Are you a healthy person who’s afraid of overeating on certain occasions, such as Thanksgiving and birthdays? If yes, then let me tell you this: you don’t need to be afraid of overeating occasionally. A recent study, published last April by the Cambridge University Press, suggests that binge eating occasionally does not have immediate negative consequences, as the body can cope “remarkably well when faced with a massive and sudden calorie excess.”
The over-fed body fails in one category: energy level. The overeaters were lethargic for a prolonged period of over four hours. So the price you pay for a pizza binge is a so-called food coma.
The take-home: “This study shows that if an otherwise healthy person overindulges occasionally, for example eating a large buffet meal or Christmas lunch, then there are no immediate negative consequences in terms of losing metabolic control,”...
More details about this study over at Fast Company.
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