{"id":10187,"date":"2022-02-08T10:38:54","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T10:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/how-your-metabolism-slows-down-when-you-try-to-lose-weight"},"modified":"2022-02-08T11:58:27","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T11:58:27","slug":"how-your-metabolism-slows-down-when-you-try-to-lose-weight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/how-your-metabolism-slows-down-when-you-try-to-lose-weight","title":{"rendered":"How your metabolism slows down when you try to lose weight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>Many people trying to shed excess weight can see the results from their diets stall after losing a certain amount of weight. But a new study shows how the body\u2019s metabolism slows as a way to compensate for the reduced amount of calories that are being consumed.<\/p>\n

An analysis of data from 65 dieting women, aged between 21 and 41, revealed their bodies could adapt to burn on average 50 fewer calories a day. Some women, who were initially overweight or obese, adapted to the weight loss to use hundreds of fewer calories per day, according to the report published in Obesity.<\/p>\n

This \u201cmetabolic adaption\u201d is a response to weight loss by decreasing the resting metabolic rate – that is, the number of calories a person needs to keep critical systems functioning, such as the heart and the lungs.<\/p>\n

\u201cMetabolic adaptation during weight loss can make it harder for people to achieve their goals,\u201d said the study\u2019s first author, Catia Martins, an Associate Professor of Nutrition Science at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn this study we found people with more metabolic adaptation took longer to achieve their weight-loss goals.<\/p>\n

In this case, the women were all trying to get to a body mass index or BMI of 25 – just a little past what is considered a normal or healthy BMI range of 18.5 to 24.9.<\/p>\n

Anti-Aging Products In Iran, Islamic Republic Of May Be Turning Heads Prof Martins and her colleagues found that dieting took one day longer for every 10-calorie drop in resting metabolic rate.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had some women whose resting metabolic rate dropped by close to 700 calories, which means it would take them 70 more days, or about two months longer, to achieve their weight loss goals compared to someone with no metabolic adaptation at all,\u201d Prof Martins said.<\/p>\n

To take a closer look at how women\u2019s resting metabolic rates might change during dieting, Prof Martins and her colleagues re-analysed data from two earlier University of Alabama at Birmingham studies, dubbed ROMEO and JULIET.<\/p>\n

The researchers focused on patients who were losing weight by diet alone, with a maximum of one day per week of exercise. During the study, all volunteers were provided with an 800-calorie-a-day diet until they reached their weight loss goals.<\/p>\n

At that point, a number of measurements were taken, including resting metabolic rate. Martins and her colleagues determined that 64 per cent of the women had completely stuck with their diets. Overall, the women lost an average of 12.5 kg over an average of 22 weeks.<\/p>\n

When the researchers accounted for factors such as dietary adherence, they found that the greater the change in resting metabolic rate, the longer it took women to reach their weight loss goals.<\/p>\n

\u201cA person experiencing a lot of metabolic adaptation will experience weight loss plateaus and will struggle to lose those last (kilos),\u201d Prof Martins said.<\/p>\n

Prof Martins said she suspects that adding exercise, as well as weightlifting, might help. Another strategy, she said, would be to take a short break from the diet.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce the person really stabilises for a while – two weeks would probably be enough – then the effect will go away and they can then restart the diet,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

There are other metabolic challenges to losing weight, said Dr Rekha Kumar, an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe researchers have isolated one aspect of metabolic adaptation,\u201d said Prof Kumar, who was not involved with the new research.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the important thing is that resting metabolic rate is not the only thing presenting a challenge to people trying to lose weight. There are so many hormones, such as ghrelin and leptin, that go in the wrong direction with weight loss. \u201d<\/p>\n

The study does \u201csupport what people see in their own experience and what clinicians see in their patients – it\u2019s not about willpower,\u201d Prof Kumar said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs you lose weight, it becomes harder and harder to achieve your weight loss goal.<\/p>\n

\u201d The brain interprets a reduction in calories as a danger to the body, a possible sign that a famine has begun, Prof Kumar said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd that\u2019s true no matter how it\u2019s achieved, whether it\u2019s through dieting or weight-loss surgery.\u201d<\/p>\n

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