There is a theory of overweight, put forward by nutritionists of the caliber of Stephane Guyenet (who despite his young age is an authority in the field of nutrition and obesity diseases) and which starts from important research a few years ago. What does this theory say? Simple: that one of the most common causes of obesity can be a chronic deficiency of micronutrients , or vitamins and minerals. According to the study, in fact, the lack of vitamins and mineral salts results in a stress of the immune system which causes the lowering of the metabolism and the tendency of the body to gain weight. This always from the point of view of ideas for which the immune system and metabolism are closely linked(the better our metabolism the better our general health will be: for this reason many nutritionists and doctors recommend, if you want to lose weight, to “think about health”) and in particular being overweight would be an inflammatory immune response . Also for this reason, you have undoubtedly heard of the so-called “anti-inflammatory diet”. A bit like when we hit somewhere and get a bruise, the body’s response to a health problem would be overweight according to many. And for some , this health problem would be malnutrition. Which is a paradox, indeed, it is the paradox of the obese: despite being fat, which for everyone is the consequence of an excess of nutrition, he is actually undernourished.
Obviously,a multivitamin is not necessarily enough for all overweight people, in fact it is only a theory . Guyenet himself said he was fascinated but skeptical: it is true that a deficiency of vitamins and minerals has been found in many overweight and obese people, but this does not mean that a multivitamin works for everyone. Yet this could be the very simple key to losing the extra pounds for some of us. You find the references to what I say here, here and here , with Guyenet’s position and the study I told you about at the beginning. Can we give it a try?