Cambridge Diet - pros and cons
Who is the Cambridge Diet good for?
Anyone who has a BMI of 26 or more and if you have a difficult emotional relationship with food or/and a large amount of weight to lose. It's a good diet to do because you have support from a counsellor.
For the 1st and 2nd step on the Cambridge Diet you have to fill out a medical form and inform your doctor. Plus every 4 weeks on the Sole Source step you give yourself a break and have a light meal, rather than just food packs.
What are the drawbacks of The Cambridge Diet?
Like any diet, you need willpower and it can be hard to stick to if you're just doing the 1st step, Sole Source, but you will lose weight quickly, which normally gives people the incentive to stick to it.
Some people find it hard to drink 8 large glasses of water a day. And you are not allowed to have chewing gum, diet drinks or tea and coffee with milk on the 1st and 2nd step of the programme.
Even though there's a large variety of food packs, some people still don't like any of the flavours.
It's very safe although there are a small minority of people who can't do the diet for health reasons. The side-effects of ketosis are bad breath, lethargy for the first three days and headaches, but not everyone experiences this.
Some people think it's expensive but you are replacing food with Cambridge Diet food packs and buying less food - so you may even save money on your weekly food bill. The price of a set of weekly food packs varies between £35 - £40 a week if you're doing the first step of the programme.
By Louise O'Connell
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Margaret, about 1 year
What do you recomend using for bad breath when on the cambridge diet if your not allowed chewing gum
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