Due to the coronavirus, we spent time at home for a long time. Due to the change in our daily habits, gaining weight as a result of overeating emerged as the biggest problem. Dietitian Selin Cengiz emphasized that with the arrival of summer and the beginning of the normalization process, individuals turned to diet programs that make them lose weight quickly in order to get rid of the excess weight gained during the quarantine period, and said, "Low-calorie diet programs, uniform or inadequate, unbalanced nutrition programs are unhealthy and short-term because they are not personalized." "Since this situation also reduces people's body resistance, it may invite different chronic diseases in the future," he said.
The coronavirus pandemic, which started in China and affected the whole world, affects people in many ways. An increase in our tendency to emotional eating behavior was observed along with stress. As a result, we encountered a situation that we call 'Quarantine Weight.' With the normalization process, while individuals are looking for various ways to lose the excess weight they have gained, many people are eating a single type of food that is very harmful to their health, inadequate weight. and turned to unbalanced nutrition programs.
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Cengiz stated that unhealthy and non-personalized diet programs for rapid weight loss are unfortunately short-term. “However, popular or low-calorie nutrition programs, if not specifically programmed for you, cause a decrease in muscle and water loss, not in the amount of fat. Diet programs that promise rapid weight loss in a short time; It may cause your metabolism to slow down. Long-term low calorie intake creates a stressful environment in the body and thus the metabolism may slow down. At the same time, with a slowing metabolism, the body may use muscle mass as fuel to preserve fat stores. "After applying such diet programs, we may encounter a body that is weakened but has an increased fat rate," he said.
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Cengiz continued his words as follows: When such diets are applied in the long term; organ damage, hair loss It can cause problems such as weight loss, anemia, gallbladder stones, menstrual irregularities and depression. Especially in case of organ damage, since organs with high energy needs such as the kidney, liver and brain need regular carbohydrate intake, the energy restricted in sudden calorie decreases causes irreversible damage to these organs. However, diseases that may occur include stroke, heart attack and kidney failure. According to the World Health Organization's healthy living and weight control guide, a healthy weight loss program should aim to lose around 2 to 4 kilos per month with age and person-specific adjustments. Therefore, nutrition programs for weight loss should be planned according to your body under the guidance of an expert. There should also be a diet against inactivity. Because in this process, we need to exercise regularly to avoid muscle loss,' he said.
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