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Crash Diet

A crash diet is a quick weight loss dieting method for reducing weight. It restricts the intake of calories, and they are suitable for short-term weight loss when done for one to seven days. Doctors recommend a crash diet for patients who needs quick weight loss before undergoing surgery. Avoid taking sugary foods, refined foods, and drinking alcohol while following this diet. A few types of crash diet include master cleanse, juice cleanse diet, cabbage soup diet, grapefruit diet, Hollywood diet, and chicken soup diet. When this diet is misused, it causes eating disorders, impaired brain function, anxiety, depression, and muscle loss.

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What is the cause for abnormal blood reports due to a crash diet?

Query: Hello doctor, I am a smoker, doing 15 days of crash dieting, including water restriction. I got highly dehydrated at the end of 15 days. My laboratory test states values for hemoglobin were 21 grams per deciliter, total RBC count 0.65 per L, PCV or HCT 61.5 %, and total WBC count 12800 per ml. After...  Read Full »


Dr. Goswami Parth Rajendragiri

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. You are having secondary erythrocytosis due to dehydration. Within one month, your value should go down. Usually, it takes a few days to revert your report to normal after regular food intake. I suggest you repeat your CBC (complete blood count) after 15 days. I hope...  Read Full »

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