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In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Alexander G. Schauss explains the relationship between stress, insulin resistance and glucose intolerance to disordered eating, compulsive eating, and the resultant overweight or obesity - including the 'apple-shaped' paunch, called 'intra-abdominal fat', that can be a direct result of life's stresses leading to excess levels of the hormone cortisol.

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Santé et bien-être

Diététique

diététique

Nutrition

Fitness

Health

Diet

Obesity

Diets

Informations

Publié par	Turner Publishing Company
Date de parution	01 décembre 2006
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781591206293
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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The information contained in this book is based upon the research and personal and professional experiences of the author. It is not intended as a substitute for consulting with your physician or other healthcare provider. Any attempt to diagnose and treat an illness should be done under the direction of a healthcare professional.
The publisher does not advocate the use of any particular healthcare protocol but believes the information in this book should be available to the public. The publisher and author are not responsible for any adverse effects or consequences resulting from the use of the suggestions, preparations, or procedures discussed in this book. Should the reader have any questions concerning the appropriateness of any procedures or preparation mentioned, the author and the publisher strongly suggest consulting a professional healthcare advisor.

Basic Health Publications, Inc.
28812 Top of the World Drive
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
949-715-7327 • www.basichealthpub.com

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Schauss, Alexander G.
Obesity: why are men getting pregnant? / Alexander G. Schauss.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-1-59120-629-3
ISBN-10: 1-59120-025-3
1. Obesity. 2. Overweight men. I. Title.
RC628.S365 2006
616.3'980081—dc22
2006022495

Copyright © 2006 by Alexander G. Schauss. Ph.D.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the copyright owner.
Editor: Kristen Jennings
Typesetting/Book design: Gary A. Rosenberg
Cover design: Mike Stromberg
Printed in the United States of America
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Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Obesity and Its Causes
2. Health Risks of Obesity
3. Dietary Changes
4. Energy Balance
5. Drug and Surgical Interventions
6. Regulation and Safety of Dietary Supplements
7. “Best-Bet” Supplements for Weight Loss
8. Possible Weight-Loss Ingredients
9. Supplements to Treat Depression
10. Exercises to Enhance Weight Loss and Improve Health
11. Releasing Stress, Reducing Weight
12. Getting Started: Quick Tips to Start Losing Your Potbelly
Notes
About the Author
To Noubar
Acknowledgments
I cannot express adequately my appreciation to Basic Health and its staff for their patience in awaiting the completion of this manuscript. The reason men develop potbellies is complex. The publisher was kind enough to allow me the time required to evaluate this vast literature, especially at a time when the epidemic of obesity afflicting children and adults has become a reality worldwide. Because of so many associated health problems, this book required reviewing thousands of published papers. This resulted in my needing to read far more studies than initially envisioned to unravel the complexities of why men look as if they are pregnant.
My deepest thanks goes to Laura, my wife, who tolerated long hours late into many nights for me to research and write this book. Her endearing support took a lot of time away from her. I cannot thank you enough for being so patient. To my daughter and son, Nova and Evan, I hope we can make up for lost time together. I took this sixteenth book of my career on as a mission with the hope to save and enhance the lives of others.
Finally, to all the men and women worldwide whose research is contained in this book. You have my deepest appreciation and thanks for the work you have contributed to-all for the good of public health.
Introduction
Many will view middle age, when the “six-pack” stomach more closely resembles a keg, and the hourglass figure, a mailbox, as inevitable. . . .
—A. S TEWART , “F AT P ATTERNING: I NDICATIONS AND I MPLICATIONS .” N UTRITION , 2003

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ou’ve seen the unmistakable scene of a man walking by you who is so obese in his midsection that he looks strangely like he’s pregnant: his belly sticking out way beyond his chest, his back straining, and a disagreeable amount of extra fat being carried smack in the middle of his body. Why would any man allow his body to become so distorted as to take on the visual appearance of a woman at the end stages of pregnancy? A lot of people wonder. I wondered. But why I cared enough to give it much thought is another question.
Back in my late teens, while attending the University of New Mexico as an undergraduate in 1966, I was driving east across the country with my roommate to visit our parents for the holidays. Soon after getting some much-needed gasoline and finding our way back to the freeway, our car was pulled over by a local Tennessee deputy sheriff who wondered what a car with New Mexico license plates was doing in his jurisdiction. “We were just buying gas, back at the last exit, on our way to the East Coast, sir,” I explained while searching for my driver’s license and automobile registration. Finally, I found both documents and handed them to him. While waiting for the officer to check my license and registration, my roommate, who was on the university’s track and field team, wondered how anyone in law enforcement could have such a large belly and work as a police officer. Before I could tell him to be quiet, he said, “That’s quite a belly you’ve got there,” to the officer.
At that moment my heart rate doubled and I had images of us getting out of the car, placed in handcuffs, taken to the local jail, and forgotten through the holidays. This all occurred in the days when officers didn’t read you your rights, especially in the southern states. And we had long hair and were driving a Volkswagon “bug,” which meant he probably thought we were hippies carrying drugs across the country. We wondered if we had made a mistake by not calling our parents from the service station to let them know where we were. Between the two of us we might have had forty dollars, probably not enough to pay a fine or bail us out of jail.
But instead of asking us to get out of the car, he handed back my license and registration and, to our surprise, held his belly with both hands and said, “Yep, I’ve got to do something about this someday. You boys take it easy and watch your speed limit.” As he was handing me back my license and looking around the inside of our car, probably noticing that we were wearing jogging suits, he added: “You boys keep working out. You just don’t want to get diabetes; it’s a pain in the butt.” And then he walked back to his car.
As you can imagine, we caught our breath and looked at each other, realizing that instead of spending the holidays in jail for nothing more than being in the wrong place at the wrong time caught by someone who just didn’t like northerners or hippies, we were back on our way heading east. At the time, we didn’t really appreciate the insight this big-bellied officer from Tennessee had just shared with us.
Now, let’s fast-forward a few decades to tie this story to the reason I wrote this book. Years later, my seven-year-old son, ten-year-old daughter, and I attended a local stamp show. I used to collect stamps when I was a young boy, and I wondered if my kids would be interested. I always felt that you could learn a lot about other cultures by collecting stamps from around the world. We came up to one dealer’s table and met the nicest stamp dealer you could imagine. He urged my kids to sit in front of his table and look through boxes of stamps from all over the world. “A penny a piece,” he told them. My kids’ eyes lit up, because with the dollar I gave to each of them, they were able to select a hundred stamps. Well, needless to say, they couldn’t wait to get home and show their mom what they had acquired.
Soon we watched for future stamp shows for no other reason than to meet this very friendly stamp dealer who always treated my kids so well. Eventually, my wife and I got to be good friends with him and even visited his home on a number of occasions, where he treated us to some of the finest French and Italian cooking imaginable. He was a master chef who could turn a meal into an epicurean experience.
There was just one thing that bothered me. By that time, I had been studying nutrition and behavior for more than twenty-five years. I was the research director at an institute that organized toxicology studies and clinical trials, and I reviewed scientific literature related to nutritional products sold to consumers. I was also a professor affiliated with an academic institution. What bothered me was that this great cook, who went out of his way to befriend kids and get them interested in a hobby he clearly loved, also had a belly so large that he could have read a book on it without holding it with his hands.
Over the course of several dinners, he started to learn what I did for a living. Thinking back on my experience in Tennessee those many years ago, I began to wonder if I should ask him about his belly and see if I could make some suggestions. After offering to do the dishes, which he kept insisting was unnecessary, I told him I’d dry the dishes while he was washing them, so we could get the table cleaned off quickly and look at some of his prized, personal stamp collections. He agreed. So, while drying one dish after another, I finally asked, “Aren’t you worried about that gut of yours?”
He confided to me that indeed he was. His weight gain had started some years earlier when, due to a recession, he got laid off from a company where he had worked for many years. That’s when he decided to pursue his lifelong hobby and become a full-time, professional stamp dealer. When he first began his new career he was in excellent health. He took long walks and even worked out on a regular basis. However, the loss of his job affected his self-esteem and eventually his relationship with his family. Finally, he divorced and lived a