Original article
Will eating very little and exercising harder make you lose weight?
The article answers: no—this can harm your health!
Today's post is part two of the previous article: things to reduce for successful, healthy weight management.
“Today I ate barely enough to survive and exercised as if my life depended on it!” (= I am harming my health!) Unhealthy dieting can worsen inflammation… [Related-post preview.]
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Are you dieting again today?
Do you feel you have been going about your diet well so far?
Dieting aims to reduce weight, but excessive restriction can cause serious weight regain and deteriorating health.
A healthy approach is better expressed as “I am becoming healthier today,” rather than “I ate less and exercised more today.”
With inflammation harming both health and weight management, what should we keep in mind to diet healthily?
1. Reduce stress
The first habit to reduce for healthier weight management is stress.
Stress is among the most important problems, and among the hardest to address.
The article explains that stress puts the sympathetic nervous system on alert, causing excess immune-cell production.
It also describes stress as producing free radicals, reducing antioxidant function and disrupting sleep rhythms.
Because it suppresses melatonin secretion, the article calls stress a major cause not only of inflammation but also of accelerated aging.
That is why stress should be reduced.
2. Reduce visceral fat and toxins in the body
The article describes visceral fat and bodily toxins as both outcomes and causes of inflammation.
It therefore considers them damaging to health and weight management.
To reduce them, maintaining an appropriate weight in everyday life is important.
It also recommends fruit and vegetables rich in vitamins, minerals and dietary fiber.
3. Reduce trans fats and processed foods
The article describes the bad cholesterol associated with trans fats and processed foods as a major contributor to inflammation in blood vessels.
It notes that these foods have long been described as causing heat in the body and problems involving blood vessels and skin.
Reducing trans fats and processed foods and building a habit of eating healthier foods are presented as ways to restore health.
Healthy weight management: habits to add and reduce
There are many other things to know about dieting, but most diets focus only on losing weight while ignoring health.
The article says it need not be difficult to pursue health and weight management together.
The key lies in everyday habits!
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the original post invites you to explore Dr. Chae Yong-hyeon's signature Hormone Balance Diet program.
It describes the program as improving daily habits for health as well as helping body-shape management.
The original promotional text says many people have already experienced and demonstrated its effects.
Through a structured weight-management program, learn what dieting suited to you really means,
what body-shape management involves and which daily habits support health.
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Original illustrations & English text
The original artwork is preserved below, with English translations of the text in each illustration.
Can overly strenuous exercise and eating too little to lose weight cause inflammation? Habits to add and reduce for successful dieting, part 2: things to reduce.
A source of many illnesses: reduce stress. Stress activates the sympathetic nervous system. Because it also suppresses melatonin secretion, the original graphic describes it as a major cause of both inflammation and accelerated aging.
Maintaining weight is essential for health. Reduce visceral fat and bodily toxins. The graphic describes these as both results and causes of inflammation. It recommends maintaining an appropriate weight and eating fruit and vegetables rich in vitamins, minerals and dietary fiber.
Unhealthy food should be reduced. Reduce trans fats and processed foods. The original graphic attributes vascular inflammation to bad cholesterol associated with these foods and says they produce heat and problems in blood vessels and skin.
Dr. Chae Yong-hyeon’s Hormone Balance Diet.
