3 Day Tuna Diet – Good or Bad?

Are you constantly on the lookout for the quickest diet you can find to lose a quick 10 to 15 pounds? You have that fancy shindig just around the corner and you have got to fit into that slinky size 5 black dress you just got. You’ve heard about the 3 day tuna diet and believe could be just what you’ve been looking for. But don’t just jump on the tuna bandwagon, there are some things you need to know about weight loss systems like this.

While it is true the three day tuna diet has almost overnight become one of today’s favorite crash diets, many people think that because the time frame of the diet is short there is no health risk. The truth is that when people use this type of weight loss system, they can be adversely affecting their metabolic system. Essentially this means is that by using these types of diets, you are setting yourself up for later weight gain and very possibly more weight than you lost.

One of the primary reasons that these types of diets aren’t healthy is because it is essentially a starvation diet. If you add up all the calories allowed for a day’s meal you would have less than 980 calories. Eating this few calories will put your body in starvation mode within the first day or so.

In addition, the 3 day tuna diet has so low calorie count that it is close to being a VLCD, also known as a very low calorie diet. This diet gives the illusion of lasting for three days. The truth is you are on and off this diet for a full month.

For the most part, the foods that you eat on the three day tuna diet aren’t balanced and therefore you will quite likely not lose any permanent weight. You are allowed some small amounts of fish and chicken, some peanut butter, a few vegetables and an apple for dinner. If you make up the rest of the week by eating ice cream for dinner, you’ll see this is not a healthy diet.

You need to be aware the refined carbohydrates, which make up a substantial portion of the three day tuna diet have very little if any nutritional value. Food cravings are increased when you have so few calories but have breads and sugars. The reason for this is that there is a spike in the production of insulin when we consume these carbohydrates.

When deciding to use very low calorie weight loss systems like this one you are potentially setting yourself up for failure. Even if you do make it through the three days every week, you are likely to make up for it by eating unhealthy foods during the four day period in which you are free to eat what you want. Studies done as far back as the seventies show that the average dieter will ultimately gain up to eight pounds in the weeks after the diet.

There are various diets that are geared towards long-term weight loss. Some of these diets can be good ways to lose weight while others focus on eliminating healthy foods and calories. The 3 day tuna diet may drop pounds in the beginning but in the end you will most likely gain the weight back you lost and maybe even more.

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