Here are some news stories I came across and my views…
Caesareans
I saw this news story today saying Caesareans will be offered to women in fear of labour amid concerns some are so afraid they seek abortion.
I have mixed views on this…
I agree that women should have a Caesarean if they have medical issues or suffer complications. Giving birth naturally has to be one of the most amazing experiences you will ever have. Yes it is painful but our bodies are built to deal with it. We also have plenty of pain relief to help us. If we were not capable of dealing with natural birth our bodies would have been made differently to reproduce. More importantly, perhaps, women are becoming pregnant while overweight and this puts both mother and baby at far greater risk.
Slimming Clubs
I saw this article the other day comparing slimming clubs and GP programmes.
This is what I think…
NHS Clinicians are already over busy with sick patients to focus on and have little background in lifestyle and nutrition. This piece clearly shows that even slimming clubs are more successful than the NHS on weight reduction. I am very clear that slimming clubs are only a quick fix and have little sustainability in maintaining weight reduction and increased fitness.
Diet Pills
I saw this story promoting how a diet pill using two gut hormones could fool our brains into thinking we’re full to make you say no to junk food.
Here I go…
Never ever take diet pills, no matter what you are told they do, because they are all bad by being made to interfere with normal body function such as to suppress appetite, increase the metabolic rate or to prevent absorption. These are all abnormal for the body to be forced to do and should be discouraged. In fact most of these drugs except one have been withdrawn due to terrible side effects.
