Overview:
The lemonade diet, also known as the Master Cleanse is a diet designed to achieve quick weight loss results. Though this diet is nowhere near the principles of healthy eating, many people are following the lemonade diet. This diet was designed by Stanley Burroughs in the year 1941. It was created to treat ulcers, but it gained popularity for its role in weight loss around 1976, when his book 'The Master Cleanser' gave precious information about the diet. Two important aims of lemonade diet are:
• To promote quick weight loss
• To flush out the deadly toxins and impurities out of the body
What Exactly Is Lemonade Diet:
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Following this diet repeatedly may increase your risk of nutrient deficiencies and can lead to medical issues.
Muscle Loss:
Low calorie and low protein intake forces the body to breakdown protein rich tissues, like muscles. Protein is required by each cell of the body to carry out important functions. When your diet is low in protein, the body depends on muscle proteins. This causes muscle loss, muscle weakness and you may tend to get tired easily. This further leads to poor quality of life. As lemonade diet does not provide essential amino acids to the body, muscle loss may tend to happen.
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Lack of protein, vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals, health-promoting plant chemicals in lemonade diet can reduce the ability of the body to fight against infections.
Weight Re-Gain:
Poor compliance is a common problem of this diet. Lemonade diet cannot be followed all throughout the life, hence, once when you get back to your normal eating pattern, you may gain back double the amount of weight. Therefore, it is advised to follow a diet, which is doable and it should give long-term results.
Blood Glucose Instability:
In simple terms, lemonade water is nothing but lemon and sugared water. Drinking such a water without eating any solid food may cause spikes and drop in the blood glucose level. This further causes dizziness, light-headedness, hunger pangs and irritability.
Final Verdict:
Lemonade diet is a FAD or a crash diet, which is not sustainable. This diet is deficient in vitamins, minerals, protein, essential fatty acids and calories, which is required for the body's normal functioning. It reduces your body's resistance against infections and leads to muscle loss