Older generations say: “Eat only until 70 to 80 percent full.” Nowadays, the importance of proper eating is often overlooked. People do not really pay attention to it. They will go to buffets and eat until they get sick because they have to get their money’s worth regardless of how sick they feel afterwards – this is so harmful for body.
Few dangerous things that happens to your body when you overeat and it’s not weight gain:
Heartburn. The stomach produces hydrochloric acid to break down food, and, if you overeat, this may lead to a back up into the esophagus, resulting in heartburn (the more food you eat, the more acids needed to break down the food). Heartburn will be more expressed if you’re over consuming foods that take longer to digest like cheesy cheeseburgers and french fries with cheese.
Swollen stomach. When you eat too much, the stomach expands like a sponge to accommodate the large amount of food, which then pushes against the other organs in your body so every organ in abdominal area is under pressure and that affect their proper function.
Body work overtime. Digesting a massive meal requires the organs to work in overdrive, secreting extra hormones and enzymes to break down the food. When this happens on the regular, issues can start to happen with metabolism and endocrine function, like insulin resistance (diabetes), increased cortisol (stress hormon), and reduction in growth hormone.
You may feel sleepy and tired. As the pancreas releases the hormone insulin, it sends off a lot of hormones to be released. Serotonin and melatonin, the feel good hormones, are released. This may make you feel tired and content. That is the reason why you feel sleepy after large meals. Food have to give you energy not to drain your energy. Avoiding large meals will solve the problem.
Nausea. Leptin, a hormone that is produced by the fat cells, tells the brain that you’re no longer hungry and need to stop eating. If you eat too fast, you may miss this signal and continue eating past the feeling of fullness, causing the body to produce more leptin. People that have more fat cells in their bodies may develop leptin resistance, making it even harder to recognize fullness, and, ultimately, lose weight.
Fatty liver. Fatty liver syndrome is the accumulation of fat in the cells of the liver that can sometimes damage liver cells. It may cause scarring, known as fibrosis, which may progress to cirrhosis, which impairs liver function. Once fibrotic tissue has formed, it is hard to restore the liver back to its original state. There is not one single drug that is able to cure it .Exercising, resting, and not drinking alcohol may all help fatty liver syndrome. However, it is only possible to stop the liver from further deterioration to more serious conditions such as cirrhosis.
Bottom line: you are in control in food choices and portion size. Don’t go with the flow, build your character through healthy way of eating. This is the most difficult field where you have to win yourself but if you win here, you can win in every battle in your life. If you give up here that will spread in every other field(social, business..). At the end of a day is better to prevent than to cure. EAT SMART!
