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Our bodies were designed for survival. When you "end" a diet (famine), food becomes plentiful again. When the diet is finished, the body will react by storing every possible bit of calorie as fat to protect it from the next 'famine', and the cycle begins again. We need to break the traditional view of dieting and update our understanding of how our bodies work.
1:05 What is a "diet"? 2:34 Damage to our metabolism process. 4:54 Biggest Loser 8:26 Optifast 10:45 Dieting and it's relationship to exercise 13:59 Never diet again!
For full transcription of this podcast: https://www.journeybeyondweightloss.com/blog/2
By Angela Zechmann, MD5
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Our bodies were designed for survival. When you "end" a diet (famine), food becomes plentiful again. When the diet is finished, the body will react by storing every possible bit of calorie as fat to protect it from the next 'famine', and the cycle begins again. We need to break the traditional view of dieting and update our understanding of how our bodies work.
1:05 What is a "diet"? 2:34 Damage to our metabolism process. 4:54 Biggest Loser 8:26 Optifast 10:45 Dieting and it's relationship to exercise 13:59 Never diet again!
For full transcription of this podcast: https://www.journeybeyondweightloss.com/blog/2