Food Replacement One of the easiest ways to identify dangerous fad diets is to see if they
replace normal food intake with pills, powders or supplements.
Some popular supplements include prenatal vitamins and supplements designed to add calories when loss of appetite prevents a dam from adding sufficient calories
via normal food intake.
With chronic dieting, the thyroid levels and metabolism often do not return to normal levels; the body stays in starvation mode for years with significantly reduced metabolism despite the resumption
of normal food intake, making it very difficult to lose or maintain lost weight (48).
Queens require 2 — 3 times
the normal food intake during lactation, depending on litter size.