Could Your Diet Cause More Problems Than It Solves?

There are, quite literally, hundreds if not thousands of different diets; smoothie diet, celebrity diet, no carb diet, all carb diet, the list goes on and on. But, in their search for the “perfect” diet many will take reasonably good health advice and carry it way too far. This isn’t just a roadblock to losing weight; it can be detrimental to your overall health. Perfectly good substances such as fat, salt, calories and carbohydrates all have very negative connotations and reputations as things to be avoided if at all possible. This is wildly misguided because every one of these substances is required by the body to maintain good health and proper operation.

Consider fat as just one example. Generally speaking, vitamins fall into one of two categories; they are either water soluble or fat soluble. Many vitamins such as K, E, D, and many others are fat soluble and require a certain amount of fat to be present in your system so they can be absorbed by the body. A diet that either severely restricts, or eliminates fat can easily cause deficiencies in these critical vitamins because, without enough fat being present, they are not able to be absorbed and so pass straight through the system and are eliminated.

Needless to say that most of diets necessitate limiting the level of fat but removing it entirely isn’t an answer. To make sure you’re able to absorb all the essential vitamins at least a little bit fat needs to be ingested at every meal. Diet programs which provide low fat dairy food and yogurt, perhaps a smoothie diet, can be a really good way of getting a little fat for your meals.

Instead of being something negative, carbohydrates are the body’s main supply of energy. When the body’s energy needs tend to be than the accessible availability of carbohydrates can produce, your body will start to consume both proteins and fat as an alternative. Actually, this is exactly what reduced carb diets are created to accomplish.

Even though this technique of weight loss can be used temporarily, reducing carbohydrates to that extent for long periods of time is unhealthy. The issue is the fact neither protein nor fat is an productive origin of energy as are carbohydrates. After a period of time both the kidneys and heart especially are quite hard hit by increased degrees of unwelcome by-products of protein metabolism.

If you have ever tried a restricted carbohydrate diet you know that, for the first day or so, you feel tired and not yourself. Many people report that they experience dramatic mood changes in the first few days. This is because the body is adjusting to learn how to extract energy from stored fat and protein instead of carbohydrates.

The purpose of any diet should always be to lose weight in a healthy and safe manner without causing more problems. You should always include a medical professional in your decision process about what type of diet is best for your individual circumstance.

A frank and honest discussion now can prevent many troubles later on.

If you have not considered smoothies as an important part of your diet you really should. A smoothie diet can provide all the nutrients required for good health.