Not everything that works is good. Just in case, we remind you: if you are ready to harm yourself for the sake of the cherished number on the scale, this is already a reason to seek help. Safe diets do not require sacrifices from health and are based on a small calorie deficit.
Cabbage Diet
It is no coincidence that people with gastrointestinal diseases, including widespread gastritis, are prohibited from eating cabbage. An abundance of cabbage can worsen problems with the intestines and stomach. The vegetable contains a large amount of fiber and, in the absence of other products, can injure the walls of the stomach. In addition, you will not do without bloating and flatulence. In general, you should not sit on cabbage. This diet cannot be considered safe and balanced. It is also dangerous to eat cabbage in large quantities if you have kidney problems and diabetes.
Moon Diet
It is also often called the “werewolf diet”: the order of food consumption is tied to the lunar cycles. Apart from the name, there is nothing funny about this system. Firstly, the organs perform their functions without breaks or days off – and they do not take vacations according to the lunar calendar, so the very idea of eating according to the phase of the moon is absurd. Secondly, this diet involves periods when there is no food at all. It is not surprising that fasting allows you to lose weight, but, as we know, in the long term, the weight quickly returns when the body recovers from the “hunger” stress.
Cocktail diet
The cocktail, or as it is also called, smoothie diet allows you to lose weight thanks to a banal calorie deficit, and for this purpose it is not at all necessary to switch to purees. Fruit purees will do a disservice to those losing weight: they are only associated with a healthy lifestyle, but in fact they are quickly digested – the feeling of hunger will return almost immediately. In addition, fruit cocktails will leave the body without fats and carbohydrates, and do not forget about the acids and sugars that fruits contain. No matter how you look at it, you can’t call such a diet healthy. Usually, it is recommended to sit on smoothies or juices for a week – enough time to cause problems with the pancreas.
hCG diet
First, let’s figure out what hCG is. This abbreviation stands for the name of a hormone – human chorionic gonadotropin. The outer shell of the embryo begins to produce it about a week after fertilization. HCG helps doctors determine the presence of pregnancy and monitor its development. British endocrinologist Albert Simeons suggested administering injections of the hormone, supposedly it makes the body use calories more efficiently. Firstly, his modern followers, as a rule, use drops or dietary supplements, as a result of which hCG does not enter the blood at all, secondly, the main phase of the diet takes place on a calorie content of only 500 kcal per day. And what does the hormone have to do with such an unhealthy nutritional deficiency?
Gluten free diet
A gluten-free diet can be recommended only to 1% of the world’s population, and all because approximately every hundredth person suffers from gluten intolerance. But sales of gluten-free products are growing: marketers in every possible way support their image as a find for healthy eating. Zealous adherence to a gluten-free diet by healthy people leads to the body not receiving enough iron, magnesium and vitamins B and D, as well as more than a dozen amino acids, including silene, which a person is not able to synthesize independently. In addition, it has been proven that phosphorus and calcium are better absorbed with the help of gluten – these elements are especially important for children, which is why depriving the body of gluten without reason means risking your health.