The dangers of the so-called strict diet

Various restrictions on the diet of patients and even complete starvation have long been used in medicine as a remedy .. There was a time when treatment by hunger was carried out so widely and vigorously that it brought patients quite a lot of harm. Especially quickly, the harmful effects of fasting affect the child's body. Among children suffering from various lingering illnesses and being in a state of severe exhaustion, it is still possible to distinguish a fairly large group of patients, whose medical history, upon close examination, shows that the cause of their serious condition lies not only in the underlying disease and even not so much in it , how much is in the malnutrition of the patient, which was used for therapeutic purposes from the onset of the disease. Such cases show that acquaintance with the pathology of starvation and with dietotherapy of childhood diseases has not yet penetrated widely enough among practical doctors. Therefore, it seems useful to analyze why prolonged or repeated fasting affects children unfavorably and how it can be avoided.