Sunday, February 8, 2009

Rapid Weight Loss Diets - Can They Help You?

By Dwain Shramek

The amazing miracle weight loss system that can make you lose 10 pounds in 10 days no matter what you eat! Eat whatever you want, eat more than you want, eat double what you want, and still lose weight without working out! Drop one pant size in a day, but beware because this might work so well you'll pop out of existence! If these advertising claims are true then rapid weight loss is a miracle solution of the modern world, requiring no effort on the dieter's part.

Hogwash! Americans still spend upwards of $40 billion on diet products that mostly don't work. That doesn't stop people from coming up with all sorts of crazy diets and weight loss schemes. Remember Beyonce's starvation 'master cleanse' diet? It consisted of taking in nothing but lemon juice, maple syrup, cayenne pepper and water. Seriously! It also claimed to cleans the system from years of built up toxins. Who knew, maple syrup dissolves toxins.

Next time a poisonous snake bites someone have them eat some pancakes. Then there are the magic pills, creams, and diet supplements that guarantee to burn pounds without exercise, guaranteed. No that wasn't a typo, they mention the word guarantee so often it starts to lose meaning. And when they don't mention precisely what is involved in the "guarantee it doesn't have any meaning. It's simply a tricking people to think the product works.

Studies show that Very Low Calorie Diets, or VLCDs, work. People heard this and now try them at home. That's a problem because of their nature. When people are so much overweight it becomes a health problem, VLCDs were made to come to the rescue. These diets are designed to be used under medical supervision in a closed setting where people can't cheat. When used outside those conditions people tend to cheat, and what's worse they can incur serious health issues.

Rapid weight loss, if it works, creates a number of problems with the body. Painful Gallstones develop in up to 25% of people who lose large amounts of weight over a few months. Ignorant dieters can often become dehydrated because they don't realize a large portion of the water people need to drink comes from foods. It's easy to compensate for this by drinking more water. Malnutrition can develop from not eating enough protein over a long period of time. The body can even become unable to process protein, which leads to serious illness and even death.

Rapid weight loss is a great idea. But it's not for most people, and should be administered and supervised by qualified medical professionals. - 17944

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