Think Skipping Meals Is Good For You? Here's Something That Will Make You Reconsider

Skipping meals might seem harmless or even helpful, but it can disrupt your body in surprising ways. Here's what actually happens inside when you go without food.

In our busy lives, skipping meals may feel like a great shortcut to save some time and even shed a few kilos in the way of doing so, but is it as structured and helpful as intermittent fasting? The answer is no! While both of these methods involve going without food for a certain period of time, how they affect your body and how your body reacts to it is what really makes the difference.

What happens when you skip meals?

When you skip meals you are initiating a series of metabolic and hormonal adaptations that can place a significant physiological stress on the body, says Dr. CC Nair, internal medicine specialist, Lilavati Hospital, Mumbai.

Blood sugar drops: When there is a reduction in calorie intake, it causes glucose levels to decline as well and this impairs the glucose availability for brain function. This leads to symptoms such as fatigue, dizziness, cognitive slowing and irritability. 

Short-term stress: Your body produces more cortisol (the stress hormone) and uses up stored sugar (glycogen) available in the liver.

Switching energy sources: If fasting continues to happen for a long period of time, the body starts breaking down fat (lipolysis) and muscle (proteolysis) to produce energy.

Muscle loss risk: Frequent or prolonged fasting can lead to muscle breakdown and slow down your metabolism. This ends up lowering your basic metabolic rate (BMR).

Hormone disruption: Skipping meals can also interfere with the insulin that is produced in the body (it also manages blood sugar) and leptin (which controls hunger), leading to hormonal imbalances.

Digestive issues: Irregular eating patterns can upset your gut’s natural rhythm because it wouldn’t know when to expect food and this ultimately leads to digestive problems.

Overeating: Last but not the least, you may end up eating more later in the day (this is also called compensatory hyperphagia) because you wouldn’t know when your body has had enough food that it needs. This can raise the risk of heart and metabolic diseases.

 

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Toxic flame retardants in kid's car seats may cause harm

Scientists have found toxic flame retardants in newly manufactured children's car seats, sparking concerns about children's health. In the study, researchers found that 15 of 18 children's car seats contained new or traditional hazardous flame retardant chemicals -- linked to a variety of negative health effects, including hormone disruption, impaired brain development, liver damage and cancer. 

Children are more susceptible to these effects than adults because of their smaller size and their tendency to put their hands and objects in their mouths.

Moreover, children can be exposed to flame retardants in car seats by breathing in chemicals that leach into the air out of fabrics and foam. 

This is especially problematic for children during the summer months, when heat increases the rate at which flame retardants enter the poorly ventilated, semi-closed car environment, the researchers noted. 

"New replacement flame retardants, often marketed as safer alternatives, are lurking in children's products without rigorous safety testing and may pose risks for children's health," said lead author. 

"The abundance of emerging flame retardant chemicals in children's car seats and the key role these products play as potential sources of chemical exposure is a cause for concern," she added.

Children can also be exposed to flame retardants by ingesting the dust which accumulates inside the vehicle, through skin contact or by chewing on their car seats.
 
"We found that car seat manufacturers are intentionally moving away from certain toxic chemicals compounds that they know to be harmful, which is good news," the researchers said.

All of the car seats were newly manufactured between January 2017 and February 2018 and were made in China, Canada, or the US. In total, the researchers tested 36 different fabric and foam samples from 18 car seats.

Phosphonate esters (PMMMPs) were found in 34 of the 36 car seat sampled at levels much higher than those of traditional flame retardants, suggesting their use as a replacement flame retardant for compounds that are known to be harmful.

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) were observed in 75 per cent of the samples tested, despite being phased out of use in the US in 2013 over health concerns, while decabromodiphenyl ethane (DBDPE) was detected in four samples at high levels, suggesting that it was intentionally used. DBDPE is a brominated flame retardant known to cause oxidative stress, hormone disruption and thyroid problems.

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