To many people embracing the latest shortcut to slimness, the
end is a quick trip to poor health. One has only to watch
the advertisements on slimming supplements on television, or
read about it in magazines, to see how many people boast about
their fast weight loss.
People are taken in by these advertisements and chop and
change in order to lose weight as quickly as possible. One
month it is a high carbohydrate diet, the next a high protein
diet, and the next a high fibre food diet. Most of these diets
are built on a jumble of fact and fancy. There is always an
audience out there looking for easy and fast weight loss and
trimmer looks.
So what is wrong then with getting people to lose weight on an all fruit diet, or loading up on vitamins and other
supplements that are so popular today on the chance of suppressing
the appetite, helping with fast weight loss? Most diet and
nutrition fads have built-in health hazards that may do you
more harm than good. Some diets may deprive your body of essential
nutrients, while others may overload your system with potentially
hazardous substances, in a few cases, others may encourage
you to overlook symptoms that deserve professional medical
attention.
Unfortunately, not all diets are scientifically tested and approved before
they are presented to the public. The popular Beverly Hills
diet, a fast weight loss diet, was designed by a Californian
woman, with no formal medical or nutritional training, who wanted
to lose weight herself. The diet calls for virtually unlimited
amounts of fruit; different fruits for different days followed
much later by some bread and maize, and then only much later, some protein.
It is obvious why people lose weight so quickly and dramatically
on this bizarre fast weight loss diet. Ten or more days
of eating nothing but fruit is likely to cause diarrhea
and possible urinary frequency. So while much of the weight
loss may come from a decrease in kilojoules, a good bit
is due to dehydration. Some people may think this is a fair
trade-off for a quick five to seven kilogram weight loss,
but what is not understood is that fluid loss can cause
severe loss of nutrients, particularly minerals, with the
risk of cardiac problems.
This diet claims that the body can digest only a limited
variety of food at a time, hence, the fruit diet of only
paw paw and pineapple one day, watermelon the next, and
so on and so forth. Yet, nutritionists know that the body
produces a wide range of enzymes capable of digesting all
kinds of food and nutrients. Some fast weight loss diets
call for a reduction of fat to levels lower than generally
recommended by the medical world, but little do the public
realize that fat is an essential nutrient for good health
when eaten wisely, as it provides the taste and texture
in food that gives a satisfied feeling, and prevents our
being hungry again a short time later. It is a concentrated
source of energy, and is the source of an essential fatty
acid known as linoleic acid.
Certainly there are fast weight loss diets that offer sound
accurate advice on nutrition, but unfortunately they are overshadowed
by those promoting ridiculous and dangerous eating programs.
Liquid formulas which mostly come in powder form are marketed
as containing many nutrients and are promoted to unsuspecting
dieters as the “perfect fast weight loss diet”, but its' safety
and effectiveness is dubious. Most nutritionists warn that
it is unsound to follow any extremely low kilojoule diet without
close medical supervision.
It is not easy to say no to a fast weight loss diet that
promises a shortcut to slimness, and you could well remember
that there are no revolutionary, miracle, or special eating
substances known to burn off unwanted body fat or change
your digestive patterns in order to lose weight. Eat sensibly.
Exercise regularly, and you can lose weight slowly, but
forever.
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