Diet food - healthy or not?

A diet always represents what you should eat for in your life. It should be related to your working pattern, activity level, taste and tradition. Diet now days have got another meaning in people’s life. It is directly related to sudden weight loss, slim figure, health loss and loss or beauty. It is ridiculous to live on just raw food and juices for a long time just to be slim. Such misconceptions about diet always lead to health problems such as low blood pressure, fatigue, weak bones and anemia. Dieting which can give you only weight loss is nothing but a failure.

Many diet programs prescribe diet foods specially designed for getting thin. These foods can make you look slender but as soon as you come back to your routine you tend to eat more to compensate the fat loss of your body and once again become fat.

Some of the diets are very difficult to continue for a longer period. Diets such as detox diets which will harm you physically and mentally both. Detox diet has become the trendiest word in dieting. It includes eating vegetables like bitter guard, bottle guard and other vegetables that we hate to eat. When your intake is against your wish how can it make you feel good. We eat food to be healthy. Eating food of our choice gives us contentment and mental piece. If our stomach is always empty and unsatisfied, we will never be able to concentrate on our work. There are many people who eat only oranges and have vegetable juices in their diet. They are initially happy to see sudden weight loss of 3-4 kgs. But this diet brings along with it headaches and problems like constipation, anxiety which can worsen the health more. Some naturopath’s diets include eating dry fruits and milk in a day.

Eating dry fruits is good for health but living totally on them is ridiculous. These diets can lower the metabolic rate of body.

Another term used in diet plans is herbal supplements. Herbal tea or herbal medicines are often sold by many companies assuring 10-15 kgs of weight loss in a very short period.

You should always check out the authenticity of such products before buying them. These products can have adverse effects on your body and mind as well. Crash diets can make you lose more weight but they will make you weaker. Your lifestyle will be completely changed. Best way to lose weight is to form a routine of exercise. Eat whatever you want but that should be in proportion. Over eating is the main cause of weight gain. Eating wrong food at the wrong time is also another reason for being fat. High calorie food should be consumed during morning as during this time your stomach has a capacity of digesting more. Eat moderate food during lunch and very light during dinner because the stomach cannot digest heavy food during night which leads to indigestion. The undigested food accumulates as fat which makes you look flabby.