Summer is approaching and the “miracle diets” to lose weight quickly are appearing. But they are not the best option, as these types of diets are unbalanced. They use misleading or false messages that can be harmful to health, because they manipulate the information about healthy nutrition, to the point that they eliminate fundamental foods.
Nutritional imbalance can lead to nutritional deficiencies and when following these diets over time, symptoms such as dizziness, lack of concentration, apathy or even more serious health problems such as liver, kidney or endocrine disorders may appear.
A diet should teach how to eat and to understand food as a way to take care of the body and to provide nutrients that are necessary for the organism. It is important that the person who goes on a diet to lose weight, also increases his or her nutritional education and makes a change of habits, oriented to maintain the weight once he or she reaches the goal.
There are diets below 1,000 kilocalories per day, but they are only recommended in very specific cases and due to a disease that indicates its necessity. In these cases medical supervision and supplementation are needed because they are deficient in minerals and vitamins.
In all weight loss diets it is recommended that weight loss should not exceed one kilo per week. Greater losses imply lower calorie diets that would be deficient in nutrients and also promote the loss of body water and even lean mass (muscle).
What is the best diet for weight loss?
The best diet to lose weight is the hypocaloric diet, which adapts to the energetic needs of each person, it is not the same for a 55 year old woman who is in menopause and has a sedentary lifestyle, than a 25 year old who does 6 hours of sports a week and is 15 centimeters taller.