Most 1000 calorie diets that I have come across have risks and dangers.Some of those risks and dangers may hold in very bad side effects and some can even seriously hurt you, Being aware of those risks and dangers will help you to be aware of what to be on the look out for. It also empower you to take the necessary precautions to limit or prevent those risks and dangers.To help you do so and to have a safer diet journey, here are the top 5 risks and dangers that you may experience with a 1000 calorie diet plan:
1. Fatigue and malnutrition
If you choose a 1000 calorie diet that is unbalanced or unhealthy, you risk the chance of suffering from malnutrition. If the diet is too low in carbs or other important nutrients, you may feel that you are a bit more tired than usual.
2. Dehydration
With some diets (like unhealthy 1000 calorie diets), most of the weight that you lose only comes from water weight. This can make you become dehydrated if you don’t replenish the lost water. So make sure that you drink at least 2 liters.
3. May slow down your metabolism
Restricting your calories too much may slow down your metabolism as your body may think that you are in a famine. This can lead to long term weight gain,as you lose weight more difficultly when your metabolism is slower.
4. Learning of yo-yo diet habits
Diets (especially unhealthy 1000 calorie diet plans), may make you depend on dieting to lose weight. You then may fall into the endless habit of yo-yo dieting, where you lose your weight, only to pick i back up again and to start to yo-yo cycle over.
5. Gaining all the weight back
As most of these diets don’t teach you how to eat healthy or how to keep the weight off, you are highly likely to gain all/some of your weight back again. This is because you will most certainly go back to your old eating habits once the diet is over. That’s why it is so important to follow 1000 calorie diets that at least teaches you how to eat in the long run.
I hope that this article has made you aware that unhealthy and unbalanced 1000 calorie diets also holds in some risks and dangers and what those risks are to look out for. Being aware of that fact can help you to take the necessary precautions to help you limit the risks.