Ecstatic because you lost 20 pounds in a month, and all it took was denying yourself necessary, nutrient-packed foods? Maybe you spent the past four weeks eating only baby food, guzzling grapefruit juice, or eating a plain salad three times a day.
The problem that many people tend to ignore is that weight lost doesn't always equal health gained. That new diet that took inches off your waistline could be harming your health if it locks out or severely restricts entire food groups, like carbs, relies on supplements with little scientific backing, or clamps down on calories to an extreme.
The trouble is that many people are so desperate to lose weight that will try any diet that will give them the fastest loss, Worse still they will do this and at any cost, and irrespective of any health implications.
The best way to lose weight is in a sustainable and healthy manner, and of course there are many, many types of diets to chose from. But which one are best?
The following infographic will go some way to help explain:
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The problem that many people tend to ignore is that weight lost doesn't always equal health gained. That new diet that took inches off your waistline could be harming your health if it locks out or severely restricts entire food groups, like carbs, relies on supplements with little scientific backing, or clamps down on calories to an extreme.
The trouble is that many people are so desperate to lose weight that will try any diet that will give them the fastest loss, Worse still they will do this and at any cost, and irrespective of any health implications.
The best way to lose weight is in a sustainable and healthy manner, and of course there are many, many types of diets to chose from. But which one are best?
The following infographic will go some way to help explain:
Via: RetrofitMe
