Many people think that always eat so much must be because the stomach is “stretched out”, then I desperately dieting is not to make the stomach shrink, so you can become thin, is this true? In fact, the volume of the stomach generally does not change. Even if a meal is very full, the stomach will be temporarily enlarged, but when the food is completely digested, the stomach is still back to the original size of a completely empty stomach, the stomach capacity has not changed. Likewise, even if you have been starving, the stomach volume will only stay at the size of a completely empty stomach, and will not shrink again. Stomach has a good stretch, when the stomach is in a saturated state, generally speaking, men’s stomach capacity is 1400ML, women are 1300ML, and the stomach in the “idle” state capacity of about 50ML, and we eat, the stomach will be tolerated diastolic, highly saturated capacity of up to 2L, when the food digestion is complete When the food is digested, the stomach will return to its original form. So whether we eat too much, or endure hunger, our stomach will not therefore become large atrophy. Long-term dieting does not make the stomach smaller, because the size of the stomach does not change. Extreme diets, on the other hand, can be extremely damaging to health. A simple summary of the characteristics of dieting to lose weight on a word “starvation”, but only by eating less starvation can not make you thin, why so, then look at the consequences of dieting will lead to what you will understand. One, a large reduction in body water, muscle loss serious two, malnutrition, hindering fat metabolism The body needs to consume sufficient nutrients to maintain normal metabolism, which, of course, includes fat metabolism. Such as calcium, which can be combined with the fat in the food in the intestine, blocking the absorption of fat in the intestine, and let the fat out of the body with feces. In addition, B vitamins are also important substances involved in fat metabolism. Third, the body turns on its self-protection mechanism and consumes fewer calories When calorie intake is seriously insufficient for a long time, the body will start its self-protection mechanism, which will maintain normal operation by reducing calorie consumption, which will lead to a reduction in the number of calories you consume every day. So even if you reduce calorie intake through dieting, it is easy to cause weight loss failure. Fourth, hunger hormone secretion is too high, easy to overeat after dieting The hunger hormone that stimulates your appetite is a brain intestinal peptide secreted by the stomach when you feel hungry, if you always diet, the level of hunger hormone will rise during the starvation process, when you resume a normal diet, it is easy to be influenced by the hunger hormone and overeat. In addition to the above, it will also cause the following problems ① lead to mucosal gland atrophy ② trigger gallstones ③ lead to osteoporosis ④ memory loss Therefore, extreme dieting to lose weight is not advisable, scientific weight loss is preferred.