The body’s logic is this: A slice of cheesecake, high in sugar and fat, is going to produce a major spike in blood sugar. To prevent an unsightly sugar coma and the rare (but never pretty) death by cheesecake, you need to lower the sugar currently in the bloodstream. How kind of the body to look out for you in this way! But this drop in blood sugar

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What often happens, though, is that your pancreas miscalculates the amount of insulin needed and releases too much; so instead of bringing your blood sugar to baseline, it gobbles up too much glucose and leaves you with extremely low blood sugar—despite the fact that you just stuffed yourself. This is where you get frustrated, berate yourself for h

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earn about obesity and CVD risk factors

Metabolic adaptation can make sustained weight loss difficult

Weight loss via reduced-calorie intake triggers metabolic adaptation in both the brain and body.1,2

Sustained weight loss can be challenging due to the natural process of metabolic adaptation1,2

Even if adults achieve weight loss with reduced-calorie ... See more