Low Cal Equals Long Life?
I have heard a lot of different theories about how very low calorie diets, diets that many of us may seem extremely restrictive, can enhance health and prolong life - a lot. But is there really anything to the theory that cutting back, what may seem like drastically to many, on one’s daily caloric intake, can improve your longevity, as well as improve the odds that you will not get heart disease, diabetes, and a host of other health problems that are usually marked by obesity and bad diets.
Some more off kilter diets that few and far between can stick to like the macrobiotic diet, which shuns meat and dairy and favors whole grains, miso soup and veggies with even very little fruit, are considered to be one such diet. With advocates saying that diets that are very low in calories saying they feel it has kept cancer and heart disease at bay, there are definitely the fair share of people who are experiencing great benefits from low cal diets.
My question is, when is low cal TOO low calorie? Some critics do say that these new low cal diet followers are sometimes too prone to become almost obsessed about food, and often they say that they think about food often and feel hungry a lot. And what about the obvious danger of one becoming downright anorexic if they feel that they can never eat? There are also health problems that go along with not eating enough, so not eating a lot of calories is definitely kind of a last resort if you ask me.
As with anything else, moderatino is key, but there are people following these diets who say they feel good. There are also others who report low energy, and who cannot exercise as long or have experienced muscle atrophy due to not enough caloric intake. I think there is a balance, and that there is a good calorie number for each body type, and it may indeed seem restrictive to some, however, I’m not so sure that never being able to touch a piece of junk food in your life without feeling like you’re killing yourself, is, well, counterproductive to say the least.
It’s not good to be this obsessed over food, and believe me, I speak from personal experience. I’ve seen too many women around me fall into this trap, and it becomes the thing that defines you, you don’t define it.
