Read These Facts First Before Join Any Fad Diets
In an effort to help readers determine what makes a diet healthy and when it's time to steer clear
, I am going to discuss what makes a diet a 'fad' diet and why these diets are something best to stay away from. Our bodies are uniquely designed to take advantage of the proteins, carbohydrates and fats that we eat. Would that perhaps mean that the fad diets don't work?
Identifying a fad diet. Let's begin by looking at how to identify a fad diet.
1. Promises a fast weight loss.
When people lose weight very quickly, they lose a lot of lean muscle tissue, and the weight that comes back will most likely be more fat and less muscle, making it easier and easier to regain weight each time they drop the last fad diet. A healthy diet to follow will be one that will encourage slow, progressive weight loss over a longer period of time. Diets that are too low for the body's basic needs will result in the body breaking down it's protein stores (muscle) for the fuel it needs. Sort of defeats the whole purpose of the diet!
2. Eliminates foods or food groups.
Many people who decide to go on one of the popular low carbohydrate diets start to eliminate a lot of food from their diets, including all the snack foods they were eating, particularly at night. Anyone would lose weight if they cut out those many calories from their daily diet.
Another problem with eliminating entire food groups, especially on low carb diets, is that they are recommending eliminating or limiting the intake of nutrient-rich fruits and vegetables. When the diet says you have to start with an extremely restricted diet, or you can only eat certain foods on particular days, you know it's a fad diet. Very few people can remain on these diets very long, so once they are 'off' the diet, the weight returns.
A healthy diet is one that is adequate in calories to support healthy weight, low in animal fats and saturated fats, animal protein should be very lean and adequate enough to support a diet high in fruits and vegetables and whole grain starches. Any healthy diet can include foods that are just for enjoyment, however. All foods really do fit, in moderation. A general rule is an 80/20 rule: Eighty percent of the time the diet should be healthy and then 20% of the time it can include foods you would not eat on a regular basis if you were trying to eat for health and weight loss.
Read These Facts First Before Join Any Fad Diets
By: Ben
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