Some women dream of losing weight so much that they are ready to take “extreme measures” to achieve this - even completely refusing to eat.They are the ones who resort to various exotic and risky diets, the menu of which is unbalanced and can negatively affect their health.It is not surprising that such diets sometimes land their victims in hospital beds.
Some women dream of losing weight so much that they are ready to take “extreme measures” to achieve this - even completely refusing to eat.They are the ones who resort to various exotic and risky diets, the menu of which is unbalanced and can negatively affect their health.It is not surprising that such diets sometimes land their victims in hospital beds.
Drinking diet is also dangerous.In order not to be unfounded, we will analyze the essence of this diet point by point and provide a detailed critical explanation of all its key points.And it’s up to you to decide whether the fight against extra pounds is worth such sacrifices.
The essence of the diet
If the recommendations for most diets suggest eating at least something, some limited list of foods, you can’t eat anything at all in this diet.You only need to drink - and this is at least one and a half liters of water per day.
In addition, it is permissible to consume milk, liquid fermented milk products, juices, mineral water, cocoa and broths, puree soups, tea, coffee (by the way, there is no clarification anywhere as to whether sugar can be consumed).The menu is “a la besieged Leningrad”, and on a voluntary basis.
The authors of the drinking diet take special care of the health of their “wards”, stipulating that soda is harmful to the body and should not be consumed.
It is suggested that you follow this diet not for a week, or even two, but for exactly thirty days.The creators of the diet talk about wonderful sensations and a feeling of incredible lightness that comes after a couple of weeks.
The pioneers of the method claim that the difficulty of the diet is that we cannot force ourselves not to chew food, but only to drink.Allegedly, we eat our stress - and hence our problems.They prove to gullible women (and men, although there are fewer of them) who dream of losing weight that there are enough calories in such a diet for life, and the discomfort from the diet is only psychological.
The authors promise cleansing of the hollow organs at the very beginning of the drinking diet.Moreover, which organs they mean remains a mystery.After all, the bladder is, in fact, also a hollow organ.On these same days, the appearance of discharge from the body and the formation of mucus on the tongue is promised (most likely, the authors meant plaque).
Next, the developers talk about cleansing dense organs - the liver and kidneys.Therefore, a feeling of slight discomfort in their area is promised.At the last stage of the diet, cleansing is promised at the cellular level.
In addition, the authors cut some slack for those losing weight and allow them to create a “diet” at their own discretion - taking into account, of course, the promised one and a half liters of water per day.The apotheosis of this description is the phrase “You need to watch your stool” - they want it to be regular!As a result, a weight loss of 10 to 15 kg is promised, but at what cost?
The benefits of a drinking diet
According to doctors, the only advantage of this diet is the formation of willpower, with the help of which you can force your body not to eat for thirty whole days, although in practice this is a conscious hunger strike.The diet does not bring any more positive aspects for a person, and especially for his health.
If the authors recommended such fasting days, allowing only to drink all the components consumed, as fasting (one or two days a week or month) - this would make common sense.But consciously starving the body for a month is masochism.
Harm of drinking diet
It is worth talking about the dangers of such a “diet” in detail - perhaps this will make those losing weight think about whether they need such sacrifices on the health side, and calculate the costs of treatment when leaving such a “diet.”
Fasting itself is stress and slow death of the body; cell loss in some organs of the body becomes irreversible.During fasting - even partial, as in this diet - degeneration of internal organs occurs and they lose up to 75% of their activity.
In the future, it will take at least another half month to exit this diet, otherwise the body will refuse to eat food at all, and anorexia will develop - a dangerous disease involving the psyche.
Stories about cleansing internal organs are pure deception.There is no cleansing of hollow organs (bladder, stomach and intestines), there is nothing to cleanse there for a whole month, that’s why they are hollow, and can be filled and emptied as needed - several times a day.
To cleanse the stomach and intestines, it is enough to take a laxative or do a fasting day on kefir or apples.To cleanse your bladder, it is enough to drink clean water.
Next, the authors talk about the appearance of discharge.Mucus indicates damage to internal organs and the inflammatory process in them.A tongue coated with white coating is a sign of gastritis and duodenitis, usually with decreased secretion, or inflammation with impaired digestive function of the intestine.
With a monthly intake of only liquids, atrophy of the mucous membrane and a lack of formation of enzymes for digestion are formed.Next, the body will refuse to take solid food, and vomiting and diarrhea will immediately occur.The formation of enzymes will take years of life.
Due to the disruption of the intake of fats into the body (if you do not consume vegetable oil), the skin will lose its nourishment and become dull, dry and rough, and will crack.Due to the abundance of juices and allergens, you may develop skin and intestinal allergies, which will not add beauty and attractiveness.
This is protein starvation, which means that the hematopoietic function will suffer with the development of anemia, sexual function and immunity.On such a diet, many girls lose menstruation, develop severe infections and pneumonia, even in summer.
The authors recommend monitoring your stool.But, to their great regret, there will be no need to monitor it - it will either be absent at first, while the remaining enzymes are still coping with the incoming liquid, or after a week or two of diet, profuse diarrhea will develop due to disruption of the pancreas - this will inevitably lead to dehydration and toxicosis.And then - to meet the resuscitator in the intensive care ward.
As a result of protein loss and active drinking load, “hungry” edema will occur.After all, the expression “to be swollen from hunger” is a real medical pathology.Therefore, all the liquid you drink will remain in the tissues, forming swelling in them, and weight will not be lost much, only due to the breakdown of your own tissues.
Won't the weight go away?
Of course, during a month of hunger strike, even the most plump and thrifty bodies lose weight.But your health leaves you along with your weight.In addition, when you quit the diet, the extra pounds can come back to you in triple size.Your health may not return at all - so are 15 kilograms of such sacrifices worth it?After all, there are more balanced and gentle methods.
Is it really impossible?
In this form - under no circumstances.However, there is a sound grain in this method.Using only drinking water, you can spend fasting days.You won’t be able to drink large amounts of high-calorie drinks, which means you can unload your body one or two days (but not in a row) a week.
On average, a course of such impulse fasting can be carried out for 3-4 weeks in a row, choosing certain days of the week.For example:
- in the first week we don’t eat on Monday and Friday,
- on the second - on Wednesday and Saturday,
- on the third - on Monday and Thursday,
- on the fourth - on Tuesday and Saturday.
In general, the opinion of doctors regarding this type of “diet” is categorical: in the form described by the authors - one hundred percent “no”, like fasting days - it is possible, but only in agreement with the doctor.