Various diets circulate on social media promising to lose a lot of kilos. Make no mistake, it is possible to lose weight and be well nourished in a healthy way, but not with radical solutions.
So I’m going to talk about 5 diets that can be very harmful to your health and without long-term results.
1 – Take medications and supplements to lose weight. Products enriched with protein and consumed continuously can worsen kidney problems, increase the risk of osteoporosis and heart risks. Prolonged high-protein diets based on proteins limiting carbohydrates as much as possible have been the cause of some cases of death in the USA, as it is suspected that this type of diet causes atrophy of the heart muscle, with a serious threat of cardiac arrest. This diet is extremely acidic, causing a dangerous reduction in potassium and calcium levels in the blood.
2 – Diet based on the detox regime that causes you to lose water but also various minerals essential to the body. Drinks made from raw vegetables can cause problems such as bacteria if they are not washed well and have high levels of nitrates and oxalic acid. According to the European Food Safety Authority, daily consumption of more than 180 milligrams of oxalic acid increases the risk of kidney stone formation and impairs the absorption of minerals such as iron, potassium and calcium. One smoothie is enough to reach this value. In addition to providing an unbalanced diet because it lacks carbohydrates.
3- Skip meals to reduce calories. Skipping a meal has the opposite effect, that is, it makes you gain weight because the feeling of hunger increases and at the first opportunity the body stores everything in the form of fat without eliminating it because it feels the need to store it.
4 – Cut calories completely. These diets are very restrictive in terms of calories and the body adapts to periods of deficiency, saving everything so as not to lack, making it difficult to lose weight.
5 – Eliminating certain foods causes imbalance in the body. For the body to function properly, it needs all nutrients. That is, complex carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals, fiber and water. The complex carbohydrates present in bread, rice, pasta and legumes help us to have energy and regulate our appetite. These should provide half the energy we need daily but also not overdo it. We should get a third of the energy from fats and about a fifth from proteins. But the body also has to get vitamins, fiber, minerals and water, so you have to eat all the food recommended by the food wheel. In other words, the diet must consist of ingesting one and a half to three liters of water per day, around 28% cereals and tubers, 23% vegetables, 20% fruit, 18% dairy products, 5% meat , fish and eggs, 4% legumes, 2% fat.
