Here is an article regarding why low-calorie diets do not work IN MOST CASES -- it has to do with the stress hormone, cortisol, and the reason why we store fat (our metabolisms slow) when we try to diet by starving ourselves. However, what WC Douglass, MD did NOT mention (and he has before, just not in this article) is that the
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burn fat vs. burning muscle. Usually on a low calorie diet your body is triggered to burn muscle for fuel, and store the fat for later (basically, "starvation mode") -- because we have always been told this is the case, that is why so many people do not have faith or believe that the
homeopathic hcg diet really will work. You gotta try it and see... it is remarkable! Critics will cite that it won't work, that you will lose the same amount of weight without the hcg, if you starve yourself. That might be true, but you are losing more inches, because the weight you burn using the
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Starving yourself fat: Why low-calorie diets go bust It's no big secret: Unless your name is Gandhi, a low-calorie diet isn't going to help you lose weight.
I can't stress enough how bad these diets are... and now, a new study shows one more reason they're doomed to fail.
Cutting back the calories sends a signal to your body that you're under attack... because in many ways, you are under attack -- from your own diet. Bunny salads, low-cal meals and frozen diet dinners kick the production of the stress hormone cortisol into overdrive.
The study published in Psychosomatic Medicine found that you'll get a stress boost just by going on a low-calorie diet... but if you start counting your dietary calories too, you'll get an even bigger cortisol jolt.
So these diets don't just feel stressful -- they are stressful.
No wonder so many dieters turn into irritable grouches! But at least Oscar manages to fit inside his trashcan despite all those years eating garbage. The rest of us aren't so lucky.
All that cortisol tells the body to retain weight, so as you eat less, you can actually weigh more. That's also why it's impossible to stay on these diets -- your body is screaming at you the whole time.
Cortisol is the same hormone released during the "fight or flight" reaction, and if you're on one of these diets, take flight fast -- before it kills you. Excess cortisol production has been linked to problems in the digestive, reproductive and immune systems.
It can even shut those functions down completely.
There's one way to lose weight, keep it off and stay healthy: Kill the carbs, especially sugar. Get them down close to zero, and you'll never starve -- feel free to eat as much healthy animal fats and proteins as you want, and your body will take it from there.
No stress necessary.
Slim, trim and stress-free,
William Campbell Douglass II, M.D.
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