Harper

Weight loss surgeries are not a cure for obesity  Infact you only have a few years to enjoy the sole benefits of weight loss surgeries. Permanent weight loss is not assured through weight loss surgeries; rather it is about a change in lifestyle. Obviously weight loss surgeries do not constitute a lifestyle change. Types of weight loss surgeries: There are basically three types of weight loss surgery procedures; (i) Restrictive weight loss surgery (ii) Mal-absorptive weight loss surgery (iii) Restrictive and mal-absorptive (Combined) weight loss surgery. Restrictive weight loss surgeries are procedures that reduces the size of the stomach such that you are forced to eat less by restricting the amount of food you stomach can hold at a time hence the term restrictive surgery. This is usually done in two main ways, either using staples or using a band. Both procedures reduce the size of the effective stomach by creating a small pouch out of the main stomach using either...

The spirit of our times seems to no longer value beauty. Prince Charles was talking to the Royal Institute of British Architects at the occasion of their 150th anniversary about the proposed extension of the National Gallery. "What is proposed is like a monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much loved and elegant friend." (Prince of Wales) He had seen much British architecture as sterile and plain ugly. Is this still true? And do we need to re-discover beauty around us? Defining beauty When we see something beautiful its beauty is subjectively felt. Yet, the concept of beauty and ugliness is elusive and difficult to put into words and define. Perhaps this is because of individual differences in our appreciation of it. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. What one person finds beautiful, another merely sentimental. One, attractive, another repulsive. Beauty has been said to be something to do with appreciating harmony, balance, rhythm. It captures our attention, s...