Just like a car crash, crash dieting can be hazardous to your health, if done on a consistent basis with the intent of losing weight for the long term. Most doctors and nutritionists will never recommend crash dieting for any reason, but occasionally people feel the need to lose a little weight in a hurry and starve their bodies in hopes of dropping a few pounds quickly to fit into a certain outfit by the time their class reunion rolls around in a few short weeks.

Many of those crash dieting will limit their food intake to skim milk, maybe a few bananas and some vitamins. This will in no way supply all the nutrition for a healthy lifestyle and usually contributes to the yo-yo effect of weight loss. A person may lose four or five pounds while crash dieting and at the end of their time limit will eat substantially more due to extreme hunger, gaining usually more weight than they lost, resulting in another period of crash dieting lasting even longer than the first time.

There are many suggestions for crash dieting that are claimed to help with rapid weight loss such as an all soup diet, or having nothing but juice or water with fat burning pills. However, if people are going to go on a crash diet, they should understand how to keep their body well-fed while the losing the weight in the short term.

Length Of Crash Diet Should Be Limited

Most nutritionists caution that if a person is going to go on a crash diet, it should never last longer than three to five days and should include some foods that will help the body shed the pounds they are trying to get rid of. Salads for example will not cause weight gain, unless there are a lot of fat-laced toppings included, such as high fat dressings along with cheese, meats and other items. While eating plain lettuce is not necessary, when crash dieting having a low or no calories salad can help the dieter feel full.

Fresh fruits such as strawberries or kiwi can help stave off the need for sweets while crash dieting and will also contribute to the feeling of not being hungry. The fat intake should be limited to 20 or 25 grams a day as well as reducing the number of calories. Limiting starch is also a god idea when crash dieting for a few days, but not when dieting for an extended period of time.

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