Dr. Westin Childs Podcast: Thyroid | Weight Loss | Hormones

Today is all about caloric restriction and why this type of dieting doesn't lead to long-lasting weight loss. Calorie restriction causes certain changes in the body which lead to an energy deficit and a reduction in body mass. People generally only think of calorie restriction in this way and they believe that by reducing their calories they will be able to lose weight and keep it off. The problem and the reason it doesn't work is that you need to be looking beyond these two changes and you need to see how these changes affect other systems in the body. The reduction in body weight and energy deficit from calorie restriction result in a change known as metabolic adaptation. This adaptation is the response your body uses to increase appetite and slow down your metabolism. As your metabolism slows, you gain back the weight you lost and you increase the amount of food that you consume. But the problem is that this damage to your metabolism persists for years, even after you stop your diet. This r