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Crash Diets and Rapid Weight Loss
Thursday, July 30, 2009
InstructionsTypes of crash dietsStep 1: The hCG diet allows 500 to 800 calories per day supplemented with injections of the pregnancy hormone human chorionic gonadotropin. The bottom line of this diet is that the effect of the injection is not known.
The Master Cleanse diet is another popular diet that results in rapid weight loss. It is a liquid diet made from lemons, maple syrup and cayenne pepper. Dieters have the "cleansing" drink several times a day for 10 days with an herbal laxative tea at night and a quart of salt water in the morning. This diet supplies the body with 600 to 1,200 calories a day.
The cabbage soup diet is known as the "all-you-can-eat "or the "fat-burning" diet. The diet consists of the cabbage soup, a mix of cabbage, onions, carrots, celery, tomato and peppers with one or two super foods like banana or baked chicken for seven days. Although it provides liquid and nutrient-packed vegetables, this diet is also a low-calorie diet.
Effects of rapid weight loss on the heartStep 1: Rapid weight loss can slow the metabolism and deprive the body of essential nutrients. It also weakens the immune system leading to a greater risk of cardiac arrest and heart palpitations. Following a low-calorie diet on a regular basis will lead to heart muscle loss and damage the blood vessels causing heart diseases.
Weight loss on crash dietsStep 1: When the body is denied of the necessary nutrients, it eventually finds out that it is receiving fewer calories and starts to adjust the metabolism. It burns fewer calories in order to perform the bodily functions. This means that it takes fewer calories to gain weight. There is a significant amount of weight loss in the first week, which is due to the loss of water. Soon the dieters hit the weight-loss plateau and sometimes end up gaining weight.
WarningStep 1: It is very important to make some changes to the way you workout. Reduce the volume of training. Avoid high-intensity cardio, and excessive weight training volume and/or frequency. Be under a doctor's supervision when starting any rapid weight-loss program and do not continue the diet for more than 12 weeks without taking a break of at least two weeks.
Lose weight safelyStep 1: Losing weight is important for overall health. But it is important to lose weight safely and keep the weight off. Losing weight slowly at one to two pounds a week is considered safe and a healthy way of shedding weight. Despite the weight-loss products and supplements available on the market, the best way to shed the extra pounds would be regular exercise and a diet that limits saturated fat and sugars and includes more fruits, vegetables, whole grains and lean meat and fish.
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