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Nutritionists have named the top 5 scariest diets

 
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23 November 2012, 10:00

Experts from the British Dietetic Association have named the Dukan diet, which is so popular not only among ordinary people but also among world-famous celebrities such as Jennifer Lopez, Gisele Bundchen and Carole Middleton, as the worst for the third year in a row.

The system of Dr. Pierre Dukan, a famous French nutritionist, involves “lifelong” adherence to the precepts of his nutritional system.

Also, experts from the British Dietetic Association do not approve of the OMG diet, the drunkorexia diet (the so-called "drunk" diet), as well as the diet that involves receiving nutrients through a tube inserted into the nose.

Experts note that the example of celebrities who follow newfangled diets, sometimes reaching the point of absurdity, is being followed by ordinary people, which can have dire consequences not only for their health, but also pose a danger to life.

One diet offers to get rid of extra pounds in six weeks, and stirs up public interest with the slogan “Six weeks with OMG – become slimmer than all your friends.”

Six Weeks with OMG – Become Slimmer Than All Your Friends

Its author Venice Fulton says that a fifteen-minute ice shower will melt all the excess fat, and there is no need to have breakfast at all - it is better to have a workout in the morning. After being fully "saturated" with exercise, about three hours later, you can eat. In six weeks, the author promises not a drop of fat and a slim body, but also casually notes that all the lost kilograms will instantly return if the unfortunate victim of the diet decides to have breakfast.

Another, no less absurd diet involves wearing a dropper, one end of which passes through the nose and ends in the esophagus, where a mixture of fats, proteins, carbohydrates and water enters.

wearing an IV drip with a cocktail of vitamins and nutrients

And really, why eat if you can just stick a tube in your nose and drip your breakfast, lunch and dinner dose. And people pay huge amounts of money for that.

Another miracle diet is called drunkorexia.

Now, to be slim, women don't just refuse to eat - they replace it with alcohol. That's how slim, drunk ladies turn out. This, so to speak, diet has become especially popular among young people. Girls say that now, having refused food, they can attend parties, drink alcohol and not gain weight. According to doctors, such a replacement of food with alcohol is not much different from bulimia and anorexia.

Another diet called the Party Girl IV Drip Diet is based on giving the patient a cocktail of vitamins and nutrients.

"Party Girl IV Drip Diet" is based on the introduction of a cocktail of vitamins and nutrients to the patient

This type of weight loss was made popular by Rihanna, who posted a photo on Twitter with a catheter for an IV in her hand. What really happened to her, no one really knows, but rumors immediately began to spread about the magic diet that the singer decided to try.

Despite the diets described above, scientists are still most concerned about the Dukan diet. It begins with the fact that for 10 days in a row a person must eat only protein foods. Experts say that this provokes constipation, lack of energy and bad breath.

All these diets are called madness by experts, and following them is a careless attitude towards one's own health. Every year, more and more monstrous diets appear, which, unfortunately, attract people, and what is most terrible - young people.

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