Can Dieting Make You Fat?

Many people can’t really associate dieting with gaining weight. The question “Can dieting
make you fat”?   The answer that many have a hard time believing or do not clearly
understand is YES dieting can in fact cause a person to gain weight. If an individual
is on a mission to lose weight there are instructions that one must take in order to be
produce successful results.   Exercising, medical health check up, taking vitamins, consistency,
discipline, and understanding how the human body works with exercising are very important to
know before beginning a workout plan.  
    Many people diet and exercise because they have the desire to want to lose weight,
but at times losing weight is not always the primary result and then people become
discouraged. The reason for that may be that the individual may be dieting incorrectly
therefore before dieting the first thing that an individual should is check with his/her
physician to verify the proper kind of diet plan they should be on because every   human body
reacts differently to different methods of exercise or dieting. A physician should be consulted
so that they can provided the best plan possible after a physician is consulted and a
dieting plan is received   the structured plan has to be followed.   In the article Dieting and
Weight Loss by Dr. Marlyn Glenville PhD she states that Dieting can in fact make you gain
weight the reason being that the body is adjusting itself to the food that it is being fed and
living off of it slowly. Dr. Glenville states “As you reduce your food intake to lose weight, your
body put itself on 'famine alert'. It gets the impression that food is scarce and therefore it
slows down your metabolism to get the best use of the small amount of food it is receiving”.  
“Starving” the body meaning not to completely stop eating but to eat less and less it
strengthens the possibility of the individual gaining weight because your body will still
continue to slowly... [continues]

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