It's Your Health!

Why doesn't my diet work?
What are the downsides of dieting?

• Numerous studies show that 98-percent of people who lose weight regain it within five years.
• Ninety-percent of these gain more weight than they originally lost.
• The failure of weight loss programs is so great that a leading researcher has said, "Dieting is the leading cause of obesity in the United States."

Lay out of one of the primary problems:

• The typical daily calorie intake for adults is 2400 to 3000.
• The typical weight loss program reduces this to 900 to 1200 calories a day.
• You are still doing whatever you do on this reduced input. Right?
• Logically you must loose weight! So what's up?

This leads us to the starvation factor:
The World Health organization defines starvation (the point at which the body is dying) as 900 calories or less a day.

At this input level your body starts to use its reserves and this includes loss of fat, muscle and bone. The heart and the brain can be detrimentally effected if this "Starvation level" calorie input is maintained. It is likely that your body's natural electrolyte balance will be disturbed and high blood pressure can result, as well. In addition:  Mental and Physical stress occurs as your body tries to compensate. Bone mass decrease with loss of calcium and resultant Osteoporosis can occur. (Exacerbated in post menopausal women). Estrogen deficiency may occur.