Obesity and excessive intake of food are major problems, and being overweight is already an epidemic. But there is another thing that also causes major health problems, and that is insufficient food intake. In addition, read the alarming signs that reveal that you are not eating enough.
Low blood sugar
Hypoglycaemia is one of the first symptoms of malnutrition. Skipping meals or lower food intake than usual, combined with physical activities cause large and sudden drops in blood sugar that are manifested as hunger accompanied by sweating, fever, and a general feeling of weakness.
You do not lose weight, but you lose muscle mass.
Contrary to popular opinion, sometimes consuming more food helps in weight loss. If you not fed your body with the foods that it needs, it will keep a stock of fat and instead will burn muscle in order to get enough energy. The loss of muscle mass will slow down metabolism, and thus will slow down weight loss.
Lack of energy and fatigue
In the case of malnutrition, your body doesn’t get the nutrients, calories, and vitamins that are needed to function properly. Because it follows your constant feeling of tiredness and lethargy or your lack of energy. Your body does not pass the required “fuel” and it must immediately change.
Try to follow the golden rule of three big meals a day and two small snacks. This will adjust the level of glucose in the blood, and ensure a gradual release of energy rather than a big rise and abrupt decline.
You constantly feel cold
Insufficient calorie intake causes a decrease in body temperature. Specifically, the body can not produce and maintain the required heat without calories. Also, restrictive calorie intake affects the operation of certain hormones in the body, such as thyroid hormones, which also cause feelings of cold.
Cravings
Of course, this is the most obvious and most common “symptom” of malnutrition. If you avoid food intake, will follow a feeling of craving. But on the other hand, there are people who often eat but remain hungry. Then the problem lies in the foods we consume, which are full of carbohydrates and lack of good fats and protein. All the simple carbohydrates are actually sugars and they are a good source of instant energy because the body quickly digests them. But these long-term sugars will cause hunger. That means you need to eat more complex carbohydrates and protein since this body takes longer to digest them, and you will feel “energized” and fed for longer.