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April Fool’s: 3 myths that prevent you from losing weight


To escape April 1 pranks, see what’s true and what’s not true about weight loss and weight loss techniques

Anyone looking for ways to lose weight certainly doesn’t want to fall for an April Fool’s joke. That’s why we’ve gathered experts to debunk some of the most common myths that, contrary to expectations, end up getting in the way of losing weight. Watch:

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1. Restrictive diets work — MYTH

Restrictive diets are attractive to those who want to lose weight quickly. However, they can cause various damage to health, as well as not actually guaranteeing a decrease in the numbers on the scale.

Nutritionist Cris Ribas explains that these food plans are often extreme and restrictive. Therefore, they can lead to nutritional deficiencies and negative side effects such as fatigue, dizziness, constipation, mood swings and hormonal imbalances. Nutritionist dr. Ronan Araujo adds some problems to the list, such as anemia, muscle weakness, hair loss and others.

Furthermore, it is difficult to maintain a restrictive diet in the long term, especially since it tends to be very radical. With this, the plateau effect is common, in which the person quickly regains the lost weight or even exceeds the previous kilos.

Ronan points out that a dietary restriction can also lead to compulsive behaviors. So, in addition to the health risks, restrictive diets can cause eating disorders, such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia. These disorders can pose serious physical and mental health risks and need proper treatment.

2. Continuous fasting is an option for losing weight – MYTH

Fasting is used in different ways by those who want to lose weight. Intermittently, it’s a flexible strategy, where you eat for a certain period of the day and don’t eat the rest. In the continuous form, the person fasts many times gradually, starting with 24 hours without food, 48 hours and lasting up to a week.

The reasons that lead some to opt for the strategy of not eating are many, from weight loss to spiritual reasons. However, the ABLC director-president warns that continuous fasting can lead to starvation, that is, a severe lack of nutrients.

Furthermore, if the goal is to lose weight, going many days without eating can also have an unpleasant effect: instead of using fat as energy, the body begins to consume lean mass (muscles).

In the scientific community there is still no consensus on intermittent fasting and prolonged fasting is viewed with even more reservations. This is because a well-oriented low-calorie diet is already able to bring all the benefits, such as weight loss and the control and prevention of metabolic diseases.

3. Food and exercise alone are enough to lose weight — MYTH

In fact, a healthy diet and regular exercise are allies in the weight loss process. However, this alone is not enough. In fact, there are several factors that contribute to weight loss, which include everything from body hydration to mental health.

Taking care of your mental health helps you to have self-control and well-being, which are important conditions for achieving good results when losing weight. “The mind and the body must be in harmony, both cared for in the same way and on a daily basis. We cannot think only of one or the other, because if our mind is fragile, we usually compensate for it with food,” he underlines Edivana Poltronieri, healthy weight loss specialist.

Stress, more specifically, is a major enemy of weight loss. This is because it increases the levels of cortisol in the body, a hormone responsible for releasing adrenaline and insulin in the body, as a defense mechanism. With that, our central nervous system understands that we need more energy, generating more anxiety and contributing to food cravings.

Another hormone can also disrupt weight loss: leptin, released with poor quality sleep. With it low production, we automatically increase calorie burn beyond what is needed. At the same time, it increases the hunger hormone (ghrelin). The result is quite predictable.

Source: Terra

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