I had my real wake - up call about a year ago, when I finally had to realize that a damaged metabolism was causing me to gain even on a very low - calorie diet, that all the work I was putting into exercise never allowed me to gain muscle, that I was intermittently fighting hormonal breakouts, my fingernails were ragged, my eyelashes had started thinning, and that blood tests revealed
serious dietary deficiencies despite the praise I was getting for my low cholesterol.