Dukan Diet Experts please?

[meyra31]

Hai guys and gals.

My friend is thinking to start dukan diet but she is very concerned about the possible side effects in the future.. I am not very familiar or sure on how it works and what it is but has anyone heard or experienced any serious side effect at all?
Is it bad for liver and kidneys?

[ATPPC]

Did some research for you but I'm not an expert on this by any means.

It's basically just a low-carb, high-protein diet. Low-carb so your body is forced to burn fat for energy, lots of protein to minimize muscle loss. There are a lot of diets like it. Just that when you give something a name people take it on faster and more seriously.

Your diet basically ends up being lean meat with a ton of vegetables (as much as you want because they provide no energy). Little to no grains.

Thing is most people ultimately fail dieting attempts because they don't know what to eat and end up simply starving themselves. Eventually your mind forces you to eat and you end up binging on something unhealthy.

As far as the side effects go it's probably the same as when you starve yourself: feeling tired and hungry all the time. If you neglect your vegetables, your skin will look like crap and your hair and nails won't be as healthy.

This diet follows several phases where you make changes to your diet. Apparently that has some miracle effect on your metabolism. Sounds like load of crap to me. I think the claimed benefits of cycling through these phases is what's making people catch on.

It encourages you to exercise but you will not have the energy to do anything if you are running a hard calorie deficit. I don't know how hard that deficit is.

Celebrities like Kate Middleton and Jennifer Lopez have endorsed it or something, that's probably where your friend got her inspiration...

TLDR: Dukan diet sounds like a typical diet where you starve yourself of calories. Nothing particularly special about. Expect what you would when you don't eat enough.

[MaiNameIsSunshine]

Consult a dietitian or just a doctor in general.

[Anonymous]

I've never heard of it. Talk to a doctor.