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Losing weight rapidly can be dangerous; know the side effects of such unhealthy weight loss methods

Losing weight rapidly can be dangerous for your health and can also lead to health issues. Therefore, it is extremely important that you lose weight sustainably and not expect drastic results because that could damage your body. Here are a few side effects of unhealthy weight loss.

TN Digital

Updated Sep 26, 2022, 17:58 IST

When you follow diets and workouts that help in losing weight rapidly, this can cause dehydration in the body and dehydration can cause fatigue, headache and constipation among other problems.

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New Delhi: Look around yourself and you’ll find several people who are trying to lose weight. Staying healthy is important as it helps to keep diseases and other health conditions at bay. To lose weight, people resort to different methods that can help them lose weight fast and without much work but that is unhealthy weight loss. It is important to lose weight in a healthy manner as that will go and long way and will also keep you healthy.

It can cause nutritional deficiencies: When you try to lose weight fast, you tend to skip meals which eventually causes nutritional deficiencies. When you don’t eat well, it might lead to a deficiency in certain vitamins and minerals which eventually leads to other health problems.
It can dehydrate your body: When you follow diets and workouts that help in losing weight rapidly, this can cause dehydration in the body and dehydration can cause fatigue, headache and constipation among other problems.
It can electrolyte imbalance: When you start to lose rapidly, your body might not be able to adjust to such drastic changes which might lead to stress in the body and also cause an electrolyte imbalance. And an electrolyte imbalance in the body can increase the risks of heart disease.
It can lead to muscle loss: When you lose weight rapidly, it doesn’t always mean that you are losing the fat, it could also mean you are losing muscle and water. And muscle loss is not healthy, instead, you should focus on losing the fat.

Disclaimer: Tips and suggestions mentioned in the article are for general information purposes only and should not be construed as professional medical advice. Always consult your doctor or a dietician before starting any fitness programme or making any changes to your diet.

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