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.. Get Me Out of Here is returning this weekend and the stars will once again be surviving on a daily diet of rice and beans.
While some campmates, including Scarlett Moffatt and Fred Siriex, have attributed their weight loss to this infamous diet, one expert has issued a warning against it. Kiran Jones, a clinical pharmacist at Oxford Online Pharmacy , said: "We need to remember that, as well as not being a safe way to lose weight (the safe amount to lose is one to two pounds per week ), it's not a nutritionally healthy diet to follow. That's because the 'basic' 700-calorie diet consists of rice and beans, which, while not necessarily bad for you, as together they make a meal full of carbohydrates, fibre, essential amino acids and protein, they're lacking in several key vitamins and minerals.
" Kiran explained: "This vitamin, often found in foods like citrus fruits, is essential for immune function, skin health and wound healing. Without consuming vitamin C regularly, you're more likely to feel tired, weak and irritable and, in cases of extreme deficiency, are more likely to develop scurvy. It's no wonder the celebrities are always up for an argument!" Kiran warned: "Without animal products or limited access to them, anyone following the rice and bean diet will lack the vitamin B12 essential for nerve function and red b.