Some Of The Good And Bad Points Of Very Low Calorie Diets

Written By Unknown on samedi 14 juillet 2012 | 02:59

By James Steele


When a diet is restricted to just 800 calories per day or less then it's classed as a very low calorie diet (VLCD). While people's nutritional needs vary, most people find it quite challenging to restrict calories to this extent, which is why most diet programs of this sort give you prepared formulas to eat. Before you go on a very low calorie diet, you should consider some of the following points.

Some people will say that the key to old age is very low calorie diets, whereas other experts will say that they're simply unhealthy. One theory, that's got research based primarily on animals, says that by drastically cutting your intake of calories you can help disease prevention and make the process of aging slower. People who believe this will probably go on a very low calorie diet, even if they're not overweight because they think that they'll live longer because of it. The Calorie Restriction Society is an organization that's dedicated to this practice. Thus far there hasn't been any research done on humans to try and prove or disprove the theory in question, but it is worth looking into further.

OPTIFAST is a popular very low calorie diet that is used by many hospitals around the world. A person over 30 on the BMI scale or overweight by 50 pounds is who the diet was developed for. In other words, if you're only a few pounds overweight, you shouldn't be considering this diet. The advantage of the OPTIFAST program is that it operates within a medical setting, so your progress is being monitored by trained professionals at all times. Because the program has been around since 1974 loads of people have done it, giving it a solid track record for both effectiveness and safety. On the other hand, if you are considering this program, you have to be committed to it, and be willing to make serious changes to your diet and lifestyle.

In the hCG Diet, a very low calorie diet along with some hormone injections that help to lose weight loss are used.

From the point of view of overall fitness, very low calorie diets have serious drawbacks. You will lose muscle as well as fat because you are restricting calories which can be unhealthy for a few reasons. As there will be a lack of calcium and dairy with this diet, osteoporosis is a risk for woman on the diet. The lack of energy is a problem with this diet which means that you might not have enough to work out and keep your muscle mass up. Anemia can be a risk in some cases. From this you can see that if you are an average person the diet is not for you, but if you are obese then it is good to be on a very low calorie diet.

There are good and bad parts to a very low calorie diet, which you should be able to see from this article. A reason to go on the diet is if you are so overweight you are threatened by hypertension, diabetes or heart disease. For others, however, most health experts would recommend a less extreme type diet along with regular exercise.




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