Reducing nutrition improves mood, sleep and sex in healthy people.
Limiting the calorie intake during the day is not only useful in case of overweight or obesity. Studies in mice have shown that reducing calorie intake contributes to increased longevity: reducing the amount of food slowed down a number of genetic processes associated with aging.
The results of the new study , in which 218 healthy adults took part, showed that caloric restriction can not only help lose weight, but also has a better psychological effect compared to the control group, people in whom ate everything they wanted.
The study involved men and women aged 20 to 50 years with a body mass index of 22 to 28 - that is, with normal and overweight. Participants from one group reduced their calorie intake by 25%, while the control group was not supposed to change their diet. Two years later, those who reduced calorie content told about improving mood, reducing tension, and improving general health and sexual desire.
Moreover, a year later, in the “starving” group, an improvement in the quality of sleep was noted. People lost weight, dropping about 12% of body weight in two years, and by the end of the study the average body mass index was 22.6. Participants from the control group retained their weight.
Reducing calorie intake causes severe hunger in people. It will take patience for the body to adapt to this amount of energy. The author of the study adds that after weight decreases, people begin to feel the benefits of such a diet - it becomes easier to move, pain in the joints decreases and well-being improves.
The value of this study is that it shows an improvement in the quality of life from reducing food intake for people with normal weight, and not just for those who suffer from overweight and obesity.
Reducing calorie content already tried on mice. In 2014, a team of scientists reduced food to mice by 30%, after which it founddecrease in activity in about 900 different genes associated with the aging process in the brain. In another study, mice were placed on a low-protein, high-carbohydrate diet and achieved similar results without starvation.
The results of the new study , in which 218 healthy adults took part, showed that caloric restriction can not only help lose weight, but also has a better psychological effect compared to the control group, people in whom ate everything they wanted.
The study involved men and women aged 20 to 50 years with a body mass index of 22 to 28 - that is, with normal and overweight. Participants from one group reduced their calorie intake by 25%, while the control group was not supposed to change their diet. Two years later, those who reduced calorie content told about improving mood, reducing tension, and improving general health and sexual desire.
Moreover, a year later, in the “starving” group, an improvement in the quality of sleep was noted. People lost weight, dropping about 12% of body weight in two years, and by the end of the study the average body mass index was 22.6. Participants from the control group retained their weight.
Reducing calorie intake causes severe hunger in people. It will take patience for the body to adapt to this amount of energy. The author of the study adds that after weight decreases, people begin to feel the benefits of such a diet - it becomes easier to move, pain in the joints decreases and well-being improves.
The value of this study is that it shows an improvement in the quality of life from reducing food intake for people with normal weight, and not just for those who suffer from overweight and obesity.
Reducing calorie content already tried on mice. In 2014, a team of scientists reduced food to mice by 30%, after which it founddecrease in activity in about 900 different genes associated with the aging process in the brain. In another study, mice were placed on a low-protein, high-carbohydrate diet and achieved similar results without starvation.