Hi, I'm Nathan from the DVCC.
Welcome to the weekly DVCC TV show where we can inform you on things that are happening at the centres, update you with some amazing results that our clients are achieving and answer questions about health, fitness and nutrition for losing body fat and building muscle tone.
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Today we have a question from Bruce.
Bruce asks, “Is calorie cutting the best way to lose weight?”
Great question Bruce, thanks for asking.
The simple answer is No.
Calorie cutting is not the best way to lose body fat. Neither is it the most healthy.
At the DVCC, everything we do is based on increasing a client’s health as well as aiming to reduce their body fat as quickly as possible.
Your body requires a set amount of calories just for daily function. This number is different from person to person and is called basal metabolic rate or BMR. Your BMR is the amount of energy expended when you are at rest.
When you cut calories, your metabolism slows down. Cutting your calories too low will cause you to lose muscle. Your body will shift into a catabolic state and will break down muscle to use for energy.
So although you may be losing pounds on the scale, it is more likely that those pounds will come from muscle loss rather than fat loss.
Maintaining muscle causes the body to burn more calories, so by cutting calories and losing muscle, you are decreasing your metabolic rate even further.
When you have eventually dropped enough weight and you increase your calorie intake and resume your normal eating habits, your body will not have enough muscle mass to maintain the increased calories and your metabolism will be lower than before.
This will mean that any excess calories that you consume will be stored as body fat
For the large majority of people who crash diet, their weight will yo-yo. However, many people end up having MORE body fat after crash dieting than before they dieted.
The best thing to do is to eat small amounts and often. Eat organic grass fed meats, wild fish, eggs, nuts & seeds, avocados, olive oil, coconut oils, plenty of vegetables - especially green vegetables - and drink plenty of water.
Avoid eating refined carbs and processed foods such as, bread, rice, potato, sugar, biscuits, cake and chocolate.
Our question of the week to you is:
“Have you done a calorie cutting diet before, and what did you find as a result of it?”
This is Nathan, from the DVCC.
Have a healthy day.
