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When we see adds like: "Lose 10 kg in one month. Guaranteed! Try a new weight loss formula", we are tempted to believe that this new formula will help us to lose weight.
Wrong! A healthy weight loss is always based on healthy foods, plenty of water and workout.
Today, weight loss pills are used more and more. A lot of them are containing diuretics, so the water from our body is eliminated.
Because our body represents 70% water this weight loss pills easily help in water elimination.
So, some water kilos will be lost. Few days you will believe that the pills were useful because you lost some weight due to water elimination.
After a period, the body must be re-balanced, recovering the lost water and also, the lost weight is regained.
Most of wonderful diets are based on very few calories.
Daily, the calories allowed are about 500-800 even 300-400.
The body interprets the dramatic calorie reduction as starvation and it begins to digest its own proteins, usually those of muscles for protecting vital tissue.
The resulted weight loss may come from fat and also from muscle tissues. If you have lost 5 kilos in a such of diet, this means that you lost 1.5 kg of fat, 0.5 kg of muscle tissue, and 3 kg of water.
Gradual lost and regain of your weight represent one of the most serious problems for your body. This can be the results of severe weight loss diets, which main risk is muscle tissue lost.
After repeated failures due to some weight loss diets, it can occur psychological consequences.
Wonderful adds about dramatic weight loss impresses us and finally we succeed in losing weight, but inevitably after a while we regain the lost kilos and even it is added new weight.
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