What Binge Eating Does To The Body And How Not To Overeat This Diwali

Festivals are a means for families and friends to come together and celebrate in unison. This festival of lights is celebrated with a lot of love and enthusiasm in different ways, involving a lot of food. Indian festivals aren’t really complete without the involvement of at least a dozen varieties in food, with at least a dozen kinds of sweets for the festivities. And in these times, the tendency to overeat often takes over.

Winding up with a full belly with a little soreness is often the aftermath of overeating, and can be dealt with. However, binge eating as a habit can get seriously out of hands, resulting in health problems and conditions that stay with a person for the rest of his/her life. So what happens when a person overeats? And how harmful is that? Can it be avoided this Diwali? This article discusses it all.

What Overeating Does to the Body?

Overeating is a process that takes effect slowly and in parts. The ill-effects of overeating go far and beyond an excess of calories in the body and can be understood with these simple points.

●       Overeating expands the stomach beyond its standard size, causing extra pressure on the surrounding organs. This pressure causes the feeling of discomfort in people, with the additional feeling of lethargy and drowsiness.

●       Overeating also forces other organs to work harder, secreting extra hormones and enzymes.

●       Overeating may result in stomach acid to back up and enter the esophagus, causing heartburn.

●       It can also result in the formation of gas, causing high levels of discomfort.

●       Overeating may also put the metabolism in hyperdrive to digest all the extra food, leaving the person feeling suddenly hot, sweaty, and even dizzy.

How Harmful is Overeating?

Aside from all the above temporary harmful effects, overeating has been known to cause more profound and graver health problems in people. A human body functions typically by using certain calories to perform a certain set of actions, and stores the excess in the form of fat.

An excess of this fat then begins to collect in several different places in the body, causing what is commonly known as obesity. Research and studies from all around the world have long stated that obesity is the most common risk factor for various chronic conditions like heart problems and cancer. The enzymes that break down food to provide energy to the body are available in limited amounts, which means that overeating also causes pressure on the glands of the body as they have to overwork to digest the extra food or store it up as fat.

Another harmful effect of overeating is that it impacts the circadian clock or the biological clock of the body, causing erratic rises and falls in the sleep and hunger levels throughout the day.

 How to Avoid Overeating During Diwali?

Diwali is the most awaited festival in the country, but can easily become a drastic development instead of a pompous time, something that can take months, years, or even lifetime of corrective measures to undo, restrain, or regulate. A few simple steps can go a long way in avoiding overeating and must be included as an important part of life.

●       Eat-in moderate amounts

●       Avoid skipping any meal

●       Choose healthy over unhealthy, like dry fruits instead of sweets

●       Avoid sugar-rich drinks

●       Choose fresh food over stored food or food which uses preservatives

●       Eating slowly is a good habit

●       Include a good amount of physical activity

While celebrations are a necessary part of everyone’s life, overeating should certainly not be. And to create a habit out of it is certainly not good for the body. Celebrating responsibly is the only way forward, be it fireworks, restricted use of water, or even eating.

To enjoy festivals worry-free and in full fervor, it is always advisable to get a full-body checkup from the best hospital in Jodhpur. Medipulse Hospital is offering many exclusive preventive health care packages at affordable costs. With an expert staff that provides world-class medical services, we urge you to take care of the celebrations while being responsible, while we will take care of your health.