Each of us is aware of: To be full of bad, - but what exactly is the harm of excess weight and, most importantly, how to evaluate the degree of damage, units know. Doctors offer all complete people testing, the results of which make it possible to judge how obesity has become devastating for health.
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- one. Waist circle
- 2. Lipidogram
- 3. Blood test for glycolized hemoglobin
- 4. Blood test for thyrotropic hormone
Despite the differences in weight and aesthetic preferences, most of us are confident, to be thick bad. Obesity not only deprives a person of the external attractiveness and the ability to live a full-fledged active life, but also kills health, inflicting a blow to all fronts, affecting the work of all organs and systems.
Unfortunately, complete people do not always realize the danger that is overweight. The lack of proper motivation to slimming, which should not be a desire to please the partner, but the desire to improve his health, leads to a sharp decrease in efficiency diets and even greater weight gain.
To realize the danger, which is overweight, doctors offer every complete person to pass only four tests.
one. Waist circle
Excess fat — It is bad, but not all fat deposits are equally dangerous to health. The greatest damage comes from visceral fat, located between the internal abdominal bodies.
Visceral fat is a hormonally active fabric that affects the exchange processes in the human body. In people with a large amount of waist, the metabolic syndrome develops, manifested by the formation of glucose tolerance, increasing the risk of diabetes, atherosclerosis, hypertension, stroke, heart attack and hormonally dependent diseases.
The causes of abdominal obesity, however, as obesity of any other type, doctors consider violation of the food center of the saturation center, a decrease in serotonin level, leading to a psychogenic overeating, a sedentary lifestyle, hormonal disorders and heredity.
Visceral obesity more often suffer from men, which is often associated with a low testosterone level, which affects not only the sexual function, but also for metabolic processes. In women, fat deposits in the field of waist form a type of shape «pear» or «Apple».
You can estimate the degree of visceral obesity using a simple dough — Measurements of the waist circle measurements.
For men, an acceptable waist circle is considered to be 92 cm, for women — 80 cm. Everything that goes beyond these borders says about the presence of a threat to health.
2. Lipidogram
Lipidogram — This is a biochemical blood test for the content of total cholesterol, LDL (low density lipoproteins), HDL (high density lipoproteins) and triglycerides, that is, fatty acids.
Using these indicators, the doctor can calculate the atherogenic index, which reflects the risk of atherosclerosis in a particular person. If the atherogenic index is greater than three, the probability of the development of atherosclerosis is extremely high, and therefore the threat of a sudden heart attack and a stroke capable of bringing to death is quite real.
All fats in human blood are in the bound state, that is, presented with lipoproteins. High density lipoproteins (HDL) is considered to be «Useful», They take cholesterol from the walls of the vessels and transport it to the liver, where the extra cholesterol is processed to the state of bile acids and is excreted from the body.
Thus, HDL is protected from atherosclerosis. Reducing their level below 0.9 mmol / l in men and below 1.15 mmol / l in women are considered dangerous.
Lipoproteins of low density — «Bad». They are «Shuffle» Cholesterol and triglycerides inside the cells of blood vessels, and therefore contribute to its deposit, that is, they are involved in the development of atherosclerosis.
The increase in the content of the LDL in the blood in men is above 1.81 mmol / l, and in women above 2.2 mmol / l are considered dangerous in terms of the disease.
The atherogenic coefficient is calculated by the formula:
Ka = (xs — LDL) — LDL.
Normally, it is 1.98–2.51, and its growth above 3 is considered critical.
Blood for analysis on a lipidogram is handed over in the morning, an empty stomach or no less than 12 hours after the last meal.
3. Blood test for glycolized hemoglobin
Obesity is dangerous by the development of the diabetes of the second type. The predecessor of the disease is the state of violation of glucose tolerance.
After receiving food in a healthy person, the blood glucose level is growing rapidly, and then also quickly decreases. With a violation of glucose tolerance, the blood sugar level remains increased long, but not as much as it happens when diabetes. If with diabetes it is enough to make blood test on sugar, then when the glucose tolerance is violated, you can skip the moment when the sugar level will be high.
Blood analysis on glycicized hemoglobin allows you to diagnose the state of violation of glucose tolerance.
Glycicized hemoglobin — This is a strong hemoglobin compound with sugar, saccharred during an increase in blood glucose levels and persistent inside erythrocytes throughout their life, that is within 120 days. In other words, if during these three months, an excessive increase in blood sugar was observed, a trace of this event will forever remain in «Memory» Erythrocyte.
Normally, the level of glycicized hemoglobin is less than 5.7%, its excess says that overweight has already caused the development of diabetes.
Blood for analyzing glycicized hemoglobin surrendered in the morning.
4. Blood test for thyrotropic hormone
The most frequent state causing obesity is considered the pitipoption of the thyroid gland. If all efforts to reduce weight are in vain, if the diet and sports do not bring tangible results, you need to check how the thyroid gland works.
The thyroid gland highlights hormones regulating the flow of all metabolic processes in the body, the decrease in its function leads to a slowdown in fat cleavage and contributes to their accumulation. Functions «Shields» Stimulated by the thyrotropic hormone produced by the pituitary gland located in the human brain. In terms of this hormone, you can judge how the thyroid iron works: an increase in the level of thyrotropin speaks of its hypofunction, which may be excess weight.
The rate of thyrotropic hormone (TTG) for an adult is 0.4–2.7 honey / l.
Blood analysis on the level of thyrotropic hormone is carried out in the morning, on an empty stomach. Previously, in a few days, smoking and exercise should be deleted.
