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Bel Marra Health supports recent research that shows the benefits of tai chi on elderly patients.

Toronto, ON (PRWEB) June 09, 2012

Bel Marra Health supports recent research that shows the benefits of tai chi on elderly patients.

According to a recent report published in the journal Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, the results of an extensive review of research reports showed that tai chi is an effective exercise for both body and mind. Tai chi teaches the mind to move energy across the body using distinct slow movements.

The report described that individuals engaged in tai chi have experienced improvements in their quality of life. In addition, these tai chi exercise participants have also shown an enhancement of their general health, including that of achieving weight loss and decreasing the risk of obesity. Reports have described that although tai chi makes use of slow and low-impact movements, the principle of this exercise involves both the body and mind, thus inducing a relaxation and a deeper focus on inner energies of the body. The amount of energy and body movements in tai chi is therefore equivalent to repeated movements associated with Western aerobic exercise for weight loss and decrease in risk of obesity.

The relaxation of the body and mind that results from tai chi also improves the emotional condition of an individual, thus decreasing the chances of a person to overeat, which in turn lowers the risk of obesity. it is also important to realize that individuals who are emotionally unstable turn to binge eating for comfort, thus increasing their risk of obesity and making weight loss less likely. it is also more difficult to achieve weight loss when an individual is emotionally disturbed and makes use of sweet or sugar-rich food items in pacifying one’s self during difficult times. this behavior has been strongly associated with a higher risk of obesity.

Engaging in tai chi generally results in a stabilization of emotions and thus better mental health, significantly decreasing the risk of obesity and removing the need for weight loss. For other individuals using tai chi as exercise, the occurrence of body pain has also been shown to significantly decrease, thus increasing their mobility that may help in weight loss and lower the risk of obesity.

Spokesperson for Bel Marra Health Dr. Victor Marchione says, “The medical review showed that tai chi is so safe for use across various age groups that even the elderly may engage in this activity and still observe major improvements in their quality of life.”

The principles of tai chi are generally easy to perform, allowing children, adults, and the elderly to follow the slow body movements. CEO of Bel Marra Health, Jim Chiang says, “In addition, the use of slow movements in tai chi renders this as a low-impact exercise regimen that may minimally inflict physical harm in the elderly. The movements associated with tai chi may also help in decreasing the risk of obesity, even in the elderly.”

The medical review also described the potential of tai chi in slowing down the process of aging among the elderly, mainly through the use of slow movements in improving both the physical and mental condition of a senior citizen. having a better outlook in life, even during the senior years, may also help in decreasing the risk of obesity and assist in weight loss.

Tai chi presents a number of advantages for the improvement and maintenance of general health. this physical program is very simple, involving slow movements that could be easily followed by elderly individuals. In addition, the slow movements of tai chi allow elderly individuals to use this exercise despite their advanced age, even in the presence of cardiovascular diseases such as congenital heart disease and hypertension.

(SOURCE: “National Institutes of Health” a Review Focused on the Psychological Effectiveness of Tai Chi on different Populations, May 2012)

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For millions the world over faithfully following the rules and wondering why they aren’t shedding a pound, it turns out that weight loss might not be as simple as eating less and cutting calories.

The rule of thumb applied to weight loss has always been one whereby a reduction of 2100 kilojoules each and every day is supposed to see a good 500grams or so fall off every week for as long as deemed necessary.

Unfortunately, those who have long protested that weight loss is far more complex than calorie-counting alone may have been onto something.

According to the results of a new weight loss study carried out in the US, many of the world’s leading doctors, healthcare advisers and dietitians have been in the wrong for years – calories in and calories out do not hold the key to weight loss.

Due to something of a left-over defense mechanism from the human race’s primitive origins, as soon as person begins a weight loss regime their metabolism automatically goes into starvation/famine mode. While doing so would have undoubtedly prolonged the lives of those living through hard times with little food energy to depend on, those pursuing weight loss will find their efforts coming to little fruition.

In turn, if a person was to begin any given diet with a marked reduction in calorie intake, over the course of time it will become less and less effective. in fact, the study found that when vying for a certain weight loss target, if half of the weight loss occurred in the first year, the other would take two years to shift – a 100% increase.

This is of course thought to be the number-one reason why so many think their diets are failing when they have in fact just naturally slowed, though it is possible to counteract the starvation-mode the body goes into by  undertaking regular exercise.

The good news is, those behind the study have assured that sensible weight loss doesn’t demand punishing routines at the gym, but instead involves simply finding ways and means to spend less time sprawled out on the coach watching TV. they say that the trick is to start off small and simple, gradually progressing to more prolonged and demanding activities in order to compensate for the body’s natural instincts to stockpile reserves as calorie intake decreases.

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