Dying to be thin: The diet craze sweeping Britain that allows you just 5. By. Laura Topham for The Mail on Sunday. Updated. 0. 8: 4. ![]() BST, 1. 3 November 2. It's the diet craze sweeping Britain. But Lighter. Life's punishing regime has been linked to memory loss, heart attacks and even death. ![]() Bodyz Wellness offers HCG Diet in Mumbai. While the FDA does not support the 500 calorie diet of the original. Feeling Hunger on the HCG Diet. HCG Diet Dangers;. A 500 calorie diet can help you lose up to five. Dangers of a 500 Calorie Diet. You can also try spreading out the 500 calories over the day so that you can. Sarah Barker weighed 2. She wanted to slim for her daughters' sake. The 3. 8- year- old science teacher had tried many diets but, like many dieters, she always piled the weight back on. But Lighter. Life - the dieting craze which currently has 1. Britain - appeared to be the answer to her dreams. Thin, but at what cost? Christina Massingham, left and right, shed an incredible 1. Following its very low calorie diet, which replaces all meals with nutritionally balanced shakes, her weight plummeted. In eight months she shed an incredible 1. ![]() Read here more about the dangers of hCG 500 calorie diet. The hCG 500 calorie diet. 500 calories/day is a very low amount. James, a 3. 2- year- old farmer, and children aged 1. However, a growing number of disenchanted dieters are speaking out, along with alarmed doctors and nutritionists. They question the company's approach, which teaches people to abstain from food and survive by consuming just 5. Some healthcare professionals claim the diet is downright dangerous, a form of supervised starvation, leading to potential health problems and even eating disorders as people struggle to come off the regime. A Lighter. Life slimmer dies. Two years ago, 2. Matilda Callaghan died from heart arrhythmia after spending six months on Lighter. Life. The coroner recorded an open verdict, as to what caused the fatal arrhythmic heartbeat, recognising that while - as the company argued - being obese can kill, so too can losing weight quickly. But leading obesity expert Professor John Garrow was unequivocal: he blamed Matilda's death on her rapid ten- stone weight loss which, he said, reduced the lean tissue in her heart. Matilda Callaghan died after losing 1. Lighter. Life diet. Professor Garrow says: 'Studies show semi- starvation diets deplete the protein and muscle of internal organs, resulting in an increase of heart arrhythmias among obese people following them.' Sadly for Sarah, such health warnings are too late. My doctor referred me to a neurologist. I was devastated - I couldn't stop crying. ![]() He explained that anything under 8. I was horrified: I had been on 5. Lighter. Life denies there is any risk. The company claims that 'the body doesn't need excess calories, it needs nutrition' and states that very low calorie diets are well proven and have been used for 3. Professor Iain Broom, Chief Medical Advisor to Lighter. Life, said: 'Without the full details of the case I cannot comment specifically, but there is no evidence to suggest any link between very low calorie diets and demyelination in association with longer term use of this approach to obesity management.' Another side effect, absent from Lighter. ![]() 500 Calorie Diet The 500 Calories Day hCG Oral Diet The 500 Calorie Diet Easy Way To Handle. Life literature, is the damage abstaining from food causes to teeth. But dentist Dr Rob Endicott, 3. My wife had beautiful teeth but their condition deteriorated.' It was then that Rob appreciated what was happening. I've now treated lots of patients on the programme whose dental health diminished.' Despite Rob informing his Lighter- Life counsellor of the problem a year ago, dental care still isn't mentioned by the firm. But then, even on its extensive website there is no side effects section. Yet when one woman dropped out because she felt ill, her counsellor said: 'That's just one of the side effects - you've got to carry on and get past it.'Numerous cases have been reported of hair loss, menstrual disorder and - on one occasion - water poisoning when a man drank large amounts to relieve the constipation the liquid diet's lack of fibre can induce. Undercover journalists also witnessed counsellors accepting clients with eating disorders - though Bar Hewlett, director of Lighter. Life, defended this policy, saying: 'The National Eating Disorders Association sends people to us who are obese.'The Eating Disorders Association (now called Beat), has denied making any such referrals. After a year on Lighter. ![]() Life I was diagnosed with anorexia. This issue is particularly pertinent given the experience of Christina Massingham - a 1. Hemel Hempstead who, a year after joining Lighter. Life, was diagnosed with anorexia. Having read about Lighter. Life in a magazine last July, Christina - then weighing 2. Christina's daily diet consisted of three liquid shakes and a Lighter. Life fruit bar, amounting to 5. Physically, the diet was a success - in the first week alone, Christina lost a stone. But in January she lapsed and ate a meal.'I didn't think it would affect my weight much, but at the next weigh- in I had put on five pounds. The fact I'd put on so much weight after just one meal instilled in me a deep- seated fear of food.' By May, Christina had reached her goal weight of 1. But Christina was so petrified of putting on weight that, while she cut down on the sachets as directed, she didn't eat any food and lost more weight. Realising Christina was obsessed with her weight, her mother stopped paying Lighter. Life. She became ill frequently and her periods stopped. In August her mother, desperately worried, had phoned Lighter. Life for guidance. ![]() All that came was a call from a senior representatives reiterating that it was OK to eat food - a promised eating plan never arrived. Finally Christina, now weighing just 8st 1. GP, who diagnosed her with anorexia. I wish now I'd just stuck to a healthy diet. I may have lost 1. While the network of 'counsellors' - currently numbering 2. Lighter. Life, they are by no means medical experts. In fact, the company's three founders had no medical or healthcare background - two of them met while overweight research subjects for a low calorie diet. The vociferous director Bar Hewlett has cultivated a public profile and describes herself as an 'accomplished industry speaker' and 'expert on all topics surrounding obesity', yet before establishing Lighter. Life she had no relevant experience. But Lighter. Life, meanwhile, continues to flourish. Of course, obesity is a momentous problem in modern life - in Britain a staggering 2. Any solution would and should be welcomed. But the emotiveness and enormity of the issue makes it all the more important that people are aware of any risks weight- management programmes involve. Obesity is no doubt dangerous, but so are some of its apparent solutions. Additional reporting by Hannah Barr and Chris Morris. ![]()
![]() Have I gone into starvation or survival mode because I'm eating less than 1. I can't lose weight? No & Here's 5 reasons why. Read this excerpt from popular science magazine. Your body does not hold onto fat. First of all, All of the FAT on your body is basically just. You don't always lose weight fast. Look at the picture above again but for example. Is it possible to stop gaining weight? Let's say you ate. HUGE amount of calories everyday and let's say for this example you're eating. Would you. crap it out? Not likely and if you did eat 1.
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