Diet making me susceptible to illness?

AObravo123
AObravo123 Posts: 66 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Do others feel this way? I'm not overly calorie negative but gotten really sick twice in last 3 months since diet started.

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  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    maybe if you are not eating a well balanced, nutritionally dense diet.

    i get sick far less now than i did before, but i eat loads of salads and veggies and 'real' food. hardly anything overly processed or whats typically considered 'junk' food. will i eat crap stuff on occasion, sure, but its not a part of my every day way of eating.
  • trigden1991
    trigden1991 Posts: 4,658 Member
    It's pretty normal in my experience. When you're in a calorie deficit your body is not running optimally so you need to ensure you get sufficient micronutrients and vitamins in.

    A multivitamin and additional vitamin c are daily and glutamine when I feel run down or feel fly symptons.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    Log your food accurately for a few weeks and then look back on your food log to see if you're getting a wide variety of colorful vegetables and fruit often. If not, you can fix that and may well improve your immune system.
  • lioness803
    lioness803 Posts: 325 Member
    I feel like I get sick more in the first couple of months that I make any diet changes, whether its calorie deficit or when I went gluten free (to help digestive issues) I got a horrific cold/flu thing that time. Maybe bodies run less than optimal during these adjustment periods. Or maybe its just coincidence.
  • IdLikeToLoseItLoseIt
    IdLikeToLoseItLoseIt Posts: 695 Member
    I find that I'm more susceptible to getting sick when in a deficit, though a smaller deficit seems less taxing on my body than a bigger deficit.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,181 Member
    It's true. You're also more susceptible if you're also exercising with high intensity.


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