Losing weight is a complex and time taking process, but what makes the journey more dreadful is poor dietary choices.
There are a plethora of diets that promise effective weight loss result in a short period. For that, you may have to make extreme dietary changes or may have to cut down carbs and fat to an extreme level, which may not be easy.
In reality, only a few diets that promise weight loss really show results. Rest deprive you of essential nutrients and make you regain all the lost weight after a while.
In some cases, they may even increase the risk of developing chronic diseases. Here are the 5 worst diets that you should stay away from when trying to shed kilos.
1. Master cleanse
The Master Cleanse diet or the Lemonade diet is a detoxification process that promotes weight loss and removes harmful toxins from the body. In this diet, you have to shun solid foods completely for 10 days and only have to drink the Master Cleanse drink, prepared from lemon juice. This is a very strict diet and you may have to deal with some nasty side effects like food cravings, irritability, headache, fatigue, and constipation.
2. Whole30 diet
The Whole30 diet involves eliminating added sugar, alcohol, grains, legumes, dairy, sulfites and baked goods for 30 days. After this period people are allowed to reintroduce certain food groups slowly. This diet is not unsafe, but it is restrictive and can make you feel tired and disrupt your sleeping routine. Furthermore, when you start eating normal foods, you may consume more calories, which will again lead to weight gain.
3. GM diet
4. Keto diet
5. Paleo diet
This diet may help you lose weight and also cut down the risk of diseases like high cholesterol, blood sugar, blood triglycerides, and blood pressure. The problem with Paleo diet is that it can soon become pricey. Besides, cutting down grain, legumes, dairy from the diet is not easy and you may deprive yourself of essential nutrients.
