![]() ![]() Dieting implies restriction, limitation of pleasurable foods and drinks, and despite of having no benefits, the omnipresent dieting mentality remains to be the norm. ![]() In the contemporary language, dieting is synonymous with a quick fix solution for an overwhelming obesity epidemic. The word “diet” originates from the Greek word “ diaita”, literally meaning “manner of living”. Furthermore, weight fluctuations have been related to increased risk of development of cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes, and high blood pressure. Weight cycling or recurrent weight loss through dieting and subsequent weight gain (yo-yo effect) can be harmful for mental and physical health for both healthy weight and overweight individuals. Most diets, regardless of their particular nature, result in short-term weight loss that is not sustainable. WebMD lists over 100 different diets, starting with the African Mango diet, moving on to the South Beach and Mediterranean diets and ending up with the Zone. Schott Foundation Eating Disorders Program University of Cincinnati, Department of Psychiatry, Research Assistant ProfessorĪn estimated 45 million Americans diet each year and spend $33 billion annually on weight loss products. Fasting usually involves the deprivation of food and drink, while people who go on extreme diets may still drink a little bit while otherwise nearly cutting out all food.Return to blog > BY: Anna Guerdjikova, PhD, LISW, CCRC, Lindner Center of HOPE, Director of Administrative Services, Harold C. Extreme diets may differ from all-out fasting in only one area, which is the intake of liquids. Sometimes during extreme dieting, you are in fact going to be absolutely abstaining from food for a specified period of time, which in and of itself is practically the definition of a fast. On the mental side, consequences are irritability, depression, lower sex drive, and the risk of being vulnerable to more eating disorders like bulimia and anorexia.īecause of the abrupt and near-absolute reduction of food intake during an extreme diet, it is very close to all-out fasting in its methodology. ![]() On the physical side, consequences of extreme dieting are physical fatigue continuous hunger pangs sinus problems like post-nasal drip bloodshot eyes gallbladder disease rashes atrophy of your muscles seizures malnutrition that may lead to dying dehydration acidosis constipation and a regaining of the lost weight after the diet. ![]() The consequences are so extreme that they involve both physical as well as mental degradation, a true debilitation. The consequences of extreme dieting are not pretty, as they all involve debilitating effects on your body in some cases, some consequences may even be a threat to life itself. What results from that is that more weight is gained after the extreme diet is ended. Extreme diets cause a slowing down of your body's metabolic rate. Ironically, people who go on an extreme diet with the belief that they can lose weight quickly are in for a shock because extreme diets have the opposite effect. Due to this perilous approach, even people who go on extreme diets do so with the understanding that it should only be at the most a very short-term commitment. Because of the severity of the limiting of calorie intake, extreme diets are almost the same thing as starvation, differing only slightly. The main tenet of extreme dieting is the severe limiting of calorie intake. People who suffer psychologically from body image issues and feel the need to lose a lot of weight quickly are the ones to usually try extreme dieting. Extreme dieting is not something to try, as it has numerous dangers associated with it. The unhealthy way of dieting is extreme dieting, which can also be called crash dieting or, in really extreme cases, all-out fasting. There is a healthy way to diet and an unhealthy way also. Finally, it gets to be too much, and said person decides to lose some pounds by going on a diet. A person has noticed and been bothered for quite some time by their weight gain. Extreme dieting is a consequence of dieting improperly and pushing the limits of your body well beyond its capabilities. ![]()
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