Conventional wisdom, scientific fact and various diet gurus have allocated approximately 3 500 calories to a pound of body weight. When embarking on a weight loss program for example, one would have to consume 3 500 less calories than is usually consumed over a certain time period to lose one pound of weight. What must be borne in mind however is that this does not necessarily apply in the exact same manner as one continues to progress with the weight loss program. As it happens, unfortunately for the person on the program, that as the body becomes increasingly accustomed to consuming less food, calories are expended at a slower rate.
The phenomenon that has been described above is called diet induced adaptive thermo genesis. This phenomenon can be likened to a slowdown in metabolic rate or the rate at which the body burns calories. The mechanism has been equated to the human bodys innate tendency to protect itself against starvation.
The human body has identified the lower calorie intake and adapts by becoming ultra efficient by maximising on the amount of calories it is currently consuming albeit at a slower rate. The primary manner in which this is achieved is...
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