These harmful misconceptions in weight loss

Many people know that they are overweight, abstaining from abstinence, buying fat-reducing machines . but finally, coal: why do you keep gaining weight! Too much misgivings to bother because of obesity .

According to Dr. Dao Thi Yen Phi , working at the HCM City Medical Training Center, while pursuing some methods of losing weight or treating obesity by creating an energy balance including dieting , physical activity, drug treatment and surgery ., people often have many misconceptions in choosing and pursuing a measure of weight loss, nutrition, exercise, cosmetic intervention and weight loss medicine somehow.

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Misconceptions in nutritional problems occur because many people conceive to lose weight should eat oil, not fat. They forget that the main thing to reduce is fat in general, not oil or fat. To reduce the accumulation of body fat not only is fasting fat but also being alert to both sugar and protein . because if excess is made, the liver will turn into fat.

Food on the 'no cholesterol' label is also not safe for people with hypercholesterolemia, because a plant-based ingredient that contains a lot of saturated fatty acids will stimulate the body to produce saturated fat cholesterol. health benefits.

Someone said 'eat grapefruit from left to left and why are you fat ?!'. If using fruits as much as aromatic, grapefruit after eating, it still makes weight gain, because they only work to lose weight when we use it to replace a part or for the main meal. If you still eat at the end of the meal, add grapefruit to increase calories.

When overweight, drink milk. It sounds paradoxical but every glass of milk 200ml = 1/2 cup of rice but provides enough vitamins, minerals, protein . necessary for the body, can replace breakfast .

Others are 'eating a dinner, why is it so fat?' Eating fewer meals does not reduce weight compared to eating many meals. The problem is: the total energy intake during the day determines the weight gain or loss, not the number of meals.

Many people get fat, get sick, get fat . next time they are bigger than the last time. After losing weight, do not eat normally as before. Remember that the second weight gain is easier than the first increase and the second weight loss is more difficult than the first weight loss.

Misconceptions in mobilization also need attention. That is, hand exercise is no more efficient than a three-minute multi-purpose exercise machine. It is the activity intensity of the body and the training time that burns energy in the body, not the machine. The more you cannot sit still for the machine to run and lose weight! There is no way to reduce fat in any part, then practice a lot in that part. Exercise also does not eat comfortably because weight gain is due to overeating of the body's energy needs. And fasting is easier than exercise, but exercise is good for health compared to fasting.

Another misconception is to use cosmetic intervention to reduce weight such as massage, sick bath, hot wrap, fat-melting cream, sauna, belly tightening, heating with high temperature to melt fat and absorb belly fat . All have no effect on weight loss but only stimulate the circulatory system where the activity increases or dehydrate the body.

The last point is that taking weight-loss pills that can be eaten comfortably is wrong, because only when the medicine is used up or in parallel with other weight-loss measures without results. Note that fast weight loss drugs are usually reduced . water, because fat loss cannot be fast in one afternoon and fat cells rapidly regenerate.

Currently, the fight against overweight and obesity is a global war and even in Vietnam. The risk of illness can lead to death at any time since it is always hidden.

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