Fatty diet and nerves, responsible for losing weight

When a person feels the need to eat more to feel satisfied, this means the nerves in the stomach are damaged. This issue is available even for dieters who already switched to healthy food consumption. This is the reason why dieters gain the weight back they lost. Research says that the nerves in the stomach tell the brain that the stomach is full. In case of people used to consume junk food, these nerves stop proper working. This results in feeling the need to eat more. Even after someone switches to healthy food, the problem still remains the same. The Australian research team from the University of Adelaide can explain why the majority of dieters put back the weight they already lost and focus on the gastric nerves that tell the brain when the stomach is full after a meal. They experimented on mice with junk food and concluded that the nerves were less responsive. After the mice switched to healthy food, the nerves still didn`t work properly for several weeks. Study leader Amanda Page said: “The stomach`s nerve response does not return to normal upon return to a normal diet. This means you would need to eat more food before you get the same degree of fullness as a healthy individual”. Animals with junk food which switched to healthy food lost a little weight but gained it back rapidly. Writing in the International Journal of Obesity, she said: “More research is needed to determine how long the effects last and whether there is any way – chemical or otherwise – to trick the stomach into resetting itself to normal”.