Avoiding Low Calorie Dieter’s Syndrome

Based on my research working with thousands of patients, I determined that consuming less than 1,800 calories per day slows down the body’s metabolism, in other words, it slows down the body’s calorie burning capacity. Low calorie dieting also causes loss of muscle mass as well as fat loss. You should also be aware that an adverse consequence of low calorie dieting is increased production of cortisol (stress hormone) in the body. A major problem that comes with higher cortisol levels when trying to lose excess body fat is that cortisol tends to block use of the body fat for calories.

There are minimum daily calorie intake requirements that are essential to vital body functions. For example, the brain alone utilizes about a minimum of 800 calories per day from glucose, or from fatty acids in emergency. Our bodily functions, such as heart beat, breathing, organ function require a minimum of 500 calories, and our base line metabolism burns a minimum of 500 calories under sedentary conditions.

Based on these “minimum” vital function caloric demands, about 1,800 calories per day minimum is required for our body to be healthy at sedentary activity level. The point of interest and medical significance is that consumption of less than 1,800 calories per day causes the metabolism (calorie burning capacity of the body) to gradually slow down, and even makes the body to start using muscle as well as fat to meet the deficit calorie needs. This low calorie dieting, less than 1,800 calories per day also causes hormonal imbalances and loss of essential body tissues, like bone and muscle.

Tragically, almost all of the current one-size-fits-all diet books recommend less than 1,800 calories diet. They all slow the metabolism down, and eventually are the root cause of regaining the weight back in less than a year. It is also important to note that the 1,800 calories per day minimum is the lowest for all adults, regardless of total body weight and gender. Some authors of other diet books have suggested that the critical minimum number of calories may be based on a calculation using a fraction of body weight, for example 10% of body weight.

Corrective actions including diet and exercise should be different for different Body-Profile type categories and should be gender specific too, which the Body-Profile Type Approach is.

Body-Profile Type Fat Loss Medical Breakthrough Is The Ultimate Weight Management Solution

The Body-Profile Type Approach actually determines the best diet and exercise program based on a person’s individual requirements; their past history with diets, their body fat type, their metabolic type, and their behavior type. For the first time weight loss dieter, the importance of using the Body-Profile Type Approach is that it will produce healthy, medically correct weight loss, while promoting normal metabolic and hormonal function. This is vital for both adults and teenagers too.

For the repeat weight loss dieter, the Body-Profile Type Fat Loss Approach will literally “rescue” the person from their low calorie dieter’s syndrome / hormonal imbalance trap, which was caused by their previous failed weight loss attempts with the ineffective one-size-fits-all approaches. Their health and metabolism will finally be restored so they can start to lose the excess body fat, and be able to eat normal amounts of food again during weight loss and for successful weight maintenance.

Excessive exercising increases cortisol levels and neuropeptide Y levels, causing more fat storage and increases the level of obesity or excess body fat. With my Body-Profile Type individualized exercise programs, this type of obesity causing exercise is avoided or corrected.

So, when it comes to medically correct weight loss (fat loss), followed by weight maintenance, it is the “right” type and amount of exercise that matters most, not simply how much a person exercises. The exercise program has to be best suited to match a person’s individual condition and abilities. The Body-Profile Type Exercise Program is based on the results of the Body-Profile Type evaluation, so it is best suited for promoting fat loss and hormonal balance.

Gender Matters Too

On top of these issues, the one-size-fits-all diets are not gender specific or life stage specific. Women tend to have more emotional eating issues and they cannot be on flexible diets, they have to be on a strict diet plan. In comparison men have more visual eating pattern and they do well even on a flexible diet.

As you see, the one-size-fits-all weight loss approaches do not successfully fit all.

effective and successful results. The right macronutrient composition and caloric intake, along with the right exercise program, will restore and maintain normal hormone balance and metabolic rate, and it is important for longevity.