Why doesn t slimming always work

A.� The main problem many people encounter is that having been on a diet and lost weight, once they go back to their normal eating habits the pounds pile on again.

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Most people gain weight because they eat more calories than their bodies need, the body stores these calories as fat. Going on a diet can burn off this extra fat, but because it's only usually a temporary deficiency, once the diet is over and the person’s calorie intake rises again, so does the waist line.

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Q.� What's the best way to lose weight and for it to stay lost

A.� If you're gaining weight because you eat more than you need, the answer is to come up with a sustainable diet: a means of eating food and burning off any excess to prevent it being stored as fat.

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Always seek medical advice before undertaking any radical change in your diet or undertake an exercise regime.

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Q.� Why do we put on weight so readily

A.� Because are bodies have evolved to be extremely efficient at collecting and storing spare calories, while, at the same time being very spend thrift when it comes to needing energy for activity.

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For hundreds of thousands of years humans had a nomadic lifestyle and food was unpredictable and not always particularly calorific. Consequently our bodies have evolved to get by on relatively little and store any excess for a 'rainy day'.

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Q.� Should my diet be carbohydrate free

A.� Many people going on a diet see carbohydrates as public enemy number one and try to cut them right back. Cutting carbohydrates, such as rice, bread and pasta, from your diet can stop any heavy or bloated feeling, but only for a few days. If you stick to a regime of less than 100g of carbohydrates for more than a few days your body could enter a state known as ketosis.

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Q.� What is ketosis

A.� It is a condition that makes the body produce ketones, compounds that encourage the loss of essential minerals such as calcium, leading to osteoporosis.

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Q.� What effect does rapid weight loss have A.� Crash dieting can result in rapid weight loss, but this is only regained once normal eating resumes. Allowing your weight to shoot up and down causes your skin to sag, leaving you with stretch marks. Safe and gradual weight loss is much kinder to your skin as well as your inner body.

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by Lisa Cardy