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The Truth About Low Calorie Rapid Fat Loss Diets

Written by Rando Meresmaa

Topic: Fat LossPublished July 7, 2009
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The majority of the "low calorie rapid fat loss diets" are structured to just one principle, which is to reduce the amount of calories we eat. No matter what diet you are using or have used, they all work the same way. And if you look around and see that more and more people are overweight or even obese, then you don´t have to be a rocket scientist to figure out that diets don´t work. Everyone of us burns calories at a specific rate that depends of our age, physical makeup, activity, and heredity. The rate at which our body burns calories is also called "the metabolic rate." So the faster our metabolic rate is the more calories we burn and the faster we lose fat. So naturally the goal shold be to boost our metabolism, so our bodies would burn as many calories as possible. Unfortunately our metabolic rate starts to slow down from our mid 20-s, so we gain weight although we might eat the same number of calories for years. And very often we gain fat gradually and this is because our fat burning engine gets slower. The truth about low calorie rapid fat loss diets The problem is that if you cut your calories too much or too drastically then you body´s survival mechanism will kick in. This means that your metabolism slows down, meaning you burn less calories. The more you reduce your calories the slower your metabolic rate gets. And most diets are under the critical level. So all diets really make your body burn less calories. Also the problem with diets is that calories are reduced too quickly as well. And this means your body starts to eat it´s own muscle tissue, so it can hold on to the fat. It takes a lot of calories just to maintain muscle so, when calories are very low, your muscle is the first to go, not the fat. The less muscle tissue you have the slower your metabolic rate is and the less your body burns calories. If you want to avoid this from happening then avoid diets and start eating 5-7 meals a day after every 2-3 hours. This will speed up your metabolism and you burn more calories. Your meals also have to have some 20-30 grams of protein per meal. The more natural and unprocessed foods you eat the better. Having the correct exercise program is also a very important factor. The goal is to boost your metabolism as much as possible. And cardio exercise don´t do that, so strength training has to be a part of your exercise program. If you lift weights then this stimulates the muscles to grow. The more muscle mass you have the more you burn calories. It is simple as that.

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