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Jalapenos to your diet? Plastic surgery after major weight loss recommendation.
01 year ago
Health benefits to aid weight loss.
Maintaining a healthy weight with a good diet and exercise is a priority for anyone considering plastic surgery especially for plastic surgery after major weight loss. Research shows that being at a healthy weight before any surgery is safer and lead to a successful outcome. 
Many of our patients are always looking for healthy ideas and alternatives to help them loose weight before surgery. Consider adding jalapenos to you next meal.
Jalapenos contain capsaicin.
Capsaicin is the natural chemical found in hot peppers, including jalapenos, chili peppers and red peppers. The Jalapeno Madness website states that Capsaicin is thermogenic, which increases your metabolism in the body by generating heat. As more heat is produced the body is able to effectively process adipose tissue, otherwise know as fat. An increased metabolism allows you burn more calories and help loose weight.
Nutritional information on jalapenos.
Like with any food, jalapenos should be eaten in moderation. Nutritiondata.com is a great site that can provide you nutritional data on any food. Not only can jalapenos give your metabolism a boost, they also provide the following benefits:
- low glycemic index
- high source of vitamin A and C
- low in cholesterol
- act as an anti-inflammatory
Next time you want to give your food a little kick, as well as your metabolism, reach for some jalapenos. But know your nutritional data. Jalapenos are high in sodium.
Low calorie diet slows aging and improves longevity- new animal research shows
02 years ago
by Dr. Aldo
in In the news
Scottsdale – Reports from Reuters involving a 20-year study of monkeys shows that a reduced-calorie diet results in less disease and a longer life span, according to U.S. researchers on Thursday, a finding that could apply to humans. The researchers studied rhesus monkeys placing them on a strict, reduced-calorie diet. These subjects were three times less likely to die from age-related diseases like heart disease, cancer and diabetes over the study period than monkeys that ate freely and without restrictions.
“We have been able to show that caloric restriction can slow the aging process in a primate species,” Richard Weindruch of the University of Wisconsin in Madison, said in a statement. “We observed that caloric restriction reduced the risk of developing an age-related disease by a factor of three and increased survival,” Weindruch said.
In his study, the researchers tested the effects of calorie restriction over two decades in a group of rhesus macaque monkeys. Half of the monkeys were allowed to eat as they pleased, and the other half ate a carefully controlled diet that provided just two-thirds of the calories they would normally choose to eat. Twenty years later, half of the monkeys that were allowed to eat freely have survived, while 80 percent of the monkeys that ate 30 percent fewer calories survived.
I think this is an interesting study that again points to increased calorie consumption as a significant factor that can limit the life span of study animals. This research is in-line with results of calorie over-consumption in other animals and it would be interesting to speculate what a similar study would find if it was done on humans. The researchers imply in the article that lower disease and increased life-span may result if humans consume less calories.
