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Can a specific age or gender impact dieting?

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Health & Medicine, UK (Commonwealth Union) – Dieting is the practice for those who want to lose weight or maintain a healthy lifestyle. It involves a systematic approach to food intake, often with the aim of reducing calorie consumption, and can take many forms, from intermittent fasting to low-carbohydrate diets.

While dieting can be an effective way to achieve weight loss goals and improve overall health, it is important to approach it in a healthy and sustainable way. Crash diets or extreme restrictions on food intake can have negative consequences for physical and mental health and can even lead to weight gain in the long term.

A new study in which the University of Aberdeen Rowett Institute may play a role in future dieting. The study has found that dieting impacts males and females in a unique way during young adulthood, but they are eliminated as individuals grow older.

The scientists discovered that males with lower calorie diets displayed greater fat loss and enhancements in blood sugar levels compared with females.

Results indicate that oestrogen, a key female sex hormone, may…

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