Live to Eat, or Live to Starve?: Crash Diets

a shoutout to SAMANTHA FU: heya, getwell yeahs?(:

anyway, it is time for a STORY! :D:D bet you're excited XD

okae, say there is this man called Fred. He is married and is a garbage-collecter. This is how Fred looks like:

Image from http://trouserpockets.blogspot.com/2006/05/illustration-friday-fat-here-is-my.html

Fred here, is obese (as you can see). Anyway, his boss was getting more and more disapproving of his laziness and sloppy appearance (yes, i know being a garbage-collecter isnt that glamorous but you must have a certain level of hygeine and fitness right?) So, Fred's boss had no choice but to say, "Fred, if you do not clean yourself up and lose some weight, I will have to fire you." Panicking, Fred started a crash diet, eating only fruits, day and night. Soon, the results began to show. He lost LOADS of weight becoming a wisp of a man. He got his happy ending: Losing weight.

but does the story end there?

NO! Being skinny did not mean Fred did his work well. Instead, he became weaker and weaker, he couldnt even lift up a half-full trashcan! Getting fustrated, Fred's boss called him to the office and fired him. "But boss, you said I had to lose weight!" Fred protested.

"I did tell you to lose weight, but not SO MUCH so that you cannot work properly!" His boss- EX boss claimed tiredly.

Returning home with a heavy heart, Fred discovered his wife at the door, with all her luggage. Rushing to the door, he asked her what the heck she was doing. Glaring frostily at him, this were the words that came out of her mouth.

"I preferred you when you were FAT!"

sigh, poor Fred. That was NOT his day. ahwells, but we can LEARN something from this yes? Yes, sometimes we shouldnt change because there are people who love us just the way we are! But this story is more about: DO NOT CRASH DIET! Yes, eating fruits are healthy, I grant you that, but ONLY fruits? What about other nutrients that vegetables, fish, etcetc provide? HUH? WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM?!?!?!

On to the serious stuff...

Forcing yourself to suddenly change your eating habits can lead to rapid and unsafe weight loss due to the food restrictions. Also, crash diets do not provide the nutirtion needed for body functions because they either:

-restrict calories to less than 1200
OR
-eliminate ENTIRE food groups.

so what DOES happen when you go on fad diets?

there are cases when...

High protein diets cause the body to lose calcium leading to osteoporosis.