If you eat more calories than you need, you gain weight.
This principle is questioned by researchers.
You blame body weight on something else.
Anyone who wants to lose weight always hears the same thing: A lot of exercise * and less food should be the answer.
But many who try to lose weight this way fail to make it.
On the other hand, there are people who eat all day but do not gain weight.
American researchers have now looked at this phenomenon - with astonishing results.
This part of the body needs a lot of energy - and we don't notice any of it
Our brain is supposed to be a real "energy guzzler"
. The brain consumes around a quarter of the energy we consume throughout the day. And not only when we strain our gray cells at work or learn languages: Our brain burns the most energy in the form of glucose when it produces hormones and controls metabolism and organ functions, as the Focus reports.
"To say that obesity is an energy balance problem is like saying that fever is caused by temperature imbalance," said Dariush Mozaffarian, dean of the Friedman School.
The assumption that obesity * is caused by a chronic "too many calories" is accordingly not enough in his eyes
.
Or the other way around: Those who eat fewer calories than they consume every day do not necessarily have to lose weight.
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Fat despite a diet - that could be behind it
Not only the brain influences our body weight.
Other factors also control whether we are slim or rather stocky
.
These include:
the type of food
: some foods, such as white flour products or sugar, encourage weight gain.
Vegetables, nuts or fruit, on the other hand, keep or make you slim.
The secret lies in the fiber:
This not only makes you full longer, but also burns additional calories
and thus promotes weight loss, as a study showed.
Genetic predisposition
: Much of what is decisive for body weight is inheritable.
For example our metabolism, the number of fat cells in the body or our feeling of satiety
.
"Reprogramming" these processes is only possible to a small extent - or not at all.
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