Low Calorie Menu -- Sudden Death
Limiting food and calorie consumption is the most common method to weight loss. Simply persist in this activity; you can obtain a fine result. However, the minimum calorie consumption per day cannot be lower than 600 calories, for it can cause serious illness such as pathological changes of heart condition similarly to an anorexia patient (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anorexia_nervosa) or sudden death.
Meatless Approach -- Hair loss
As frenzy for weight loss approaches, hair loss rate also increases. Of 20%~30% of hair loss patients are women aged 20-30. The Crucial reason of hair loss is because hairs are composed of protein, and protein gain its nutrients from zinc, copper, and iron in meat products. And people who are in meatless diet are more likely to loose hair because the body cannot provide the nutrients needed to generate protein.
Speedy Weight Loss -- Gallstone
Multiple cases have been reported on the news and magazines. People who pursue speedy weight loss in the beginning 2~4 months, about 25% of the people have developed gallstone. Among the 25%, people who have performed surgery to loose weight are more likely to have gallstone developed in their body. Because the sudden decrease in calorie, the fat in the body will be put to use to build up cholesterol. When the body does not have enough fat to process, the bile fluid in gall increases and cause the bile to be sticky and slimy. The gall simply lost its function to filter out the wastes and toxics from the food you consumed, and wastes and toxics remained in the body build up little by little and form gallstone.
Excess weight loss -- Memory loss
The extra fat stored in the body act as a stimulus for the brain. It enhances the brain’s ability to gather and process information, increase long-term and short-term memory. People who surpass his/her average weight by 20%~35% are smarter; however, people who tries to loose weight by decreasing nutrition consumption loses the ability to memorize every moment of his/her life.
Weight Loss Backfires -- Heart disease
Improper weight loss can cause backfires to problem like heart diseases, and this has been a threat to men who age over 40, it wears down the immunity for disease like tuberculosis, and hepatitis and other chronic disease, and give them a chance to strike. Chance of developing gastroptosis, depression, and malnutrition will also increase. People have to combine dieting with exercising to prevent body from out of balance to guarantee good health.
Weight loss at puberty -- Amenorrhea
For women, puberty was not the right time for weight loss because the women body much preserve a certain amount of fat (about 17% of the total weight) to maintain the body function of having catamenia (women’s period). If the body does not have the necessary fat to maintain that function, it will cause delay of having catamenia or amenorrhea.
Weight loss during pregnancy -- Sterility
During pregnancy, women need to have enough fat to carry out the important duty of giving birth. Women before pregnancy have to accumulate 22% of fat in respect to the body weight in order to be fertile. And up to 28% to provide nutrition to the baby for 9~10 months and 3 months after for breastfeeding.
Weight loss during breastfeeding period -- Harm to the baby’s health
Weightloss is to limit the consumption of fat, and fat was the essential ingredient of breast milk. When fat is not present to generate fresh breast milk, the body will seek other stored fat to generate fat, and the stored fat might have toxics that might interfere with baby’s health and growth.
