My Strong Medicine

The adventures of a male nurse navigating through life, staying fit, surviving the journey.

Choose Your Food Wisely

Posted by Sean on August 26, 2010

So, not that you haven’t already heard, but here is more scientifically proven evidence that what you eat determines your body composition and level of body weight.
Even a brief moment of ‘cheat’ eating has long-term effects.
Be careful what you eat, choose wisely.
This particular evidence is a strong supportive argument when discussing the battle of weight loss plateaus.
Not losing weight? Maybe it has something to do with what you ate a year ago?
Baffling.

Amplify’d from www.medicalnewstoday.com

A Moment On The Lips, A Year On The Hips

A short period of excess food consumption can have long term effects on your body weight and fat storage even after the initial weight is lost. A study published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Nutrition & Metabolism has found that a four-week episode of increased energy intake and decreased exercise can cause increased weight and fat mass more than two years later when compared to control individuals.
The study provides interesting new evidence to suggest that even a short period of excessive eating and a lack of exercise can potentially change an individual’s physiology, causing it to be harder to lose and keep off weight. Ernersson summarised, “The change of fat mass was larger than expected when compared to the controls, it suggests that even short-term behavioural changes may have prolonged effects on health.”Read more at www.medicalnewstoday.com
 

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