Are dieting's obstacles psychological or physical?

-Are dieting's obstacles psychological or physical?

 

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Summary:
The phrase 'diet' generated approximately 157 million online pages containing diet plans, pills, potions, and dieting suggestions from health institutions, diet corporations, nutritional specialists, and others from all over the world, according to the most recent census. Despite this, we are nearing the pinnacle of an obesity pandemic that is inflicting tremendous mental anguish and sadness, in addition to the growing number of severe ailments associated to individuals who are overweight or obese. How is this possible when there is so much information available?

 

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The phrase 'diet' generated approximately 157 million online pages containing diet plans, pills, potions, and dieting suggestions from health institutions, diet corporations, nutritional specialists, and others from all over the world, according to the most recent census. Despite this, we are nearing the pinnacle of an obesity pandemic that is inflicting tremendous mental anguish and sadness, in addition to the growing number of severe ailments associated to individuals who are overweight or obese. How is this possible when there is so much information available?

 

The trend is merciless, coming in second only to smoking as the leading cause of self-inflicted premature death, but if left to its own devices, obesity will overtake smoking as the leading cause of self-inflicted premature death within the next five years. Mother Nature is brutal in her approach to life, allowing only the fittest to survive, and the current trend is her response to the impacts of a diet that is plainly unsuitable for the health of the human body and mind. All we have to do is come to a halt, take a step back, and look around to realize that there is a severe problem. There is no need for statistics, reports, or headlines in the media to communicate this story.

 It's evident that if we want to reverse the present obesity epidemic, we need to modify what we're doing as people. The ultimate duty for acting in our own best interests rests with each of us.

We must acknowledge that the supermarket sector is a jumble of contradictions, selling both nutritious items and the same things that lead to our becoming overweight or fat in the first place. This is very evident in today's supermarkets.

Profit has become human nature, and this is obvious in many businesses throughout the world, and it is far from unique among dieting circles. We must also keep in mind that, while diet firms may appear to be interested and concerned, they are completely reliant on your failure to diet in order to stay in business. Their firms would very certainly fail if they were competent at what they do. So, other than ourselves, who can we trust? The data is unmistakable; there is no room for argument.

 

We could get relief at some point in the future, but not now. With an ever-increasing understanding of human genetics and genetic engineering, science and technology are moving closer to the prospect of a wonder medication. But, in fact, who would ever seek or want to be reliant on diet medications regularly just because they don't grasp the link between the food our bodies were made for and the food we eat? Why do we consciously overeat when we are aware that it is unhealthy for us and that we are harming ourselves? Why is it that we only choose to disregard our meals when we are hungry?


So, Is it a psychological issue, a physical issue, or both?

 

To answer this, we must first look at how our diet has evolved over the last 50 years. Refined carbohydrate consumption, such as sugar, has risen dramatically, whereas fat and protein consumption has remained relatively stable. Even though overall saturated fat consumption has fallen significantly in recent years, saturated fats have been and continue to be an issue.


Many studies, particularly those related to understanding how the Atkins diet works, found that refined carbs and fats both had an addictive quality to them. Refined sugars, according to studies, wreak havoc on the delicate balance that keeps glucose levels in the bloodstream in check. This hurts our hormonal activities, such as insulin and glucagon, which are both important for restoring glucose levels to normal following a surge in refined carbohydrate consumption in our diet. 

These tolerable blood glucose levels are kept within very small margins.


In an attempt to re-establish balance, refined carbohydrates cause excessive hormonal activity. These unnatural'swings' in hormone activity frequently result in mood swings ranging from joyful and satisfied to unhappy, agitated, and even anxious or panic. Long-term exposure to these hormonal changes might cause the entire process to become less effective, and diabetes can arise as a result.


Other research has found that ingesting large amounts of fats causes an unanticipated human response in terms of nutrition. You'd assume that consuming high-fat foods would help to fulfill your appetite. Medical study, on the other hand, has proven that the contrary is true. Foods high in fats have been demonstrated in clinical trials to cause people to eat more rather than less. The results of such trials were innovative at the time since they utterly defied current nutritional thought.

 

It's also worth noting that further medical research has revealed that foods high in protein are connected to the reaction that suggests you've had enough to eat. In other words, proteins are thought to activate the 'I'm full' response in some way.

 

Then there's the tremendous shift in our energy use. We used to hunt and gather food, but today we just go to the store or, in the worst-case scenario, have it delivered to our house. Food has gone from scarcity to abundance (at least for us), and we've gone from being 'active' to be rather 'dormant.' What might we expect if we move less and eat more?

Many people think that simply not exercising might cause the body to respond by slowing down metabolism and accumulating fat layers beneath the skin for two reasons, both of which are tied to human survival. You may be unable to 'hunt,' and so unable to acquire food, in evolutionary terms. To conserve energy, lowering your body's metabolic rate is a no-brainer. Second, if food is available during a period of inactivity, would it not make sense to lay down fat layers beneath the skin to maintain body heat and provide an energy source during prospective 'lean times'? Even if we have perfect sense and flawless design, we don't comprehend ourselves, and even if we do, many of us choose to ignore it.

 

In summary, part of the difficulty that we humans confront in the dieting world is a physical one that is tied to the interplay of the food kinds we eat with the food types that our bodies produce. And, plainly, our food has changed dramatically in the last 50 years, yet our bodies continue to function in the same way they have for well over 100,000 years. Although we live in the twenty-first century, our bodies are still stuck in the 'Stone Age.' Although evolution is a long process, the link and response of chemicals in our diet with the cells of the human body has been solidified and cast over millions of years.

 

So it's up to us to alter... since Mother Nature will not provide us with entertainment for thousands of years...

 

Run with it, eat what your body was made for, and weight reduction will almost certainly follow...

 

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