Dispel the most popular myth about weight loss

Popular belief that nervousness and stress can cause a person to lose weight worse diets, has nothing to do with the truth.

This conclusion on the results of the study were made by the representatives of the scientific unions from Illinois, USA.

Habit to worry and be nervous statistically correlated with obesity, not weight loss, said the researchers. Moreover, the vulnerability of the person to stress that he experiences from those or other events, may be the main reason for the increase in body weight, they suggest.

This conclusion of scientists based on the data analysis of the hormonal health of 2,500 men and women aged 50 years and older. Particular attention was paid to how high in the body of the study participants, the levels of the stress hormone cortisol.

As a result, even taking into account such factors as age, gender and chronic diseases, it was found that high cortisol levels are closely associated with overweight people.

A direct link between stress hormones and the tendency to be overweight, according to doctors, is a dangerous sign for those who are often nervous and takes everything too dramatic. You need to be able to help yourself cope with stress, the authors of the study.

“What little people can handle all the stress in life, but in case of difficulty it is better to adjust itself to the search for the best solution in the situation. This will prevent from excess of emotion, is extremely harmful to the entire body, because many people are known to stress-eating,” he said in this regard, the lead author of the project, Sara Elaine Jackson.

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