What Losing Weight Does To Your Body And Brain_The Human Body

 

Here's what losing weight does to your body and brain during the first week you may find it easy to lose weight by simply switching to a healthier diet but either metabolism adjust you won't burn as many calories as you used to so losing additional weight will become harder making matters worse as the fat melts away you'll start to experience an increase in appetite after a meal that sells release a hormone called left it into the bloodstream visarjan leptin levels signals to your brain your fault and should stop eating but with less overall fat people who lose weight show a measurable dip and leptin brain scans of obese patients who had lost 10% of their body weight reveal less left and leads to increased activity and regions of the brain that control our desire to eat the end result isn't just an increase appetite but an even stronger urge to eat fatty high calorie foods because your brain is trying to restore the body is leptin levels to normal however fighting that early impulse to gorge on pizza and donuts is worth it in the long run besides the decrease risk of heart disease hypertension high cholesterol and type 2 diabetes scientist studying overweight people discovered that losing just one pound of body weight reduces 4 lb of pressure on knee joint losing excess weight also reduces strain on the blood vessels increases blood flow to the brain and boost overall brain function several Studies have shown that people who underwent weight loss surgery sign Improvement in memory concentration and problem-solving skills and as soon as 3 months plus brain scans indicate the people who lost weight and kept it off for 9 months we acted differently when show images of high-calorie foods than before they lost the way the brain regions that process reward motivation and taste didn't react so strongly whereas the areas that promote overall self-control had a boost in activity so fighting those Cravings early on might make them easier to control later turns out like anyting else losing weight can get easier with practice.