Common Fat Loss Strategies That Won’t Help You Lose Fat
Knowing what will NOT work for you is as necessary as knowing what will in any endeavor. Fat loss is no exception, so here are three common recommendations for fat loss solutions that not only won’t burn fat, but could be dangerous to your health.
No one likes to count calories every day, but it is important to be aware of your general caloric intake. There are diet programs that recommend eating fewer than 1200 calories a day, which is insufficient to get all the nutrients you need for your body to function well. The recommended intake for men is 2500 calories and 1500 calories for women, so you need to aim for these numbers. Eating too few calories will leave you tired and hungry, lacking in mental alertness and energy, irritable and emotional.
Eating fewer than 1200 calories a day also lowers your blood sugar levels, which makes your body think that food is in short supply (which it is). This forces the body into “starvation mode” to conserve reserves of energy sources, also called fat. To do this, the rate of metabolism is slowed, and so you will not achieve any weight loss. Even worse, when you do resume normal eating, your body will store away extra calories as body fat, in case another food shortage occurs anytime soon.
Fad diets have been around for years and the latest diet always promises amazing results, often endorsed by some celebrity or other. Most people who follow a fad diet will regain all the lost weight when the diet finishes. Avoid any plan or program that seems too good to be true, promotes eating large quantities of a single food or that doesn’t seem to make sense.
Sometimes, people do lose weight on fad diets, but there is little or no fat loss. What is lost is water from the body, which can lead to dehydration if continued for too long.
In recent years, there has been much said about low carb, high protein diets. These programs do actually allow you to lose fat, but the theory and science behind them is quite complex and you need the knowledge to be able to continue with the diet safely.
The high protein, low carb diets do help you lose weight because protein takes more time and energy to digest, and the increase in metabolism is believed to use some of the fat stored in your body. These diets tend to become less effective, the longer you are following them.
If you are working on fat loss, these methods are best avoided. Look for safe, balanced methods to lose weight.
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