Why can't I gain weight even if I eat a lot?

In daily life, we always meet people who eat a lot every day but never gain weight. This often makes people feel very envious. Experts tell us that eating a lot without gaining weight is related to the spleen and stomach. It has both physiological and pathological reasons. If it is a physiological problem, then it doesn’t matter. But if it is pathological, it proves that it is unhealthy and should cause certain attention.

Why can't you gain weight even if you eat a lot?

According to the doctor, this is related to the spleen and stomach. The spleen and stomach are the most important parts of our body. Traditional Chinese medicine says that the kidneys are the foundation of our innate constitution, and the spleen and stomach are the foundation of our acquired constitution.

Your spleen and stomach play a decisive role in the health of your body. Everything we eat and drink is first transformed by the spleen and stomach before being transmitted to other organs.

If your spleen and stomach are weak and their digestion and metabolism functions are poor, then the things you drink and eat cannot be digested and will easily accumulate in the body and cannot be eliminated. Over time, they will accumulate into fat, so you will gain weight.

For people with good spleen and stomach function, the body will automatically absorb the good part of the food they eat and automatically eliminate the bad part, so they will not gain weight no matter how much they eat.

If your spleen and stomach are weak, to put it bluntly, you won't even be able to digest water. This is why many people gain weight even by drinking water.

There are many reasons why thin people cannot gain weight. The first one is pathological, which is unhealthy thinness.

Pathological

It means that certain parts of the body have become diseased, making it impossible to synthesize protein and fat, so you will definitely not grow meat. However, this is a sign of illness and you should seek medical attention immediately.

The second is physiological

Many thin people fall into this category. Their bodies have abnormal hormone secretion, which "temporarily" hinders the synthesis of fat and protein or the absorption of nutrients, so they will not get fat.

For example, people with weak spleen and stomach or poor small intestine function, the small intestine is the key part of our body's nutrient absorption. If there is a problem here, the body will not absorb enough nutrients and will naturally not gain weight.

The third method is to eat small and frequent meals

Although they eat a lot, they pay attention to the way they eat. They are used to eating small meals frequently, and some even eat 5 meals a day. Some people don't like high-calorie foods.

The fourth is related to genetic genes

If all the direct and collateral relatives in the family are fat, then unfortunately there is a fat gene in the family, so the next generation is likely to be fat. Those whose families have more thin people are likely to have thin next generation as well.

In fact, it can be summarized into three reasons: either they eat small meals frequently, or they have poor digestive function, or they have thin genes. Such people can easily maintain their body shape.