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Why The New Year's Diet Feels Like Going Through Drug Withdrawal
If you indulged in high-fat, sugary foods during the holiday, chances are you are going through a process akin to drug withdrawal
The final feast is over.
The cookie tins are empty. You are facing a plate of salad as part of you New Year's resolution to lose weight and you feel absolutely wretched.
Here's why -- you are in withdrawal. If you indulged in high-fat, sugary foods during the holiday, chances are you are going through a process akin to drug withdrawal, according to the authors of this mouse study.
Mice were chosen because in many ways their brains are similar to our own, according to researchers from the University of Montreal.
Some mice were fed a low-fat diet for six weeks, while others were fed a high-fat diet. Then some of the mice continued on their diets or were returned to regular mouse chow - the withdrawal intervention.
Researchers found that when fed the high-fat diet, mice developed signs of being anxious and they were hypersensitive to stress. They were withdrawn from a high-fat diet, the mice had a heightened drive to eat "palatable" (i.e. bad) foods and their responses to stress were increased even further.
Researchers found that exposure to high-fat food led to changes in brain chemicals associated with the brain's reward system. "The chemicals changed by the [high-fat] diet are associated with depression. A change of diet then causes withdrawal symptoms and a greater sensitivity to stressful situations, launching a vicious cycle of poor eating," says lead author Dr. Stephanie Fulton.
So, there you have it. Stay strong!
Last updated: Thu, 2013-01-03 10:28
This is an interesting article. It's hard to go on a diet after you enjoyed all the wonderful holiday meals. This week I went with some friends in Rochester. I ate at all the best Rochester restaurants but I was careful and ordered only salads and grilled fish or chicken and I was able to stick to my new years resolution to lose a few pounds.
Holiday diets are more responsible to bring weight gain problems, therefore especially in holiday season we used to follow a strict diet plan with including regular physical workouts. Therefore we treat holiday diet as a drug diet which consists of several high calories and cholesterol diet recipes.
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You can eat high-fat food once a week, my diet allows it. It is true, the process is a little slower but think about it, losing wait is not about suffering.
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I perfectly understand what you are saying. Fortunately this year i managed to stay away of the major feasts, during Christmas i was working and i ate some sandwiches and for new year's eve i was at a party where the main food was alcohol. I even skipped Easter because i was at the seaside with Kovak Laser.
I've been though that too. I remember last Easter.. after the three days feast i was feeling like a balloon and only with kratom extracts i managed to feel fine again. I think that we should be more careful when it comes to what are we putting in our stomachs these days.
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