What are the dangers of low calorie diets like a 1000 calorie a day diet?
There are dangers with going on fad or restrictive calorie diets, and you should consider these risks before undertaking such diets: • Dehydration – As most of the weight loss comes from losing water, you risk the chance that you may become dehydrated. To avoid this, make sure that you drink lots of water while dieting. • Fatigue and malnutrition – Because you are taking in less calories, you will in effect have less energy and you will also take in less nutrients. To avoid this don’t exercise so hard while dieting and don’t go on a restrictive calorie diet for too long (not longer than 14 days) • Damage to your metabolism -If you restrict your calories suddenly, your metabolism will slow down. If this restrictive eating occurs for a too long period, you may even damage your metabolism in the long term • Learning of yo-yo diet behaviors and unhealthy principals – Not all of the calorie restricting diets are fad diets, but some of them unfortunately are and they may are may teach you to
