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Why Diets Do Not Work ?


Make clear that muscle is to lose weight is difficult to accept.
People often turn to drastic schemes or methods miracles found in magazines whose sole purpose is to sell:

“Lose 10 kg in 2 weeks before the summer recess without effort.

Certain (e) s are in the plan several times during the year and victims of the yo-yo. Indeed, the body adapts and reduces its basal metabolism when it is facing a protracted famine. He is then forced to adapt and expend less energy.

The basal metabolic rate or basal, depends on several factors such as age, sex, muscle mass and fat but for some it also depends on genetics, we are not equal before the plate, some will eat a lot without taking and not others is unfair.

The energy intake in calories of this type of diet is generally low but the protein intake that is problematic, especially if it becomes virtually nonexistent. The body will then draw directly into the muscles that are reserves of amino acids and energy to compensate. Less muscle is lower metabolism.

These deprivations can not last forever, they eventually crack and resume normal diet before and then let go of the worst food. They regrosir then even more than before, even by eating light because their metabolism and decreased body made reservations if new hunger!

These schemes also deprives the person of vitamins and minerals with adverse consequences for health (eg calcium).
In addition to their social life is affected as people plan long are constantly tired and aggressive and is the spouse or child support.

For there to be fat loss, it is necessary that the energy expenditure is higher in calories, so the solution is to dry to reduce caloric intake through diet and increase energy expenditure.