The Hypothyroid Diet Vs. Low Calorie Diets

By Dr. Kevin Dobrzynski


The Hypothyroid Diet Vs. Low Calorie Diets

How does a low calorie eating plan compare to the Hypothyroid Diet?

If you have hypothyroidism, there's a good chance that you're struggling to lose weight.

Weight gain is the most common symptom of hypothyroidism. Although weight gain isn't the only sign of hypothyroidism, it's the hallmark of the condition.

More truthfully, this condition would be referred to as hypometabolism, because hypothyroidism inevitably results in a low metabolism.

If you're like most people with hypothyroidism, you try to lose weight by going ON a diet. And the most common type of diet is a low calorie diet.

Dieting becomes a problem when the diet is either repeated, or the diet focus is restricting calories.



This is a very natural and understandable strategy because most people think that eating less will cause them to weight less and while this does work, it is usually only effective early on in dieting.

Initially, the numbers on your scale change - which creates optimism.

The major issues arise when these numbers no longer drop and dieters start experiencing frustration. They are usually tempted to cut more calories from their diets.

Frustration usually causes people to quit their diets.

As a result, these individuals have lost a few pounds, gained some frustration and created a lower metabolism.

When you go ON a diet this can lower thyroid hormone by up to 50%, which equates to a lower metabolism by 25-40%.

Things start to change when you go OFF the diet and resume normal eating.

At this time, dieting has slowed your metabolism. You, however, have taken up your old eating patterns. Now, you are going to regain the lost weight and some extra pounds as well.

Frustration!

It could take several years for the body to regain its normal metabolic function after calories have been cut dramatically. This is why low calorie eating plans are dangerous.

Conversely, the metabolism is optimized by the hypothyroid diet. It helps the body to start burning more calories because the body is able to operate efficiently.

When the metabolism is optimized the body will not store fat because blood sugar levels will be stable. There will also be less inflammation once food sensitivities have been eliminated. More importantly, there will be fewer toxins to burden the body.

The result is increased energy, clearer thinking, less aches/pains and headaches, better digestion, and long term weight loss.

Instead of cutting calories to drop pounds fast, you should thing about using a program like the hypothyroid diet to start optimizing your metabolism.




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