The Beverly Hills diet; dangers of the newest weight loss fad
1981
Mirkin, Gabe B. | Shore, Ronald N.
The following three major tenets of the Beverly Hills diet are based on erroneous nutrition information: only undigested food accumulates and becomes fat; most enzymes can't work simultaneously; and enzymes in specific fruits make hard to digest foods less fattening. The diet starts with 11 days of eating only fruit. This can cause severe diarrhea, which may result in hypovolemic shock, potassium deficiency, and arrhythmia. Additionally, because it is a low-protein diet for the first six weeks, it may cause hair loss. Poor skin turgor, fever, muscle weakness and lowered blood pressure can result from the recommended no-salt intake coupled with water loss. Physicians should discourage their patients from going on the diet. (cs)
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