Diet pills and drinks can cause muscle deterioration affecting the heart and internal organs, dehydration, thickened bones, allergic reactions and even death. Fad diets usually are no better because they are nutritionally inadequate in calories, protein, carbohydrate, vitamins and or minerals. These quick fixes are short term solutions to a long term problem and their plans are too inflexible to be adapted to any lifestyle. Fad diets neglect to teach you how to eat healthy during and after weight loss and do not focus on the emotional and psychological aspects of overweight and overeating. These crash diets usually crash.
Quick weight lost is quick weight regained.
Other hazardous weight loss techniques include surgical procedures to remove fatty tissue, jaw wiring to hinder eating, and intestinal bypass to limit food absorption. While these may be an option for the morbidly obese, the risks and side effects are not recommended for most people trying to lose moderate amounts of weight. The bottom line is that diets do not work because diets do not change habits . When we consume too few calories from food, the body preferentially stores fat and burns muscle for energy. This may lead to decreased metabolism.