Effect of Diet On Health Occupation

Favored by celebrities diet can cause long-term problem, experts claim, but the inventor says obesity is a real health risk

It has been hailed as the French food that reportedly helped the Duchess of Cambridge to blackmail the royal wedding dress and allows the singer Jennifer Lopez and supermodel Gisele Bündchen to shift their pregnancy pounds.

Jennifer Lopez is among the celebrities said to have lost weight on the Dukan diet

Occupation of protein-rich diet, which swept across Europe and the United States, has become a weight loss plan of choice for the rich and famous. They were attracted by the promise of losing up to 15 pounds (2 stone) in a few weeks by eating as much as they want, as long as it is mostly meat, fish and fat-free cheese.

Fans of the diet is also said to include mother-of-the-bride-Carole Middleton and opera singer Katherine Jenkins. Those who have slimmed to a shadow of their former self in the diet will not have a word said against it, despite his cruel rule.

Perhaps, however, all too good to be true. Some people claim that eating patterns, discovered by French nutritionist Dr. Pierre occupation, not only effective but can damage the health of a diet '.

A survey of nearly 5,000 "Dukanians" found that 80% back all the weight they had lost in three years, and experts who analyzed the results of a survey which claimed the diet was a risk to public health.

Dr Boris Hansel, metabolism and cardiovascular systems specialist at the Pitié-Salpetriere hospital in Paris, said: "The diet is not a long-term success because it does not meet the needs of our bodies.

"There are real risks ... infertility, sleep apnea, high blood pressure, type two diabetes, heart disease or cardiovascular problems following this diet is not dangerous;. That can cause real health problems," he told Le Parisien newspaper.

"Our investigation is the beginning and shows the need for a real scientific study of diet occupation should be evaluated for causing public health problems .."

Doctors claim the latest occupation advice for pregnant women to follow her diet "as early as possible and throughout pregnancy" putting their unborn babies at risk.

Irene Margaritis, a spokesman for the French food standards authorities, said a pregnant woman who risked dieted slow the growth of her baby.

He criticized the recommendation occupation of mother-to-be a lot of eating oily fish, seafood (including crustaceans) and the rest, which is rich in vitamin A, excess of which can cause malformations.

Occupation, which has published 20 books in 14 languages ​​and sold millions of copies worldwide, is the biggest selling author in France. He rejected criticism, saying the normal and healthy diet, and help those who follow it to avoid what was perceived as a real health risks: being fat.

"We doctors weigh the risks and benefits I consider that the real risk is being overweight and obesity .. Every day there are people who died from this and I tried to fight it," said Le Parisien.

He added: "If a mother is obese during pregnancy he would have a child at risk of diabetes or being overweight."

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