The amazing miracle weight loss system that can make you lose 10 pounds in 10 days no matter what you eat! Eat as much as you want, eat more than you want, eat double what you want, and still lose weight without working out! Drop one pant size in a day, but beware because this might work so well you'll pop out of reality! If these advertising claims are true then rapid weight loss is a miracle reality of the modern world, requiring no effort on the dieter's part.
Baloney! But even though they mostly aren't true, Americans spend over 40 billion dollars a year on rapid weight loss pills, programs and products that simply don't work. That doesn't stop people from coming up with all sorts of crazy diets and weight loss schemes. Remember Beyonce's starvation "master cleanse" diet? It consisted of taking in nothing but lemon juice, maple syrup, cayenne pepper and water. Seriously! It also supposedly cleans the system from years of built up toxins.
Who knew, maple syrup dissolves toxins. Next time a poisonous snake bites someone have them consume some pancakes. Then there are the magic pills, creams, and diet supplements that guarantee to burn pounds without exercise, guaranteed. No that wasn't a typo, they use the word guarantee so often it starts to lose meaning. And when they don't mention exactly what is involved in the "guarantee" it doesn't have any meaning. Then we have the pills, creams, drinks and supplements that miraculously remove weight.
Another diet is the VLCD or Very Low Calorie Diet. They work, and studies have tested and proven it. The problem is they are often sold to people for home use to drop a few pounds. That's a problem because of their nature. VLCD's are extreme diets designed for seriously overweight people. These diets are designed to be used under medical supervision in a closed setting where people can't go off the diet. When used outside those conditions people tend to cheat, and what's worse they can incur serious health condition.
Rapid weight loss program, if it works, creates a number of problems with the body. Gallstones, dehydration, malnutrition and even protein poisoning can incur as a result of the severe caloric starvation involved in VLCDs.
Rapid weight loss is a great idea. But it's not for most people, and should be administered and supervised by qualified medical professionals.