Excessive Diet Forcing The Brain Eating cells it self. Too strict a diet until the body feels hunger should not be done. Because scientists warn that excessive dieting can make the brains to eat cells themselves.
The scientists said that people who are too struggling to lose weight to make himself malnutrition can cause brain cells to eat themselves because of the strong urge of hunger.
Excessive Diet Forcing The Brain Eating cells it self
This is because the body responds by producing fatty acids that will trigger hunger signals in the brain and increase the incentive for someone to eat.
In the study known that the brain just like other body parts, brain cells will begin to take itself as an energy source to ward off hunger last arising. The research was conducted by researchers from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University, New York.
The study was conducted using rats. The process of brain cells that feed itself is called autophagy, which is done to prevent the increase in hunger is the result of a diet is too strict.
Excessive Diet Forcing The Brain Eating cells it self
“It is important that each cell can deliver components to maintain the existing process,” said lead researcher Dr. Rajat Singh, as quoted by the Telegraph on Wednesday (03/08/2011).
In addition, women who do too strict diet can also affect fertility which will make it difficult to have children, due to disruption of the menstrual cycle and the release of eggs.
Another impact caused is not getting enough nutrients for the body to function properly which can later lead to problems such as immune system and cognitive function decline, anxiety, depression and susceptible to disease.
