Looking good is everyone’s desire but to compromise with your health to look good is not right. The world is getting obsessed with the “size 0” celebrities. The trend has been on the rise in the west but it seems to have taken over in India too; girls are going a step ahead to get Kareena Kapoor, Deepika Padukone or Priyanka Chopra alike figure,
What is “Size 0”? Size 0 is woman’s clothing size as per the US system, equivalent to a UK size 4. Women have a waist of 22-23 inches, a 32-inch bust, and 33-34 inch hips – the average measurements of an 8-year old girl. Their Body Mass Index is less than 18.
Loads of women are shedding off weight in order to mimic the amazingly thin celebrities without being aware of the fact that they such dramatic weight loss can be injurious to their health. A study done in UK found that skinny women are less likely to become pregnant than those who are overweight – including those classed as dangerously obese.
It is a known fact that being very thin can make it difficult to conceive naturally caused due to a drop in the female sex hormone estrogen. Women need a good amount of body fat to store vital estrogen and other hormone to conceive and sustain the baby. If one continues to shed weight then you may perhaps stop ovulating and when the ovulation is concealed by the ovaries, the woman fails to release an egg every month, reducing chances of pregnancy.
This happens because hypothalamus which functions as a type of thermostat for the body fails to tell the pituitary gland to produce embryos. Once the link between them is broken, it may take years before it is established again and you may be called as infertile.
A study has revealed that Personal appearance can be so important to some people that they will go to great lengths to maintain a youthful look. From luring your boyfriend to look young in your son’s marriage to kitty parties every month to corporate lobby parties the trend to look good and slim is on high. With increasing financial independence and disposable income, women now seem to be going under the knife to move on from fat to fit and boost their sense of confidence and self-worth.
Extramarital affairs are also one such cause for such demands and not only because the husband is seeing someone younger, slimmer or better looking woman than his wife but in some cases the woman herself is having an affair with a younger man and wants to improve her appearance.
In boys, when the body is devoid of nutrients like zinc, good fats like Omega 3s and vitamins C, E and D, it affects the quality of sperm and libido, and can also lead to infertility. Women with the BMI of below 19 are at a greater risk of experiencing irregularities in their menstrual cycle. This can certainly lead to infertility.
Even if we give treatment to the underweight girls and make them conceive then chances of having abnormal baby or underweight baby are considerably high. Women doing exorbitant amount of dieting or exersing suffers amenorrhea or lacks libido or we can say they loses interest in sex. In that case it causes a riff in hormones in the brain and results in infertility.
Women who continually consumes weight reducing capsules are also at higher risk of infertility no matter if the capsules are even herbal they have the same amount of drugs which is been used in contraceptive pills. This ends the formulation of eggs in the ovaries. I can recall a patient of mine she was only 22 and an aspiring model. She had undergone weight reduction due to her assignments. However her periods were normal but in last two years it was definitely become irregular.
Whatever has been stated above doesn’t mean that one should not go for weight reduction. It is indeed mandatory to stay fit. But there is a thin line between fit and ultra slim body. You should be aiming to be fit and not slim. There are numerous ways to be fit. Some of them list here and later on you can consult a dietitian or weight loss specialist.
1. Balanced diet
2. Regular physical exercise and relaxation exercise
3. Eat three meals everyday breakfast, lunch and dinner
4. Reduce your intake of food or drinks that contain high level of sugar and fat
5. Eat more fruits, green leafy vegetables and salads
6. Quit smoking and drinking
7. Go for brisk walking twice in a day for 30 minutes
Stay healthy..!!
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