How Can Low-Calorie Foods Affect Your Metabolism and Lead to Weight Gain
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How Can Low-Calorie Foods Affect Your Metabolism and Lead to Weight Gain?

Committing to a diet with low-calorie foods slows your metabolism. A slow metabolism means your body cannot burn more calories, resulting in the accumulation of fats in your body.

What Functions Does Your Body Need a Sufficient Number of Calories to Carry Out?

The body functions that require a sufficient number of calories include metabolism, muscle activity, growth, and thought.

How May a Low-Calorie Diet Affect Your Immune System?

A low-calorie diet causes nutrient deficiencies. This negatively affects the gut barrier function, microbiome, white blood cell function, and inflammatory processes, weakening your immune system.

Elena Ognivtseva
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Nutritionist, Cornell University, MS

I believe that nutrition science is a wonderful helper both for the preventive improvement of health and adjunctive therapy in treatment. My goal is to help people improve their health and well-being without torturing themselves with unnecessary dietary restrictions. I am a supporter of a healthy lifestyle – I play sports, cycle, and swim in the lake all year round. With my work, I have been featured in Vice, Country Living, Harrods magazine, Daily Telegraph, Grazia, Women's Health, and other media outlets.

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