evening. Lack of control on meal schedules can trigger strong desire and temptation for food which can disrupt the diet program. The dieter at last wants to try a food a little bit to eliminate the appetite.

 Incorrect Meal Menu

Portion of meal menu that does not match daily activities may cause the diet to fail. Variety and type of meal menu are influential, when deviating too far from the eating habit and predilection it will cause boredom and apathetic and this will trigger the desire for trying the very food which should be avoided.

 Lack of Physical Exercises or Sports

A food reduction diet alone will not make weight reduction successful without combination of correct regular physical exercise or sport. Conduct regular exercise 3 – 5 times/week for 30 – 60 minutes by walking, jogging, cycling, swimming, aerobic gym or other sport games that suit your capability.

Sumber: Emma S. Wirakusumah, a safe and effective way of reducing body weight, Gramedia Pustaka Utama 1994.

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A healthy way to overcome obesity

When does obesity occur?

Obesity is characterized by storage of excess body fat which occurs because the volume of the incoming calorie is more than the outgoing calorie. To identify it, you can use the body mass index (BMI) in which body weight in kilograms divided by body height in meters squared.
BMI is categorized as normal when it is in the range of 15.5 – 24.9 kg/m2. BMI >25 kg/m2 is considered overweight and BMI >30 kg/m2 is considered obese.


With the increase in the BMI value, the risk for suffering from diseases that come along with obesity also increases because obesity can bring about a variety of health problems, particularly heart disease, hypertension, coronary heart disease, diabetes, hyper cholesterol, etc.
Compared with men, obesity risk in women is higher probably because of some factors, among others: fat content in the body is higher, particularly the one accumulated in the chest and lower part of the body, energy burned tends to be less because woman’s muscle mass which functions as the main ‘burning tool’ is smaller than man’s muscle mass, and hormonal effects in each reproduction phase.

A correct way to overcome obesity

A balanced diet and physical activities accompanied by a strong determination as well as support by close relatives is the key in successfully produce weight loss. A balanced low calorie diet with composition of carbohydrate 60-70%, protein 10-15% and fat 20-30% from total calorie consumption per day is recommended.
Fat is the biggest calorie producer per gram compared with carbohydrate or protein, therefore avoid it. One gram of fat contains 9 cal, while 1 gram of carbohydrate contains 4 cal. Imagine, how much calorie do you consume in one portion of fast food.

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Relationship between Snoring and Stroke !!!

Introduction
Stroke or known as cerebrovasculer accident, is a disease that causes death number 3 after heart disease and violence, and become the top cause of disability in patients who survive, and provide many economic and social problems, both for themselves and their environment.
The best way is to prevent the occurrence of stroke, both the first and 2nd attack with knows what the risk factor is, especially factors that can be change, such as the existence of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dislipidemia, heart disease and so forth, and that is not less important and not yet known by many people is OSA / Obstructive Sleep Apneu.



What is the OSA?

American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), 2005, divides into several sleep disturbances category namely:
- Insomnia
- Hypersomnia
- Parasomnia
- Sleep related movement disorder
- Sleep related breathing disorder
- Sleep disorder Circadian Rhytm
- Isolated syndrome
OSA, including a disruption of sleep in the start of a breath snore or gasp at the episode follow

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