In these days of high-tech gadgets and instant meals, a lot of people find it easy to be idle and indulge in fattening foodstuff. This has led to an overwhelming increase in obesity cases all over the world. According to The Physics Factbook edited by Glenn Elert, there were approximately 97 million overweight or obese adults in the United States. Because of this increasing trend in obesity cases, a number of weight loss diet programs have emerged. And one of these modern dieting fads is the so-called shifting calories diet.
Although most of us may have heard of this popular dieting fad, a lot of us may be wondering how this works and if it is indeed effective. This article aims to answer those questions by exploring how shifting calories fares against the traditional "starvation" diet which, as we already know, is very ineffective in weight reduction.
Conventional 'starvation' diet works on the basic premise of 'eating less to lose weight'. This may sound literally and superficially logical. However, losing or gaining weight does not simply work that way, as it does not depend solely on the individual's type and amount of caloric intake. There are other factors that play significant roles in weight regulation.
Starvation can bring out changes in your endocrine and metabolic systems due to lesser intake of calories. This would cause your body to adapt to such changes by storing more food in a rather quick manner, resulting to fat buildup. Worse still, this would stimulate muscle breakdown so that energy needed by your body will be released.
Although most of us may have heard of this popular dieting fad, a lot of us may be wondering how this works and if it is indeed effective. This article aims to answer those questions by exploring how shifting calories fares against the traditional "starvation" diet which, as we already know, is very ineffective in weight reduction.
Conventional 'starvation' diet works on the basic premise of 'eating less to lose weight'. This may sound literally and superficially logical. However, losing or gaining weight does not simply work that way, as it does not depend solely on the individual's type and amount of caloric intake. There are other factors that play significant roles in weight regulation.
Starvation can bring out changes in your endocrine and metabolic systems due to lesser intake of calories. This would cause your body to adapt to such changes by storing more food in a rather quick manner, resulting to fat buildup. Worse still, this would stimulate muscle breakdown so that energy needed by your body will be released.
- The principle of shifting calories
- The concept of starvation diet
Comments
Very good info:)
Nicely written. It's true that when you deprive yourself of food and calories your body goes into starvation mode and your metabolism slows. Excellent job. :-)
Melody... this was a well-written piece on a good topic. I try to eat this way myself but had never looked at it as shifting calories... well done! I have subscribed to you so I can keep up with your work!
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