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Healthline: Not Everyone Gets Healthier When they Lose Weight

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sunnyWriting4806 October 1st, 2022

“Obesity causes hormonal and metabolic complications that can contribute to a range of health problemsTrusted Source, including type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, hypertension and heart disease.

Hunnes said the risk of diabetes and other health issues can increase depending on a person’s weight. When people, who have obesity, lose weight they eliminate some of the fatty tissue that produces inflammation, disrupts hormonal production, and contributes to insulin resistance. “Decreasing the volume of that tissue directly results in improved health,” says Prologo.

Lean individuals, on the other hand, have a different hormonal and metabolic makeup, which likely causes them to respond differently to weight loss. When you are lean,”trying to lose weight can actually have negative effects on your overall metabolism, mental health, and possibly even overall health as you increase the likelihood you’re going to be hungry and eat more and possibly gain weight,” says Hunnes.

People who are already lean should engage in maintenance activities, says Prologo. This could include activities such as exercise and eating nutrient-dense whole foods while eliminating or reducing the consumption of ultra-processed foods. Ali says he often sees people try weight-loss strategies that aren’t sustainable — most diets will work for a time, he says, but the weight comes right back when the diet ends. “The key is making dietary and exercise changes that can be maintained long term,” Ali said.”

Some Insights From This Article

  • With one of the most common medical advice people get is “lose weight” and with the ideals of lean beauty, many people may desire to shed a couple of pounds in desire of the snatched and healthy outcome. However, is this advice supposed to be followed by everybody?

  • Researchers showed that although losing weight has drastic improvement to health outcomes with people that are overweight and have metabolic disorders, it can actually be detrimental to those who are already lean or even normal weight.

  • With beauty standards many people may purposely try to lose some calories in their diet. However malnutrition can occur as a result manifest with symptoms such as low energy, low mood, improper hormone balance and many more. While important to maintain a healthy weight for your body through exercising it’s also important to maintain proper and nutritional eating habits as well.

Do you feel as if your current diet is appropriate for sustaining your health long-term?

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User Profile: globalBraid3744
globalBraid3744 October 1st, 2022

@sunnyWriting4806

Very insightful article! It is true that not everyone can benefit from losing weight. I am actually trying to gain some weight. I am not sure whether my current diet is appropriate for sustaining my health long-term. I am scared that if I eat less caloric and unhealthy food I might lose weight again so I do really have very good diet but it is helping me to maintain my weight in a healthy range as I believe.


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User Profile: sunnyWriting4806
sunnyWriting4806 OP October 1st, 2022

@globalBraid3744

That's great! once you reach that healthy maintenance level it's just a matter of being conscious of trying to keep that consistency in your diet from then on.

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