The Danger of Diets K-E
Extreme diets are being a trend in the United States. It is not only uncomfortable but this type of diet can threaten health. Many us people are doing Ketogenic Enteral Nutrition known as diet K-E.
How to
This type of Diet is done by placing the food with a pipe through the nose. It is a liquid containing a mixture of protein, fat, without carbohydrate.
Patients usually eat food supplement powder mixed in water for 10 days. These supplements are made from protein and fats containing 800 calories per day.
The perpetrators of this diet should only consume mineral water, unsweetened tea and black coffee as long as the program progresses. They always bring the nasogastrik tube to stabilize food intake for ten days while dieting.
The Result
Every day a person can lose weight around 1 kilogram.
A specialist in the disease in Florida Dr. Oliver r. Di Pietro says, people who live on a diet of K-E can decrease 10 percent of total body weight.
The side effects
- Place the food through the nose very risky choking.
- Cause bad breath and constipation.
- Increase the risk of kidney disease.
- Cause head pain, weak, dehydrated and exhausted.
- It caused the loss of water and muscle mass in the body, not fat. Some time after diet ending body weight risk to be back as previous or even more.