Dangers of Liquid Diets

Using Liquids for Weight Loss

What is more nutritious?

- A canned liquid diet OR
- A glass of water and a multi-vitamin?

We can tell our readers that the safest manner of weight loss doesn't come in a can or bottle.

Our bodies may have started out with the sole ability of processing liquids, but after we exited infancy, our needs changed. Solids became a necessity. And when our stomach doesn't receive incoming food for processing, the metabolism tends to slide into slow motion, realizing that something is amiss - so it does its part by conserving calories, keeping the body operating until things stabilize.

What about canned diet concoctions used as meal supplements?

- A small salad with lean slices of deli meat and a few cubes of cheese contains far less calories than most canned diet supplements. A canned diet supplement may contain 250 calories or more!

- Common sense tells us that obtaining our vitamins naturally is the best method.

Satisfying Powers of Liquid Diets

To test the appetite-satisfying powers of liquid diets, drink one at meal time. On the following day, try enjoying a serving of oatmeal with 1/2 cup of skim milk and a spoon of sugar - about two hundred calories.

Which sticks with you longer - the oatmeal, or the liquid diet?

In Summary

Before going on any liquid diet, you should seek the advice of your doctor. If a particular hidden condition exists, a liquid diet may prove fatal.

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