Dietitian Elena Solomatina: a certain amount of excess weight can be good for health.
The doctor said in an interview that losing kilograms is not those who have become obese can, in some cases, provide the body with support and protection against disease.
“There are numbers that fit into the norm according to the body mass index formula – from 19 to 25. Then up to 30 there will be excess weight, but this is not yet obesity,” Solomatina explained to Vechernyaya Moskva.
The nutritionist said that people with fullness, which is not critical, tends to catch colds and get sick less often. Also, a small excess of fat in the body protects against freezing, since it has a heat-insulating effect (this effect is also useful for disorders associated with increased chilliness, for example, with poor blood circulation and thyroid pathologies).
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In addition, being overweight helps people better tolerate a stroke, they show a higher survival rate. Solomatina explained that a stroke requires serious resources from the body in order to survive apoplexy and begin to recover. Many patients after it develop critical exhaustion, from which the already affected brain suffers. The fat present in the body to a certain extent protects against this.
Scientists said that overweight people are more like people
Earlier, the portal MedikForum.ru wrote that nutrition in winter should be more dense and bold.
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Elena Solomatina Health dietitian, candidate of medical sciences