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Dangers of the feeding tube diet?

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    Disturbing new trend emerging among brides-to-be

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Be -- and we are not talking about -- grooms there or is it -- out there that is proclaiming they'll get you ready for your big day.

But the doctors want to know.

Could be dangerous its extreme.

It involves inserting a feeding tube through your nose into your stomach I know it sounds bizarre but people are doing it's called the KE diet.

And it says that'll help you shed about twenty pounds in just ten days doctor Siegel is the -- and seeing.

No and I would tell -- out there relax enjoy your wedding what's this all about 800 calories.

This is a starvation diet the K stands for -- Janet you know what that means Jamie I don't it means the body's going to shut down.

And it's putting stress on whoever stress on your kidneys and you make -- -- it's an emergency feel we make when we shutting down couldn't imagine doing that right before your wedding.

I think it's unsafe I think it's somebody is making a lot of money off of this thing but I am not for what's.

-- duck it's and throw what they're doing is they're putting -- feeding tube into the stomach -- doing well there's a doctor of Florida that started this but also in Europe this has been done in the past and what they're doing -- They're really trying to starve you only get about 800 calories of protein and water would no carbohydrates.

I think -- term -- -- is is very important when you start the first 24 hours just like when you fast you forget to have launched.

-- blood sugar drops that's how you feel like a little fatigued with the easy.

The next phases of debt to the body says you know what I'm gonna tap into the -- source and is gonna start burning the fat and that's when you go these -- told by these.

You're going to take you beautiful bride and you're going to -- -- decided to answer ready for this bad breath.

Constipation.

Fatigue because do we really need that perfect are -- -- somebody talked about want to yes fix what's who have yet to prepare for the wedding.

You know go to the -- and.

I've how about that as a new diet fruits vegetables thirty minutes of exercise a lot of water and no soda and have a great what it.

That's might have a much better without that exactly.

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