Liqued Weight Loss Diet

Liquid Weight loss Diet

Are you thinking about a liquid weight loss diet? Many people who want to lose a few pounds quickly resort to some kind of liquid weight loss diet. There are many doing the rounds from the well know cabbage soup diet to shakes that are supposed to be used as meal replacements. They promise quick weight loss without too much effort.


Let's look at the pros and cons:

• Pro: you will lose a lot of weight fast


• Pro: if you have to lose a few pounds very fast for a specific occasion, it may be possible


• Pro: if it is a shake that is nutritionally balanced your health will not suffer


• Con: most of the weight you will lose will be water that you will put right back on as soon as you re-hydrate


• Con: you will be very hungry as calories are very low


• Con: If it is a diet like the cabbage soup diet, your nutritional needs will not be met and your health will suffer


• Con: because the calorie intake is so low, your body will go into starvation mode and your metabolism will slow down making weight loss very difficult in the long run


• Con: you will be caught into the yo-yo diet pattern immediately


• Con: you can keep this kind of diet up for only a very limited period and no real long term benefits can come from it

So, I think it is clear that this is not a very wise choice. A well balanced diet with slow but steady and healthy weight loss is a far better option. No permanent results can come from a fad diet. No weight loss diet, especially a liquid weight loss diet, which makes it impossible to do moderate exercise, is a good idea. A healthy diet and a moderate exercise program is the only safe way to go.