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Weight loss, nutrition and Diet - some common myths

By: JessicaThomson

It is a well known fact that people, who are overweight, have more chances of getting afflicted with diseases like hypertension, diabetes and many others. Therefore, such overweight people are always looking for methods to reduce their weight. One such way is by controlling your diet. But, there are some common myths regarding this. We are going to elaborate some of them for you:
Following special diets would lead to permanent weight loss
Following the special diet prescribed to you is not the best way of losing weight and maintaining it. These diets would advise you to reduce or stop intake of certain kinds of food which would lead to your weight loss. By following the advice, you will experience weight loss at the beginning. But these diets would restrict your choice of food and limit your intake of energy very strictly. After sometimes, you would get tired of it and would revert to your old diet which will make you regain the Weight Loss made by you so far.
Some of these prescribed diets could be unhealthy as it might not provide for all nutrients required by you. There other health risks involved with them. Rapid weight loss (more than 3 pounds per week) might increase the risk of formation of gall stones. Diets providing less than 800 calories per day could lead to heart rhythm abnormalities which could turn out to be fatal.
Research indicates that the best way to lose weight is by making healthy food choices, eating less amount of food in each meal and taking part in some kind of physical activity each day. The healthy rate of weight loss is around ½ to 2 pounds per week. This may also reduce your chance of developing type 2 diabetes, heart diseases and hypertension.
Healthy way of reducing weight is to take high protein/low carbohydrate diets
The long term effect of taking such high protein/low carbohydrate diets is not known as yet. But getting supply of most of your daily energy needs from foods like meat, eggs and cheese is quite unbalanced. By following such a diet, your food would contain excess amounts of fat and cholesterol which leads to higher risks of having heart diseases. You might not be eating enough fruits, vegetables and whole grains. This kind of food would lead you to constipation as it lacks in fibres. Following this type of food might lead you to feel nauseous, tired and weak. Eating less than 130 grams of carbohydrate per day may lead to building up ketones in blood. Higher levels of ketone in the blood stream would lead to process known as ketosis which might lead you to suffer from gout and kidney stones. Ketosis is especially more risky for pregnant women and diabetics or persons suffering from any kidney diseases. It is better to follow a reduce calorie diet which contains recommended amounts of carbohydrate, protein and fat. This will lead to weight loss without any of the side effects mentioned above.

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