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Miracle diets: a risk to your health

Every so often new diets appear, each one promising the same thing: rapid weight loss without effort. These so-called miracle diets impose very severe calorie restrictions, and usually lead to deficiencies that make them both impossible to sustain in the long term and dangerous to people’s health.

• Body mass index: the measurement of weight
• Omega 3: beneficial fatty acids
• Energy: the body’s fuel
• Folic Acid
• Additives: Understanding what we are talking about
• Amino acids: Protein building blocks
• Nutrition: strictly speaking
• Antioxidants: Look after yourself better