<p>Brides-to-be, want to squeeze into that strapless wedding gown in 10 days? The latest diet scheme causing a major stir in the media this week is the K-E Diet (short for Ketogenic Enternal Nutrition), which promises to help you drop weight quickly by being fed through a feeding tube. But is it safe?<br /><br />American actress Ashley Judd, recently in the news for having "puffy face,” tweeted on April 14: "Insane, abusive, sad: There is a company now offering brides pre-wedding crash diet feeding tubes to appear more culturally acceptable."<br /><br />The extreme diet was created by Florida-based Dr Oliver Di Pietro, who claims the procedure is perfectly safe - with a few side effects such as bad breath and dizziness - and has been available in Europe for years. <br /><br />According to the procedure's pitch, dieters have a small nasogastric tube inserted into the nose to their stomachs. Through the tube, dieters are fed a carb-free mixture of protein, fat, and water, adding up to only 800 calories a day.<br /><br />Does it work? Simply put, yes. “It doesn’t matter if it’s through a tube, a straw, a meal plan,” Dr. Scott Shikora, the director of the Center for Metabolic Health and Bariatric Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, told the New York Times.<br /> “They all work, if someone goes from 3,000 calories a day to 800.”<br /><br />But the K-E diet is even more harmful and less long-lasting than even other popular "starvation diets" of fewer than 1,000 calories a day — far below standard recommended weight-loss diets, said Suzy Weems, Ph.D., at Baylor University in the US in a statement.<br /><br /> “It seems very extreme because of its potential for infections and irritation,” Weems said. “It seems to be illogical to do this for one fairy-tale day when most brides have plenty of time before their weddings to lose weight in a healthy way. The long-term solution to maintain a good weight is eat right and exercise.”<br />What’s more, healthier diets provide “more energy for intimacy,” she added.</p>
<p>Brides-to-be, want to squeeze into that strapless wedding gown in 10 days? The latest diet scheme causing a major stir in the media this week is the K-E Diet (short for Ketogenic Enternal Nutrition), which promises to help you drop weight quickly by being fed through a feeding tube. But is it safe?<br /><br />American actress Ashley Judd, recently in the news for having "puffy face,” tweeted on April 14: "Insane, abusive, sad: There is a company now offering brides pre-wedding crash diet feeding tubes to appear more culturally acceptable."<br /><br />The extreme diet was created by Florida-based Dr Oliver Di Pietro, who claims the procedure is perfectly safe - with a few side effects such as bad breath and dizziness - and has been available in Europe for years. <br /><br />According to the procedure's pitch, dieters have a small nasogastric tube inserted into the nose to their stomachs. Through the tube, dieters are fed a carb-free mixture of protein, fat, and water, adding up to only 800 calories a day.<br /><br />Does it work? Simply put, yes. “It doesn’t matter if it’s through a tube, a straw, a meal plan,” Dr. Scott Shikora, the director of the Center for Metabolic Health and Bariatric Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, told the New York Times.<br /> “They all work, if someone goes from 3,000 calories a day to 800.”<br /><br />But the K-E diet is even more harmful and less long-lasting than even other popular "starvation diets" of fewer than 1,000 calories a day — far below standard recommended weight-loss diets, said Suzy Weems, Ph.D., at Baylor University in the US in a statement.<br /><br /> “It seems very extreme because of its potential for infections and irritation,” Weems said. “It seems to be illogical to do this for one fairy-tale day when most brides have plenty of time before their weddings to lose weight in a healthy way. The long-term solution to maintain a good weight is eat right and exercise.”<br />What’s more, healthier diets provide “more energy for intimacy,” she added.</p>
