**Dieting leads to a decrease in basal metabolic rate and an increased risk of binge eating disorder**

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Excess fat can easily lead to adult diseases such as hyperlipidemia, hypertension, fatty liver, diabetes, heart disease, and stroke. Therefore, proper weight loss can prevent and treat these diseases. Improper weight loss not only fails to reduce fat but can also reduce muscle mass. Young people often disregard health, focusing solely on losing weight for a slim and beautiful figure. However, long-term dieting will only result in a slim figure that remains a distant hope. In cases of dry obesity where muscle is reduced while fat is retained, soft, flabby fat offers little appeal; it only reduces weight without creating a slender physique.

Sometimes, we advise people to control their food intake appropriately, but some people believe that "it's better to diet than to control food intake." Others can't resist temptations and go to dieting clinics. However, once they leave the dieting clinic and return to daily life, they are prone to the "yo-yo effect." Blindly dieting to lose weight will almost certainly lead to the "yo-yo effect," even resulting in a "vicious yo-yo" phenomenon where one becomes even fatter than before. There are absolutely no exceptions to dieting for weight loss. If you lose weight through dieting, you will develop a body type that is prone to weight gain.

In daily life, the human body constantly carries out activities necessary for survival, known as basal metabolism. Basal metabolism includes bodily activities such as heartbeat, respiration, blood circulation, digestion, absorption, and excretion of nutrients.

Basal metabolic rate is equivalent to the minimum cost of living. If a husband's monthly salary decreases from 2 million won to 1 million won, a smart wife will reduce shopping trips and eating out, and conserve electricity and water. The human body follows the same principle. For example, if you suddenly reduce your daily energy intake by 2000 kcal, your body will appropriately reduce energy consumption, and your internal organs, tissues, and cells will only use the minimum amount of energy. "Oh no, our income has decreased, we have to save energy!"

The normally rapid heartbeat must slow down, and digestive organs such as the stomach, small intestine, and large intestine also reduce activity, easily leading to symptoms such as indigestion, general weakness, and constipation. Furthermore, hair loses its regrowth function, and non-essential life functions such as ovulation and menstruation cease. Maintaining skin hydration becomes a luxury in this state, as the body no longer nourishes the skin, resulting in roughness and other symptoms. These symptoms indicate that as weight loss occurs, so does the basal metabolic rate.

What happens if you suddenly stop dieting and resume a normal eating lifestyle when your basal metabolic rate is reduced? If you suddenly increase your intake while your energy expenditure is low, your body will have a large surplus of energy, making it easier to gain weight. This is known as the "yo-yo effect." If you develop a predisposition to weight gain, you could gain weight even from drinking water. Behind those who frequently complain about gaining weight easily lie these kinds of stories.

Appetite is a fundamental human instinct for survival. Excessively suppressing this instinct in an attempt to lose weight can easily lead to an inability to control it. "Dieting" can easily lead to "binge eating." When the desire to lose weight clashes with the survival instinct, if the former prevails, dieting will continue; otherwise, binge eating will occur.

Once the appetite is stimulated, one can't think of anything except eating. In this state, if one doesn't eat, one is prone to irritability and even loses the will to do anything. At this time, if one sits in front of food, the mind goes blank, and once one starts eating, one cannot stop. The state in which one can only feel comfortable after vomiting all the food is called bulimia, or bulimia nervosa in psychiatry.

People who have previously used dieting methods to lose weight are prone to developing bulimia nervosa. During weight loss, the body consciously suppresses its natural appetite. Therefore, upon returning to normal life, this suppressed instinct erupts suddenly, like a spring rebounding. Appetite escapes rational control, and the appetite center, which regulates satiety, loses its function and cannot send signals to stop eating. This bulimia can damage the nervous system and even lead to depression and suicidal thoughts. Furthermore, it can damage relationships and prevent normal social activities. Due to this illness, many women drop out of school, quit their jobs, or even face divorce.

Some people are extremely overweight and simply want a normal physique; anyone would have this thought when obesity threatens their health. However, for someone with a normal diet and lifestyle and a normal physique, pursuing an even thinner body can lead to serious problems. A person with a normal physique who wants to lose weight must lead an unhealthy lifestyle. In this situation, even exercise won't help them lose weight. Exercise is a means of maintaining a healthy physique, so for a normal person, exercise won't necessarily lead to weight loss. If exercise is ineffective, the only option is dieting, but dieting is not easy. The body functions optimally to maintain a normal physique, so setting the wrong goals initially, such as trying to lose weight through dieting, can easily lead to "weight loss side effects." In this situation, one thinks only about losing weight all day long and calculates calories for everything they eat. They can't fully enjoy meals with friends, leading to feelings of depression. These things may seem small, but in interpersonal relationships, not being able to enjoy meals with friends can damage friendships.