You’ve all heard of diets that help you lose weight fast. In this article we will compare, two of the most famous and “talked about”, to show you the best of the best in the industry.
First we have the “South Beach” diet developed by a well-known cardiologist, for his patients, to deal with heart problems in the best possible way. One of the biggest effects, let’s call them side effects, is to lose weight quickly.
This diet consists of totally eliminating, in its first phase, foods with large amounts of carbohydrates such as bread, fruit, sugar, milk, potatoes, rice and alcohol. Basically most of the food we eat and drink.
Consequently, if you want to lose weight quickly, the first phase of this diet is the hardest, because it requires great willpower while you lack proper nutrition, thus giving up a large amount of minerals and vitamins, as well as a net drop in sugar absorption.
The second diet instead is that of Atkins, also based on the reduced absorption of carbohydrates to lose weight quickly. The basic idea is that carbohydrates generate weight gain, through an increase in blood sugar and therefore a greater production of insulin which transforms sugars into cells. Therefore, by limiting the intake of carbohydrates, the excessive production of insulin will stop, and thus the weight loss phase will begin. But there is a problem: the lack of carbohydrates will cause a weakening of the muscles, the reaction will be that the “muscle” will start introducing ketones into our body. This will cause problems such as headaches, dizziness, dehydration and in the long run to a general weakening of the bones. Most people therefore believe that cutting carbohydrates, and related diets that make extensive use of them, are good and effective for losing weight. The reality is that they are neither healthy nor sustainable. And how could they be, if they deprive us of the diversity of products, and their nutrients? The key therefore, to lose weight quickly, is that of balance and common sense.