Why dieting is a fad and is on the verge of Extinction?

‘Hey, I can’t have those carbohydrates, I’m on a diet’

‘I’ll be only drinking 12 glasses of juice a day and fruits’

‘I’m on a diet of boiled veggies only’

‘Rice, are you kidding, how can I eat rice?’

So I started my article with these crazy lines and you might be thinking, whether I’m out of my mind or what? But, no I’m talking some serious business here.

Okay, answer one of my questions. Did you ever came across someone who has spoken these lines mentioned above or even something similar to it or did you ever speak these lines yourself or even worse, actually practiced it??  In all probability, I bet your answer would be YES. Even if you don’t practice it, you might have seen somebody say it or do it.

You know what; we people are so obsessed with dieting, that we don’t even care to understand the hidden hazards of dieting. Dieting has become more of a fashion. It has actually become fashionable to eat less or not to eat at all. People actually take pride that they are capable in starving their body. But, tell me, does it make any sense to deprive your body from receiving the required nutrition? No, absolutely not.

Nowadays, we live in concrete jungles with little or no greeneries around us, breathe the chemical mixed oxygen (thanks to the increasing number of vehicles, factories, industries), eat processed food or frozen food and most of the time we don’t even cook our own food, we rather order it. In a nutshell, we are already deprived of good nutrition and on top of that we diet.

Now if we starve our body, just think what will happen? We’ll become weak, our resistance power will decrease and our immune system will start failing. In such a situation we’ll often complain of headaches, fatigue, constipation, gas etc. But, even after suffering all of these, being the proud person we are, will never bow in front of our body. We will keep on popping pills but refuse to have a proper plate of healthy nutrition rich food. The reason being, ‘ I’m watching my weight; don’t want to put on more fat.’

Why are you busy blaming your food for your fat or rather flab, blame it on your sedentary lifestyle, your lack of physical activity and exercise. If you exercise or get involved in more physical activity, then only your body will be in a state to utilize the nutrients received from your food in a better manner. If you don’t exercise or lead a sedentary lifestyle, it will take no time for your body to convert your food to fat. Remember one thing the reason you are not losing your weight is not because you can’t give up on your favorite dish, it’s because you don’t lead an active lifestyle.

So, today take a pledge to lead a healthier lifestyle. Switch over to healthy eating and smart exercising. Health and beauty starts from within you, feed your body with good food and accompany it for some exercise.