For the average women, depending upon whether she lives on the coasts, in the south or the mid west, there are varying degrees of the obsession with obesity and thinness. But no matter how much women may deceive others that they are fine with 20-30 pounds of extra weight on their bodies (over the BMI weight calculator's Normal range) most feel uncomfortable about it and will attempt to diet and exercise. This is especially true if they are going to a big event like a wedding.
The Times' piece mentions other controversial but common quick-fix weight loss methods, such as fad diets, juice cleanses, extreme professional trainers or HCG-hormone injections. But the one that raised the most eyebrows around the web was the so-called "K-E diet", that's given by Dr. Oliver R. Di Pietro in his clinic in Bay Harbor Islands, Fla.
Is his method the latest extreme diet fad to sweep the country?
"This is the first time I've actually heard of that," Dr. Michael Aziz, an internist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City and author of "The Perfect 10 Diet," told HealthPop. "As far as I know not a lot of folks out here (West Coast) are doing it but I am sure some entrepreneur doc will start," Dr. Ken Fujioka, director of the Scripps Clinic Center for Weight Management, told HealthPop in an email. "It just seems odd that a patient would want a feeding tube sticking out of their nose and to just be fed that way." Aziz agrees with that sentiment, and thinks the technique is "very dangerous" and can perforate the patient internally and cause infections. He said the tube is typically placed in unconscious patients who can't feed themselves.
"It's just a very crazy way to lose weight," Aziz said.
Dr. Louis Aronne, director of the Comprehensive Weight Control Program at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City, added to the New York Times, "Any extreme low-calorie diet is associated with side effects, kidney stones, dehydration, headaches, and if you lose muscle mass and water, what's the point of that?" Then what's the healthiest way for an upcoming bride to lose weight? Aziz says to plan ahead and eat a balanced diet and exercise. He said people should lose no more than 2 pounds a week to ensure healthy dieting habits, and when it comes to crash diets, a bride-to-be might wind up in an emergency room on her wedding day.
