Weight Loss/Control Glossary of Terms

A Little Help With Some Difficult terms				pharmaceuticals, it is commonly sold as an herbal
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Aerobic Exercise. Any activity involving large				to promote weight loss.High Protein Diet. Diets that
muscles, done				recommend receiving up to 30%
for an extended period of time. Aerobic exercise				of calories (or more) from protein as opposed to
can be done				the
for weight loss, but it also provides cardiovascular				recommended 10%-15% from protein. These diets
benefits. Examples of aerobic exercise include				also recommend
walking,				low carbohydrate consumption and are often high in
biking, jogging, swimming, aerobic classes and				total
cross-country				fat.Hydrostatic Body Fat Testing. A body
skiing.Aloe. Herbal product derived from the aloe				composition test
plant, it is				performed by submerging the person in water and
often added to herbal weight loss products.				then
However, it has				measuring his or her underwater weight.Jejunum.
not been shown to effectively promote permanent				The middle section of the small intestine.Ketone.
weight loss.				Waste products in the body that are a result of fat
Different parts of the aloe plant may be used. Aloe				burning.Ketosis. An abnormality of the body's
gel may				metabolic process,
lower blood glucose and keep other medications				resulting in an increase of ketones in the blood,
from being				which can
properly absorbed. Aloe leaf lining has more side				increase the risk of developing kidney stones.
effects,				Ketosis is
including nausea, diarrhea, lowering of serum				prevented by eating at least 100 grams of
potassium and				carbohydrates a
laxative effects that could be dangerous to				day.Ma-Huang. See ephedrine.Meridia. See
individuals not				SibutermineMetabolism. The amount of energy
in good health.Appetite Suppressants. Medications				(calories) your body burns
that act upon the brain,				to maintain itself. Metabolism is the process in which
"tricking" it into believing that it is not hungry or that				nutrients are acquired, transported, used and
it's full.Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis. A body				disposed of by
composition test				the body.Monounsaturated fat. A type of fat found
that works by sending a small electrical signal				in large amounts in
through the				foods from plants, including olive, peanut and canola
body, enabling the amount of fat, muscle and other				oil.Mortality. The rate of death.Obesity. An excess
lean				proportion of total body fat. The most
tissue to be measured.Body Composition Test. A				common measure of obesity is the body mass index
test used to determine the current				(BMI).Orlistat. A commonly prescribed fat absorption
percentage of body fat a person has.Body Mass				medication,
Index (BMI). A popular method used to gauge				it is sold under the brand name Xenical.Phen-fen. A
whether or not a person is overweight. BMI is				weight loss drug made up of fenfluramine and
calculated by				phentermine. Its use has been linked to heart valve
dividing a person's weight (in kilograms) by his or her				problems
				and has been banned by the
height (in meters, squared).Calorie. A unit of measure				FDA.Phenylpropanolamine (PPA). Once a common
for the amount of energy released				weight loss
when the body breaks down food.Carbohydrate.				ingredient in appetite suppressants, recent studies
Any of a large group of sugars, starches,				have
cellulose and gums that the body uses by converting				linked PPA to an increased risk of stroke. The FDA
into				warns
glucose, a simple sugar, for fuel.Cascara. A common				consumers to avoid use of products containing
ingredient used in weight loss products.				PPA.Polyunsaturated Fat. A type of fat that is found
One of the few herbs approved by the FDA as an				in large
over-the-counter drug. It is a strong stimulant				amounts in foods from plants, including safflower,
laxative.Catecholamine. A chemical in the brain that				sunflower
affects mood and				and corn oil.Protein. An organic compound that is the
appetite.Chitosan (KITE-o-san). A dietary supplement				"building block" of
made from				the human body. Protein builds and maintains muscle
chitin, a starch found in the skeleton of shrimp, crab				tissue.Pyruvate. Formed in the body during digestion
and				of
other shellfish. It has not been shown to contribute				carbohydrates and protein, some studies indicate
to				that it may
permanent weight loss.Cholesterol. A type of fat				help with weight loss. Although it appears to be
that circulates in your blood. It				safe,
comes from two sources. the body makes its own				claims of boosting metabolism, decreasing appetite
regardless of				and
what is eaten and from foods containing animal				aiding in weight loss require further
products.Dietician or Dietitian. A person who				study.Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA). The
specializes in the				level of essential
study of nutrition.Diuretic. A drug that promotes the				nutrients required to adequately meet the known
formation of urine by the				nutrient
kidney.Diuresis. Water lossDuodenum. The beginning				needs of practically all healthy persons, according to
portion of the small intestine.Ephedrine (Ma-Huang). A				the
common ingredient in herbal dietary				Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academy
supplements used for weight loss. Ephedrine can				of
slightly				Sciences.Restriction Operation. The type of surgery
suppress your appetite, but no studies have shown				most often used
it to be				for producing weight loss. Food intake is restricted
effective in weight loss. Ephedrine is the main active				by
ingredient of ephedra. Ephedra is also known as Ma				creating a small pouch at the top of the stomach
Huang,				where the
not ephedrine. High doses of ephedra can cause				food enters from the esophagus. Examples of
very fast				restriction
heartbeat, high blood pressure, irregular heart beats,				operations include. gastric banding and vertical
stroke, vomiting, psychoses and even				banded
death.Extensive Gastric Bypass. A gastric bypass				gastroplasty.Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RGB). The
operation in				most common gastric
which portions of the stomach are removed. The				bypass procedure. First, a small stomach pouch is
small pouch				created by
that remains is connected directly to the final				stapling or by vertical banding. This causes restriction
segment of				in
the small intestine, thus completely bypassing both				food intake. Next, a Y-shaped section of the small
the				intestine
duodenum and jejunum.Fat. Organic compounds that				is attached to the pouch to allow food to bypass
are made up of carbon, hydrogen,				the
and oxygen, it is the body's most concentrated				duodenum as well as the first portion of the
source of				jejunum.Saturated Fat. A type of fat most often
energy. Like protein and carbohydrates, fat is a				found in animal food
principal				products including milk, eggs, meat and butter.
and essential component of the diet.Fat Absorption				Saturated
Inhibitor. Medications that work by				fat is also found in vegetable products such as
preventing the body from breaking down and				coconut and
absorbing fat				palm oil. Studies show that too much saturated fat in
eaten with meals.Food and Drug Administration				a
(FDA). Government agency whose				person's diet increases heart disease risk.St. John's
mission is "to promote and protect the public health				Wort. An herb that is primarily used as an
by				antidepressant due to its effects on serotonin.
helping safe and effective products reach the				There is
market in a				limited research indicating its use for weight
timely way, and monitoring products for continued				loss.Serotonin. A neurotransmitter found in the brain
safety				that
after they are in use."Food Triggers. A situation or				affects mood and appetite.Sibutramine. A common
emotion that causes a person				prescription appetite suppressant, it
to eat such as stress or depression.Gastric Banding.				is sold under the brand name Meridia.Vertical-Banded
A surgical procedure in which a band made				Gastroplasty. The most frequently used
of special material is placed around the stomach near				restrictive operation for weight control. During it,
its				both a
upper end, creating a small pouch and a narrow				band and staples are used to create a small stomach
passage into				pouch.Very Low Calorie Diet (VLCD). A short-term
the larger remainder of the stomach.Gastric Bypass.				weight loss diet,
A type of operation that combines the				VLCDs are commercially prepared formulas of 800
creation of a small stomach pouch to restrict food				calories or
intake				less that replace all usual food intake. Not all VLCD
and the construction of bypasses of the duodenum				need
and other				be formulas; they could just be low calorie meal
segments of the small intestine to cause				plans.
malabsorption				These diets (in fact most diets less than 1000
(decreased absorption of nutrients).Glucomannan.				calories) are
Made from the root of Amorphophallus Konjac, an				low in essential nutrients and require vitamin/mineral
herbal supplement that is said to contribute to				supplementation.Xenical. See OrlistatYerba Mate. Also
weight loss				known as Paraguay tea, this strong central
by delaying the absorption of glucose from the				nervous system stimulant is often sold as a dietary
intestines.Guarana. A nervous system stimulant				supplement. It has not been proven to cause weight
derived from the seeds				loss.Weight Cycling. The repeated loss and regain of
of a Brazilian plant of the same name, it is often				body weight.
found in				When weight cycling is the result of dieting, it is
herbal supplements that promote weight loss.Guar				often
Gum. Also known as guar, guar flour, and jaguar gum,				called "yo-yo" dieting.Source: WebMDYou have
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Weight Loss/Control Glossary of Terms