Can You Spot A Fad Diet?

Posted on August 13, 2010

With the obesity epidemic predicted to affect more than fifty percent of the worlds population, the age of ‘dietary fads’ and ‘quick fix weight loss progammes’ has risen in popularity. From the apple cider dietto the Quantum Wellness to the 7 day Elimination diet, each of these dietary programmes all claim to quicken weight loss and increased metabolic activity.

But do they work?

Unfortunately not… Aside from helping you to witness quick water weight loss of 1-2lbs, 90% of obese patients have claimed small weight losses of just 1-3 pounds before plateauing after 2 weeks.

More disconcertingly, once they stopped eating these dietary fad meals they immediately regained all the weight they lost.

Are they safe?

Whilst celebrity diets can help slimmers to benefit from immediate weight loss, most are not good for long term use…

Limiting the amount ofessential nutrients needed to ensure your body is working at maximum levels, many involve lowering your calorie intake to less than 1,000 calories a day– over 50% your recommended daily allowance.

Supported by extreme workouts and gruelling calorie checking, celebrity diets run the complication of leaving you feeling weak, tired, unable to focus and more worryingly unable to function properly - All of which are

How can you spot a Fad diet?

Offering you a fast solution to your weight loss issues, you can easily spot a celebrity diet by their:

• Too good to be true claims
• Minimal of clinical studies
• Elimination of one or more of the five food groups
• Recommendations from studies without reviews from other researchers

When a weight loss programme or herbal supplement, it is vital to deeply their effects first before incorporating them into your eating habits. If there is no medical evidencethat they can produce real and credible weight loss, then they are properly fake.

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