Just when you thought dieting and exercising was going to help prevent disease, a study is showing that it can actually cause you to develop one. We can’t win here, can we?
The Study on Diet and Disease
According to a study reported on dailymail.co.uk, individuals who dieted by counting calories produced more of the stress hormone cortisol. This hormone is believed to relate to the development of heart disease, diabetes and cancer. The other aspect of the effects of calorie counting dieting is that people feel stressed when they can’t eat normally and have to take into account everything they eat, which further contributes to disease.
So you have a double whammy on this one – you have the biological hormones causing stress on your body as well as your mental health.
What to Do About Weight Loss
To help you still lose weight but not put yourself in danger it’s best to take the weight loss journey slowly. Make small adjustments to your diet and exercise regimen. That way, you’ll have a better chance of keeping off what you lose and you won’t throw your hormone levels out of whack, which will keep your stress levels down.
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Sun, Apr 18, 2010
Health, Stress, Weight Loss