Diet Factors

• Friday February 3, 2006 in: Diet and Exercise Tag(s):

  WHEREVER you go fat people had become the butt of jokes for as long as...well, since the day the Three Stooges went on the air several decades ago.
  
  Though it wasn't funny when the original Curly sustained a stroke, not from slapstick blows to the head, but from heart trouble that placed him in a vegetative state.

  From then on the fears of one day incurring a stroke among obese persons became as real as the next meal they're chomping on. Hence the rush for quickie diets that grievously impair their health.

  In choosing a diet it's always best to consult a nutritionist or the family doctor for details.

  Or if one so chooses he or she can undergo liposuction surgery and then complement it with a doctor prescribed diet.

  A lot of factors go into choosing a diet since it is assumed that not all persons share the same physical attributes or conditioning.

  Selecting one's diet regimen depends largely on one's age, weight, height and personal lifestyle. Aside from maintaing one's overall condition one's diet also helps prevent the onset of certain diseases.

  Naturally an athlete will have a different diet than an office worker or even a business executive. Also a 24 year old has different dietary requirements than say, a 15 year old or a child.

  Then again as advancing age creeps in, the person's vulnerability to illnesses means cutting down on red meat and all those foods rich in fat and proteins.

  Sleep is also a crucial factor that influences one's food intake. Whlle most people simply doze off after a long day's work there are others who take the opportunity to raid the fridge, thus piling in the pounds.

  Of course aside from slicing down on red meat, people who plan to go on a diet should cut down on fastfood which is usually tagged as the culprit for all those cases of heart diseases and strokes.

  If you don't believe it try watching the movie "Super Size Me" in which the main actor got a serious case of heartburn after indulging in a month long diet of McDonald's.

  While fat may be beautiful for some-look at "American Idol" Ruben Studdard-it's not what people would frankly look for in a first date. After all you wouldn't want to date a girl as big as a house would you?