Some people answer that they feel as if they have been on a diet nearly all their lives. Most people tell me they have been on many diets – yet are still dieting.
Currently in Britain nearly 70% of fifteen-year olds are dieting!
In the US back in 1964 15% of the population was dieting.
In 1992 70% of women and 50% of men and 80% of teenagers were dieters.
Today even 8 year old children are dieting!
You would think for all this dieting we would be nations of thin people, yet we are generally getting fatter. Clearly something is not right.
Going on’ several diets and the subsequent ‘coming off’ a diet has these consequences (this list is by no means complete)
*Loss of self-esteem
*40% drop in metabolism
*Muscles shrink which further lowers metabolism
*Heart output decreases by 40%
*Regain weight that was lost after coming off a diet.
*Preoccupation with certain foods
*Gallstones, and sometimes the removal of the gall bladder due to dieting
*25% of dieters on a liquid diet develop gallstones and need their gall bladder removed
* Mental dullness
* Increased risk of developing diabetes
* Decreased sexual drive and interest
* Elevated cholesterol levels
* Elevated uric acid levels
* Nausea
* Headaches
* Abnormal heart beat
* Moods
* Binging and cravings
* Much less energy
Think about this for a moment –
I find people are reluctant to eat more fruit and vegetables even though they can help prevent cancer or stave off chronic diseases or lengthen their lives, but are more than happy to eat nasty chemicals and strange processed expensive junk in the name of ‘dieting’, in the hope of losing weight!