It has been years since I did my Reverse Diet, and, apart from some adjustments due to loosening, I consider this practice a real “holy hand” for those like me who have been on a diet for years, have suffered from related ailments diet and food and has suffered what some experts over the years have called ” metabolic damage ” (fitness experts and bodybuilders got there first: from Lyle Mc Donald to Scott Abel to Layne Norton to many others). By metabolic damage we mean, even if it is a theory, that set of “symptoms” of hormonal and thyroid decompensation related to a slower metabolismdue to a continuous and reckless calorie restriction. Nervous hunger, increased cortisol (hence stress), digestive difficulties, weight stall or tendency to gain weight, hormonal decompensation with reduced testosterone, increased estrogen, decreased progesterone, thyroid hormone decompensation, digestive problems caused by a system immune system that seems to have gone mad (strange forms of food allergy or frequent indigestion appear), resistance to leptin (which causes nervous hunger or continuous hunger), chronic fatigue from adrenal fatigue.

Who can suffer from metabolic damage? People who eat little and are always on a weight loss diet; people who train a lot; a set of the two situations. In this case, the reverse diet is the process of returning to a healthier metabolism simply by eating more.
What is the reverse diet?It is a well-known concept in the fitness and bodybuilding industry in particular, to overcome the problems of athletes following strict workouts and restrictive diets for sports competitions. Literally, it means making an inversion of the diet, arriving at increasing a few calories (generally starting from 50 per day preferably from carbohydrates; if you are sportsmen, there is a precise breakdown of the carbohydrate / fat macronutrients that you can follow, but not it is the same for everyone: there are those who say they increase 20 grams of carbohydrates daily, those who say they increase carbohydrates and fats) our daily calorie ceiling. Let’s see how to do it. (Follow me on page two)