Modern Health Observation

Who has not succumbed at one time or another by fad diets? The speed advertised, the lost pounds promised the guarantee such as clinical or medical insurance and stay slim lead every year many French to put their bodies to “test” or in danger.

While most schemes, whatever the method is actually “lose weight” on balance, at least the first month, this relative efficiency does not necessarily mean healthy, far away. The weight loss achieved happens not just on small rolls of unsightly fat but also muscle and body water. So, by taking constraints and restrictions, these senseless schemes result in a caloric deprivation often too large, which not only produces an effect “yo-yo” guaranteed, but also a multitude of health problems that are far from being considered as benign by all true nutrition experts.

A yo-yo insured

It is a certainty; you lose weight quickly when you make a drastic diet, imbalanced or “miraculous” that is to say very often in starving her. At least initially, because after a few weeks, it loses more than one gram, even bigger one with a small surplus on the balance from the start of the “diet”.

This is the phenomenon “yo-yo” in a situation of deprivation or to zap strength from one diet to another, while from time to time on a diet “normal”, the agency reduced its consumption energy and burns calories more slowly available to protect the survival of stored fat. Our internal boiler then operates less well, and when you eat it again normally what happens necessarily force of frustration and disappointing results, it takes advantage of weight we have lost.

This is the yo-yo, not to mention that passage, it has traded against muscle fat. Not terrible!

Social isolation manifests

For weight loss to be effective there must be acceptability of the program. But the obligations and prohibitions of these schemes, the permanent accounting of calories, the absorption of powders in sachets, making exclusive soup does not favor regular monitoring … Goodbye sociability, sharing meals with family, colleagues or friends, friendliness, the duration of the “food intake”, pause and hello anti stress fast food intake, frustration, stress of loneliness and shelving that comes already overweight, if he really exists.

Micro nutrient deficiencies in the chain

The marginalization of many food groups in the practice of these diets also entails risks of vitamin deficiencies, including those of group B (at the exclusion of carbohydrates and meat) or the so-called fat soluble (A, D and E) during the exclusive use of preparations totally skimmed or fat suppression type oil or butter. There is also frequent and deficiencies in minerals such as magnesium (which is most content in foods with high energy content such as chocolate, dried vegetables and bananas) and trace elements (iron, copper and zinc are often concerned when animal products are set aside for too long).

So, nervous and physical fatigue, skin problems and hair or dizziness and reduced immune defenses against many diseases are fairly common among people of these pseudo customary diets.

Deficiencies of essential fatty acids common

Do not forget, even if lipids, or fats, are the most nutrient dense in calories (1g provides 9 kcal cons “only” 4 for the same amount of sugar), fatty substances that are essential to proper functioning of the body. Some are also highly publicized, such as the famous Omega 3 for the operation and the formation of cell membranes including brain. Plans too restrictive or just looking at the nutritional quality of fats and are often sources of problems with memory, concentration and even depression and even heart trouble by not bringing these protective elements.

A weakened muscle disturbing

Moreover, when caloric intake is too low, the body is forced to find the “fuel” energy daily in its own reserves, albeit fat (ie fat reserves), but also protein, to make with them and amino acids from glucose lacking any restrictive diet. So, like proteins include structural molecules in muscle fibers, muscles tend to melt over low-calorie diets. But these are the muscles that represent the active mass of the body that makes us not only moving but also remain “rigid”. There is often intense physical fatigue and exhaustion after the slightest effort (which reduces energy expenditure, thus reduces the chances of losing weight !…). As the muscles are also involved in maintenance of joints and found proteins in the formation of the skeleton, we can neglect the osteo-articular disruption (fracture risk …) may become common.

True signs of malnutrition

The “Recommendations for diagnosis, prevention and treatment of obesity,” published by the afero (French Association for Studies and Research on Obesity),  recall the dangers of nutritional diets low calorie (less than 1200 kcal / d) as being at levels well below the needs of rest (basal metabolism, that is to say the least vital that the heart can beat, liver function, the kidneys filter … ), these systems expose commonly used simply to undernutrition and malnutrition, cardiac (tachycardia, hypotension …), the loss of bone mass, with severe deficiencies, dizziness …

It should be noted that the minimum amounts of energy and protein to meet recommended intakes correct (vitamins, minerals, amino acids …) and avoid deficiencies or disorders disturbing amount to 1500 kcal / d and 65 Minimum g protein for women and 1700 kcal / d and 75 g of protein for humans.

A recognized risk of infertility

At the conference “Women and Nutrition” organized by the Center for Survey Research and Nutritional Information (CERIN) in October 2000, specialists have emphasized that by dieting, women have increasingly difficulty in having children. Dietary restriction is simply lost his balance and hormone triggers ovulation disorders. This disruption of the production of sex hormones is certainly due to the decrease in body fat causing the cessation of menses (amenorrhea), but also to caloric restriction. Too much restriction, the body eventually enter into “hibernation” to save her metabolic reserves. It is this art of making savings “in house” for its survival that disrupts the production of sex hormones. Similarly, for women who come to initiate a pregnancy despite dietary restriction, we must not forget that the risk to pay this deficit affects the baby by delayed intrauterine growth.

Psychological

Starving her over a long period thus resulting deficiencies and significant physical effects, but do not forget the psychological consequences that are equally disturbing and unfortunately common. To achieve a thin ideal, which often refers to a body image ideal is saying but that does not correspond to the “genetic reality, many people, particularly women, adopt such schemes that have nothing to dietary ( the Greek word “diaita” meaning “lifestyle”). They often result in very restrictive behavior vis-à-vis their diet, and in which the sensations of pleasure, taste, hunger and satiety are discarded in favor of very strict and difficult to follow over time. They expose themselves and definitely to slippages (related to stress, anxiety, exits, the temptations …) during which they will eat more.

The risk of entering a spiral of failure or slippage is experienced as suffering is more real then. Many eating disorders (bulimia, anorexia, orthorexia, binge eating, craving, snacks …) result monitoring such restrictive diets! These schemes are of course formally discouraged for pregnant or nursing, children and adolescents growing, people with chronic diseases (cardiovascular, renal insufficiency …), but also to any or all of those who want the impossible without taking into account their own morphological characteristics, professional, taste, social, motivational ….

Failing to plan, evaluate your physical activity have to move more and slim down rather than be bound to lose weight on the person weighs. Eat your fill, but not beyond, and enjoy it, not abuse! We cannot stress enough that only a balanced diet, personalized and well followed, may have a lasting effect without risk to health.

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