My only advice to people who are losing weight is: Don't go on a diet, which will make you lose weight and "eat" your brain.
when many people start to lose weight, especially for some small whites, they think that they can lose weight successfully by eating less, eating less, or even dieting.
The reason why dieting can reduce weight is only the calories you consume >; The number of calories consumed by the body. This is the root of the calorie deficit, and any way to lose weight is inseparable from this.
But when we go on a diet, because we eat very little food, it will make the calories we consume out of proportion.
suppose that the calorie to maintain your current weight is 2 calories, and this intake is guaranteed not to be fat or thin, just to make you live comfortably.
if you want to lose weight, the scientific and healthy intake is to subtract 5 calories from 2, calories, which means 1,5 calories.
When you lose weight and go on a diet, you may only consume 5 calories. This intake is extremely low, which will make your body enter a state of "self-protection". In other words, your body will automatically shut down some functions that need to consume calories, such as your brain.
According to a research document from King's College London, UK, in a study of 596 young women aged 11-18, dieting greatly reduced their IQ.
There is also a research literature that shows that the 65-year-old people are more prone to cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease when dieting.
Another research document shows that when a mouse goes on a diet, neurons in its hypothalamus will devour its organelles and protein. When this happens, we will feel more hungry. Because the hypothalamus is mainly responsible for managing physiological mechanisms such as sleep.
Therefore, greatly reducing the calorie intake ratio will make the body uncomfortable and enter a state of self-protection. In severe cases, the body will "eat" the brain to survive.
If you rely on your strong willpower to successfully lose more than 1 kilograms, don't be happy. If you rely on dieting to lose weight, your weight will rebound soon.
before talking about the research literature, let's learn about two human hormones that have a great influence on appetite: leptin and auxin.
The main function of leptin is to control calorie intake, increase energy consumption, inhibit the synthesis of fat cells, and make us thinner. The secretion of leptin is negatively correlated with food. When leptin increases, appetite decreases. When leptin decreases, appetite increases.
The main function of auxin is to stimulate hunger, promote gastric emptying and gastric acid secretion. Auxin and food are positively correlated, and auxin increases and appetite increases. Auxin decreases and appetite decreases.
In a research document, they gathered a group of people weighing about 94 kilograms to go on a diet to lose weight and consume 5-55 calories a day. Within 1 weeks, they lost an average of about 13 kilograms, but after 1 weeks, the researchers tested their hormone levels and found that leptin decreased significantly and auxin increased significantly. It was obvious that after one year, most of the subjects regained 7-8 kilograms.
So, it is impossible to lose weight simply by dieting, unless you can really diet for a lifetime. But in this process, your brain will be "eaten", let alone for a lifetime.