US-based nutritionist Maddie D’Antonio is very active on Instagram, not only sharing her health journey, but also busting myths about ‘popular diet advice’ to avoid and encouraging her followers to ‘ We encourage you to heal your relationships. In one of her posts, she talked about something “most fitness influencers don’t talk about”: the disadvantages of being thin, especially for women. For one, thin people may simply not have a strong sex drive, even if they used to have one. ALSO READ | Woman who lost 7kg in 2 months, ‘belly fat disappeared’ recommends this dessert recipe to fight sugar cravings
Maddie D’Antonio said being thin doesn’t necessarily mean being healthy. (Instagram/Maddie DiAntonio)
Maddie said: “I wasn’t prepared for the side effects of being thin: feeling hungry after eating, feeling tired all the time, dreaming about food, wanting to be alone, losing sex drive and periods. These include extreme mood swings, urges to overeat, and strained relationships.”
In a long caption, she asked why she would share something like this with her followers at a time when so many people are blindly following social media and fitness influencers and doing everything they can to stay thin. explained.
She writes, “Most fitness influencers don’t talk about this, but…this is the reality you impose on yourself when you go on an extreme diet, especially as a woman.”
She then listed the reason she wanted to share this, saying, “Because I don’t want anyone who visits my page to think that what I did was necessary for optimal health. Share my changes. It’s fun, but what did it take to get to this point? Folks, walking around with veins and striations on our abdomens can be detrimental to our health and can cost us a great deal of our lives. Remember, you can’t. There are some unicorns, but this is not the majority. Our body composition is important, but we need to be realistic with ourselves (behind the scenes). It’s very difficult to do that if you’re only looking at the highlights and not the fights).
Maddie added: “So…trying to shed some light on that ‘behind the scenes’ thing…I stopped having my period. I’m tired almost all the time. I’m very irritable, and I don’t like innocent sounds like birds chirping. , I’ve been getting irritated by the kind of ridiculous sounds I hear people talking around me. It’s not just people, it’s even the people I love. Obviously, it’s not healthy!!”
“The thinnest version of yourself is not the healthiest version of yourself.”
In another post, she talked about how “the thinnest version of myself isn’t the healthiest version of me.” Maddie said: “Yes, it’s controversial, but this is something 99% of people should hear. The skinniest version of yourself is not the healthiest version of yourself. That’s true whether you’re recovering from a restrictive eating disorder or not. Social media has definitely influenced the current health ideals in the fitness community. Shoulders, and completely isolated quadriceps, otherwise someone is “fat”. ”
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