Are you losing WEIGHT or HEALTH?

Crash diet, meal skipping, meal replacement, excess intake of medicine or supplements etc. are the common mistakes by people who want to lose weight. These measures may help you reach your weight loss goals but the result are temporary and you may end up regaining the lose weight. As a result, the body is starved of the vital nutrients and you end up getting fatigued, nutritional deficiencies are bound to set in. this would lower your immunity and make you susceptible to various illness. Prolonged sustenance on these unhealthy weight loss methods will make you lose muscle mass. You would just end up looking a shrunken version of yourself rather than being fit and healthy by losing weight in a phased and scientific manner. Those with a medical condition place themselves at high risk by following these measures.

Obesity leads to lifestyle diseases as the extra fat puts a strain on the kidneys, liver, heart and other organs. It increases the risks of diabetes, heart problems, cancer and other life threatening diseases. About 40 percent of cancers are diet related, according to American institute for cancer research.

First and most important point to understand the Right way to lose weight is that no two human beings on the earth are alike and each one of us has different size, metabolic composition, body shape, health issues, genetic makeup etc. so there can never be a diet which works for all. Don’t believe if someone says so. Dietary requirements will vary from person to person. Our diets have to be customized to our body needs for a healthy life.

 Individual requirement of each nutrient are related to a person’s age, gender, level of physical activity, state of health and many other factors. Each nutrient has a particular series of functions in the body. Excess or deficiency of a nutrient can lead to diseases, let us consider Selenium (RDA 30 – 60 mcg) which is required to maintain youthfulness, slow down aging process and main source are barely, wheat germ etc.

However, high doses of selenium can result in ALOPECIA (PATCHY BALDNESS), EMOTIONAL INSTABILITY and deficiency leads to CANCER, CARDIO- VASCULAR DISEASE, and PREMATURE AGING etc.

Diet therapy is better option than weight loss for those who have already Tire to lose weight by unhealthy ways and are on the verge of getting diseases.

Do you know that we need many nutrients in our daily intake? Most foods contain several nutrients but no one food contains them all. That’s why at least once one should have a customized diet plan.

We at Ritu’s diet believe in “diet consultancy as service to mankind” and follow a simple and effective rule: NO MEDICINES, NO SUPPLEMENTS, NO CRASH DIET, NO MEAL REPLACEMENTS – For our weight loss programs as there are no replacements for tasty and nutritious food.