Saturday, November 20, 2021

While reducing calorie intake can indeed boost weight loss, cutting calories too low can lead to metabolic adaptations and long-term health consequences.
Though going on a very low-calorie diet will likely promote rapid weight loss in the short term, long-term adherence to very-low-calorie diets leads to a reduction in metabolic rate, increased feelings of hunger, and alterations in fullness hormones.
This makes long-term weight maintenance difficult.
This is why studies have shown that low-calorie dieters rarely succeed in keeping excess weight off in the long term

Posted at 12:10 PM