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Water and Rice diet, is it good for him?
My better half has decided to go on an unusual and strict diet of water and rice. He is 34 years old and around 14-15 stone but would like to be 12 stone.
He works 5 days a week at a local mini supermarket but all he does is have water until tea time when he has one bowl of rice.
It was day one yesterday and the result was he lost 3lb but had no energy during or after work and was feeling faint.
I personally don't think it is good for him health wise and it has already began to affect our communication as he is very quite and a little touchy.
Is there any better diets out there for him that involve him eating more but without putting any weight on?
After work he usually works out upstairs with weights and general stretching.
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This so-called diet is lacking in any form of nutrition. Your partner will do himself more harm than good in the long run.
If he has a weight concern, he should consult his doctor or a community health unit.
There are many articles on the Internet to help him with healthy eating, among them, Canada's Food Guide:
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That isn't a 'diet' - it's a starvation. Of course he’ll feel faint and cranky, he’s engaged in the short-term plan of killing himself. Your body doesn't like it when you try and kill it. It does everything it can to encourage you stop killing it.
If he was engaging in it for a spiritual or religious reason, we'd call it 'fasting', but since he things this is a diet that will have a positive effect on his health, it needs to be called 'very stupid'.
This is very risky behaviour, especially if he is pairing it with weight training.
Frankly, if this were my partner, I’d put my foot down and insist he see consult a doctor on his weight loss plan. NOW. Not next week. NOW. If he has an undiagnosed health issue, this current plan of his might kill him very quickly. He will most certainly faint at some point in the next few days. Hopefully he wont crack his skull on anything when he does.
Tell him you can’t live with this. You can't live with waiting for him to fall over. Because you can’t, and neither can he, even if he is too dumb to recognize it. Tell him if he keeps risking his health, he’s gonna risk his marriage as well. Tell him he needs to see a doctor, ASAP.
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First: That diet is not only bad for him it can and will hurt him in ways that can cause permanent injury to him. That diet if he stays on it to long will cause an imbalance in his electrolytes which can cause a host of problems. Loosing 3 lbs in one day is to much; he is expending more energy that he is replacing.
Weight in stone tells me you are probably from England. England has National Health Care. When people ask my recommendation for large weight loss I recommend the following:
1. Start with a full physical, then with your doctor’s approval and the doctors monitoring of your weight loss program begin your diet.
2. Meet with a Nutritionist to plan meals and snacks that meet you daily needs, based on your work and exercise routine. To lose weight properly you must have 3, healthy, meals a day and 2, healthy, snacks.
3. Get plenty of exercise and rest.
While everyone is different a proper weight loss is 1 to 3 pounds a week. Men tend to lose more weight than women and everyone will hit a plateau in their program at some point. The goal is not to get discouraged.
Fad diets are just that, fads. They tend to take weight of quickly and just as quickly you regain the weight lost. A proper program as I have written not only safely allows you to lose weight but you do so in a manner that teaches you what proper diet and nutrition is so the weight stays off.
Please talk to your husband and get him to a doctor before this diet does serious harm to him.
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not healthy..why dosent have fruit during the day?or have something green with his rice.
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Of course it's not healthy and he knows it.
His blood sugar level will be low so he'll be feeling groggy, irritable, lethargic throughout the day that a normal healthy breakfast would prevent. His bowl of rice, containing sugars, will raise his blood sugars and that's the only source of energy his body is getting, which wont last long.
His goal of weight loss won't be achieved. His body is missing vital nutrients in order to function thus his body is going into starvation mode. Every calorie he consumes will immediately be converted into fat, his body will cling on to all the energy it has and will stubbornly cling to the fat he's also trying to lose.
It really is simple - no fad diets necessary. If he ensures he is getting his essential water, vitamins, minerals, protein, fibre, carbohydrates and GOOD fats daily, then he'll be giving his body the nutrients to function at its best as well as improving his performance in sport and fitness.
Tell him to properly educate himself on nutrition before half starving his body. A healthy amount to lose per week is a MAXIMUM on 2lbs. Any more than that and his body's setting - the weight at which it's comfortable with - will stay at 14-15 stone and he'll end up gaining back the weight he lost and more. Its so often happens when people dont do their research.
Starchy carbohydrates, lean meat, a rainbow of fruit and veg, and healthy cooking methods will ensure his weight loss. Instead of 2500 calories a day he can cut it down to, say, 2100.
If he wants to realistically lose weight he'll also need to up the ante on his exercise routine. An hour's jog in the AM - cardio is essential for fat burn, building muscle with his weight training, exercise classes. There's so much he can do.
If he wants the results and for them to stay permanent, he has to put in the hard work and know how to properly take care of his body. Education, education, education.
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Rice makes you fat... its so stupid but alright
There are much better diets...
1.The South Beach Diet
This diet was created by Miami cardiologist, Dr. Arthur Agatston, to help his patients maintain a healthy lifestyle and lose weight.
The main point of the South Beach Diet is to eliminate the types of carbohydrates and fats that can lead to weight gain. The diet distinguishes "good" carbohydrates from "bad" carbohydrates, and purports that by cutting the bad carbs out of your diet, lowering your body's levels of cholesterol and insulin, ultimately leading to weight loss.
“To maintain good nutrition and fullness, you need complex carbohydrates. Thinking all carbohydrates make you fat is a myth,” Zuckerbrot said.
The diet consists of three phases, which initially restrict certain foods and then restore them to your diet.
The general consensus from dietitians about the South Beach Diet is that it can be a good way to lose weight in a healthy way initially, but dieters may have a hard time keeping it off if they don’t stick with it.
2. The Zone Diet
The Zone diet dictates that all meals be arranged according to the following ratio: 40 percent carbohydrates, 30 percent fat and 30 percent protein.
The Zone is a regimented but balanced diet, not unlike certain dietary plans endorsed by The American Diabetes Association.
“The goal of leading a healthy lifestyle has to come from a variety of well rounded foods in a daily,” Zuckerbrot said.
One problem with the Zone Diet is it takes a lot of math, research and planning to make sure you get it right. Many dieters who undergo this plan sign on with the help of a dietitian.
Although the Zone may be cumbersome, it isn't nearly as restrictive as Atkins. So if you're the kind of person who is likely to quit a diet if you feel deprived of something, this one might be your best bet.
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