We would like to wish everyone, seasons greetings. may this time of year find you well and happy.
Have a great christmas, and a wonderful new year. Here is to 2010...
From all the team.
Friday, December 25, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
Friday, November 27, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Dr Ian (Britains Biggest Loser) Campbell tips on Christmas.
Top Tips To Dodge The Xmas Podge
Booze, party food and too much tv – it’s no surprise we pile on the pounds around Christmas time.
According to the British Dietetic Association, the average person gains around 5 lbs in the run-up to Christmas, but January 2010 doesn’t have to be all about crash dieting.
Glossop-based Portion control experts The Diet Plate have teamed up with obesity expert Dr Ian Campbell to bring you their top tips on how to enjoy the festive food without piling on unwanted pounds.
Have the right attitude
If you go into Christmas thinking you’ll eat whatever you want and worry about it later, you’ll end up joining the majority of the nation as they crash diet their way through the New Year. Instead, decide to embrace the festive season with an “a little of what you fancy” attitude
Don’t diet
Think always about a healthy diet not weight loss. Before going out to a drinks party, have a healthy meal first. This will help you avoid snacking on high calorie nibbles and canapés. Alternate alcoholic drinks with water. This will keep you hydrated and help you to drink less
Eat what you need
Portion control is key to managing your weight. You can eat all the right foods but if you're eating too much, this will eventually lead to weight gain. Decide to enjoy your meal AND feel great afterwards.A portion control plate such as The Diet Plate takes the guess work out of it. Simply follow the guides on the dinner plate and you can still enjoy turkey and trimmings with the relatives without regretting it afterwards.
A little exercise will help
Every little will help. Walk briskly while shopping, take the stairs instead of the lift. Don’t use winter as an excuse to stay inside. A walk in the fresh air a couple of hours after your Christmas lunch will aid digestion and make you feel good.
Stay Calm!
Christmas can be a stressful time. As stress levels rise, so does our temptation to comfort eat. Try to remain calm and take time out to unwind. Having a couple of non-food treats up your sleeve such as a favourite book, a perfumed bubble bath or a phone call with a good friend will help you avoid emptying the fridge.
Booze, party food and too much tv – it’s no surprise we pile on the pounds around Christmas time.
According to the British Dietetic Association, the average person gains around 5 lbs in the run-up to Christmas, but January 2010 doesn’t have to be all about crash dieting.
Glossop-based Portion control experts The Diet Plate have teamed up with obesity expert Dr Ian Campbell to bring you their top tips on how to enjoy the festive food without piling on unwanted pounds.
Have the right attitude
If you go into Christmas thinking you’ll eat whatever you want and worry about it later, you’ll end up joining the majority of the nation as they crash diet their way through the New Year. Instead, decide to embrace the festive season with an “a little of what you fancy” attitude
Don’t diet
Think always about a healthy diet not weight loss. Before going out to a drinks party, have a healthy meal first. This will help you avoid snacking on high calorie nibbles and canapés. Alternate alcoholic drinks with water. This will keep you hydrated and help you to drink less
Eat what you need
Portion control is key to managing your weight. You can eat all the right foods but if you're eating too much, this will eventually lead to weight gain. Decide to enjoy your meal AND feel great afterwards.A portion control plate such as The Diet Plate takes the guess work out of it. Simply follow the guides on the dinner plate and you can still enjoy turkey and trimmings with the relatives without regretting it afterwards.
A little exercise will help
Every little will help. Walk briskly while shopping, take the stairs instead of the lift. Don’t use winter as an excuse to stay inside. A walk in the fresh air a couple of hours after your Christmas lunch will aid digestion and make you feel good.
Stay Calm!
Christmas can be a stressful time. As stress levels rise, so does our temptation to comfort eat. Try to remain calm and take time out to unwind. Having a couple of non-food treats up your sleeve such as a favourite book, a perfumed bubble bath or a phone call with a good friend will help you avoid emptying the fridge.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
TOP TIPS TO DODGE THE CHRISTMAS PODGE
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October 09
TOP TIPS TO DODGE THE CHRISTMAS PODGE
Booze, party food and too much tv – it’s no surprise we pile on the pounds around Christmas time. According to the British Dietetic Association, the average person gains around 5 lbs in the run-up to Christmas. But January 2010 doesn’t have to be all about crash dieting. Portion control experts The Diet Plate have teamed up with obesity expert Dr Ian Campbell to bring you their top tips on how to enjoy the festive food without piling on unwanted pounds
1. Have the right attitude
If you go into Christmas thinking you’ll eat whatever you want and worry about it later, you’ll end up joining the majority of the nation as they crash diet their way through the New Year. Instead, decide to embrace the festive season with an “a little of what you fancy” attitude
2. Don’t diet
Think always about a healthy diet not weight loss. Before going out to a drinks party, have a healthy meal first. This will help you avoid snacking on high calorie nibbles and canapés. Alternate alcoholic drinks with water. This will keep you hydrated and help you to drink less
3. Eat what you need
Portion control is key to managing your weight. You can eat all the right foods but if you're eating too much, this will eventually lead to weight gain. Decide to enjoy your meal AND feel great afterwards.A portion control plate such as The Diet Plate takes the guess work out of it. Simply follow the guides on the dinner plate and you can still enjoy turkey and trimmings with the relatives without regretting it afterwards.
4. A little exercise will help
Every little will help. Walk briskly while shopping, take the stairs instead of the lift. Don’t use winter as an excuse to stay inside. A walk in the fresh air a couple of hours after your Christmas lunch will aid digestion and make you feel good.
5. Stay Calm!
Christmas can be a stressful time. As stress levels rise, so does our temptation to comfort eat. Try to remain calm and take time out to unwind. Having a couple of non-food treats up your sleeve such as a favourite book, a perfumed bubble bath or a phone call with a good friend will help you avoid emptying the fridge.
For more information or to purchase a portion plate, visit www.thedietplate.com or call 01457 862446.
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Dr Ian Campbell is well known as one of the UK's most respected experts in obesity and weight loss management. He was awarded an MBE in the Queens Birthday Honours in 2009 for his services to healthcare.
Ian is a full time GP and prominent campaigner for the prevention and treatment of obesity. He was a specialist at the Overweight Clinic, University Hospital, Nottingham, and founder and the first President of the National Obesity Forum. He is now the Honorary Medical Director of the leading charity 'Weight Concern', which works to address both the physical and psychological health needs of overweight people.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Body Mass Index and the Incidence of Cancer
The following article is called "Body Mass Index and incidence of Cancer"
It is kindly reproduced here with the permission of Margaret Tyson who has spoken to Kay Illingworth.
Kay had the following to say:
"Having met Margaret Tyson PHD in a local GP’s surgery, after a long chat it was apparent that her work and that of her colleagues is of great importance to those interested in weight management and that we should all endeavour to control and manage our weight to avoid devastating adverse health problems in later life. This paper makes interesting reading and people who wish to avoid the consequences of co morbidities caused by excess weight can do no better than invest in The Diet Plate which is a lifestyle solution to a common problem. I would like to thank Margaret and her team for allowing us to show their work."
Published Edition
It is kindly reproduced here with the permission of Margaret Tyson who has spoken to Kay Illingworth.
Kay had the following to say:
"Having met Margaret Tyson PHD in a local GP’s surgery, after a long chat it was apparent that her work and that of her colleagues is of great importance to those interested in weight management and that we should all endeavour to control and manage our weight to avoid devastating adverse health problems in later life. This paper makes interesting reading and people who wish to avoid the consequences of co morbidities caused by excess weight can do no better than invest in The Diet Plate which is a lifestyle solution to a common problem. I would like to thank Margaret and her team for allowing us to show their work."
Published Edition
Dr Sue Pedersen speaks about the clinical trials done on portion control
The Diet Plate trial, which I conducted at the University of Calgary, was the first trial in the world to study a portion control tool to help people lose weight... and it worked! Let me tell you the story of how the trial came to be.
Knowing how oversized the portions available to us are, and knowing how much they have grown in recent years, I went in search of a portion control plate that I thought contained appropriate portions, would be easy to use, and would be appealing enough that it could join a home dinnerware collection! With these criteria in mind, I reviewed the portion control tools that were available, and I settled on The Diet Plate ® ™ to study, because it fit all of these criteria nicely.
I contacted Kay Illingworth, the CEO of The Diet Plate ® ™ in Britain, and asked her if she would donate plates that I could use in my study. Kay is the inventor of these plates, which she designed to combat her own struggle with overweight. She tells a pretty funny story about the day the plates came to be: she got incredibly frustrated with her inability to control portions, which led her to take her entire kitchen plate set out and to use a marker to draw all sorts of various test portions out on them. Little did she know, it was not a water soluble pen! However, it was worth the ‘investment’: with her final portion determination created, she proceeded to lose weight using the plate. Same for her mother. Word soon spread about these successes... and the rest is history!
Suffice it to say, when I contacted Kay about my study, she was more than happy to oblige...and soon thereafter I had my clinical trial underway.
In this study, we looked at the effectiveness of The Diet Plate to help obese people with Type 2 Diabetes lose weight. Half of the study participants received The Diet Plate and The Diet Bowl to use for a 6 month period, and we compared their weight loss to the weight loss of a control group, who did not receive the plate products. We found that the group using the plate were almost 4 times more likely to lose 5% body weight, compared to controls! This ‘magic number’ of 5% is very important, because studies have shown that if an overweight individual can drop 5% of their body weight, they decrease their risk of getting diseases related to being overweight, and also decrease their risk of dying from these diseases (bluntly put). When we looked at people who were committed to using the plate on 80% or more of study days, we found that they were SIX TIMES more likely to lose that 5% of body weight compared to people who were not using the plate system.
Remembering that all of the participants in the study had type 2 diabetes, the other important thing that we found was that people using the plate system were over twice as likely to require a decrease in their diabetes medication over the 6 month trial compared to people not using the plates. Conversely, people who were not using the plates were over twice as likely to need an increase in their diabetes medication, compared to the plate group! The tendency of T2DM is to get worse with time, as insulin resistance worsens, and the ability of the pancreas to combat this resistance wears with time. So, we were seeing the typical progress of diabetes in the control group, but the plate system was able to put a halt to the progress of diabetes in many of these people, and even to reverse it and improve it in many! This is a powerful testament to the efficacy of portion control.
Given that the entire group that we studied were Type 2 Diabetics, our results are even more impressive, because this is a group of people in whom it is notoriously difficult to achieve weight loss. Much of this has to do with the medications that they are taking, in that most medications that treat diabetes cause weight gain as a side effect. In our study, 94 out of 130 people were taking medication for their diabetes that causes weight gain as a side effect, and STILL we were able to show that this plate system was a success! Individuals who are not diabetic are as likely, if not more likely, to have success with this plate system.
This plate system makes sense because they are simple to use, and because they give you the freedom to choose what you would like to eat. Of course, I always advocate for healthy food choices, but this system does allow you the freedom to choose what you would like to have – you just have to portion it according to the boundaries on the plate!
There are many, many different types of portion plates and similar tools out there. ‘Would a different portion control tool work just as well?’ you might be wondering. Well, at this point in time, the Diet Plate ® ™ is the only one that has been studied and proven to work in a randomized, clinical trial fashion (the ‘gold standard’ type of trial). I am certain that a number of the other tools out there would work, but they need to be studied in a similar fashion for the evidence to be there to recommend them.
Keep an eye on this site for more information on how these plates work, and how to use them. In the meantime, you can check out the website http://www.thedietplate.com/
I would also like to point out that I have no financial interests in The Diet Plate ® ™ company.
This article can be found at drumhellermail and Dr Sue Pedersens Blog
Knowing how oversized the portions available to us are, and knowing how much they have grown in recent years, I went in search of a portion control plate that I thought contained appropriate portions, would be easy to use, and would be appealing enough that it could join a home dinnerware collection! With these criteria in mind, I reviewed the portion control tools that were available, and I settled on The Diet Plate ® ™ to study, because it fit all of these criteria nicely.
I contacted Kay Illingworth, the CEO of The Diet Plate ® ™ in Britain, and asked her if she would donate plates that I could use in my study. Kay is the inventor of these plates, which she designed to combat her own struggle with overweight. She tells a pretty funny story about the day the plates came to be: she got incredibly frustrated with her inability to control portions, which led her to take her entire kitchen plate set out and to use a marker to draw all sorts of various test portions out on them. Little did she know, it was not a water soluble pen! However, it was worth the ‘investment’: with her final portion determination created, she proceeded to lose weight using the plate. Same for her mother. Word soon spread about these successes... and the rest is history!
Suffice it to say, when I contacted Kay about my study, she was more than happy to oblige...and soon thereafter I had my clinical trial underway.
In this study, we looked at the effectiveness of The Diet Plate to help obese people with Type 2 Diabetes lose weight. Half of the study participants received The Diet Plate and The Diet Bowl to use for a 6 month period, and we compared their weight loss to the weight loss of a control group, who did not receive the plate products. We found that the group using the plate were almost 4 times more likely to lose 5% body weight, compared to controls! This ‘magic number’ of 5% is very important, because studies have shown that if an overweight individual can drop 5% of their body weight, they decrease their risk of getting diseases related to being overweight, and also decrease their risk of dying from these diseases (bluntly put). When we looked at people who were committed to using the plate on 80% or more of study days, we found that they were SIX TIMES more likely to lose that 5% of body weight compared to people who were not using the plate system.
Remembering that all of the participants in the study had type 2 diabetes, the other important thing that we found was that people using the plate system were over twice as likely to require a decrease in their diabetes medication over the 6 month trial compared to people not using the plates. Conversely, people who were not using the plates were over twice as likely to need an increase in their diabetes medication, compared to the plate group! The tendency of T2DM is to get worse with time, as insulin resistance worsens, and the ability of the pancreas to combat this resistance wears with time. So, we were seeing the typical progress of diabetes in the control group, but the plate system was able to put a halt to the progress of diabetes in many of these people, and even to reverse it and improve it in many! This is a powerful testament to the efficacy of portion control.
Given that the entire group that we studied were Type 2 Diabetics, our results are even more impressive, because this is a group of people in whom it is notoriously difficult to achieve weight loss. Much of this has to do with the medications that they are taking, in that most medications that treat diabetes cause weight gain as a side effect. In our study, 94 out of 130 people were taking medication for their diabetes that causes weight gain as a side effect, and STILL we were able to show that this plate system was a success! Individuals who are not diabetic are as likely, if not more likely, to have success with this plate system.
This plate system makes sense because they are simple to use, and because they give you the freedom to choose what you would like to eat. Of course, I always advocate for healthy food choices, but this system does allow you the freedom to choose what you would like to have – you just have to portion it according to the boundaries on the plate!
There are many, many different types of portion plates and similar tools out there. ‘Would a different portion control tool work just as well?’ you might be wondering. Well, at this point in time, the Diet Plate ® ™ is the only one that has been studied and proven to work in a randomized, clinical trial fashion (the ‘gold standard’ type of trial). I am certain that a number of the other tools out there would work, but they need to be studied in a similar fashion for the evidence to be there to recommend them.
Keep an eye on this site for more information on how these plates work, and how to use them. In the meantime, you can check out the website http://www.thedietplate.com/
I would also like to point out that I have no financial interests in The Diet Plate ® ™ company.
This article can be found at drumhellermail and Dr Sue Pedersens Blog
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Dr Ian Campbell on body shapes and sizes.
Dr Ian Campbell
has the following to say about body shapes and weight loss:
"No two people are the same shape. We might have the same height and weight, but just how that weight is made up can make all the difference. Although it’s a popular get-out clause for being overweight some people are genuinely “big-boned” with thicker(heavier) bones and a wider set skeleton. A very physically active person might have developed significant muscle mass on their arms and legs and have a lean shape but be the same weight as another who is inactive and who has a large collection of fat around their middle. Women tend to collect excess fat around their hips and thighs, the so called “pear-shape” whereas men often carry it around their waist, the “beer-belly” or “apple-shape”. The best way to work out if you have too much fat is to measure around your waist. If it’s more than 90cm (35 inches) in a woman, or 102cm (40 inches) in a man you’re at increased risk of overweight associated medical problems. There's never a better time to start losing weight than right now."
For a safe sustainable steady weight loss there is no easier or more effective tool on the market than The clinically proven, NHS recommended, Complete Weight Management tool offered by The Diet Plate.
Grab one today @ www.thedietplate.com pre summer sale ends on 31st May!!!!
has the following to say about body shapes and weight loss:
"No two people are the same shape. We might have the same height and weight, but just how that weight is made up can make all the difference. Although it’s a popular get-out clause for being overweight some people are genuinely “big-boned” with thicker(heavier) bones and a wider set skeleton. A very physically active person might have developed significant muscle mass on their arms and legs and have a lean shape but be the same weight as another who is inactive and who has a large collection of fat around their middle. Women tend to collect excess fat around their hips and thighs, the so called “pear-shape” whereas men often carry it around their waist, the “beer-belly” or “apple-shape”. The best way to work out if you have too much fat is to measure around your waist. If it’s more than 90cm (35 inches) in a woman, or 102cm (40 inches) in a man you’re at increased risk of overweight associated medical problems. There's never a better time to start losing weight than right now."
For a safe sustainable steady weight loss there is no easier or more effective tool on the market than The clinically proven, NHS recommended, Complete Weight Management tool offered by The Diet Plate.
Grab one today @ www.thedietplate.com pre summer sale ends on 31st May!!!!
Monday, May 18, 2009
Thursday, May 07, 2009
The Diet plate @ Vitality 2009
This is the final edit of James Dennis, speaking at The Vitality show 2009 on The Diet plate and its use. James has lost over 14 stone using the system and is still loseing weight.
Many thanks once again to developmedia for all there help and assistance.
Many thanks once again to developmedia for all there help and assistance.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
James Lost over 14 stone!!
This is a video of James Dennis working The Diet Plate stand at The Vitality Show 2009. James has been using the system for over 2 years now and has managed to lose over 14 stone (actually closer to 16 stone now) and maintain that weight loss.
In this short video he discusses how The Diet Plate works and how the company is growing.
Many thanks to Developmedia without whom none of this would have been possible.
In this short video he discusses how The Diet Plate works and how the company is growing.
Many thanks to Developmedia without whom none of this would have been possible.
Thursday, April 02, 2009
The Vitality Show
Hi, we had a great time at the show and managed to meet a lot of customers and distributers which was wonderful. It was a lovely show with a great reaction to the diet plates.
I have included a few pics of the stand and look forward to writing some more about it soon.
I have included a few pics of the stand and look forward to writing some more about it soon.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
The Vitality Show
The Diet Plate are exhibiting at The Vitality Show 2009 at earls court 2, from 26th-29th March. James Dennis will be manning the stand, along with myself and some of the people that have used the system to lose weight.
Come down and meet us, and take this oppertunity to grab a massive saving on The Diet Plate Complete Weight Management System.
Hope to see you all soon.
Come down and meet us, and take this oppertunity to grab a massive saving on The Diet Plate Complete Weight Management System.
Hope to see you all soon.
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
The Diet Plate and losing weight
Losing weight is never easy, it is wrapped up in emotional issues, a general love of food, sedentary lifestyles, age and with some people a couldn’t care less approach to life. The latter normally enjoying youth and tighter waistlines!
Good nutrition is the foundation of our wellbeing, a healthy weight/height ratio is ideal for a prolonged and happy life. It gives us the mobility to be active and enjoy the day and it gives us that “feel good factor” like the sun on our faces after a long winter.
Paying attention now to what we eat and how much we eat will reap dividends as we grow older. Those who have not paid attention and have adopted a less healthy approach to diet and nutrition are most likely to reap the negative sides of health, as most co-morbidities of obesity is; heart disease, cancer, joint pain, strokes, Type 2 diabetes and general demise of being.
With many governments putting the onus on the individual to prevent these illnesses, it is essential that you look to your own lifestyle and ask yourself if you exercise enough, if you eat right, if you are over weight or if you drink and smoke to much? And, while life is not all about being angelic and having no vices, maybe heeding a few health tips now will prevent the unthinkable from happening?
The Diet Plate, now clinically proven to help control Type 2 diabetes was created by Kay Illingworth, who over a number of years grew from a healthy 70kg to an unhealthy 125kg. Finding it difficult to continually monitor her calorific intake, Kay had a stroke of genius one evening and calibrated a dinner plate and bowl. The effect was staggering! Kay lost 42kg in six months continual use of the system, without changing her diet or her cooking methods.
Kay says, “I thought if I could just cook what I normally cook for the whole family and serve it directly onto my special plate, stick like glue to the measurements because I knew they represented a certain amount of calories - I would be losing weight literally at the glance of an eye! Using the plate astounded me how much I over ate, my brain told me I had a 7 ounce portion on the plate, the scales told me it weighed 16 ounces and my dietitian had told me I was allowed 4 ounces. I was trying to lose weight and eat healthily but was still eating 4 times the amount I was allowed!”
The plate and bowl are made from fine earthenware, they are microwave and dishwasher proof and a tangible, durable weight loss system. Each comes with a 40 page instruction booklets and extra help is offered on www.thedietplate.com for those who would like support.
Good nutrition is the foundation of our wellbeing, a healthy weight/height ratio is ideal for a prolonged and happy life. It gives us the mobility to be active and enjoy the day and it gives us that “feel good factor” like the sun on our faces after a long winter.
Paying attention now to what we eat and how much we eat will reap dividends as we grow older. Those who have not paid attention and have adopted a less healthy approach to diet and nutrition are most likely to reap the negative sides of health, as most co-morbidities of obesity is; heart disease, cancer, joint pain, strokes, Type 2 diabetes and general demise of being.
With many governments putting the onus on the individual to prevent these illnesses, it is essential that you look to your own lifestyle and ask yourself if you exercise enough, if you eat right, if you are over weight or if you drink and smoke to much? And, while life is not all about being angelic and having no vices, maybe heeding a few health tips now will prevent the unthinkable from happening?
The Diet Plate, now clinically proven to help control Type 2 diabetes was created by Kay Illingworth, who over a number of years grew from a healthy 70kg to an unhealthy 125kg. Finding it difficult to continually monitor her calorific intake, Kay had a stroke of genius one evening and calibrated a dinner plate and bowl. The effect was staggering! Kay lost 42kg in six months continual use of the system, without changing her diet or her cooking methods.
Kay says, “I thought if I could just cook what I normally cook for the whole family and serve it directly onto my special plate, stick like glue to the measurements because I knew they represented a certain amount of calories - I would be losing weight literally at the glance of an eye! Using the plate astounded me how much I over ate, my brain told me I had a 7 ounce portion on the plate, the scales told me it weighed 16 ounces and my dietitian had told me I was allowed 4 ounces. I was trying to lose weight and eat healthily but was still eating 4 times the amount I was allowed!”
The plate and bowl are made from fine earthenware, they are microwave and dishwasher proof and a tangible, durable weight loss system. Each comes with a 40 page instruction booklets and extra help is offered on www.thedietplate.com for those who would like support.
Monday, March 02, 2009
Diabetes solution served up on a plate
There is a simple solution to the predicted explosion of diabetes…and it can be served up on a plate, according to a recent study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. And what’s more the ‘Diet Plate’ will help reverse the obesity epidemic as well.
A six-month study from Calgary University in Canada split 130 people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes into two equal groups. Half were given only dietary advice, the other half The Diet Plate system – which includes a portion-controlled dinner plate and breakfast bowl. Results showed those using The Diet Plate were more likely to lose at least 5% of their body weight and decreased their reliance on diabetes medication. “This amount of weight loss is significant” said Dr Ian Campbell, medical adviser to The Diet Plate. “The most important treatment for people with diabetes is to improve their diet, and lose weight, and yet they find it harder to lose weight than non-diabetics. Using The Diet Plate made weight loss more likely, improved diabetes control and a decrease in prescribed medication.”
The study author, Dr Sue Pederson said “our results are comparable to similar studies undertaken using expensive weight loss drugs, but with no need for close medical supervision or risk of unpleasant side effects”.
Kay Illingworth, the creator of The Diet Plate said “For years we’ve been helping men and women lose weight and helping them live normal lives. Now we can prove what we’ve always known, that The Diet Plate is extremely effective and can greatly help people with diabetes regain control. It’s very exciting and rewarding to have developed such a simple and effective way to help people control their weight”.
A six-month study from Calgary University in Canada split 130 people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes into two equal groups. Half were given only dietary advice, the other half The Diet Plate system – which includes a portion-controlled dinner plate and breakfast bowl. Results showed those using The Diet Plate were more likely to lose at least 5% of their body weight and decreased their reliance on diabetes medication. “This amount of weight loss is significant” said Dr Ian Campbell, medical adviser to The Diet Plate. “The most important treatment for people with diabetes is to improve their diet, and lose weight, and yet they find it harder to lose weight than non-diabetics. Using The Diet Plate made weight loss more likely, improved diabetes control and a decrease in prescribed medication.”
The study author, Dr Sue Pederson said “our results are comparable to similar studies undertaken using expensive weight loss drugs, but with no need for close medical supervision or risk of unpleasant side effects”.
Kay Illingworth, the creator of The Diet Plate said “For years we’ve been helping men and women lose weight and helping them live normal lives. Now we can prove what we’ve always known, that The Diet Plate is extremely effective and can greatly help people with diabetes regain control. It’s very exciting and rewarding to have developed such a simple and effective way to help people control their weight”.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Men and Toxic Waist
What is it about men that makes them so reluctant to take their health seriously? When it comes to obesity, despite the fact that as many men are overweight as women, only 1% of those attending weight loss clubs, and only one in five attending medical clinics, are male. Unlike women who are ready at an early age to openly talk about their weight, men are more likely to bottle it up until after they’ve suffered one of the health consequences, like angina or diabetes. And yet all men are vulnerable to becoming overweight. Even the thinnest, most active among us can experience rapid weight gain after a major life event, job change, or sports injury. But for most of us, a sustained but mere 100 calories a day excess is enough to invite the creeping shadow of weight gain, with one or two pounds of gain in a year that eventually shows itself as an ever increasing circle of fat around our waist.
No surprise then that two thirds of men should consider themselves to be overweight and at risk of disease. Some might even view being fat as an occupational hazard of a sedentary lifestyle and working life. Spending one’s working week sitting at an automated machine, a desk, or at meetings, grabbing a meal when you can, and working long hours with little scope for exercise would create a considerable health challenge for any bloke. It should also create a better understanding among us of how obesity is in the majority of cases not simply due to greed or laziness, but due in large part to modern life.
Men tend to carry our excess fat very conspicuously around our waist. Unfortunately this beer-gut or “apple-shaped” obesity is also the most dangerous, being responsible for the development of raised cholesterol, high blood sugar, and high blood pressure. The good news is that although a man’s waist circumference is a better indicator of heart disease risk, it is also a greater motivator towards weight reduction. Men are more likely to get excited about decreasing their belt size than shedding the odd pound or two. One centimetre of waist loss usually means 1 kg, or 2 pounds, of fat loss, and brings with it the same health benefits.
If we are to make any headway into tackling this modern epidemic it’s time we stopped blaming ourselves. Of course responsibility for health always begins with ourselves, but a recognition of the part our lifestyle plays in making us more prone to being overweight is important if we are going to be able to do anything long term about it. Overweight affects two thirds of all men. Let’s stop looking at them, and start looking at ourselves. After all, how can we take a speck of dust from a friend’s eye, when we still have a plank in our own!
Dr Ian W Campbell
No surprise then that two thirds of men should consider themselves to be overweight and at risk of disease. Some might even view being fat as an occupational hazard of a sedentary lifestyle and working life. Spending one’s working week sitting at an automated machine, a desk, or at meetings, grabbing a meal when you can, and working long hours with little scope for exercise would create a considerable health challenge for any bloke. It should also create a better understanding among us of how obesity is in the majority of cases not simply due to greed or laziness, but due in large part to modern life.
Men tend to carry our excess fat very conspicuously around our waist. Unfortunately this beer-gut or “apple-shaped” obesity is also the most dangerous, being responsible for the development of raised cholesterol, high blood sugar, and high blood pressure. The good news is that although a man’s waist circumference is a better indicator of heart disease risk, it is also a greater motivator towards weight reduction. Men are more likely to get excited about decreasing their belt size than shedding the odd pound or two. One centimetre of waist loss usually means 1 kg, or 2 pounds, of fat loss, and brings with it the same health benefits.
If we are to make any headway into tackling this modern epidemic it’s time we stopped blaming ourselves. Of course responsibility for health always begins with ourselves, but a recognition of the part our lifestyle plays in making us more prone to being overweight is important if we are going to be able to do anything long term about it. Overweight affects two thirds of all men. Let’s stop looking at them, and start looking at ourselves. After all, how can we take a speck of dust from a friend’s eye, when we still have a plank in our own!
Dr Ian W Campbell
Monday, January 19, 2009
The Diet Plate-- Portion control made easy
Every January we make the best resolutions with all the right intentions to succeed. This year set your sights on making one small change that will make a big difference between success and failure.
Invest in yourself and your good health for life and buy a Diet Plate! By using it each evening instead of your regular plate, you will rebalance the nutrition on your plate, lose the unwanted weight and control your Type 2 diabetes if you have it. The Diet Plate and breakfast/soup bowl counts the calories for you just at the glance of an eye by simply following the design.
There is no need for you to count calories, sins, points, drop food groups or cook anything different to what you normally enjoy. It is simple, a durable product, it is a one off purchase that can make a huge difference to your health and waistline educating you about weight management as you use it.
A customer bought a plate and bowl last April, having spoken to her in November to ask how it was going she informed me that she has lost 5 stone 3lbs to date and was very excited as she was applying for IVF treatment for a baby and now fits all the criteria to be accepted on to the programme. The Diet Plate can change your life – try it.
Invest in yourself and your good health for life and buy a Diet Plate! By using it each evening instead of your regular plate, you will rebalance the nutrition on your plate, lose the unwanted weight and control your Type 2 diabetes if you have it. The Diet Plate and breakfast/soup bowl counts the calories for you just at the glance of an eye by simply following the design.
There is no need for you to count calories, sins, points, drop food groups or cook anything different to what you normally enjoy. It is simple, a durable product, it is a one off purchase that can make a huge difference to your health and waistline educating you about weight management as you use it.
A customer bought a plate and bowl last April, having spoken to her in November to ask how it was going she informed me that she has lost 5 stone 3lbs to date and was very excited as she was applying for IVF treatment for a baby and now fits all the criteria to be accepted on to the programme. The Diet Plate can change your life – try it.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Obesity: whose responsibility?
An article By Dr Ian Campbell
Few can have failed to notice that being fat is now at the top of the medical, and political agendas. Twenty-five percent of UK adults are now classified as obese, with another forty-two percent being overweight. Doctors have been getting excited about this for years, government has been slowly catching on, and now, finally, the public is starting to take notice themselves. A conversational subject once confined to women’s diet clubs is now being talked about in the workplace, the pub, the classroom, and around the dinner table.
Carrying too much weight doesn’t feel good. It might not look good either. And it certainly doesn’t improve your performance at work, in the field, or the office, or at home. An obese man has four times the risk of heart disease; an obese woman a twelve-fold risk of type 2 diabetes. The biggest preventable cause of cancer, after smoking, is obesity, and if you die of an obesity related disease you’re dying on average nine years too early. Obesity costs the NHS around £3.5 billion annually.
So what can be done about it? The 2007 Foresight Report called for more action to prevent, and treat obesity, at schools, at work, and at home. They promised a number of innovative measures to reduce the likelihood of our population continuing to gain weight. This year has seen the launch of the exciting new public health campaign from the Department of Health, called Change4Life, encouraging us all to start making those simple changes that can make all the difference. As the maxim goes, if you want a job done well, do it yourself. While national programmes are constructed to help us all, it still falls to us as individuals to try and help ourselves, to rise up to the challenge of our personal responsibility. It’s said that an apple a day keeps the doctor away; a little weight loss can achieve the same result. Being active at every opportunity, reducing alcohol, fat and sugar intake, and reducing our food portion sizes can go a long way to addressing the problem. There has never been a better time to start a healthier lifestyle, and reap a lifetime of benefit. More than ever, we owe it to ourselves. Come on, let’s do it! Start making those changes now, and keep those Changes4Life.
Dr Ian W Campbell
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