Killer Diets
by Tania Makevey
http://www.ryoudiet.com
Fifty percent of American women are on a diet at any given
moment, The extent that we are constantly striving
towards thinness has become a mania in our society.
This multi-billion dollar business touts pictures of lean,
well-toned young men and women every magazine. We have
to spend our hard earned cash to look like them.The tragedy
is that many women buy these products to get slim and
healthy, and end up losing their health instead.
The onset of osteoporosis is one debiliting health
results of these poorly designed diet plans. The reduction
or elimination of calcium from the diet is a serious danger
to anyone's health. Some of the most popular diets deprive
women of this essential mineral, yet your body needs
calcium in order to maintain healthy bones. Losing bone
density in this manner can cause irreversible damage.
Many diets (and dieters) eliminate all dairy from the diet
because they view dairy products as too fattening.
But this is not true. We all need dairy products in our
diets. It is necessary for good bones and health. Studies
have even shown that you lose weight instead of gaining it.
when you include dairy products in your diet. You get the
calcium that you need and you burn existing fat cells that
you are no longer replacing with new fat cells. Just eat
low-fat dairy products because it's not the dairy product
that is the culprit, but the fat. You will start building
more bone and muscle cells as you burn fat cells. Even at
rest, bone and muscle cells burn more calories than fat
cells, so you will end up trimmer.
Be sure to do your research before hand if you are thinking
of going on a diet. Try one of the healthy diets out there
and following one of them instead of the drastic, chemical
solutions may end up saving your life, and certainly your
health. Find out the facts to avoid going on a dangerous
diet that promises a quick fix, but will not keep you thin
for life, but may make you unhealthy for life. Know the
signs of a dangerous diet. Any diet that eliminates a food
group entirely is dangerous. We need a mix of nutrients to
remain healthy. If a diet promises instant results, beware.
One of the most dangerous to your health is the famous
Atkins Diet since it gives your body the least amount of
calcium. That is dangerous to your overall health. Other
diets that eliminate healthy calcium are Sugar Busters,
Suzanne Somers Fast & Easy, The Perricone Prescription and
Body for Life. They pose potential problems because any diet
such as these that eliminates calcium from your diet will
cause health problems related to osteoporosis.
These diet programs, which stress the elimination of dairy
foods, can actually cause the body to discontinue weight
loss, since calcitriol, the hormone which triggers the
production of fat cells, will increase in level, in an
attempt to conserve whatever calcium the body contains.
When this level increases, the body creates and stores more
fat cells and you gain weight. The calcium that you
derive from dairy products, however, will reduce the level
of calcitriol in your body, which helps to break down the
fats and aids in weight reduction and control.
Don't believe that just because a diet ad shows a thin,
healthy looking person in the ad that the diet is healthy.
The person in the ad probably eats a healthy diet and gets
plently of exercise. And that is what you should be doing.
Healthy eating and a moderate exercise regimen is the only
proven way to maintain a nice, trim figure.
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