Weight Loss/Control Glossary of Terms

A Little Help With Some Difficult terms				Used extensively as a thickening agent for foods and
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Aerobic Exercise. Any activity involving large muscles,				pharmaceuticals, it is commonly sold as an herbal
done				supplement
for an extended period of time. Aerobic exercise can				to promote weight loss.High Protein Diet. Diets that
be done				recommend receiving up to 30%
for weight loss, but it also provides cardiovascular				of calories (or more) from protein as opposed to the
benefits. Examples of aerobic exercise include				recommended 10%-15% from protein. These diets
walking,				also recommend
biking, jogging, swimming, aerobic classes and				low carbohydrate consumption and are often high in
cross-country				total
skiing.Aloe. Herbal product derived from the aloe plant,				fat.Hydrostatic Body Fat Testing. A body composition
it is				test
often added to herbal weight loss products. However,				performed by submerging the person in water and
it has				then
not been shown to effectively promote permanent				measuring his or her underwater weight.Jejunum. The
weight loss.				middle section of the small intestine.Ketone. Waste
Different parts of the aloe plant may be used. Aloe				products in the body that are a result of fat
gel may				burning.Ketosis. An abnormality of the body's
lower blood glucose and keep other medications from				metabolic process,
being				resulting in an increase of ketones in the blood, which
properly absorbed. Aloe leaf lining has more side				can
effects,				increase the risk of developing kidney stones. Ketosis
including nausea, diarrhea, lowering of serum				is
potassium and				prevented by eating at least 100 grams of
laxative effects that could be dangerous to individuals				carbohydrates a
not				day.Ma-Huang. See ephedrine.Meridia. See
in good health.Appetite Suppressants. Medications that				SibutermineMetabolism. The amount of energy
act upon the brain,				(calories) your body burns
"tricking" it into believing that it is not hungry or that				to maintain itself. Metabolism is the process in which
it's full.Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis. A body				nutrients are acquired, transported, used and disposed
composition test				of by
that works by sending a small electrical signal through				the body.Monounsaturated fat. A type of fat found in
the				large amounts in
body, enabling the amount of fat, muscle and other				foods from plants, including olive, peanut and canola
lean				oil.Mortality. The rate of death.Obesity. An excess
tissue to be measured.Body Composition Test. A test				proportion of total body fat. The most
used to determine the current				common measure of obesity is the body mass index
percentage of body fat a person has.Body Mass				(BMI).Orlistat. A commonly prescribed fat absorption
Index (BMI). A popular method used to gauge				medication,
whether or not a person is overweight. BMI is				it is sold under the brand name Xenical.Phen-fen. A
calculated by				weight loss drug made up of fenfluramine and
dividing a person's weight (in kilograms) by his or her				phentermine. Its use has been linked to heart valve
height (in meters, squared).Calorie. A unit of measure				problems
for the amount of energy released				and has been banned by the
when the body breaks down food.Carbohydrate. Any				FDA.Phenylpropanolamine (PPA). Once a common
of a large group of sugars, starches,				weight loss
cellulose and gums that the body uses by converting				ingredient in appetite suppressants, recent studies
into				have
glucose, a simple sugar, for fuel.Cascara. A common				linked PPA to an increased risk of stroke. The FDA
ingredient used in weight loss products.				warns
One of the few herbs approved by the FDA as an				consumers to avoid use of products containing
over-the-counter drug. It is a strong stimulant				PPA.Polyunsaturated Fat. A type of fat that is found in
laxative.Catecholamine. A chemical in the brain that				large
affects mood and				amounts in foods from plants, including safflower,
appetite.Chitosan (KITE-o-san). A dietary supplement				sunflower
made from				and corn oil.Protein. An organic compound that is the
chitin, a starch found in the skeleton of shrimp, crab				"building block" of
and				the human body. Protein builds and maintains muscle
other shellfish. It has not been shown to contribute to				tissue.Pyruvate. Formed in the body during digestion of
permanent weight loss.Cholesterol. A type of fat that				carbohydrates and protein, some studies indicate that
circulates in your blood. It				it may
comes from two sources. the body makes its own				help with weight loss. Although it appears to be safe,
regardless of				claims of boosting metabolism, decreasing appetite
what is eaten and from foods containing animal				and
products.Dietician or Dietitian. A person who specializes				aiding in weight loss require further
in the				study.Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA). The
study of nutrition.Diuretic. A drug that promotes the				level of essential
formation of urine by the				nutrients required to adequately meet the known
kidney.Diuresis. Water lossDuodenum. The beginning				nutrient
portion of the small intestine.Ephedrine (Ma-Huang). A				needs of practically all healthy persons, according to
common ingredient in herbal dietary				the
supplements used for weight loss. Ephedrine can				Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academy of
slightly				Sciences.Restriction Operation. The type of surgery
suppress your appetite, but no studies have shown it				most often used
to be				for producing weight loss. Food intake is restricted by
effective in weight loss. Ephedrine is the main active				creating a small pouch at the top of the stomach
ingredient of ephedra. Ephedra is also known as Ma				where the
Huang,				food enters from the esophagus. Examples of
not ephedrine. High doses of ephedra can cause very				restriction
fast				operations include. gastric banding and vertical banded
heartbeat, high blood pressure, irregular heart beats,
stroke, vomiting, psychoses and even death.Extensive				gastroplasty.Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RGB). The
Gastric Bypass. A gastric bypass operation in				most common gastric
which portions of the stomach are removed. The				bypass procedure. First, a small stomach pouch is
small pouch				created by
that remains is connected directly to the final segment				stapling or by vertical banding. This causes restriction
of				in
the small intestine, thus completely bypassing both the				food intake. Next, a Y-shaped section of the small
duodenum and jejunum.Fat. Organic compounds that				intestine
are made up of carbon, hydrogen,				is attached to the pouch to allow food to bypass the
and oxygen, it is the body's most concentrated				duodenum as well as the first portion of the
source of				jejunum.Saturated Fat. A type of fat most often found
energy. Like protein and carbohydrates, fat is a				in animal food
principal				products including milk, eggs, meat and butter.
and essential component of the diet.Fat Absorption				Saturated
Inhibitor. Medications that work by				fat is also found in vegetable products such as
preventing the body from breaking down and				coconut and
absorbing fat				palm oil. Studies show that too much saturated fat in
eaten with meals.Food and Drug Administration (FDA).				a
Government agency whose				person's diet increases heart disease risk.St. John's
mission is "to promote and protect the public health by				Wort. An herb that is primarily used as an
				antidepressant due to its effects on serotonin. There
helping safe and effective products reach the market				is
in a				limited research indicating its use for weight
timely way, and monitoring products for continued				loss.Serotonin. A neurotransmitter found in the brain
safety				that
after they are in use."Food Triggers. A situation or				affects mood and appetite.Sibutramine. A common
emotion that causes a person				prescription appetite suppressant, it
to eat such as stress or depression.Gastric Banding.				is sold under the brand name Meridia.Vertical-Banded
A surgical procedure in which a band made				Gastroplasty. The most frequently used
of special material is placed around the stomach near				restrictive operation for weight control. During it, both a
its
upper end, creating a small pouch and a narrow				band and staples are used to create a small stomach
passage into				pouch.Very Low Calorie Diet (VLCD). A short-term
the larger remainder of the stomach.Gastric Bypass.				weight loss diet,
A type of operation that combines the				VLCDs are commercially prepared formulas of 800
creation of a small stomach pouch to restrict food				calories or
intake				less that replace all usual food intake. Not all VLCD
and the construction of bypasses of the duodenum				need
and other				be formulas; they could just be low calorie meal plans.
segments of the small intestine to cause				These diets (in fact most diets less than 1000 calories)
malabsorption				are
(decreased absorption of nutrients).Glucomannan.				low in essential nutrients and require vitamin/mineral
Made from the root of Amorphophallus Konjac, an				supplementation.Xenical. See OrlistatYerba Mate. Also
herbal supplement that is said to contribute to weight				known as Paraguay tea, this strong central
loss				nervous system stimulant is often sold as a dietary
by delaying the absorption of glucose from the				supplement. It has not been proven to cause weight
intestines.Guarana. A nervous system stimulant derived				loss.Weight Cycling. The repeated loss and regain of
from the seeds				body weight.
of a Brazilian plant of the same name, it is often found				When weight cycling is the result of dieting, it is often
in				called "yo-yo" dieting.Source: WebMDYou have
herbal supplements that promote weight loss.Guar				permission to publish this article electronically or
Gum. Also known as guar, guar flour, and jaguar gum,				in print, free of charge, as long as the bylines are
it				included.
is a dietary fiber obtained from the Indian cluster bean.				A courtesy copy of your publication would be
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