Chronic Dieter Syndrome
Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 2:57 pm
This comes from a much longer article titled Why One Calorie For Her Is Half a Calorie For Him, dealing with why it's harder for women to lose weight than it is for men.
In another wright-loss related article, the author wrote:
My takeaway from this is that we should find a way of eating, both what and how (No-S, for example) that we can live with and stick to it. We may have to tweak a little here and there, but essentially it should remain the same.CHRONIC DIETER SYNDROME. Women have a propensity for recurrent dieting. Each consecutive diet cycle, especially one low in fat and protein, compromises the body’s essential endocrine functions, slows the rates of metabolism, and stimulates the over-consumption of carbohydrates, which leads to the accumulation of more fat and reductions of muscle and bone mass (the key factor behind osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, periodontal disease, and eventual tooth loss). Each consecutive weight loss cycle results in more and more fat stores and a corresponding decline in overall health. This results in even more weight gain.
THE TAKEAWAY: A weight loss diet is like an antibiotic. If you start taking one, you need to finish the full course; otherwise, you create antibiotic-resistant bacteria that may harm you later. The more you diet halfway, the more resistant your body becomes to weight loss and more accommodating to weight gain. So if you start a diet, do it right, do it for as long as it takes, and once you’re there, don’t return to the diet that made you overweight in the first place. That — helping you reach the finish line with your health and sanity intact — is the goal of this project.
In another wright-loss related article, the author wrote:
In that article I also read (though I can't find it now), that most of the authors of the books limiting or eliminating one food group will say that you can eat as much of the others as you want of what remains and lose or not gain weight.The core market for weight-loss diets in the United States is created by publishing conglomerates and charismatic medical doctors who are willing to tell prospective readers what they want to hear — that you can lose weight quickly and effortlessly by buying and following their books.
All of these “quickie†diets share the same common denominator: a rapid and measurable weight loss. To accomplish this seemingly admirable goal, these diets are intentionally unbalanced, meaning they reduce any one or two of the three primary food groups — carbohydrates, proteins, or fats — to a bare minimum.