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Diets are continually cropping up with promise of being the next wonder
diet which can miraculously cause the person to lose pounds quickly and
easily, if only this were true, we would all have the perfect figure and
shape and life would be so much easier for those of us who struggle with
shedding a few pounds.
While some of them do work in the short term, they are far from the miracle
workers they are claimed to be and as with all diets, a lot of self-control
is needed. With all the various diets on offer how do we know which one
to go for and what is the difference between the high protein diet and
the low carbohydrate diet?
Do these diets claim to do what they suggest and how do I spot the fad
diet? All fad diets will usually have the same general characteristics
which are shown below:
Recognising the fad diet
* They promise a quick fix solution to your weight problem
* They give warnings about the dangers of other diets
* They make claims which sound too good to be true and they usually are
* They draw simple conclusions from complex studies
* Their recommendations are made on a single study
* They will have long lists of good and bad foods
* Their recommendations have been made by self study
* Recommendations have been made that ignore differences among certain
groups or individuals
Fad diets can take on many different forms there are low fat, low carbohydrates,
diets which are high in protein and diets which focus on eating mainly
just one type of food.
Most of these types of diet lack all the major nutrients, dietary fibre
and carbohydrates that are needed in a daily diet along with some vitamins,
minerals and antioxidants which are commonly found in vegetables.
By following fad diets over a long-term period, they can have adverse
effects on your health in the long run. The portion size in most of the
fad diets are also either well below or above the recommended size by
the major health associations and most make claims which are simply not
true. The majority of them make claims that a particular food group can
change the body's chemistry or they may totally ban a particular food
or food group.
Although they all differ slightly in what you can and cannot eat, they
do all have one thing in common and that is they only offer a temporary
solution to your weight problem.
They only offer a temporary solution because once the diet is stopped
then many people find that they put the weight back on or worse still
put on the weight and a few more pounds besides. This is due to the diet
not instructing or promoting the right way to eat and how to change your
lifestyle to keep the weight off in the future.
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