Any dieter can tell you that if you use more calories than you take in you will lose weight. Many diets, like the Slim fast diet, follow this general principle -- having a dieter eat less than they normally burn. Let's take a look at the Slim fast diet to see just how effective it can be.
We won't know whether this slim fast diet works until we understand the basic principles behind it. The core of the diet is drinking Slim fast shakes in the place of two of your daily meals. The dieter can also eat a regular meal for dinner, as well as two pieces of fruit and one Slim fast nutrition bar. This diet cuts about 1000 calories from the average male's diet, and 500 from the average female's diet – averaging about 1200 calories daily. Even without exercise, which Slim fast recommends, this diet will result in weight loss.
One of the most important aspects of any diet is certainly present in the Slim fast diet – ease-of-use. If people can maintain a diet without much difficulty, they're likely to be successful. This diet also includes drinking a lot of water. The 6 to 8 cups of water called for in the Slim fast diet are healthy.
People need certain vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients which are not found in the Slim fast diet. Most of these are found in the average foods that people eat, but not all are found in the Slim fast shake or nutrition bars. Another danger on this diet is to cut out the dinner meal. they think this will help them lose weight at an even more rapid pace. But that's a very bad idea because it's far too few calories, and multiplies the problem of missing certain nutrients.
There's a modified version of the Slim fast diet which includes drinking only one shake each day, and eating two regular meals. That can be very effective, especially if the replaced meal is lunch, which many working people often eat at fast food restaurants.
As with any diet be sensible when following the Slim fast diet.
Author Resource:
Regine Hehn is a fat loss enthusiast. She wrote a great article about The Fat Loss Review and owns and maintains http://thefatlossreview.com/ .
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