Human aging is associated with muscle decrease and a decrease in daily function, also known as sarcopenia.
Recent research shows that this can be reversed in as little as six months!
Multiple lines of research suggest that mitochondrial dysfunction (one of the little, yet REALLY important parts of every cell in your body) is a major contributor to sarcopenia, which is to say a loss of function.
However, following exercise training the cellular signature of aging was markedly reversed back to that of younger levels for most genes that were affected by both age and exercise.
Read that again: Reversed, not just stopped or even slowed.
Reversed!A brand new study of more than 150,000 women has rocked the medical community!
Recent research shows that women who gain as little as seven pounds in between pregnancies increase their risk of serious complications in their second pregnancy...
- diabetes
- high blood pressure
- toxemia
- caesarean birth
- stillbirth
What's even more surprising is that this increased risk applies to women who are not necessarily overweight. It applies to all women who gain an additional seven pounds (or more) between the time they got pregnant the first time to the time they get pregnant again.
This new study says a woman's risk of getting diabetes or high blood pressure during her second pregnancy increases by about 30%.
Double the weight gain and the risk of getting diabetes or high blood pressure may increase by 100%
Doctors are calling the finding from this study "staggering" and "thought-provoking."
It's in the best interest of your child for you to take care of your own health. That way, you'll have the positive energy you need to take care of them as well. And if you decide to have another child, it's extremely important.
"What do they want us to be--anorexic?"
And the answer to that is a great big NO!
As a matter of fact, this study did not entail examining whether or not the woman's beginning weight was ideal. It was only examining the effect of weight gain between pregnancies. The conclusion was that you should not gain weight in between pregnancies. The conclusion had nothing to do with being dangerously thin!
Two take home points before you worry too much:
- Large, longitudinal studies such as this one do not take SO many other factors into context. They drew a conclusion from one correlation. Other negative factors could be involved as well, rather than just weight.
- If you gain 7+ pounds that certainly doesn't mean that something negative WILL happen, it just increases the risk, that is all. It is just like driving fast in your car, you might be alright, but you increase the risk.
Just understand that it is always healthier to be in good shape. Just like it's safer to drive more slowly in your car.
God bless,
Steve
