Caution

When one loses weight for no apparent reason, a complete medical review is necessary to determine the cause and eliminate any malignant process.

Causes

The most common causes of weight loss are: Digestive disorders, Intestinal parasites, Excess physical activity or out of proportion to the amount of food taken in, and hormonal disorders such as hyperthyroidism.

Diet

To regain weight the diet must meet 3 requisites:

1. It must provide sufficient calories in the form of carbohydrates. This way the body can utilize dietary proteins to synthesize new proteins. If there are no sufficient calories in the diet, the body uses proteins for energy and not for tissue.

2. It must provide an adequate supply of B-Group of vitamins, which are essential in metabolism of carbohydrates, converting them to energy.

3. It must maintain the correct proportion of calories from the 3 energy nutrients; Carbohydrates (60%), fats (30%) and proteins (10%)

With the goal of taking in as many calories as possible, concentrated foods that are rich in B vitamins are recommended.

The writer is a graduate of Bsc.Food Science and Nutrition from JKUAT

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@KenyanCookies
Nutritionist's say that without water humans can only survive for about 72hours. How then do you explain the situation in Haiti where people where being pulled alive 1 WEEK or even 2 weeks after the earthquake.

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Informative article.
any info on BMI, where can one access such professional service(Nutritionist) at affordable rates?

Info on dieting and supplementing...?

Intelligentsia
... shida kama za Mudavadi... Those cheeks of his dont look nice. Afadhali hii shida imetokea apunguze kidogo. In a week's time, the fellow will have lost 5kgs...vile niliona...

Na hizo shida zinaweza kupeleka mtu makaburini haraka haraka