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The Truth about Exercise and Diet. Part 3.

By Mark Shaw

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We have now reached a level of obesity in the US, South America, Canada, and throughout Europe which is unprecedented in recorded history.

It is also accepted that the lifestyles we lead are often very high stress.

It is no coincidence that these new peaks of obesity and stress correlate directly with an increase in the occurrence of "modern" or "new" diseases of Western society, including heart disease, the cancers, and others including the rheumatic and fatigue spectrum.

At least we have moved past the era when debate was so Neolithic as to suggest that these conditions don't really exist or are a subdivision of psychology and now we can concentrate on the science and biology of these diseases.

These anomalies in conjunction with a certain genetic predisposition appear to underlie the onset in certain individuals, while other individuals who suffer the same initial "trigger" infection, trauma or exposure recover relatively unscathed.

Post-onset and after diagnosis of your individual condition, carrying extra weight may cause your condition to be maintained longer and exacerbated more than in patients of normal weight.

The initial trauma of your condition affects and controls homeostasis, digestion, and the organs of elimination to name but a few of its functions.

The sufferer will be under additional stress in individuals who are overweight or clinically obese.

I do appreciate that the last thing you need to hear when you are struck with illness is that you need to lose weight.

In the early stages of the illness weight loss is NOT advised. I advise sufferers to eat a well balanced diet.

At a later stage as overall toxicity reduces, lymphatic flow improves, immunological modulation begins and digestive stress is reduced weight loss strategies can be considered and undertaken.

However due to the causal factors involved in illness it is essential to avoid programs which require strenuous exercise regimes, due to the onset of post-exertional malaise which is a defining feature of these illnesses.

Any program involving sustained aerobic activity that induces cardiovascular debt or strenuous muscular exertion such as weightlifting, can seriously damage sufferers of these illnesses.

Patients suffering "true" illness should never attempt to waste what little energy they have on strenuous exercise, whether it be weight bearing, graded, aerobic or anaerobic.

The only energy you should be expending is on your essential daily activities, and relaxing walks or pastimes which will reduce your susceptibility to depression.

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