To lose weight, you must first fight against the "yo-yo". Is eating celery and grapes really effective?

Over the years, people have grown tired of dieting excessively to lose weight, only to return to their old eating habits and gain fat again, creating the yo-yo effect of losing weight and gaining weight again. The Daily Mail pointed out that some scientists believe that this "yo-yo effect" may be caused by the "bad" bacteria in the intestines reducing the content of flavonoids in the intestines.

Flavonoids can encourage cells to "burn" fat. Sources of flavonoid compounds include: apigenin (found in parsley, celery and chamomile tea); another is naringenin, which is found in grapefruit, orange, tomato peel and water mint.

Countering Yo-Yo Research: Apigenin and Naringenin Mouse Experiments

A new study conducted by Israeli researchers fed normal mice a high-fat food to turn them into obese mice. After the obese mice successfully lost weight by feeding them a normal diet, they were fed a high-fat food again and found that the mice became fatter faster than before, accumulated fat again, and became heavier than before they lost weight, turning into yo-yoing mice.

The intestinal flora of these yo-yoing mice was then transferred to the intestines of another group of normal mice, which were then fed a high-fat diet. It was found that these mice also accumulated fat at an accelerated rate.

The researchers found that the yo-yoing mice had lower levels of two flavonoid compounds, apigenin and naringenin, than the other mice. Therefore, they fed high-concentration flavonoid supplements and found that the yo-yo effect and weight gain could be blocked.

The key, scientists say, may be that "bad" bacteria in the gut reduce the amount of flavonoids in the gut, so more fat is stored. Although this study was conducted in mice, a similar mechanism may occur in humans, but more research is needed to confirm this.

Yo-yo diet may reduce glucose tolerance, increase risk of type 2 diabetes

Additionally, scientists believe that yo-yo dieting can reduce glucose tolerance and increase the risk of type 2 diabetes. However, if you eat more fruits and vegetables, because they contain a lot of flavonoid compounds, it is possible to reverse the possibility of the yo-yo effect.

Does eating apigenin and naringenin really help burn fat and lose weight? Nutritionists believe that a large number of clinical cases are still needed to confirm this.

Why does bad bacteria in the intestines reduce the content of flavonoids? Nutritionist Zhao Hanying said that the relationship between bad bacteria and flavonoids is still unclear. Flavonoids are a type of phytochemical. According to modern scientific research, they can resist chronic diseases, slow down the production of free radicals, and reduce chronic inflammatory responses. Obesity is also a result of chronic inflammation.

Does eating apigenin and naringenin really help burn fat and lose weight?

Does eating apigenin and naringenin really help burn fat and lose weight? At present, a large number of clinical cases are needed to confirm this. It is not enough to just supplement these to lose weight. In my weight loss clinic, I found that the reasons why everyone gets fat are different. Some are due to wrong eating habits, some are due to malnutrition due to eating too little, and some are due to endocrine imbalance caused by work and rest, sleep and stress. Therefore, weight loss still varies from person to person. Just supplementing flavonoids without adjusting appropriate diet, exercise, mood, sleep, bowel movements, etc., the effect is still limited.

Understanding the Yo-Yo Effect

As for the "yo-yo effect", it refers to excessive dieting without a balanced diet, which causes the body to lose water and muscle mass, resulting in weight loss. Once the original diet is returned, the over-starved body absorbs and accumulates fat, causing the body to gain weight again, becoming even fatter than before the weight loss. This is called the yo-yo effect of losing weight and getting fatter. This kind of physique will result in no effect when dieting again the next time, and once you give up, you will get fatter and fatter.

To avoid this situation, you must avoid excessive dieting, using extremely low-calorie weight loss methods, or eating extremely low-calorie meal replacements without the guidance of professionals. These will lead to a large lack of nutrition in the body and make the body unbalanced. Once you return to a normal diet, it will be easier to accumulate fat. The same concept applies to taking diet pills. In the short term, you rely on drugs to promote diuresis and hypermetabolism. Once you stop taking the drugs, it is easy to cause weight gain and difficulty losing weight. In mild cases, you will only gain weight and suffer from insomnia. In severe cases, it may cause multiple organ failure. We urge the public to be careful.

Case sharing by a female student: 28 years old, originally weighed 65 kg, and replaced two meals a day with commercially available very low-calorie meal replacement drinks, and lost weight to 55 kg in a month. But after returning to her original diet, she gained weight again after 3 months. She was even fatter than before, weighing 75 kilograms. She tried meal replacements again, but found that she could not lose weight like before, and her menstrual period also missed.

There is no shortcut to losing weight, nor is there a so-called weight loss bible. You still have to adjust your diet and exercise according to your individual situation, and proceed step by step to lose weight healthily and beautifully.