20 min

Reverse Dieting: Is It Right for You‪?‬ Master Your Health Podcast

    • Fitness

If you have stubborn body fat that won't budge, have recently lost a lot of weight and hit a plateau, or are in the bodybuilding community, reverse dieting may be an effective means to help you accomplish your goals. In this blitz episode we discuss all things reverse dieting including what exactly it is and why it can work for certain people.  We also break down multiple health benefits of effective reverse dieting, including restored metabolic health and increased energy levels/metabolism. 
 
In this episode you'll learn: 
What reverse dieting is and how it works  3 types of people reverse dieting can be effective for About metabolic adaptation  How reverse dieting can help with finding maintenance levels  About the effects of dieting on the body  What  non-exercise activity thermogenesis (NEAT) is About the leptin hormone and how it affects your appetite  Why restrictive eating can potentially lead to binge eating  Alternative ways to track progress other than the scale  How to increase calories for reverse dieting  That your baseline caloric level will change  Why everyone's experience with reverse dieting is different Where your calorie additions should ideally be coming from   Why tracking is so important for reverse dieting  About some benefits of reverse dieting 


Studies: 
This is from a study in 2014: “Energy restriction is accompanied by changes in circulating hormones, mitochondrial efficiency, and energy expenditure that serve to minimize the energy deficit, attenuate weight loss, and promote weight regain…” “Metabolic adaptation to weight loss: implications for the athlete” 2014 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3943438/
 
Additional studies:  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4989512/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19198647 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6058072/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25645138 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21460597 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3167663/

If you have stubborn body fat that won't budge, have recently lost a lot of weight and hit a plateau, or are in the bodybuilding community, reverse dieting may be an effective means to help you accomplish your goals. In this blitz episode we discuss all things reverse dieting including what exactly it is and why it can work for certain people.  We also break down multiple health benefits of effective reverse dieting, including restored metabolic health and increased energy levels/metabolism. 
 
In this episode you'll learn: 
What reverse dieting is and how it works  3 types of people reverse dieting can be effective for About metabolic adaptation  How reverse dieting can help with finding maintenance levels  About the effects of dieting on the body  What  non-exercise activity thermogenesis (NEAT) is About the leptin hormone and how it affects your appetite  Why restrictive eating can potentially lead to binge eating  Alternative ways to track progress other than the scale  How to increase calories for reverse dieting  That your baseline caloric level will change  Why everyone's experience with reverse dieting is different Where your calorie additions should ideally be coming from   Why tracking is so important for reverse dieting  About some benefits of reverse dieting 


Studies: 
This is from a study in 2014: “Energy restriction is accompanied by changes in circulating hormones, mitochondrial efficiency, and energy expenditure that serve to minimize the energy deficit, attenuate weight loss, and promote weight regain…” “Metabolic adaptation to weight loss: implications for the athlete” 2014 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3943438/
 
Additional studies:  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4989512/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19198647 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6058072/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25645138 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21460597 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3167663/

20 min