Fast weight loss is always possible, the point is to understand what we lose when the scale drops abruptly. In most cases, what is lost quickly is water, and this happens for example with diets low in carbohydrates, ketogenic or not. So also very low-calorie like semi-fasting diets. This phenomenon has a simple biochemical reason.

The carbohydrates we eat are partially converted into a substance called ‘glycogen’. For this conversion to take place, a small percentage of water binds to each gram of carbohydrate.
By eliminating carbohydrates, the body uses glycogen, and water is lost.

The miracle diets that make us lose weight in a few days eliminate fluids and maybe a little swelling. Absolutely nothing wrong if we want to look our best for a particular evening. But it is not the same as a fast weight loss (slim down = lose fat), as much as a quick and temporary “dehydration”.

Yet, a recent research has pointed out how people, we Westerners in reality, even if we know or suspect what I wrote above, still tend to look for shortcuts for fast weight loss. If it’s not the diet it’s the pill.

To cut the head off, I quote this article published on the information site The Lamar Ledger , in which the questions “Are there natural remedies for fast weight loss? Are there any pills for fast weight loss? “Answers a doctor from Harvard University, physicist Pieter Cohen.

ARE THERE NATURAL REMEDIES FOR FAST LOSS?

The dr. Cohen assures us that no natural supplements and no plant or natural substances lead us to fast weight loss. You got it right: the power of Garcinia Cambogia, blueberry, pineapple stem or chitosan do little or nothing for rapid weight loss. They are also to be avoided, explains the doctor, because unlike other food supplements (such as vitamin supplements) they are not tested, and can contain substances that are toxic to the liver, cause digestive problems and other side effects, including cardiovascular failure.

ARE THERE PILLS FOR A FAST LOSS?

All the weight loss drugs in circulation today have poor results on weight loss (we are talking about a maximum of five kilos in a year, editor’s note), but also side effects, often because they act on the nervous system or intestinal level, for example they are fibers that bind the dietary fat.

ARE THERE DIETS FOR FAST LOSS?

And let’s get to the diet part. In the past I talked about an experiment by a group of scientists, who with a highly low-calorie diet, practically fasting, and a certain training routine for several hours a day, have shown that it is possible to lose a kilo a day for 4 days , of body fat only. However, the subjects were kept under observation 24 hours a day. In short, it was a risky experiment, absolutely not replicable outside the walls of a hospital.
Anyone looking for a way to lose weight quickly can do it.

There are two that are scientifically considered valid. I remind you that in any case this is an information site, I am not your doctor. So you need to talk to your doctor about it.

The safer of the two, because it acts on the metabolism by prompting the body to burn more, is a fat-free diet. The carbohydrate metabolism is boosted, and when not eaten the body attacks the fat for energy. Having no dietary fat, it attacks the fat reserves. Both the Pritikin diet and the Rosati diet take advantage of this type of approach. However, it is necessary to drink a lot to avoid constipation and to take a mild fat-soluble vitamin supplement.

The other method is that of the ketogenic diet, which must in any case be set according to our body weight, and must include no more than 5% total net carbohydrates.

Finally, there are other diets that lead to rapid weight loss simply because they deflate in the intestine. Very often people accumulate swelling, due to an inflammatory state of the intestine. By resolving this inflammatory state, people deflate and the metabolism improves little by little. There are many such protocols: I recommend that you look at the Specific Carbohydrate Diet or Dr. Bathia’s diet.