The Milk Diet

Lily-Rose_3

Has anyone ever heard of this?

And has anyone ever tried it?

http://www.simpledailyhealth.com/diet/milk-diet/

stir_crazy

I hadnt heard of it until last night when I was watching a program about a 70 stone man who was trying to lose enough weight to have a gastric band procedure. While he was in the hospital he drank 4 pints of milk daily, which amounted to around 1000 calories. Nothing else otherwise, except water. If he fancied something different, he got clear soup.

I'd be quite concerned that this is quite an extreme diet - milk doesnt have a wide range of nutrients, and you dont really need all that calcium.

terra_ferma

If it was me I'd probably have to live permanently glued to my loo
it sounds dangerous to me, just a fad diet that could lead to serious nutritional deficiencies.

thehappybutterfly

I'm sure it wouldn't be recommended for the average Joe but this chap was being closely monitored. I assume that he was receiving multivit supplements as well? To make sure his body was getting all the nutrients it needed.

thehappybutterfly

Ive got to say I feared for his leg bones when they were trying to get him to stand.

heartbreak_star

Another fad. Hurrah. *eyeroll*

HBS x

cherryblossomzel

The one on that link where you eat or drink nothing but milk is faddy, dangerous and completely unsustainable. I had heard that they use it sometimes for obese patients to lose weight quickly before operations, but that will be under close medical supervision and is not intended for long-term weight loss.

Drinking extra milk while still eating the same foods isn't going to help you lose weight. If anything you will gain weight simply because you're taking in extra calories.

thehappybutterfly

IIRC this chap was put on this milk only diet to reduce the size of his liver so the surgeons could reach his stomach. It was to cleanse the liver of fat and sugar.

stir_crazy

thehappybutterfly wrote: »

Ive got to say I feared for his leg bones when they were trying to get him to stand.

I was glad that he managed it in the end though. Such a good confidence boost for him.

cherryblossomzel

thehappybutterfly wrote: »

IIRC this chap was put on this milk only diet to reduce the size of his liver so the surgeons could reach his stomach. It was to cleanse the liver of fat and sugar.

Oh yes, I think you're right. I didn't see the programme, but now that you mention it, I think the milk diet thing is more about reducing the size of the liver before surgery than actual weight loss.

thehappybutterfly

stir_crazy wrote: »

I was glad that he managed it in the end though. Such a good confidence boost for him.

I usually have little sympathy for the morbidly obese but this guy has totally exposed himself, warts and all, and lost 20 stone in a year through diet alone, that I found myself rooting for him! I was in tears the first time he tried standing.

I'm not sure when the next episode is on though?