National Nutrition Month

By Cecilia Sarnowski '22

Nutrition is a growing topic. There are many diet plans, fad workouts, detox cleanses, etc. Within this subject, a question has arisen. Are all diet and workout plans proven to be beneficial and medically safe? These diets and workouts provide visual, temporarily maintainable results, but are they internally beneficial and sustainable?

Crash diets involve calorie deficit, eating less calories than the amount that is needed. To continue to healthily function a person must not eat less than 1,000-1,200 calories for a female and no less than 1,200-1,500 calories for a male. As there are limits to eating there are limits to exercising. While working out some red alerts to be looked for include nausea, light headedness, and sharp muscle pains. On the other end of the scale there are minimums of what you should do.

The best way to keep healthy according to Family Doctor.com is to exercise and eat balanced meals daily. This doesn’t mean you need to go to the extremes! Doing cardio for 15 minutes is enough. Not eating dessert daily is enough. While crash diet promises and exercise plans may seem appealing it is better to take the slow steady and safe way.