Getting thinner and older? Wrong weight loss causes aging

Eating less in moderation can stimulate the survival potential of life, but long-term dieting is different and will lead to completely opposite consequences. In order to save energy, various repair, growth, reproduction and immune mechanisms in the human body will be downgraded or even suspended. Therefore, many women lose weight to the point of menopause; adolescent boys and girls lose weight to the point of not growing tall and experiencing stunted development; young people lose weight to the point of becoming "weak" and catching colds and getting sick frequently. This is all because the body's functions have been downgraded.

Eating less in moderation can stimulate the survival potential of life, but long-term dieting is different and will lead to completely opposite consequences. In order to save energy, various repair, growth, reproduction and immune mechanisms in the human body will be downgraded or even suspended.

Most people's concept of weight loss is still "eat less", thinking that as long as the total calories consumed are less than the amount consumed, body fat and weight can be reduced. In fact, this is not entirely correct. Anyone who has experience in weight loss knows that eating less at the beginning can indeed help you lose weight quickly, but it won’t be long before a plateau occurs, followed by weight regain.

Why can’t I lose weight even though I eat less? The key lies in the "basal metabolic rate". The basal metabolic rate is the minimum amount of energy required for each person to maintain life functions. Men, women, old and young are all different: men are taller than women, and children are taller than the elderly. Please note! Only the elderly have a lower metabolic rate. The first organ to be affected by insufficient food intake is the spleen, which is responsible for supplying nutrients to the internal organs. When the spleen cannot produce enough nutrients to nourish the internal organs, the functions of the five internal organs will weaken, leading to individual aging.

In other words, the wrong way to lose weight will lead to accelerated aging of the individual! When more food energy is consumed than is expended, energy is stored. In the past, food was generally insufficient for humans, and they often went hungry. In order to utilize the nutrients in food more effectively, the human body naturally evolved a mechanism to store nutrients, that is, to convert excess energy into fat and store it for use only during periods of food shortage.

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At the same time, in order to save energy, when the amount of activity decreases, the body's basal metabolic rate will automatically decrease to reduce unnecessary energy consumption. Therefore, even if you eat the same amount of food, each person's body fat will be completely different, and the reason lies in the difference in basal metabolic rate. The reason why weight loss plateaus or weight gain occurs is because the metabolic rate decreases.

For example, I have two patients who are cousins. They both weigh over 70 kilograms. They made a bet to see who could lose more weight, so they agreed to come to the clinic to lose weight. After three months of implementing the diet control, both of them successfully lost weight to 57 kilograms. Afterwards, my cousin wanted to lose more weight quickly, so she began to deliberately reduce her food intake in the fourth month. She only ate vegetables and drank water, and didn't even touch fruits. My cousin was just the opposite. She had three normal meals but would occasionally eat something because she was greedy. As a result, when she came back for a follow-up check-up in the fifth month, the cousin who ate less actually lost more weight than the cousin who ate less.

The reason is that the cousin's basal metabolic rate was "lowered" by herself. Drinking water and eating vegetables without eating other foods is the worst way to lose weight, which will quickly reduce the basal metabolic rate. The cousin who occasionally cheats on food has a higher basal metabolic rate, so even if she cheats on food, she can still burn calories, so the cousin won in the end.

There is only one reason why you gain weight even though you don’t eat much, and that is that your ability to convert fat has deteriorated, and fat metabolism is controlled by your spleen. Gaining weight even after drinking water is edema, also known as "water retention". The spleen is responsible for transportation and transformation. If the spleen is weak, it will be unable to transport and transform water and dampness, leading to dampness obstruction (edema).

People who want to lose weight should remember: you won’t lose weight just by eating less, and it will also damage your body. The correct and healthy way to lose weight is to understand the working mechanism of the human body and your own physical constitution, implement appropriate diet control, and then combine it with moderate exercise to "trick" your body so that the basal metabolic rate does not decrease, or even increases the basal metabolic rate. Don’t forget, only the elderly have a lower basal metabolic rate. If you lose so much weight that your metabolic rate drops, it means your body has begun to age!

Eighty percent of human diseases are related to the aging of the internal organs, such as cancer, heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, infertility, dementia, indigestion, etc. Common modern health problems are all caused by people's lack of attention to health preservation, improper diet, careless living habits, work pressure, mental stress, lack of sleep, lack of exercise, excessive indulgence, leading to spleen and kidney deficiency, which makes diseases and aging come quickly. According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, as long as the functions of the internal organs return to normal and the aging process of the body is slowed down or reversed, health can be restored without having to take medication for the rest of one’s life. In other words, when the body becomes younger, it will be immune to all diseases!

For more information, please refer to "Disease Prevention: Make Your Body Younger and Be Immune to All Diseases"