Many people think that starvation is a good way to achieve weight loss. But when it comes to losing weight there is a right way and a wrong way to do it. I can assure you that starvation is not the right way. In fact, hunger should not be a part of dieting. Reduction diets such as low-fat, low-carb and low calorie diets are generally not a good idea. In this article I will try to explain why.

First some statistics - studies show that more than 95% of people who lose weight gain it back within five years. And 90% of those gain back more than they lost. One would think that when people spend so much time, energy, and money on dieting, they would lose weight. But in fact, they are getting fatter. How can this be?

This is because the majority of mainstream diets work by starving you. And that is not good. The human body sees food shortage as a threat to its well-being and will act accordingly. It has build in regulating system designed to look after its best interests. And its number one interest is to stay alive.

The body needs a certain amount of calories each day to function properly. When it senses that it's getting less calories than required, it goes into so called starvation mode. It shuts things down in an attempt to lower energy requirements and preserve fuel, that is - fat.

By starving yourself your metabolism lowers so that the body becomes more efficient, requiring fewer calories to function. Slow metabolism turns food into body fat very easily and makes losing weight almost impossible.

Another problem of slow metabolism is that when you start eating normally again, you will gain weight faster than ever. The body will usually gain back more fat that what was originally lost, with fewer calories consumed. This is why 90% of people gain back more weight than they lost.

But this is not all. When you don't eat enough, your body begins to consume itself. This is the simple logic of reduction diets. But when this happens, you are not only losing fat, you are also losing muscle, bone, and even brain tissue.

Starvation is the most cruel and unhealthy way to lose weight. You will certainly lose weight, but it's never long term and the health consequences could be really bad.

The key to healthy weight loss is not to limit the quantity of food, it's eating the right foods in the right patterns each day. This can be achieved with a new approach to weight loss called calorie shifting.

Calorie shifting is a method that works by constantly changing what you eat. Rather than reducing you are shifting the type of calories that you eat on a daily basis. This tricks your metabolism into thinking that you are not dieting, so it remains running high and burning a lot of fat.

Most people find shifting calories to be much easier that other diets because you eat four meals a day and never starve. This method is certainly one of the best and healthiest ways to achieve fast and long term weight loss.