Some women dream of losing weight so much that they are ready to take “extreme measures” - up to and including a complete refusal to eat. They resort to various exotic and risky diets, the menu of which is unbalanced and can have a negative impact on health. Unsurprisingly, such diets sometimes put their victims in hospital beds.
Some women dream of losing weight so much that they are willing to take “extreme measures” - up to and including a complete refusal to eat. They resort to various exotic and risky diets, the menu of which is unbalanced and can have a negative impact on health. Unsurprisingly, such diets sometimes put their victims in hospital beds.
Drinking a diet is also dangerous. In order not to be unfounded, we will analyze the essence of this diet point by point and give a detailed critical explanation of all of its main points. And it's up to you to decide whether the struggle with the extra pounds of such sacrifices is worth it.
The essence of the diet
If the recommendations for most diets suggest eating at least one thing, some sort of limited list of foods, then that diet contains nothing at all. You just have to drink - and that's at least one and a half liters of water a day.
In addition, it is permissible to consume milk, liquid fermented milk products, juices, mineral water, cocoa and broths, soup puree, tea, coffee (by the way, there is no clarification anywhere as to whether sugar can be consumed). Menu "a la Blockade Leningrad" and on a voluntary basis.
The authors of the drinking diet take special care of the health of their "protective magic" and stipulate that soda is harmful to the body and must not be consumed.
It is suggested that this diet should not be followed for a week or even two - but exactly thirty days. The makers of the diet talk about wonderful sensations and a feeling of incredible lightness that occurs in a couple of weeks.
The pioneers of the method argue that the severity of diet is that we cannot force ourselves not to chew, only to drink. Supposedly we use our stress - and with it our problems. They turn out to be gullible and dream of losing weight women (and men, although there are fewer of them), that such a diet contains enough calories for a lifetime, and the discomfort from the diet is only psychological.
The authors promise to cleanse the hollow organs at the beginning of the drinking diet. In addition, what kind of organs they have in mind remains a mystery. After all, the bladder is actually a hollow organ too. On the same days, the appearance of secretions from the body and the formation of mucus in the tongue are promised (most likely, the authors had plaque in mind).
In addition, the developers talk about cleaning the dense organs - liver and kidneys. Hence, a slight discomfort in their surroundings is promised. In the final phase of the diet, a cleansing at the cellular level is promised.
In addition, the authors give those who lose weight weakness and allow them to "diet" at their own discretion - of course, taking into account the promised one and a half liters of water per day. The apotheosis of this description is "You need to take care of your chair" - they want it to be regular! As a result, weight loss of 10-15 kg is promised, but at what price?
Advantages of a drinking diet
According to doctors, the only benefit of this diet is the build-up of willpower, with the help of which you can force your body not to eat for thirty days, although in practice it is a deliberate hunger strike. Diet has no more positive aspects for a person and especially for his health.
If the authors recommend such fasting days and only allow all ingredients used to be consumed as a discharge (one or two days per week or month), this would be common sense. But deliberately starving the body for a month is masochism.
Damage to the drinking diet
It is worth talking in detail about the dangers of such a "diet" - perhaps those who are losing weight wonder whether they need such health sacrifices and calculate the cost of treatment if they leave such a "diet".
Fasting itself is stress and a slow kill of the body. The loss of cells in some organs in the body becomes irreversible. During fasting - even partially, as with this diet - dystrophy of the internal organs occurs and they lose up to 75% of their activity.
In the future, it will take at least another half a month to end this diet. Otherwise, the body will not eat at all, anorexia will develop - a dangerous disease in which the psyche is involved.
Stories about purifying internal organs are pure delusion. There is no cleaning of the hollow organs (bladder, stomach and intestines), there is nothing to clean for a whole month, they are therefore hollow and can be filled and emptied several times a day if necessary.
To cleanse the stomach and intestines, it is enough to take a laxative or to spend a day of fasting with kefir or apples. Drinking clean water is enough to clear your bladder.
Next, the authors talk about the appearance of selections. Mucus speaks of damage to internal organs and their inflammatory process. A white coated tongue is a sign of gastritis and duodenitis, usually with a decrease in secretion, or inflammation with a violation of the digestive functions of the intestines.
With a monthly intake of liquids only, mucosal atrophy and a lack of enzyme production for digestion develop. In addition, the body refuses to eat solid food, vomiting and diarrhea occur immediately. It will take years of your life to develop enzymes.
Due to the interruption in fat absorption (if you do not use vegetable oil), the skin loses its nourishment and becomes dull, dry and rough, it tears. Due to the abundance of juices and allergens, skin and intestinal allergies can occur that do not lead to beauty and attractiveness.
This is protein deficiency, which means that the function of hematopoiesis suffers with the development of anemia, sexual function and immunity. On such a diet, many girls lose their periods, develop severe infections and pneumonia even in summer.
The authors recommend keeping an eye on the chair. However, to their great regret, there is no need to monitor him - he will either be absent for the first time while the remains of enzymes are still handling the incoming fluid, or after a week or two of diarrhea, due to a disorder in the pancreas, will become toosevere diarrhea - this will inevitably lead to dehydration and toxicosis. And then - to get to know the resuscitator in the intensive care unit.
As a result of the protein loss and the active drinking load, a "hungry" edema occurs. After all, the phrase "swelling from hunger" is a real medical pathology. Therefore, all of the drunk fluid remains in the tissue and forms an edema there, and weight is only easily lost due to the breakdown of one's own tissue.
Won't the weight go away?
Of course, even the fattest and most frugal bodies lose weight during a month's hunger strike. But health leaves you with weight. When you leave the diet, extra pounds can come back to you triple. However, health may not return to you at all - is it worth 15 kilograms of such sacrifices? After all, there are more balanced and gentler methods.
Is that really impossible?
In this form - no way. However, there is a healthy grain in this method. If you just drink, you can have days of fasting. You won't be able to drink a large number of high-calorie drinks, which means you can discharge your body for a day or two (but not in a row) each week.
On average, such a pulse can be carried out for 3-4 weeks in a row, with certain days of the week being selected. For example:
- In the first week we don't eat on Mondays and Fridays,
- for the second time - on Wednesday and Saturday
- on the third - on Monday and Thursday
- on the fourth - on Tuesday and Saturday.
In general, the opinion of doctors on this type of "diet" is categorical: in the form described by the authors - one hundred percent "no", like days of fasting - maybe, but only after consultation with the doctor.