The side effects of low calorie dieting can be harmful and have negative effects on your long term weight loss because they only set you up for failure and future weight gain.
Here’s why:
1. Low calorie diets cause a decrease in your metabolism
Lower calorie diets lead to slower metabolism. Studies have shown that there calorie restrictions can decrease metabolism by as much as 20 to 30%, which makes it even more difficult for you to lose weight.
2. Low calorie diets can result in the loss of lean muscle tissue
A low calorie diet always results to the loss of muscle tissue. Once the body reacts to severe calorie restrictions, the body begins to look for ways to conserve energy; since the muscle is a metabolically active tissue, its more efficient for your body to break you’re your muscle tissue rather than fat to decrease your body’s energy expenditure.
3. Low calorie diets lead to increased activity of Fat-Storing Enzymes and Decreases in the activity of your Fat Burning Enzymes
Rapid decreases of calorie intake results to the production of fat storing enzyme called Lipoprotein Lipase (LPL) and a decrease in the production of fat burning enzymes causing your body to store more calories as fat rather than breaking down fat for energy.
4. Low calorie diets lead to Decreases Output of Thyroid Hormones
Calorie reduction results in a corresponding reduction in the output of active thyroid hormones which result in an overall decrease your resting metabolic rate and restricting the amount of calories your body burns throughout the day.
5. Low calorie diets lead to rapid weight gain after you stop dieting
Although a low calorie diet may results some initial weight loss, it never takes long for the body to catch on and starts conserving energy. When this happens, losing weight becomes much harder because your metabolism has slowed down and once you stop dieting and resume your normal eating habits your body will quickly start regaining all the weight that you may have lost because your body is trying to store everything.
6. Low calorie diets lead to Decreased Energy Levels and Work Capacity. Restricted calorie diets generally make you tired, lethargic and unable to work out because you are just not getting enough energy. Calories are energy and just like a car needs gas to go so does your body.
The whole key to successfully losing weight is to increase your metabolism by eating smarter and increasing your energy expenditure through exercise.
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