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health advisory Hospital Health advisory 2007-11-16 5:20:22

Why do they say its dangerous to lose weight quickly? what will happen if someone loses more than 2 ounds a week?

Answer:

You can safely lose up to 5 lbs a week when you combine exercise and healthy eating. Dieting alone don't go beyond 2-3 pounds.

Beyond that you can disrupt your hormones as many are regulated in fat, stress you body, disrupt homeostatis, and the list goes on and on. In general you suffer a HIGH risk of yo-yoing and gaining the weight back for a multitude of reasons, not the least of which is your body goes into starvation mode. At worse you could die.

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Undue stress on every organ and aspect of your body as a result of deprivation.

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ask Nicole Richie

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its all realitive to your genetics.

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Because when you lose so much weight in a short period of time its harder for your body to retain the nutrients it needs to be healthy.

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nothing. don't worry about it. two pounds a week is a acceptible amount of weight to lose every seven days. Trust me, I am a nutritionist.

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Not dangerous.

Nothing will happen.

Except you will be happier.

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Losing two to three pounds a week (especially if a person is grossly overweight) is not bad.

It's when people starve themselves and lose up to 25 pounds a month that it's bad. It means that the body is not getting the right amount of proteins, vitamins and minerals. There is not enough nutritional value and besides it being damaging to health, once a person starts eating normal again, the weight comes back and then some.

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It is dangerous to loose weight quickly because you body does not have enough time to adjust.

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When you lose weight, your body also produces a lot of byproducts from the metabolism of all the fat. Losing so much fat increases the buildup of harmful byproducts in your system.

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it`s because your body may react in different ways and can not accept the change so easy and fast.

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Its a shock to your body, nothing helps it adjust like time, but it depends on how much weight your trying to lose. Like with surgeries and things ppl lose weight much more rapidly, and the are safe for the most part, the downfall though is saggy skin.

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If you mean maybe 2.5 or 3 - then maybe your taking it too literally, but if you mean 5 or more, then you run the risk of organ and tissue damage throughout your body. The body is used to what it has - it needs to adjust properly, and utilize the energy it has stored up in fats. Eventually the body readjusts to understand your 'new' storage amounts. Also, you will lose vital vitamins and minerals if you flush out your system too fast. ---- Its your body, damage it all you want.

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Probably nothing. It's the general advice given out to people because their specific health status is not known and for some people, weight loss can be physically traumatic to their bodies. That's why it is usually recommended asking your doctor before going on a weight loss regimen.

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When you starve yourself your body retains fat.