Diet hoping is not a solution but a trap. Yes, going bonkers with your eating habits is just going to make your case worse and science agrees on it too. Ketogenic diet, paleo diet, vegan diet, or a low-carb diet – are you also trying your hands on every diet mantra that’s thrown your way? If yes, then my dear you are inviting a lot of troubles in the near future. Apparently, your body clock is going to knock you down if you keep on switching like this when it comes to your diet – and we have the science to prove it to you.  

In a recent study, researchers found that swapping to a rich diet after eating a restricted one can decrease life expectancy, and have negative health effects, especially when you change your diet repeatedly or abruptly.

Be mindful of your diet as it can make or break your health
The researchers, provided new insight into why, as well as how, diets could benefit humans in terms of slowing ageing and the onset of age-related disease.

Until now, they said the existing theory was that dietary restriction — a reduction of particular, or total nutrient intake without causing malnutrition — triggered a survival strategy in humans and animals.

This theory, the scientists said, suggested that humans and animals invested in maintaining and repairing the body in times of low food availability, to await times when food availability increases again.

The findings of the current study, according to the researchers, implied that rather than waiting for food availability to increase in the future, the flies (on which they conducted this experiment) were waiting to die on a restricted diet.

Instead of dietary restriction increasing repair and maintenance mechanisms, it could actually be an escape from the damaging effects of a rich diet, they said.

The new interpretation, according to the scientists, can help us understand why and how diet can have such profound effects on health.

Before switching to another diet, make your body accustomed to it
Researchers said the findings also suggest that changing diet repeatedly or abruptly could be harmful to health in certain situations.