Rapid Network

The Internet is absolutely full of weight loss promises, the majority of which claim to be rapid weight loss systems, a phrase which tickles my suspicion almost as quickly as a hooded man in a dark alley.

Let me get this straight. Rapid weight loss is absolutely plausible (depending, of course, on what you believe is realistic). A structured tandem of a balanced, varied diet and a significant increase in exercise will lead to a cascade of processes that will increase weight loss both actively and passively. For instance, increased exercise will build more muscle, a process which requires the body to consume more calories in order to fulfill its daily uptake.

But is any of this possible with miracle diets cures, and extreme weight loss offers?

Diet pills, laxatives, fasting and diuretics are prime examples of trends which have haunted the Internet. It seems the "easy everything" approach the Internet has given us transcends into our choice in products. Diet pills are hazy products that derive from a field of scientific study that at best could be called "pseudo science" and at worst "criminal sophistry". The infamous case which saw Fen Phen, one of the first wildly popular diet pills, literally fall into ruin because their customers were feeling ill and many more died from high blood pressure complications. After all, how could anyone claim to accurately know what and how appetite functions?

What we do know is that extreme weight loss systems that necessitate no change in lifestyle continue to provoke illness and death. The aforementioned case Fen Phen case caused widespread fatal high blood pressure went largely unnoticed by the media, bolstered by an army of profiteers who shushed reporters and flooded the online world with alternative products using the same ingredients. See no evil, hear no evil, and these lethal chemical compounds are now part of our daily lives.

The bottom-line is that losing weight is a system process that should not only be valued by a reading on a scale. It involves many facets: health, speed, growth and time. None of which can be forsaken without serious repercussions. Despite how pressing the need to regain fitness may be, malnutrition is no cure for obesity or being overweight.