Excessive fasting leads to weight loss, hair loss, and breast shrinkage, which makes you look older

In the summer, most people lose weight crazily in order to show off their bodies. There are various wrong weight loss myths, including some people choosing fasting, some people mistakenly believing that they can lose weight by completely avoiding starch, and some people almost never eat eggs, let alone egg yolks, because they are worried about high cholesterol, thus falling into the "yo-yo effect" of a vicious cycle of weight loss. A survey further found that more than 90% of mature women in Taiwan are crazy about losing weight, but 30% of them feel that they are getting older and older, and some even suffer from sequelae such as severe hair loss, breast shrinkage, and rough skin.

Weight loss doctor Yang Mingquan reminds you that there are three major dietary principles for ageless weight loss, and you cannot lean towards any one of them. (Photography by Huang Manying)

The survey also found that 46% of young women use the wrong weight loss methods, including 60.2% who do not eat specific foods to lose weight (not eating starch), 30.1% who use fasting to lose weight (not eating anything, only drinking liquid food or water), and 17.6% who take drugs of unknown origin or radio-assisted weight loss drugs.

Weight loss physician Yang Mingquan said that it is common for some women in the outpatient clinic to complain of nausea and dizziness. After questioning, it was found that they had been adopting an incorrect low-oil, low-salt and low-sugar diet for a long time. They almost did not add oil, salt or sugar when cooking food, mistakenly thinking that this was a healthy way of eating. In fact, they were seriously lacking in protein, good fats and fiber, as well as sodium, which led to symptoms such as nausea, dizziness and vomiting. As long as you lose weight randomly for more than a week, the above sequelae may occur.

Nutritionist Yang Chenghua recommends three anti-aging dietary principles. (Photography by Huang Manying)

If it is not stopped or improved, after more than a month, due to long-term insufficient protein intake and aging of cell membranes, young women will suffer from severe hair loss, breast shrinkage, rough skin and other problems. A more normal and safe way to control weight is to eat more fish, meat, beans, eggs and milk for breakfast, eat simpler beans and fruits and vegetables for lunch, and eat grains and starch for dinner. Especially for people with high work pressure, eating starch at night can calm the mood and help sleep quality.

The principle of the anti-aging diet is to consume half plant and half animal protein. You can consume 4 servings of plant protein every day, such as soy milk, tofu, etc. (Photography by Huang Manying)

Ms. Xu, 43 years old, said that she ate very little in order to lose weight, and lacked basic nutrients for a long time, which led to the "yo-yo effect" and she felt that it was easy to gain weight again. Later, under the guidance of a weight loss doctor, she adopted a low GI diet. Now she looks only 30 years old.

Nutritionist Yang Chenghua reminds us of the three major anti-aging dietary principles. First, consume half plant and half animal protein. You can consume 4 servings of plant protein every day, such as soy milk, tofu, etc., and exercise to maintain metabolism; secondly, supplement lecithin and oil appropriately. Lecithin is one of the important components of skin cells. When combined with appropriate oils, it can form a nutrient source for skin cells through the emulsification effect of lecithin. Soy products or egg yolks are good sources of nutrition.