NEW MEGA SERIES: HUMAN DISEASES, REDEFINED

© 2008/2009: Dr. V.M. Palaniappan.

14. Body weight

People become obese because of either one of the following two causes:
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(a) When a person overeats, and remains sedentary without spending the calories, he/she will become obese.
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The unspent calories get stored in the body, and makes the person over-weight. In this case, the person will have flabby, loose and ‘untoned’ muscles .\
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This kind of body weight should be considered as harmless – as long as the person keeps drinking about 2 – 2½ L of water and urinating nearly all of it through about 10 urinations.

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(b) Even if a person happens to be eating normal quantities of food, if he/she is going to habitually under-urinate, he/she is bound to become obese.
He/she who under-urinates after drinking plenty of water will become obese, and would develop type-2 diabetes.
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He/she who under-urinates after drinking very little or no water will become ‘giant-sized’ (huge), getting type-2 diabetes as well as heart and stone diseases, tumours and cancers.
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(c) If a person habitually eats extremely little food all the time, he/she will not put on any weight even if he/she is going to under-urinate. Body building requires some amount of calcium.
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If an obese person wishes to reduce his/her body weight and also shape up, then, the best way is to (a) gradually reduce the quantity of food consumed, so that his/her stomach size would shrink, getting its internal volume reduced, and (b) gradually increase the consumption of water quantity to about 3L, and urinate almost all of it, to the extent of achieving the Input-Output Ratio to stay at 1.0.
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While reducing the food quantity, eating more of the low-density foods such as vegetables, fruits, liquids, and over-cooked rice would help substantially, instead of eating high-density foods such as those of animal origin (e.g., meat, eggs, etc.).
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A mere reduction in the quantity of food eaten and doing strenuous exercises to lose most of the calories, without increasing the water consumption and urination would not only not help in body weight reduction, but would also make the person sick giving him/her several major diseases, including those that are related to nutrient deficiencies.
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Shaping up the body parts, viz., the face, nape, shoulders, waist, thighs, etc. can be easily achieved by doing regular Dry Facial, Body Rubbing Exercise and Body Towel Massage (See Palaniappan, 1998).
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