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Is It Safe To Take Only 500 Calories Per Day Being On A Diet Prescribed By The Chiropractor?
My son has just started a diet that a Chiropractor put him on. He was to eat as much as he wanted for two days and use these oil like drops on his tongue and fro the next 23 days he is to only eat 500 calories per day. This does not sound safe to me. Have you heard of this and is it safe? He is 45 years old.
Thu, 23 Jan 2014
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500 Kcl is not adequate diet for a normal weight individual. Our basal metabolic rate is about 20Kcl per kg body weight in 24 hours. Even if he is 60kg, he needs at least 60 X 20= 1200 kcl per day.
In mt view this is going to create more problems for your brother and very low chance of benefiting him.
'Hope I have answered your query. If you have any further questions I will be happy to help".
Thanks
Thanks for using health care magic.
500 Kcl is not adequate diet for a normal weight individual. Our basal metabolic rate is about 20Kcl per kg body weight in 24 hours. Even if he is 60kg, he needs at least 60 X 20= 1200 kcl per day.
In mt view this is going to create more problems for your brother and very low chance of benefiting him.
'Hope I have answered your query. If you have any further questions I will be happy to help".
Thanks
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