Reasons for Gaining Weight Philadelphia PA

Anyone who's ever tried to lose weight knows it's no cakewalk. Eating less is hard enough, and certain factors--biological and environmental--can sabotage our good intentions." Many cues, like the size of a plate or the lighting in a restaurant, can cause you to eat more," says Brian Wansink, PhD, author of Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think. Our metabolisms also slow down as we get older, which doesn't help. Thankfully, experts are uncovering ways to combat what makes losing weight so tough. See if any of these scenarios sound familiar.

Overdoing Artificial Sweeteners If you want to lose weight, you should drink diet soda, right? Well, not necessarily...too much may have the opposite effect. Research shows that people who have diet drinks regularly may be more likely to gain weight and develop metabolic syndrome, a condition that includes having excess belly fat, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and insulin resistance. One theory why: Taste signals how many calories are in a particular food and helps your body judge how they should be used, explains Terry Davidson, PhD, director of the Ingestive Behavior Research Center at Purdue University in Indiana. Loading up on sweet drinks with no calories interferes with that signal, making it difficult for your body to determine how much you really need to eat.

Avoid It: Water is always an ideal choice, but you don't have to go cold turkey on the diet soda. Limit yourself to one a day, and be careful...

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