Fitness Nutrition
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When you appreciate at fitness and nutrition and the results of ignoring their importance, it is not complex to observe how large a role they play in our health. First of all, it's very important to know how powerfully diet can affect us. Natural, whole foods - such as fresh vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and lean proteins - give our bodies the vitamins that it needs to function correctly.
Eating correctly permits us to conserve a healthy weight and keep undue stress off of our hearts; it also permits us to keep our blood pressure and cholesterol levels in the healthy range. Most important, good nutrition conserves our bodies stocked with antioxidants that fight off a range of illnesses including cancer.
Eating correctly permits us to conserve a healthy weight and keep undue stress off of our hearts; it also permits us to keep our blood pressure and cholesterol levels in the healthy range. Most important, good nutrition conserves our bodies stocked with antioxidants that fight off a range of illnesses including cancer.
Eat Healthy and Lose Weight
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Dieting's primary drawback is that once you stop dieting, the pounds pile back on. Many people even gain additional weight after stopping a diet, which sends them back to dieting, which starts the cycle again. Primary inconvenience of the diet is that once you suspend dieting, the pounds pile back on. Even many people acquire additional weight after stopping a diet, which posts them back to dieting, which starts the cycle again.
Years of dieting and stopping, then starting again can increase your weight each time as your body decelerates its metabolism to adjust to periods of feast and famine. The way to stop your body from sabotaging your weight loss in its attempt to conserve you alive is to stop dieting and try to reach a permanent solution.
Mentioning about diet and constancy can lead directly to depression as people commence thinking of all the foods they can "never eat again"! The secret is not to diet but to pay attention to the foods you are eating. Try to do your best to give your body the support it needs in building lean muscle, burning fat and providing you with the energy you need. Good nutrition is very important to healthiness: eating badly can devastate your complexion, make you fat and impact your mental health, so it's important to know what constitutes good eating.
Researchers have detected that eating highly refined carbohydrates in the form of breads, cookies and snacks develops a spike in your blood sugar that then drops into the nether regions, leaving you exhausted, irritable and with no concentration. The spike appears because the refined carbs are metabolized fast, so the blood sugar rises high but then dips just as quickly as the nutrients are taken into the blood stream.
Years of dieting and stopping, then starting again can increase your weight each time as your body decelerates its metabolism to adjust to periods of feast and famine. The way to stop your body from sabotaging your weight loss in its attempt to conserve you alive is to stop dieting and try to reach a permanent solution.
Mentioning about diet and constancy can lead directly to depression as people commence thinking of all the foods they can "never eat again"! The secret is not to diet but to pay attention to the foods you are eating. Try to do your best to give your body the support it needs in building lean muscle, burning fat and providing you with the energy you need. Good nutrition is very important to healthiness: eating badly can devastate your complexion, make you fat and impact your mental health, so it's important to know what constitutes good eating.
Researchers have detected that eating highly refined carbohydrates in the form of breads, cookies and snacks develops a spike in your blood sugar that then drops into the nether regions, leaving you exhausted, irritable and with no concentration. The spike appears because the refined carbs are metabolized fast, so the blood sugar rises high but then dips just as quickly as the nutrients are taken into the blood stream.
Eat for Your Physical Health
Nutrition experts suggest we change junk food, delicious but high in fats, refined sugars and carbs, with actual food like beans, grains, veggies, fish and meat or milk products. In reality, food mavens say that if you experiment to eat the right foods 80% of the time (that's four meals out of five), you can eat naughty foods the other 20% of the time without suffering much in the way of weight gain. For example, in Okinawa, the longest lived people in the world possess a saying about eating: "hara hachi bu" which means, 'eat until you're 80 percent full". Even reminding yourself to "hara hachi bu" partway through a meal can help you cut back a little on portions without feeling cheated because you are also reminding yourself that you're doing good things for your body.
The Right Foods
You should eat single ingredient foods. Rice has rice, not hydrolyzed vegetable protein, palms kernel oil and BHT. If we only ate what we could distinguish, we'd be as healthy as the Okinawans, because one main characteristic of junk food is that it has dozens of ingredients, strange chemicals that either taste good on the tongue or preserve junk food indefinitely. If you consume packaged rice with a packet of pre-made sauce, you're eating rice that's been made into junk. But if you eat what you recognize, you'll not only save vast amounts of calories, you'll be eating healthier and saving money. Junk food, pound for pound, costs a lot more than real food does.
Avoid iron deficiency
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Iron deficiency isn't normally understood as an serious health concern, but for those who suffer from iron deficiency anemia and don't get treatment, it can lead to death.
Mayo clinic considers that 20 % of women and up to 50 % of pregnant women experience iron deficiency, which in most cases can be cured with iron supplements and good nutrition. Iron deficiency causes the anemia: you can have iron deficient: if the problem is not solved, you may develop anemia.
Iron deficiency if it is not solved causes anemia, an aspect in which your body doesn't have the number of red blood cells it needs to transport oxygen throughout the body. The human body uses iron to make hemoglobin, which is an essential component in red blood cells. Red blood cells are made in your bone marrow, which demands iron and vitamins to make hemoglobin. Hemoglobin gives that characteristic red color: red blood cells carry oxygen to the brain and lungs, so when there isn't enough hemoglobin, these cells can't provide the body with the oxygen it needs.
When you haven't the appropriate level of iron, you begin to suffer from oxygen deprivation: your skin may become pale; you'll feel easily tired and may have problems with shortness of breath. Your hands and feet will be cold and you may be lightheaded. The iron deficiency anemia include brittleness of your nails, cravings for things that aren't food (this condition is called pica), like dirt or ice, headache and loss of appetite. Iron deficiency anemia may also cause your tongue to be sore or swollen, and you may experience restless leg syndrome, where legs feel twitchy, itchy and uncomfortable (usually at night).
Iron deficiency is generated by blood loss through heavy menstruation or internal bleeding from other causes, the body's greater need for iron that isn't met (such as in pregnancy) or nutritional deficits. Some people cannot assimilate iron or they have problems to absorb iron, which can cause anemia. Although symptoms may be barely noticeable at first, if the deficiency isn't solved, symptoms will worsen.
If you have a good health, you should be able to meet your body's requires for iron with the food you eat. Foods rich in iron are meat, poultry, seafood and eggs, whole grains and foods that have been fortified with iron (many cereals have iron added). Meats contain the form of iron most easily assimilated by the body, but you can also obtain iron from beans, nuts, raisins and spinach. If you're observing your weight and aren't eating much meat, you may want to take iron supplements. Generally pregnant women are advised to take supplemental iron because their bodies' increased blood volume and the needs of the growing fetus make extra demands on their iron supplies. Children's vitamins should have iron, and parents should make sure that kids are getting the right kinds of iron-rich foods
Mayo clinic considers that 20 % of women and up to 50 % of pregnant women experience iron deficiency, which in most cases can be cured with iron supplements and good nutrition. Iron deficiency causes the anemia: you can have iron deficient: if the problem is not solved, you may develop anemia.
Iron deficiency if it is not solved causes anemia, an aspect in which your body doesn't have the number of red blood cells it needs to transport oxygen throughout the body. The human body uses iron to make hemoglobin, which is an essential component in red blood cells. Red blood cells are made in your bone marrow, which demands iron and vitamins to make hemoglobin. Hemoglobin gives that characteristic red color: red blood cells carry oxygen to the brain and lungs, so when there isn't enough hemoglobin, these cells can't provide the body with the oxygen it needs.
When you haven't the appropriate level of iron, you begin to suffer from oxygen deprivation: your skin may become pale; you'll feel easily tired and may have problems with shortness of breath. Your hands and feet will be cold and you may be lightheaded. The iron deficiency anemia include brittleness of your nails, cravings for things that aren't food (this condition is called pica), like dirt or ice, headache and loss of appetite. Iron deficiency anemia may also cause your tongue to be sore or swollen, and you may experience restless leg syndrome, where legs feel twitchy, itchy and uncomfortable (usually at night).
Iron deficiency is generated by blood loss through heavy menstruation or internal bleeding from other causes, the body's greater need for iron that isn't met (such as in pregnancy) or nutritional deficits. Some people cannot assimilate iron or they have problems to absorb iron, which can cause anemia. Although symptoms may be barely noticeable at first, if the deficiency isn't solved, symptoms will worsen.
If you have a good health, you should be able to meet your body's requires for iron with the food you eat. Foods rich in iron are meat, poultry, seafood and eggs, whole grains and foods that have been fortified with iron (many cereals have iron added). Meats contain the form of iron most easily assimilated by the body, but you can also obtain iron from beans, nuts, raisins and spinach. If you're observing your weight and aren't eating much meat, you may want to take iron supplements. Generally pregnant women are advised to take supplemental iron because their bodies' increased blood volume and the needs of the growing fetus make extra demands on their iron supplies. Children's vitamins should have iron, and parents should make sure that kids are getting the right kinds of iron-rich foods
Change your eating habit and behaviors
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The good news? You don't have to maintain a diet anymore, and you can still achieve and conserve a decent weight. That bad news is, that like all habits, establishing a new collection of eating behaviors takes time and patience.
But wait: there's more good news! With serenity and persistence, you can lose weight and feel good, without depriving yourself. Now we show a collection of behavior changes established to help you know new ways to approach food and weight loss.
1).- If you're angry at yourself to don't maintain the diet, forgive yourself. You only have a behavior naturally to a hungry body. Your body are conscious of what it needs, and will sabotage your stringent diets to keep you alive. Your body doesn't know you've been trying to stick to a strict diet: it knows that you're somehow trying to survive a famine. It's helped you as much as possible by reducing your energy, slowing your metabolism and sending you tremendous hunger signals. Once the dearth (diet) ends, your body wants to hedge its bets against the next famine by gaining weight faster. Admire your body! Stop fighting it with harsh diets.
2).- Make each time, not quick. By reducing 500 calories per day for a week, you will have lost 3 500 calories, one pound a week-a nice, natural weight loss that won't freak out your metabolism. A good way, brisk walk each day can cut out 250 calories, and skipping dessert (but not breakfast) can do the rest. Go slow and gentle: don't try to lose a lot of weight at once. Try with what you're willing to let go of: the grande latte you generally enjoy and eat at 10 am; the buttery movie popcorn that's become a nightly habit. Target foods you don't especially love and stop eating them.
3).- You shouldn't skip meals. Yes, please have breakfast, lunch and dinner. Also enjoy two or three snacks each day to maintain your blood sugar at coherent levels and avoid drastic hunger in among meals. Snack on real food-yogurt, fruit, vegetables or some tuna fish. Concentrate on the exquisite flavors-the sweet bitterness of a carrot, the spicy crispness of an apple. If you wish a sweet, try Quaker's toffee butter flavored rice cakes: they are decadently exquisite, made of whole grains, and 60 calories apiece, so you can eat three without guilt.
4).- Discover what's "hungry". Identify among actual, physiological hunger that happens every three or four hours and feelings of sadness, guilt or depression that makes you crave comfort. If you eat from emotion, not hunger, try this experiment: select yourself a "comfort food" like celery or almonds, and only eat that food when you're feeling emotional, not hungry. Isolate the emotion, feed it with healthy food: you're satisfying your "hunger" and telling your body you care.
5).- Evaluate your hunger. Ask yourself, "how hungry am I on a scale of 0 to 10?" 0 means you're starving-woe to anyone who gets among you and the fridge! 10 means you're so stuffed you can't eat another bite-you might explode! Eat when your hunger falls somewhere among 4 and 8; but stop eating when you feel you've reached 7 or 8.
6).- Enjoy your food! Don't give up chocolate, or anything you really love. If you know you're really pigging out on one particular food, experiment with cutting down on it by substituting something similar but better for you. But don't give it up! Food is one of life's pleasures.
7).- Love yourself. We frequently demonize our bodies. People say, "I hate my thighs" or "my abs are so gross". You would never judge another person based on the size of her thighs: why judge yourself that way? Take time to appreciate your body, and compliment it. Talk to your body: thank your feet and legs for carrying you all over the world; praise your heart for its strong, healthy beat.
But wait: there's more good news! With serenity and persistence, you can lose weight and feel good, without depriving yourself. Now we show a collection of behavior changes established to help you know new ways to approach food and weight loss.
1).- If you're angry at yourself to don't maintain the diet, forgive yourself. You only have a behavior naturally to a hungry body. Your body are conscious of what it needs, and will sabotage your stringent diets to keep you alive. Your body doesn't know you've been trying to stick to a strict diet: it knows that you're somehow trying to survive a famine. It's helped you as much as possible by reducing your energy, slowing your metabolism and sending you tremendous hunger signals. Once the dearth (diet) ends, your body wants to hedge its bets against the next famine by gaining weight faster. Admire your body! Stop fighting it with harsh diets.
2).- Make each time, not quick. By reducing 500 calories per day for a week, you will have lost 3 500 calories, one pound a week-a nice, natural weight loss that won't freak out your metabolism. A good way, brisk walk each day can cut out 250 calories, and skipping dessert (but not breakfast) can do the rest. Go slow and gentle: don't try to lose a lot of weight at once. Try with what you're willing to let go of: the grande latte you generally enjoy and eat at 10 am; the buttery movie popcorn that's become a nightly habit. Target foods you don't especially love and stop eating them.
3).- You shouldn't skip meals. Yes, please have breakfast, lunch and dinner. Also enjoy two or three snacks each day to maintain your blood sugar at coherent levels and avoid drastic hunger in among meals. Snack on real food-yogurt, fruit, vegetables or some tuna fish. Concentrate on the exquisite flavors-the sweet bitterness of a carrot, the spicy crispness of an apple. If you wish a sweet, try Quaker's toffee butter flavored rice cakes: they are decadently exquisite, made of whole grains, and 60 calories apiece, so you can eat three without guilt.
4).- Discover what's "hungry". Identify among actual, physiological hunger that happens every three or four hours and feelings of sadness, guilt or depression that makes you crave comfort. If you eat from emotion, not hunger, try this experiment: select yourself a "comfort food" like celery or almonds, and only eat that food when you're feeling emotional, not hungry. Isolate the emotion, feed it with healthy food: you're satisfying your "hunger" and telling your body you care.
5).- Evaluate your hunger. Ask yourself, "how hungry am I on a scale of 0 to 10?" 0 means you're starving-woe to anyone who gets among you and the fridge! 10 means you're so stuffed you can't eat another bite-you might explode! Eat when your hunger falls somewhere among 4 and 8; but stop eating when you feel you've reached 7 or 8.
6).- Enjoy your food! Don't give up chocolate, or anything you really love. If you know you're really pigging out on one particular food, experiment with cutting down on it by substituting something similar but better for you. But don't give it up! Food is one of life's pleasures.
7).- Love yourself. We frequently demonize our bodies. People say, "I hate my thighs" or "my abs are so gross". You would never judge another person based on the size of her thighs: why judge yourself that way? Take time to appreciate your body, and compliment it. Talk to your body: thank your feet and legs for carrying you all over the world; praise your heart for its strong, healthy beat.
Low sugar diets and proper sugar intake
We enjoy of it, practically, we are born loving it, and the savor for sugar never seems to go away. But if you've been observed that more people are debating about problems of the sugar, you've presumably discovered that, like many delightful things in life, a little sugar is a delicious thing, but a lot of sugar can be very bad. Sugar, makes us fat, leads us into diabetes and occasions cravings we can't live without. Avoidance of all sugar (besides natural sugars found in fruits) has constituted the basis of some of the latest diets, helping people lose weight for a time, but frequently resulting in ling term crankiness and sometimes even constipation. Do we need sugar? How much is too much? So, which are the correct ways to put a temporary restraining order on the vast amounts of sugar most of us periodically consume?
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1).- Meditate about it. Most people don't have any idea of their sugar intake. Who has time to read the labels on spaghetti sauce, pudding, fruit filled yogurt? When you read, you may be aghast to find sugar-and lots of it-in baby formulas, "healthy" cereals and nearly any prepackaged food you can name. You should do this: see and read all the labels of your products in the kitchen, and make a list of the ones that don't contain sugar. You may find it's a short list.
2).- Soda pop is a huge perpetrator in the sugar wars. A 12 ounce can of any soda has average 35 grams of sugar and 140 calories. If you gave up one daily can of soda, you'd save 980 calories a week, and at the end of a month, will have saved over 3,500 calories, or one pound of weight. The worst thing about soda is that don't have nutrients, so it isn't really a solution for the problem of hunger.
3).- Cut the sugar cravings. Head them off at the pass by eating real foods containing complex carbohydrates such as whole grains, proteins from meat, eggs and cheese and fiber found in vegetables. Try substituting a handful of almonds for a bag of M&Ms : you'll get protein and fiber that will ease your hunger and last awhile.
4).- Eat low-sugar sweets. Who says you should give up chocolate? In fact, dark chocolate contains healthy components; anti-oxidants shown to prevent cancer, enhance well-being and satiate hunger. But buy the good stuff; the dark chocolate whose ingredients include cocoa mass, cocoa liquor, sugar (yes, sugar) and lecithin. Don't buy chocolate whose first ingredient is sugar; it's been so watered down by the cheap addition of white sugar that its natural benefits are annulled.
2).- Soda pop is a huge perpetrator in the sugar wars. A 12 ounce can of any soda has average 35 grams of sugar and 140 calories. If you gave up one daily can of soda, you'd save 980 calories a week, and at the end of a month, will have saved over 3,500 calories, or one pound of weight. The worst thing about soda is that don't have nutrients, so it isn't really a solution for the problem of hunger.
3).- Cut the sugar cravings. Head them off at the pass by eating real foods containing complex carbohydrates such as whole grains, proteins from meat, eggs and cheese and fiber found in vegetables. Try substituting a handful of almonds for a bag of M&Ms : you'll get protein and fiber that will ease your hunger and last awhile.
4).- Eat low-sugar sweets. Who says you should give up chocolate? In fact, dark chocolate contains healthy components; anti-oxidants shown to prevent cancer, enhance well-being and satiate hunger. But buy the good stuff; the dark chocolate whose ingredients include cocoa mass, cocoa liquor, sugar (yes, sugar) and lecithin. Don't buy chocolate whose first ingredient is sugar; it's been so watered down by the cheap addition of white sugar that its natural benefits are annulled.
Benefits of High Fiber Foods and Diets
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If we all eat twice as much sugar as we should, we should also eat about half as much fiber as we need.
But why is fiber necessary? And how can we get more of it?
1).- What is fiber? Fiber is an almost indigestible substance that is found particularly in the outer layers of plants. Fiber is a peculiar type of carbohydrate that crosses through the human digestive system practically unchanged, without being broken down into nutrients.
2).- What's it good for? Fiber conserves you regular, which is why it's the principal ingredient in natural laxatives. Fiber works regulating the bowels and has also demonstrated to lower cholesterol in the blood by binding with it in the digestive system and passing it out of the body as waste. Fiber has demonstrated to help prevent colon cancer, diseases of the intestinal tract and heart disease. Another interesting thing fiber avoids is hunger: eating foods rich in fiber makes you feel fuller, and prevents overeating.
3).- Can you take too much fiber? Yes certainly! But generally it's from overdoing the laxatives or eating too much high-fiber cereal. Consuming too much fiber can provoke bloating and give you diarrhea, but on the bright side, it's tough enough to get a lot of fiber that most people never get too much. Some eating disordered folks have ridden the fiber train in an effort to lose weight, which can interfere with your body absorbing minerals it needs to stay healthy. But most people don't get nearly the fiber they need to maximize their health.
4).- Does fiber break down if I cook my vegetables mushy? It doesn't. Fiber doesn't cook away like water does, so you can boil those carrots all day if you wish.
5).- What else should I do when I eat fiber? You should drink lots of water. Conserve that fiber progressing through your intestines by lubricating them with plenty of water, after; you will be comfortable with your needs.
6).- Is not fiber for old people? Those are the ones eating fiber rich cereals in the TV ads. Indeed everyone needs fiber, and with today's school lunches, it's going to be a challenge to make sure your kids get enough fiber in their other meals.
7).- Where can I obtain fiber? You can obtain fiber in all the things you presumably don't eat because they're "boring". Beans, peas and lentils are fabulously rich in fiber; brown rice, oats. barley and other whole grains have a lot of fiber, too.
8).- I want more fiber! What should I do? Eat canned beans, which are easy to heat and serve (and certainly delicious if you bake them with molasses, onions and bacon). Skip the ultra-sweet cereals and eat oatmeal, add bran cereal to your yogurt.
But why is fiber necessary? And how can we get more of it?
1).- What is fiber? Fiber is an almost indigestible substance that is found particularly in the outer layers of plants. Fiber is a peculiar type of carbohydrate that crosses through the human digestive system practically unchanged, without being broken down into nutrients.
2).- What's it good for? Fiber conserves you regular, which is why it's the principal ingredient in natural laxatives. Fiber works regulating the bowels and has also demonstrated to lower cholesterol in the blood by binding with it in the digestive system and passing it out of the body as waste. Fiber has demonstrated to help prevent colon cancer, diseases of the intestinal tract and heart disease. Another interesting thing fiber avoids is hunger: eating foods rich in fiber makes you feel fuller, and prevents overeating.
3).- Can you take too much fiber? Yes certainly! But generally it's from overdoing the laxatives or eating too much high-fiber cereal. Consuming too much fiber can provoke bloating and give you diarrhea, but on the bright side, it's tough enough to get a lot of fiber that most people never get too much. Some eating disordered folks have ridden the fiber train in an effort to lose weight, which can interfere with your body absorbing minerals it needs to stay healthy. But most people don't get nearly the fiber they need to maximize their health.
4).- Does fiber break down if I cook my vegetables mushy? It doesn't. Fiber doesn't cook away like water does, so you can boil those carrots all day if you wish.
5).- What else should I do when I eat fiber? You should drink lots of water. Conserve that fiber progressing through your intestines by lubricating them with plenty of water, after; you will be comfortable with your needs.
6).- Is not fiber for old people? Those are the ones eating fiber rich cereals in the TV ads. Indeed everyone needs fiber, and with today's school lunches, it's going to be a challenge to make sure your kids get enough fiber in their other meals.
7).- Where can I obtain fiber? You can obtain fiber in all the things you presumably don't eat because they're "boring". Beans, peas and lentils are fabulously rich in fiber; brown rice, oats. barley and other whole grains have a lot of fiber, too.
8).- I want more fiber! What should I do? Eat canned beans, which are easy to heat and serve (and certainly delicious if you bake them with molasses, onions and bacon). Skip the ultra-sweet cereals and eat oatmeal, add bran cereal to your yogurt.
Non diet approach to eating healthy food
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With the eating disorders and the problem of the obesity running rampant through our society, people are beginning to question what dieting is all about and why for most people, it's not a long term solution.
While around 70% of women and 25% of men in the U.S. are on a diet at any one time, more than half the population is considered obese, and other Western countries have the same problem. Also there exist other serious problems in addition to the obese anorexia and bulimia for the country as a whole are the impact on individual's mental and physical health. People are dieting themselves into starvation, learning to vomit in a futile effort to rid themselves of extra calories and living miserably from one meal to the next, one weigh-in to the other.
Some experts are saying, what is wrong with our culture relates directly to our efforts to interpret the problem of perceived overweight. Almost 80% of women perceive themselves as overweight, especially because they are comparing themselves to celebrity models and actresses who are peculiarly several inches taller and twenty to thirty pounds lighter than most American women. Even little girls are on diets, trying to keep or maintain unnaturally low weight. But with everyone dieting, people are also getting fatter and fatter.
The problem is the diet. When we diet, we reduce our food intake; as a consequence our bodies slow their metabolism down, burn calories at a slower rate, reduce our energy levels and try to conserve our fat stores. Overwhelming hunger makes it difficult to concentrate, creates moodiness and fatigue and leaves us vulnerable to other diseases. Some people expend so much time having really hungry that they stop recognizing their body's hunger signals: these people are the ones at risk from eating disorders because they give up eating usually and sometimes give it up completely.
Several experts agree that the best diet is no diet at all. The more we yo-yo between weight gain and loss, the more weight we gain and the less we lose, with each attempt at dieting resulting in a larger weight gain when the diet ends. Yo-yos are bad for the health and bad for the mind and spirit, which is severely affected by the despair and self-loathing that yo-yoing weight creates. Abandon the diet!
While around 70% of women and 25% of men in the U.S. are on a diet at any one time, more than half the population is considered obese, and other Western countries have the same problem. Also there exist other serious problems in addition to the obese anorexia and bulimia for the country as a whole are the impact on individual's mental and physical health. People are dieting themselves into starvation, learning to vomit in a futile effort to rid themselves of extra calories and living miserably from one meal to the next, one weigh-in to the other.
Some experts are saying, what is wrong with our culture relates directly to our efforts to interpret the problem of perceived overweight. Almost 80% of women perceive themselves as overweight, especially because they are comparing themselves to celebrity models and actresses who are peculiarly several inches taller and twenty to thirty pounds lighter than most American women. Even little girls are on diets, trying to keep or maintain unnaturally low weight. But with everyone dieting, people are also getting fatter and fatter.
The problem is the diet. When we diet, we reduce our food intake; as a consequence our bodies slow their metabolism down, burn calories at a slower rate, reduce our energy levels and try to conserve our fat stores. Overwhelming hunger makes it difficult to concentrate, creates moodiness and fatigue and leaves us vulnerable to other diseases. Some people expend so much time having really hungry that they stop recognizing their body's hunger signals: these people are the ones at risk from eating disorders because they give up eating usually and sometimes give it up completely.
Several experts agree that the best diet is no diet at all. The more we yo-yo between weight gain and loss, the more weight we gain and the less we lose, with each attempt at dieting resulting in a larger weight gain when the diet ends. Yo-yos are bad for the health and bad for the mind and spirit, which is severely affected by the despair and self-loathing that yo-yoing weight creates. Abandon the diet!