Staying
slim and in healthy shape contributes to overall beauty of a person, and diet
of natural food helps greatly, just as do the natural ingredients to skin that
we at Herbally Radiant promote..
Very
often those striving hard to lose extra weight, spending time and energy on
work-outs and money on products touted as ‘slimming’ supplements expect quicker
results. As with general nourishing foods, that improve health over time, food
supplements like fruits, juices, vegetables, nuts, take time to create desired
results.
Similarly,
weight loss program in the form of regulated diet and daily physical work out,
also needs to be followed, and sustained, over a long time. Latest research
proves the long held view that our bodies actually constantly resist weight
loss. Thus, any conscious let up in weight loss program is most likely to
reverse the process.
The
journal ‘Obesity’ study makes important point that while dieting, we reduce our
resting metabolic rate, which lowers the number of calories we burn when we are
not doing much. The research team, therefore, warns that keeping weight off
requires “vigilant combat against metabolic adaption”.
Proving
the point, the study followed 14
participants of the US version of the TV show “The Biggest Loser”. The researchers
found that, after six years, all but one of the contestants in their study had regained weight.
Before
the competition, the group burned a daily average of 2,600 calories at rest,
but this fell to around 2,000 calories a day when it finished. Six years later,
instead of creeping back up to its normal level, their resting rate had slowed
further to 1,900 calories a day. On average, the resting metabolic rate was 500
calories a day less than you would expect for the age and body composition
of the person. So, the contestants had to eat less to stay at their lower
weight. While researchers knew that dieting reduces the resting metabolic rate
to save energy, this study shows how savagely your body subverts weight loss.
The
solution lies in regularly monitoring the metabolic adaption rate. Somehow, the
body resets to a new normal weight and the resting metabolic rate doesn’t fall.
In other words, being vigilant about what we eat, and building up muscle mass
(which is lost with age) through aerobic exercise and strength training are the
only ways to fight back. Our resting metabolic rate determines only a
proportion of our energy expenditure. If we burn off more calories than we eat,
we will obviously lose weight. Reducing calories intake by 20% and doing
moderate daily exercise for half an hour will help keep weight off.
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