Obesity is the biggest health epidemic of America. About one third of the country is obese leading to other health problems and medical complications.
There are multiple early stage companies that are working on a solution, but no solution is good enough. There is a company Arena Pharmaceuticals that tries to inhibit the stomach cell metabolism with mixed results and significant risks. The company develops oral medications that target G-protein-coupled receptors. In addition, there are other companies like Vivus and Orexigen.
The medical authorities of America have no practical answer to this problem of obesity.
While there are genetic factors involved, clearly one's eating habits and life-style do contribute to it. If one can magically eat less, the chances of obesity reduce. If one can live on one or two meals a day, obviously the obesity proneness decreases.
The fundamental problem to solve for obesity is to satiate the hunger without eating. The wisdom of the Yogis of India has been that just doing slow and deep breathing automatically reduces hunger. Please try this for ten or twenty minutes and decide for yourself. I have been able to reduce about 20 pounds of my lean figure with just deep breathing (called Pranayama Yoga) over six months.
The most challenging problem in medical science is in understanding immunity and improving immunity. Hundreds of billions dollars have been spent in researching immunity, but no real progress has been made. Nor is there a good research lead to pursue for immunity. It is anecdotally known in the Yoga world that Pranayama Yoga actually increases immunity (and even intelligence). Please experiment for yourself to verify this.
Interestingly, in a book called Srimad Bhagavatam written about five thousand years ago, Lord Kapila articulates this: "pranayama dahet doshan". It means Pranayam Yoga decreases disease (and improves immunity. I wonder how He came up with that.sitting under a tree with practically no medical equipment.
The fundamental problem to solve for obesity is to satiate the hunger without eating. The wisdom of the Yogis of India has been that just doing slow and deep breathing automatically reduces hunger. Please try this for ten or twenty minutes and decide for yourself. I have been able to reduce about 20 pounds of my lean figure with just deep breathing (called Pranayama Yoga) over six months.
The most challenging problem in medical science is in understanding immunity and improving immunity. Hundreds of billions dollars have been spent in researching immunity, but no real progress has been made. Nor is there a good research lead to pursue for immunity. It is anecdotally known in the Yoga world that Pranayama Yoga actually increases immunity (and even intelligence). Please experiment for yourself to verify this.
Interestingly, in a book called Srimad Bhagavatam written about five thousand years ago, Lord Kapila articulates this: "pranayama dahet doshan". It means Pranayam Yoga decreases disease (and improves immunity. I wonder how He came up with that.sitting under a tree with practically no medical equipment.
Modern corporations suggest taking deep breaths to relive stress. Pranayama is a part of Yoga; it is just taking deep breaths.
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