The year-old from Germany, even followed the plan on Christmas Day last year, eating nothing all day and just consuming one drink in the evening. The experts are unconvinced. Nutritionist Ruth Tongue, founder of Elevate, thinks the diet should definitely be avoided. Snake juice is made up of water, salt, potassium chloride, baking soda and magnesium sulphate salts. On the snake diet, Phil was existing on just one meal every few days. He said he started seeing results within just a week, but he also experienced vomiting as his body experienced carb-withdrawals.
Robinson employs problematic and stigmatizing language, promoting an unhealthy relationship with food and body image. Any new diet should be looked at critically and carefully — particularly extreme ones. For context, the U. This means not eating or drinking anything except for snake juice. It cannot be sustained without posing a significant risk to your health.
Once you reach your goal weight, Robinson recommends 8, calories per week distributed across 5 meals for active women and 20, calories per week across 3 total eating days for active men. Story continues below advertisement. Snake diet follows the principle of fasting where one is only allowed to eat one meal in a day. MORE: Vegans warned lack of nutrients in some diets could lead to malnutrition. Founded on the belief that humans historically endured periods of famine, it argues that the human body can sustain itself on just one meal a few times a week.
Ketosis is a metabolic state that results from starvation, prolonged fasting, or a low-carb, high-fat diet. Firstly, as you are not consuming food you will inevitably be low on energy and it will be impossible to meet all micronutrient requirements. This means not eating or drinking anything except for snake juice. What are the benefits and risks of eating one meal a day?