Myth Busted: Why Crash Diets Don’t Work for Weight Loss – The Brain’s Secret Defense

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Myth--If you go on extreme calorie reduction and starvation/crash diet-Weight loss?

Busted- No. Body adjusts to low calories and maintains status quo.

Brain has a equilibrium rheostat. It senses the number of calories taken in and stores excess calories as fats for future use.

When more calorie are required by increased activities, it releases energy from fats.

When we restrict our calorie intake by eating less, brain senses this and reduces the metabolism rate of the body.

When metabolism is reduced, there is no weight loss. Also brain releases chemicals to increase hunger, and as a result we start craving for food.

With these mechanisms, brain maintains equilibrium and prevents us going into starvation mode. So no weight loss.

Eating healthy with right mix of carbs, fats, proteins and fibre with sustained exercise leads to weight loss, rather than starvation/crash diets or eating very less.

Starvation diets actually harm us by causing lowered immunity, dehydration and systemic complications.

So eat right, avoid crash diets. Follow a Holistic plan to weight loss.

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