Top Weight Loss Mistakes Made by Women Over 50

19. Removing Foods From Your Diet Without Adding Back In Can Lead to Malnutrition

The human body requires certain nutrients and minerals to function properly. When you eliminate certain foods from your diet, you could remove those essential nutrients without replacing them. That can cause the body to go haphazard, which can detrimentally affect your health. Some nutrients are required to help with the absorption of other nutrients, which affects your health even more. You may even notice that you’re getting sick more often than you’re used to.

If you decide to start removing certain foods from your diet, it’s essential that you replace the nutrition you’re also removing. A multivitamin or adding other healthy foods to make up for these gaps can help you to stay healthy while losing weight if that’s your goal. It may be a good idea to speak to a doctor or a professional nutritionist to help you with this so that you’re not putting your health in jeopardy. It would be contradictory to change your diet to get more healthy when you’re only making your body worse.