Health researchers studying the records of more than 10,500 people in Hull in the UK, found that although the very over weight and obese patients have a higher risks of non lethal heart problems, those who are just overweight had a lower risk of dying than patients with a ‘Normal’ BMI. Those who were under weight had the worst prognosis of all. So Fitness, they suggest, is a better parameter for assessing health than just weight. BMI is not really a decisive measure of Fitness. After all we all can see that a Bodybuilder, having the same weight and height as an obese person, may have the same BMI but is definitely far fitter.

Linda Bacon, Professor of Nutrition at the City College of San Francisco and author of ‘Health at Every Size; The Surprising Truth about Your Weight’, writes that weight is a baseless measure for health, and weight loss a counterproductive goal.

Unnecessary focus on even slight obesity leads to food and weight preoccupation, eating disorders and stress that in turn initiates or aggravates ‘Obesity related’ conditions like diabetes and hypertension. The solution? – Dump the weight focus. Dispense with rigorous food rules and calorie restrictions that one cannot easily maintain for long. Tune in to your body’s natural hunger signals and re-learn which foods are good and are satisfying for you, as nutritional levels vary wildly from one person to the next.

This Guide will enable you to understand the importance of eating right. Understand the how, what, when, how much and in which combinations of all that you eat, and how your body and your gut microflora digest and react to all that and thus affect you and why, thereby enabling you to make the right choices for yourself. Your body and what you eat to fuel it, and do to keep it fit, is almost always all within your control. Controlling your body also puts you in your Life’s driver’s seat.

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