Rapid Weight Loss Prevents The Yo-yo Effect

Author: Karen Lennox Time for reading: ~1 minutes Last Updated: August 08, 2022

Rapid Weight Loss Prevents The Yo-yo Effect

Volunteers who lost an average of 2 kilograms per week were 5 times more likely to maintain their results ....

The results of a study published in the Journal of Behavioral Medicine show that faster weight loss can prevent the unwanted yo-yo effect.

The study included 262 middle-aged women who suffered from varying degrees of overweight.

U.S. researchers found that those volunteers who lost an average of 2 pounds a week were 5 times more likely to maintain their results. Women who lost an average of a kilogram a week had a significantly higher risk of the yo-yo effect.

Nutritionists warn that the yo-yo effect is extremely harmful to health. They claim that stabilizing weight is healthier than cycling it, even when people are overweight. According to other experts, the cyclical change in weight is as harmful as overweight. Scientists explain their opinion with the fact that toxins released during the breakdown of fats are excreted from the body through the excretory system and thus burden the function of the kidneys and liver.

There is a risk of kidney damage from the processing of toxins, the amount of which becomes too large in the yo-yo effect. Thus, among nutritionists and doctors there is a debate about which is better for the health of overweight patients. Opportunities in such a situation are to alleviate the work of the heart by prescribing weight reduction or to protect the kidneys and liver by maintaining the higher body weight of patients.

The detrimental effect of the yo-yo effect on the immune system and general health is the reason why so much effort is put into maintaining and stabilizing weight.

Rapid Weight Loss Prevents The Yo-yo Effect

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