06 Jun 08 Parents are Big Part of Problem, Block Teen Weight Loss

Kids really need a drill sargent. The drill sargent really lives the troops he drills all day. Parents want to be best friends with their children and so when it comes to weight loss, parents talk about it but provide almost no meaningful support. This is the conclusion tof research published in this weeks Journal of Pediatrics.

The parents who correctly recognized that their teen need to lose weight would talk a good game about dieting but did not prepare good meals and keep nutritious snack around the house. Instead they would bring salty snack and colas for the teen to eat.

Glucomannan is a safe diet pill for teens:

Although the exact mechanism of how fibers promote weight loss has not been determined, a number of hypothetical theories have been put forward by scientists.

Dilution of Energy Density: It is known that fibers have a low caloric value as compared to other food sources [2]. For this reason, adding it to the food creates a lowering of the energy-to-weight ratio of food, thereby reducing the amount of calories that are taken in.
Promotion of Satiety: A number of studies have shown that dietary fibers like glucomannan promote satisfaction in the human food consumption. Many different hypotheses as to how fibers do this both psychologically, physically and chemically have been shown. [2, 3, 4, 5]
Fecal Energy Loss: Studies have shown that soluble fibers act in the gastrointestinal tract and have been known to reduce the absorption of proteins and fats [6]. It has been further proposed that dietary fibers do this by reducing the contact of these substances to the walls of the intestine, and therefore prevent their absorption. There is considerable evidence to show that glucose and carbohydrate uptake is also reduced because of this action, thus it also shows its hypoglycemic effects [7]. Although these are just propositions, the exact mechanism of this still remains unclear [2].

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