| The twenty-first century has seen a proliferation in | | | | turn speed up weight loss. So whilst we would not |
| the number of fad diets and extreme weight loss | | | | say that drinking a couple of cups of coffee a day |
| programmes touted to consumers desperate to | | | | are bad, when you take this to the extreme, your |
| change their bodies. There are serious health | | | | body is put under immense strain and pressure trying |
| concerns attached to the majority of these diets | | | | to deal with a caffeine induced high. Renee Zellweger, |
| that claim to be a quick fix for muffin tops, bingo | | | | Paris Hilton and Mary-Kate Olsen have all been |
| wings and wobbly thighs, which dieters are not | | | | spotted replacing meals with huge cups of strong |
| always aware of, or choose to ignore in the hope of | | | | coffee or cans of caffeine-rich energy drinks like Red |
| achieving the 'perfect' body. This is not helped by | | | | Bull. When the body is flooded with caffeine and |
| stick thin celebrities advertising unrealistic and | | | | starved of normal food, it is deprived of the nutrients |
| unattainable diets like the maple syrup diet, the | | | | it needs to perform healthily, with side effects |
| caffeine diet and the chain smoking diet. However | | | | including high blood pressure, collapse of the nervous |
| these diets force people to give up food almost | | | | system and miscarriage in pregnant women. So |
| entirely, with no emphasis on exercise and with | | | | swapping meals for coffee or energy drinks is |
| dieters putting all if not more of the weight they lost, | | | | definitely not a sensible weight loss solution. |
| back on when they fall off the wagon and enjoy one | | | | Some celebrities are taking the search for the |
| of their favourite treats. | | | | 'perfect' body too far and have started a practice |
| Below we shall discuss some of the most dangerous | | | | with health risks so common that even little children |
| fad diets that are promoted by celebrities, diet | | | | know about them. Chain smoking has become the |
| industry officials and manufacturers all hoping for a | | | | new lazy-girls way to losing weight as the chemicals |
| slice of the multi-billion industry that is weight loss. | | | | inhaled during every puff speed up your metabolism. |
| They all have major health risks attached to them | | | | It is also claimed that smoking can reduce your |
| and whilst they may show dramatic short term | | | | appetite. Celebrities like Katherine Heigl, Victoria |
| results, if you don't have the dedication of a nun, it is | | | | Beckham and Lindsay Lohan have all been snapped |
| a certainty that you will put the weight back on | | | | with cigarettes in their mouths whilst they were |
| within days of stopping the diet. | | | | eating and drinking, admitting that they do this |
| The Maple Syrup Diet was used by Beyonce in | | | | disgusting habit to keep the weight off. However, |
| preparation for her role in the hit flick Dreamgirls. On | | | | the women that use smoking as a way to stay slim |
| the diet the star lost 22lb in just 14 days as she | | | | do very little exercise, their skin and face age years |
| drank nothing but a drink made up of lemon juice, | | | | and they are at a much higher risk from cancer, |
| water, cayenne pepper and maple syrup. This wasn't | | | | heart failure and muscle damage. A recent study at |
| on top of regular meals however; it replaced them, | | | | Glasgow University has also found that girls who |
| which meant that Beyonce ate no solid food for two | | | | smoke between the ages of 16 and 24 are more |
| weeks! The singer admitted that the diet left her | | | | likely to have a flabby tummy and half the young |
| feeling exhausted, run down, ill and craving food of | | | | smokers were overweight or obese. Hopefully this |
| any kind, and that once she had finished filming and | | | | study and others like it will convince young girls that |
| stopped the diet, she was back to her pre-diet | | | | the glamorization of smoking is not worth the health |
| weight within days. In fact, any diet that places an | | | | risks involved and might actually have a negative |
| emphasis on sugar and sugar substitutes including | | | | effect on the search for a flatter stomach. |
| maple syrup and honey are normally breaching FDA | | | | The only way to lose weight healthily and so it stays |
| Compliance laws, with very few sugar substitutes | | | | off is to incorporate a balanced diet and regular |
| having gained FDA approval to be used as | | | | exercise into your lifestyle. If you starve yourself of |
| sweeteners. This is due to the health risks involved, | | | | food your body is deprived of the nutrients it needs |
| primarily, the proven link between a high intake of | | | | to develop and function properly, which means that |
| artificial sugar and cancer. The health risks related to | | | | you age quicker and are at risk from developing |
| the maple syrup diet alone include gum disease, tooth | | | | serious diseases. If you have any concerns over |
| rot, acidic build up and all the dangers related to being | | | | what foods, drinks and ingredients do not comply |
| physically and mentally exhausted. | | | | with the Food and Drug Administration, do some |
| Caffeine can speed up the metabolism, which can in | | | | research online at their website. |