Monday, December 12, 2011

A Few Methods Of Reducing Your Weight Can In Fact Have Bad Effects On Your Health

A Few Methods Of Reducing Your Weight Can In Fact Have Bad Effects On Your Health


by Bobby Stentfeister


Do you want to reduce weight? You can find a lot of great information and possibly you already have a diet plan in mind. Losing weight by sticking to a diet and working out can be hard, so it comes as no surprise to hear that people resort to very risky ways of losing weight. Most normally, women are using these drastic methods as they feel pressured into being thin by society. Our society presses women into being thin so they frequently choose these unsafe weight loss methods. Everyone wants to be at their best weight, but when you endanger your overall health in your pursuit to lose weight, you run the danger of becoming ill. Today, I'll be sharing with you these methods so that you can stay away from them.

The most usual drastic diet plan is starvation; not consuming much food at all, resulting in your energy levels decreasing. Some people opt to not eat breakfast, others skip lunch, and many opt to skip both meals. In your mind, you say to yourself that you're not starved even though your stomach is grumbling like crazy, screaming I want to be fed!. Nonetheless, after a while your body learns to adapt. The less you consume, the more your body worries that it won't have adequate food so it adjusts your metabolism, slowing it down to the extent that you are scarcely burning any fat during the day. Unfortunately, once you start to eat a regular diet again, your metabolism will continue to run slowly, and you are likely to quickly put on more fat as you won't burn calories quick enough. While it is true that you can eliminate fat when you go on starvation mode, you will lose more weight by adopting a regimen of healthy diet and exercise. Doesn't it appear desirable to eat a healthy diet and have the chance to get rid of more weight?

Anorexia can happen when you starve yourself regularly. What happens is that you develop a fear of food and turning obese which results in your eating very little and becoming exceedingly thin. You can lose your hair, turn extremely weak physically, and can even die from anorexia. A lot of adolescents try starvation diets but, when you become obsessed with starving yourself, it can eventually cause anorexia which can destroy your body and your health.

Binge-eating syndrome is another risky weight loss method. Bulimic's overeat and then barf it all up so that their belly doesn't digest the calories. These individuals aren't afraid of food as anorexic's are, rather the opposite: they will binge on large amounts of food and then feel guilty so they sick it back up. Bulimia is hard to identify because bulimic individuals normally keep the same basic body weight. Vomiting your food is not healthy for your body. It can have negative effects on your heart, liver and kidneys. You may develop stomach ulcers as a result of the constant puking. Your teeth and esophagus may also be damaged by the stomach acid. Your pharynx may as well develop acid burns. Sustained puking of your food can cause extreme harm to your body.

My suggestion is to eat, but eat in a sensible manner. Ingest smaller food portions and cut back on unhealthy foods. You can lose weight safely and efficiently without using drastic and dangerous measures.




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