Doctor and nutrition consultant Barbara Kovalenko and nutritionist Brigitte Macdonald talked about the mistakes of those who want to lose weight.
Publika.az reports that the experts’ statements were published on the “Shefinds” portal. Doctors explained that although eating less calories is the main factor for weight loss, skipping meals or taking long breaks between meals can have negative consequences and even harm the body.
Doctors also said that skipping meals and long breaks between them can slow down the metabolism, forcing the body to go into starvation mode. All this causes the metabolism to slow down to save energy.
“The consequences of such an approach can be severe. Repetition of such mistakes results in the accumulation of adipose tissue reserves in the body. The second mistake is chronic stress against the background of diet. The fact is that nervous tension also has a negative effect on human metabolism, which causes the stress hormone – cortisol, to increase the body’s fat production. “If a person is in a constant state of stress, his weight will not only stabilize, but may start to increase. To prevent this, you can do yoga and meditation – this will help normalize the level of cortisol in the body,” the experts concluded.
