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Minuses of diets: weight loss is short-lived
Last reviewed: 04.07.2025

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Cons of diets: lack of comfort in a normal situation
If you have a meeting of old friends or are going to attend a serious event, you will lose the extra pounds by the scheduled date thanks to the diet. Then, after the diet, you will gain the lost weight back.
Diets that focus on eating one food product are not considered balanced. Metabolism is disrupted.
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Kefir with buckwheat - a discrepancy in the menu
If you eat only buckwheat and kefir, you will face a difficult choice when you order a gourmet menu at a restaurant or at a social event. What can you eat if everyone is sharing a delicious cake at a birthday party?
It is unlikely that with such diets you will be able to cook food correctly so that it fits your diet and does not violate the rules of the diet. Moreover, you still need to eat balanced and tasty food so that the body is healthy.
We would advise you to follow a diet not with the right comments and joyful exclamations that it helps. Choose the diet with which you can live fully for a long time and not think about when this nightmare will end.
Are you in a bad mood? No wonder
The more monotonous your diet, the worse your mood will be - and this is a definite minus of diets. Remember a person who would be happy to follow a strict diet. Scientists, nutritionists have come to a logical conclusion - the more aggressive the diet, the more often people have nervous breakdowns, changeable mood and irritability.
Have you heard of a hormone called serotonin before? It is the hormone of happiness. If you give up products that contain this hormone, your mood will surely be lost.
Products containing serotonin:
- Chocolate
- Bananas
- Strawberry
- Flour products
Even if the diet says that such products are strictly prohibited, don’t pay attention, you still need to eat them little by little, then you will be in a good mood.
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How important is fluid in our body?
You shouldn't go on most diets that force you to exclude salt or minimize water consumption. These are the obvious disadvantages of "wrong" diets. The weight will go away, and quickly. Only you will lose kilograms not by losing accumulated fat deposits, but by losing fluid from the body.
Our body is unique. If there is not enough water, it has to be extracted from our own body. Our cells are filled with liquid, and if there is not enough water for their full existence, this can lead to major health problems.
The exchange of substances useful for you occurs precisely in water, in the liquid environment of your body. Do not follow diets with water restrictions.
A Few Important Words About Low-Calorie Diets
The calorie level in low-calorie diets usually ranges from 1200 calories and below. Most of these diets are designed specifically for the minimum consumption of low-calorie foods.
Your intestines will lose 1.5-2 kilograms of weight due to this diet, which is not good for your health. Your intestines will return to their normal weight as soon as you return to your normal diet and favorite foods.
And here is the main disadvantage of diets. With such diets, it is not important that you lose excess weight. You need to think about how to burn fat, and not reduce your weight, dear men and women.
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One in five. Is the weight loss worth it?
It's great that you lost 5 kilograms. Will you be happy that out of those 5 kilograms of fat, you only lost 1 kilogram?
Low-calorie diets also burn your muscles, which also help burn extra pounds. This causes irreparable harm to health.
Long-term low-calorie diets are especially dangerous, they are your main enemy. When choosing diets and considering the disadvantages of diets, first think about whether you made the right decision.
Lose weight easily!