Myths and facts about weight loss are the leading topic of every website dealing with weight reduction. Only in this way we do not know what is right and what is just a repeated supposition or myth. We verify 3 weight loss hypotheses that are still taken for granted.
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A lie repeated over and over again is taken for granted. Such a phenomenon takes place in every field of science. In the case of weight loss, it may not be so much a lie as a supposition, which, even if later during the research was not justified or still causes controversy, passed from mouth to mouth gains enormous power. You could say that these are just innocent ‘rumors’, but when linked to political action, public action and education, they can turn out to be harmful. There are at least a few such hypotheses:
I. Difficult-to-achieve goals result in failure in weight loss.
Seems logical, doesn’t it? However, while this is a reasonable hypothesis, empirical evidence shows that there is no consistent relationship between ambitious goals and the end of a weight loss program or weight loss. In fact, several studies have shown that more ambitious goals are sometimes associated with better performance in people who are losing weight. A study published in the International Journal of Obesity found that for women, high goals were associated with greater weight loss after 24 months of the diet. The goals had no effect on weight loss among men. In addition, two studies found that efforts to improve weight loss performance by shifting high to less ambitious goals did not result in better weight loss results. This principle should not be confused with unrealistic goals. slimming should be at a rate of no more than 1 kg per week. In this respect, the goals must be realistic. Rather, this rule compares goals like: lose 4 kg in a month or in two?
II. The more fruits and vegetables in your diet, the easier it is to lose weight regardless of other changes.
The undeniable truth is that the consumption of fruit and vegetables has a beneficial effect on health, and can also help reduce body weight, for example by increasing the proportion of dietary fiber in the diet. However, there is one ‘but’. Research shows that if no other lifestyle changes occur, increasing fruit and vegetable consumption may be associated with no weight loss results or even weight gain. You should be aware that fruits are rich in simple sugars and can have a lot of calories, and cauliflower topped with butter and breadcrumbs can become a caloric bomb. Therefore, you should eat fruit and vegetables, but wisely.
III. Obese people, even if they lose weight, should expect an increased mortality.
Considerations published in The New England Journal of Medicine give hope that this hypothesis is merely a presumption. In the study on rats (Obesity research), it was proved that the lifetime of non-obese animals and those that converted from obesity to their appropriate body weight did not differ. What’s more, the diets used during weight loss were also irrelevant.
There are many hypotheses in the scientific community, some validated, some not, and some with conflicting results. Therefore, we should not get embarrassed if we act differently from the news reported in the media, but wait calmly for their confirmation.
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