Safe minimum calorie intake

Vance Roos wrote:
On a calorie reduction diet what is the minumum value of calories one
should not go below?

Various expert opinions on how low is too low vary, and recommendations
range from about 10 times your current weight in daily calories, to 10
times your goal weight in calories. But nearly all agree that going
below 10 times your goal weight in daily calories is a bad idea (unless
you are very close to it, already).

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On 4 Oct 2003 19:53:47 GMT, (jamie)
wrote:
But nearly all agree that going
below 10 times your goal weight in daily calories is a bad idea (unless
you are very close to it, already).

You're mistaken. What "nearly all" DO agree about is that:

(1) calorie intake lower than 1200 calories per day requires medical
supervision, and

(2) the safety and efficacy of calorie intake lower than 500 calories
per day is not supportable by research.

That's what "nearly all" do agree about.


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