• May 18, 2024

A frequent habit among people who decide to perform diet , but that is detrimental to its objective and health, is that of "Skip" meals or make extended periods of fast. However, how does it affect the body?

A study of Hebrew University of Jerusalem , in Israel, states that eating at fixed times could be the most effective method for lose weight and be fit that having a low diet in calories

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"I'm not hungry", It is a phrase used regularly when you do not feel the desire to eat. However, before you say it and carry it out, think twice about the effect it has on your body . Here we give you some examples.

1. It uses stored sugar reserves (glycogen). The body has reserves in the form of glycogen in liver , muscles and kidney as well as in subcutaneous (panniculus adipose) and visceral fat. When these sugar reserves are depleted, the body begins to burn fat, explains the endocrinologist, Juan Ybarra.

2. Not everything is so good. If you skip a meal, what happens is that the next one makes it much more copious and you secrete a dose of insulin much greater, and that hyperglycemia generates an increase in weight, saysCarmen Martín, nutritionist at the French Dray Clinic.

3. Mood changes. Irritability and moodiness occur due to the hormonal change that occurs.

4. Damage your mind . Skipping meals can cause the call hypoglycemia or low sugar in the blood , which leads to complications such as fainting and even neurological malfunction, says the owner of the Family Medicine Unit of the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS), in Jalisco, Juan Ignacio Godínez Morales.

5. Nerves. Fasting or prolonged absence of food has effects on the nervous system. Every time we skip a meal hypoglycemia occurs in the body, as glucose is the main source of energy in the body. brain dizziness and immediate headaches can occur, says the expert Ybarra.

6. Opposite effect. The specialist assigned to the Clinical Nutrition Service of the Civil Hospital of Guadalajara, states that "skipping" meals causes a drop in the metabolic rate and the body reserves energy, instead of spending it in the long term.

Remember that if your goal is to maintain your weight, but in a healthy way, the key is to have a balanced diet at fixed times and a daily exercise routine. Beware!

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