19/02/2024
10 reasons why it's difficult to gain weight.
1. Nutritional imbalance
Thin people have difficulty gaining weight mostly because their diet lacks nutrition. Eating too much starch, fat and protein, without supplementing fruits and vegetables and necessary vitamins and minerals, leads to nutritional imbalance, affecting the body's ability to metabolize and absorb.
According to research by the Institute of Nutrition, 80% of Vietnamese people's diet lacks essential micronutrients for the body such as zinc, magnesium, iodine, selenium, vitamins B, D, K, E. This causes weight loss. by biochemistry in the body, as well as not ensuring the metabolism and absorption of nutrients, leading to thinness.
2. Skip breakfast
Many people skip a nutritious breakfast due to waking up late, busy work, not wanting to eat when they wake up, etc. This is one of the most common causes of being underweight.
Breakfast is the first important meal of the day to replenish energy, increase metabolism, provide working energy and improve spirit.
When you skip breakfast, you miss the opportunity to provide nutrition to your body and subsequent meals do not make up for the calorie deficit, making it difficult for you to gain weight. While the nutritional needs of those who want to gain Weight must be higher than normal people.
3. Nutritional deficiencies
According to nutrition experts, one of the reasons why it is difficult for skinny people to gain weight is because they do not eat enough or lack nutrition. During main meals, you eat little or no starch, protein, fat, etc., causing your body to have no excess energy stored to gain weight.
On the other hand, nutritional deficiencies also make the body tired and tired, reducing metabolism, leading to poor appetite and poor absorption. This also makes you eat a lot without increasing your body mass.
4. Poor absorption and digestion
The body's ability to absorb food depends largely on the number of beneficial bacteria in the intestinal tract as well as the daily diet. The amount of this beneficial bacteria in thin people is often deficient because of the following reasons it is difficult to gain weight:
Stress due to work or study pressure, accompanied by long-term anxiety and tension.
Eat a lot of fat, protein, carbohydrates, use alcohol, stimulants and eat less fruits and vegetables.
Suffering from intestinal diseases, or taking antibiotics or medications.
5. Lack of sleep
Sleep plays an important role in muscle regeneration and body recovery. If you regularly fall into a state of insomnia, do not sleep deeply or do not sleep enough 6-8 hours/day, your body will always be tired, lethargic, have poor appetite and poor metabolism. . Lack of sleep is the reason why thin people have difficulty gaining weight.
6. Suffering from some chronic diseases
Having stomach and duodenal pain, colitis, digestive disorders, constipation... or other chronic diseases of the digestive tract that make you eat forever and not get fat, are also the reasons why it is difficult to gain weight. In this case, you should see a doctor and consult a doctor for treatment and to resolve the condition of becoming increasingly thin.
7. Unhealthy living habits
Habits that make you thin include:
Regularly use stimulants such as smoking, drinking alcohol, coffee, etc.
Negative thinking, always worried and sad.
Mood is unstable.
Because when toxins infect the body, they become free radicals that weaken the immune system, leading to nutrient absorption disorders. At this time, when the nutrients put into the body are not absorbed but are immediately excreted, making the process of gaining weight difficult, even skinny people will not get fat if they eat forever.
8. Drink less water
Being lazy to drink water is also one of the reasons why it is difficult to gain weight. Because water makes up 70% of the body and is essential in the metabolic process, eliminating toxins helps the body stay healthy.
Drinking 1.5 - 2L of water/day not only prevents the risk of disease, but also promotes weight gain. In addition to filtered water, you should drink vegetable juices and fruit smoothies.
9. Lazy exercise
You eat a lot but are still skinny not only because of an unreasonable diet but also because you are lazy to exercise. Lack of exercise makes the body always tired, tired, and has poor ability to absorb nutrients.
Spend 15 - 30 minutes/day with appropriate bodyweight exercises to help your body build firm muscle mass, increase resistance, flexibility, sleep better, and eat better. Then your weight goal will no longer be too far away.
10. Working too hard
Overworking is the main reason why it is difficult to gain weight. Excessive work leads to physical weakness and fatigue, which disrupts important body processes such as metabolism and mental ability, consuming a lot of energy. As a result, your entire lifestyle is affected both mentally and physically, making weight gain more difficult than ever.
