Why can’t we lose weight?

Losing weight causes biological changes and, above all, a reduction in basic energy expenditure as well increasing hunger, which leads to weight gain after a diet, US scientists say.  Basal energy expenditure is the amount of calories your body burns to maintain routine functions.  What Happens With a Restrictive Diet? First, the body compensates for losses by slowing down its performance. The problem is that the body will keep this sluggish action after finishing the diet when we start again eat normally.  The body gets used to storing energy and putting calories “for later”, with the result that after a diet, weight gain is even greater.  This effect varies depending on the diet, US researchers say on the basis of experiments.  Scientists also add that a diet low in fat is just the one that accompanies it the strongest “boomerang effect”. 

In fact, such a diet reduced the body’s energy expenditure at rest so much that the body got used to it. Therefore, when the diet was completed and the participants began to eat normally, their bodies continued to use less energy than before, approximately 205 calories less per day.  Unfortunately, the feeling of hunger has not been reduced at all. source: ScienceNews.pl

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