| Arthritis pain relief starts in your belly. Your joints | | | | - Damage to the walls of the arteries |
| ache and you're noting swelling and other annoyances | | | | - Damage the eyes |
| that keep you from going comfortably about your | | | | - Damage the kidneys |
| daily activities, it might be time to do something | | | | - Create a 'leaky' blood-brain barrier and allow toxins |
| about that waistline. | | | | to enter the brain (this phenomenon is associated |
| Did you know that, upon examination of the | | | | with the development of degenerative brain diseases |
| statistics, weight gain is a proven epidemic in our | | | | like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases). |
| country, and obesity is rapidly becoming a household | | | | - Accelerated aging process |
| problem. In fact, a recent national health survey, | | | | - Ovarian cyst formation |
| which included testing for a wide variety of illnesses, | | | | - Erectile dysfunction |
| revealed that a full one-third of adults in the U.S. | | | | - Low testosterone levels in men |
| diagnosed with diabetes didn't even know they had it! | | | | - Thyroid dysfunction |
| That's pretty scary considering the life threatening | | | | - Slowing the metabolism |
| side effects associated with the disease. | | | | So you see, being overweight can do far more than |
| Your joints aren't the only pains you'll afford from | | | | damage your joints. It can also become the catalyst |
| carrying extra weight. Fat around the midsection can | | | | for life threatening ailments. |
| also be a precursor to: | | | | Losing weight will help you to prevent all these |
| - High blood pressure | | | | problems while also taking pressure off your aching |
| - Diabetes | | | | joints and gain arthritis pain relief. Remember, losing |
| - Fatty organs | | | | just one pound will take four pounds of pressure off |
| - High LDL (bad cholesterol) | | | | your knees, ankles, and lower back! From the above |
| - Low HDL (good cholesterol) | | | | information, it is safe to assume that should you fail |
| - High triglyceride levels | | | | to address your weight problems, ailing joints and |
| - High blood sugar | | | | extra joint pain may be the least of your worries! |