Fad Diet Research Paper

A ‘fad diet’ is a diet that promises dramatic weight loss, which results in a short period of time. These diets usually remove all food groups and due to this do not actually provide the essential nutrients that we need for our everyday lives. These diets do not result in long-term weight loss and are a very unhealthy way of loosing weight. Fad diets are very intriguing because they all promise a quick fix. Nutritionists are concerned about fad diets because they can cause symptoms like dehydration, weakness, fatigue, nausea, headaches, constipation and inadequate nutrients that our bodies need.

Lemon Detox
The lemon detox is a detox made from lemons, pure maple syrup, cayenne pepper and water, which are taken for a minimum of ten days. The lemon detox is based on the idea that by drinking this healthy detox we can get rid of toxins built up in our bodies particularly cleansing our lymph system, kidneys and liver. The reason you loose the weight on the lemon detox is because you generally only eat fruit, vegetables and grains so you feel better. You loose weight because you’re effectively starving yourself and just drinking the lemon detox which is extremely dangerous for you, your stomach shrinks
This diet is a short-term diet plan that is designed to ‘kick-start’ your weight loss journey. By the end of the week you are guaranteed to have lost up to 4.5 kilos. A low kilo-joule diet like the cabbage soup diet confines you from eating types of food and the amounts you eat. They are usually based on one single food – like a cabbage. This is the reason you loose so much weight because you receive a very minimal level of kilo-joules. Although this diet is very low in calories you are receiving a high amount of fiber. The downside to this diet is that you again are not eating the varieties of foods from the food groups, therefore not receiving the essential nutrients, vitamins and