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The Effects Of Chronic
Dieting:
How Overdieting Ultimately
Wears Your Body Down
Chronic dieting, like most chronic concepts, is a generally unhealthy
activity. Ask yourself what good is it really to be super-thin if the end
result is premature aging and death. "All things in moderation" definitely
applies to dieting. You must realize that you're overzealous attempts to
create optimal health and physical attractiveness may be killing you slowly.
High levels of vanity and narcissism do not a healthy human make.
Definition of chronic dieting:
A chronic dieter is defined as a person who:
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Constantly restricts the intake of the energy (food) in an attempt to keep
their average weight below the level that is considered healthy for their
height and body build;
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Generally is obsessed with his or her body shape and/or weight;
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Restricts their choices for food intake for periods of more than two years
while continually trying to achieve unreasonably low weight levels;
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Fails to reach those on realistic weight levels or reaches them and then
regains the weight only to start the process over again.
The negative effects of overdieting:
Obviously, in order to constantly restrict your dietary intake for years at
a time, without ever achieving any realistic goals, there must be some
psychological problem going on. Obsession with your body shape and/or weight
is unhealthy. If you are so eaten up by thoughts of being too heavy, or that
you are unattractive to others, then there is a serious implication that you
need to be more centered in your own mind and less concerned with public
opinion. The psychological effects of overdieting can be crippling and stop
individuals from enjoying their lives at all.
In addition, a long list of negative physiological effects also occurs
because of chronic dieting. They include:
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The creation of a decreased REE (resting energy expenditure);
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Decreased insulin responses at meal times;
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A lessened lean body mass ratio;
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Higher thyroxine levels;
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Reversed triiodothyronine concentrations;
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Lowered dietary restraint abilities;
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Decreased levels of leptin;
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A slowed metabolism.
So you see, chronic dieting, in the long run actually prohibits achieving
the goals that the chronic dieter believes he or she is trying to recognize!
In the end, metabolism is slowed, weight goals are not met or maintained,
stress is increased, happiness is decreased and life is shortened. So what's
the point?
You need to realize that diets do not work!
Stop kidding yourself. It is estimated that the average person in the UK
(and in the US) diets between three and four times a year. Also, less than
5% of those individuals will have maintained their desired weight level at
the end of one year. Diets do not work.
So what does work?
Healthy food intake choices work. Healthy lifestyle modifications work.
Effective stress management techniques work. Besides engaging in daily
exercise of a semi-strenuous nature for at least 25 minutes, you need to
base your food intake program on the following readily available options:
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100% whole grain foods including cereals, rice, pastas and breads;
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Delicious and ultimately-nutritious organic vegetables;
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Beans, legumes, seeds, nuts and sprouts of all types;
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Succulent, colorful fruits;
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Low-fat or non-fat dairy products for strong, healthy bones;
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Omega-3 rich foods like salmon, flax seeds and avocados;
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Plenty of cool, crisp water
weekly.
If you simply focus your food intake program based on the above foods, there
will be no reason to continuously deny yourself pleasurable foods and try to
recognize unrealistic weight management goals. It's not going to work
anyway. It never works for anybody. Why not take an intelligent approach to
weight management - one that can effectively increase your health, vitality,
mental alertness and happiness all simultaneously?
You do not have to follow suit! Be an individual. The laws of human
physiology are not going to change for you. Embrace a healthy food intake
program - and do it without using the word "diet". Chronic dieting will
break your body down in time - and, never even allow you to recognize your
weight loss goals! It just doesn't make sense. Retrain the way that you
perceive food and exercise. Manage your stress levels with close attention.
By doing so, you will not only be a healthy person of healthy weight, you
will actually thrive!
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