Probe diet: what is it? how to do it, benefits and menu

The tube diet  also has its impactful side, as both health professionals say you can lose weight in just ten days with no rebound effect and patients learn a new way to eat so they don’t gain the lost pounds.

With two phases or phases to its completion, the tube diet is fundamentally based on providing the body with only the fats and proteins it needs to eliminate carbohydrates, so for many health experts it is an unhealthy weight loss plan.

What is the tube diet?

The probe diet is a very aggressive weight loss plan because it forces the body into ketosis , meaning the body burns fat.

This innovative and also controversial method of losing weight and because it promises you can lose around 10 pounds in 10 days, many people consider following this plan and seeking out information about it.

As it is a plan to lose weight that leaves the parameters known, because it is necessary to place a nasogastric tube, it requires constant medical supervision and it is generally recommended that all treatment be carried out in a clinic.

A diet that gains more adherents every day and some experts describe as “extreme but not harmful” can be a simple method of diet , organizations such as the Spanish Association of Dietitians Nutritionists (AEDN) that discouraged existing because it is a miracle diet that can cause harmful health effects.

How to do the tube diet?

So that the patient can eat, but in turn lose weight , a nasogastric tube connected to a backpack is placed.

The tube is placed through the nose and reaches the stomach and with that the body receives the nutrients it needs daily through a pump.

During the first phase of the tube diet , the patient does not eat any food , but to compensate, he receives supplements equivalent to about 800 calories a day.

The Probe Diet has a total duration of 24 days divided into two stages, although it is not mandatory to carry out the second stage and the most important thing is that you do not consume any solid food.

According to health experts, catheter placement is painless and causes no discomfort.

The probe can be detached from the backpack for about 15 minutes a day for basic activities such as showering.

As for the two phases of the tube diet , of course the first phase lasts about 10 days and the tube is attached to a backpack that the patient always carries.

And those who don’t just want to lose weight, but also want to make sure they don’t experience the dreaded “rebound effect” or regain fat, should do the second phase.

In it, the chest tube is removed and, little by little, normal or solid food is resumed, and the patient is instructed with special information on the concepts of healthy eating.

During the second phase of rehabilitation, the patient begins to eat solid foods and nutritional supplements. With this plan, it is expected that the person will create new eating habits, such as learning to chew, or how and what to eat, so as not to suffer the dreaded “rebound effect”.

How does the tube diet work?

The probe is connected to a backpack (this is why it is also known as the backpack diet), where the solution that is introduced by the probe is held, mainly composed of proteins, vitamins and amino acids .

In addition, this solution is 24 hours and once finished, it is recharged. Fats and carbohydrates are completely dispensed with from the tube diet .

For ten days, the probe carrier does not eat any food.

Yes, you heard correctly, all nutrition is carried out through the tube.

Also, during this period, no solid food is chewed, only the backpack is removed for short periods of time, which do not exceed 15 minutes and a few times a day.

What to eat on the tube diet?

In fact, those who follow the tube diet do not ingest any solid food for the duration of the treatment, which is why doctors mostly speak of an extreme diet.

This feeding system is generally used to feed comatose patients as well as in some cases of anorexia or for cancer patients receiving chemotherapy and having difficulty eating.

Based on this type of food and in this way the ingesting nutrients probe Diet known by the acronym KE (Ketogenic Enteral) became popular thanks to Oliver di Pietro, who from his clinic in Miami, which defends the principle that patients they they don’t go hungry because the food supply is constant.

Advantages and disadvantages of the tube diet

It must be remembered that in the early days of the tube diet , as with all plans to lose weight for a short period of time, the body loses fat, but also vital water and protein .

As a result of the above, once the tube diet is completed , weight can be regained quickly, unless a good dietary reeducation plan is implemented.

The consequence is that there can be greater weight gain than when starting the diet, and generally, weight regain is usually as rapid as weight loss. But let’s look at the advantages and disadvantages :

Advantages of the tube diet:

• Weight loss occurs in a short time.

Disadvantages of the tube diet:

• They suppress necessary nutrients such as vitamins or minerals.
• It’s a so-called dissociated diet, but so aggressive that it forces the body into ketosis, which means the body burns fat.
• It has risks derived from nasogastric tube transport and can cause post-implantation trauma and narrowing of the esophagus due to scarring.