Health experts warn against TikTok\u2019s viral \u2018Lion Diet\u2019 trend TIKTOK: roryskitchen\/UNSPLASH: Mika BrandtA nutritionist has issued a warning following TikTok\u2019s viral \u2018Lion Diet\u2019 trend that consists of eating just meat, salt and water. The latest diet trend sweeping TikTok sees people challenging themselves to consume only meat, salt and water for 30 days in a bid to improve their health. The \u2018Lion Diet,\u2019 has been deemed as a \u201chealing elimination diet,\u201d as it focuses on eliminating most ingredients to identify potential food sensitivities. It was originally created by Mikhaila Peterson, a lifestyle blogger and podcast host who claims she was able to improve her health by following this diet. Many followers of the restrictive diet have reported improvements in their energy levels, the alleviation of allergies and intolerances, and relief from issues like insomnia or headaches. However, despite its popularity on social media, not everyone is convinced of its apparent health benefits. TikTok\u2019s viral \u2018Lion Diet\u2019 slammed by health experts Claudia Le Feuvre, a nutritional therapist and eating psychology coach at Goldster, urged people to \u201cskip out trying this TikTok trend.\u201d She explained that following this diet means missing out on vital nutrients which could lead to a deficiency in the long-term. \u201cThe biggest risk is that if you\u2019re only eating beef, you are missing out on other nutrients like healthy fats, fibre and all the vitamins and minerals from fruit and vegetables,\u201d she explained. \u201cIn the long run, you could develop a significant nutrient deficiency.\u201d According to the nutritionist, long-term results and consequences from this are likely to include, \u201chalitosis (bad breath), piles, high cholesterol, constipation, haemorrhoids and very low energy because they\u2019re missing a lot of the fibre and good nutrients from carbohydrates.\u201d Claudia\u2019s concerns were backed up by Healthline, who said, \u201cIn addition to being high in saturated fat, it\u2019s unsustainable and likely to lead to nutritional deficiencies.\u201d It added that as well as \u201cbeing potentially very unhealthy, the Lion Diet is difficult to follow and unsustainable in the long term.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Health experts warn against TikTok\u2019s viral \u2018Lion Diet\u2019 trend TIKTOK: roryskitchen\/UNSPLASH: Mika BrandtA nutritionist has issued a warning following TikTok\u2019s viral \u2018Lion Diet\u2019 trend that consists of eating just meat, salt and water. The latest diet trend sweeping TikTok sees people challenging themselves to consume only meat, salt and water for 30 days in a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49610\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}