These are the risks of miracle diets

Learn this litany because the holidays are approaching, and soon a multitude of products will hit the market promising “miraculous” weight loss. Be very careful! Nutrition experts, like Dr. Arieh Goldberg, state that following such miracle diets carries health risks. Reasons to Lose Weight According to Dr. Goldberg, a bariatric physician, expert in nutrition and eating disorders, many people need to lose weight on the orders of a doctor or due to family pressure. However, the secret to losing weight lies in personal conviction and motivation, “it is at that moment when we need to change our thinking and our attitude and say: I am going to lose weight because I want a healthy future life, both physically and emotionally.” The fact of weighing yourself day after day is NOT motivating, the specialist points out. “Body weight undergoes changes due to many causes. For example, the time you weigh yourself; if you do it in the morning, you will weigh much less than in the afternoon. The same happens if you had a steam bath and then weigh yourself. But if you are constipated, you will notice that you weigh much more, the same will happen if you had a very salty meal the night before or if you are on your menstrual period.” Dr. Goldberg advises not to get anxious or worried about weight; rather, “worry more about how your clothes are fitting looser, about feeling more agile, about feeling less tired, about realizing that YOU CAN ACHIEVE IT and that all you needed was to have decided sooner.” Say NO to Crash Diets For Patricia Escribano, a nutritionist at the Sanitas Health Promotion Service (Spain), miracle diets can cause “loss of muscle mass, nutritional and caloric deficiencies, irritability or mood states such as depression and anxiety, renal or hepatic overload, in addition to the dreaded yo-yo or rebound effect.” Both specialists agree that we should be cautious when a diet promises rapid weight loss (more than 5 Kg per month) without effort and without health risks. “From the Dukan diet to the artichoke diet, through dissociated diets like Montignac's, or other practices like the probe diet or even absurdities like putting nets or staples on the tongue,” says Escribano. And, pay attention, dear readers, the famous detox diets based on juices or maple syrup can also be considered dangerous for health, as they “only help to lose fluids, with the consequent rebound effect on weight once we stop them; in addition to predisposing to nutrient deficiencies that keep our body functioning optimally,” adds Escribano. And I will not tire of repeating the same litany: Run away from miracle diets. Don’t pay attention to promises and oaths. Forget about crash diets. See original article. Recommended Notes 13 mistakes that prevent you from losing weight even if you are on a diet 10 tips to lose weight when you hate diets 10 exercises to lose weight