If you are thinking about starting a new healthy low-calorie diet plan, cutting on calories and trying to reduce weight this way, get ready for more hardships. According to the findings of the experts from the American Association for the Advancement of Science organization, it is actually very hard to lose weight by blindly using a low-calorie diet, even the healthiest one, because calorie restriction causes slowed down metabolism, as well as such well know side effects as fatigue, being irritated and sensitive, inability to focus and perform our daily tasks, chronic depression, insomnia, and many more. Read the rest of this entry »

Metabolism is a very important chemical process in our body, which can be described as the speed of calorie burning or a number of calories we burn every day. Every person has strictly individual metabolic rate, and that is why some of us can eat a lot and remain slim, and some have to eat a little in order to remain in a normal weight. In other words, some people have low metabolism, so calories burn slower in their body and the rest of the calories get stored. Some people have high metabolism, so they can eat a lot and have lower risks of putting on weight. Read the rest of this entry »