Body Adapts, Quickly Bounces Back From An Occasional Day Of Gluttony, Study Indicates

The diets were high in carbohydrates -- about 55% -- with 30% fat and 15% protein. During the overeating portion of the study, the diet included chocolate, meal replacement drinks and potato chips to add about 1,000 calories a day to the diet. Short-term overeating did increase visceral fat slightly -- that's fat that surrounds the body's organs and is considered unhealthier. But there wasn't a significant increase in overall weight and fat mass, the researchers said. Fasting levels of blood sugar and production of insulin didn't change in response to the short-term overeating, the study found. "The body copes with short periods of overeating with additional carbohydrates and makes adjustments by shifting metabolism towards utilizing these excess carbohydrates," Wadley explained. Chronic overeating, however, did increase total body fat and visceral body fat. It also produced higher levels of blood sugar and insulin response after eating. It didn't alter fasting glucose levels, however. https://consumer.healthday.com/public-health-information-30/overeating-health-news-771/body-adapts-recovers-from-occasional-pigging-out-study-finds-746058.html