A major side effect to eat a low calorie diet, said a new study
Your waist can change for the better, but this part of you could change for the worst.
If you are looking forlosing weight, cut off your calories during a brief period could seem tempting - especially if you start dropping books almost right away, but you could cause a negative workout in your gut, according to new searches inNature.
Determine the type of link existed between caloric intake andintestinal bacteria Changes, researchers have studied 80 older women whose weight went from slightly overweight to seriously obese. For 16 weeks, half of the participants followed a medically supervised meal replacement plan composed of shakes that had less than 800 calories a day and the other half served as a control group by maintaining their usual habits and weights for these months.
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The analysis of intestinal bacteria was carried out for all participants before and after the study period. Not surprisingly, the number and type of microorganisms in the control group have not changed. But there were significant changes for the low calorie diet group.
For them, bacteria are adapted to absorb more sugar molecules to survive. This caused an imbalance in the type of bacteria that prospered and provoked a considerable increase in harmful bacteria, in particular, it has prompted an overvoltage of clostridoidieces difficult, also called C. diff. It is a guard notoriously problematic of bacteria, according to theDisease control centers. It tends to provoke diarrhea and colitis and can become chronic even when it is treated regularly.
These results are not surprising, according to Kristin Gillespie, RD, a nutritional advisor. The diet plays an important role inintestinal health And other research showed a relationship not only with the quality of our diet, but also the amount of food consumed when it comes to maintaining a good balance of beneficial intestinal bacteria, she says.
"Changes in the diet, such as caloric restriction or macronutrient change, such asgo kéto Or little carbohydrates, can affect the diversity, quantity and overall composition of Gut's microbioma, "says Gillespie.
The good news is that the previous searches also show that these changes can be short-lived if you transmit appropriate calorie levels. A better strategy can be to skip the veryLow carbohydrate plane And focus on the quality of the plan, she adds. You may not see short-term drama changes, but your intestine will probably be happier in the long run.
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