Nikko Bituin Prof. Zuromski ENC1102‚ Assign. #14 22 Mar. 2012 The Fad To Be Healthy A big part of my early life was filled with sadness. I cannot express fully how some days‚ I had that thought of not continuing life. It is a very sad fact about me and I thought I would never let go of that feeling‚ but that was not the case. At the ripe age of nineteen in 2011‚ I was considered an obese American weighing in at 310 pounds. My blood pressure was high and everything about me was unhealthy. Not just
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Fad Diets Missy Thoma DeVry University Fad Diets It’s the beginning of a new year again and you know what that means! It means it is time to set new goals and resolutions. Majority of Americans resolution is to either make money or lose weight. Changing health statuses or losing weight is probably the biggest resolution every year. It could be that way because there is an epidemic of obesity in America; nearly 65% of the adult population is either obese or overweight (Whyte‚ Marting‚ Pennachio
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Why you should not go on Fad Diet? SPC1017 Why you should not go on Fad Diet? We all have seen the ads with the long necks‚ slim body super models‚ and have tried our hardest to emulate that ideal image of that person. Many people have tried out those “Fab diet” that they have seen flipping through the magazines at the supermarket. The term "fad diet" refers to a weight loss plan that is popular for a short period of time. This type of diet usually claims one will lose weight by methods
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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
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Fad Diets: Look Before You Leap Food Insight‚ March 1‚ 2000 No‚ says Diane Quagliani‚ RD‚ a spokesperson for The American Dietetic Association. "Fad diets are a short-term‚ quick-fix approach to weight loss that don’t work over the long haul. These diets tend to over-promise results but don’t deliver. Food choices are often monotonous‚ and caloric intake may be very restricted‚ so that once the novelty wears off‚ so does the motivation to continue." Even the
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Yo-Yo Diets vs Complete Life Change Any American with cable has seen an infomercial by some companies advertising the next “fool proof” diet scheme. These diet plans claim that customers will lose so many more pounds in weeks. Americans are obsessed with dieting‚ and today‚ a large part of the population is classified as being obese‚ or extremely over weight. Therefore‚ with the population looking for a quick and easy fix for their weight issues‚ many turn to the fad diets. However‚ most of these
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Over the last few months there has been a lot of talk about the best diet. (Check out U.S. News’ evaluation of 20 popular diets‚ for instance -- the DASH diet came out on top.) But what about those diets that didn’t make the cut ... by a longshot? While it’s great to know what we should be doing to make healthy eating choices (especially since 66 percent of adults in the U.S. are overweight or obese)‚ it’s clear that societal pressures to look a certain way (read: thin) push people to look for quick
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NO FAD DIETS Americans are obsessed with dieting. They willingly try the latest diet appearing in popular magazines‚ discussed on talk shows‚ and displayed on the shelves of a local bookstore. The basic premises to a healthy life seem simple‚ and Americans are even given specific guidelines- outlined in the food pyramid- as to how much of each food group to eat. If this is so‚ why then‚ is obesity one of the leading health risks confronting Americans? It may be because the simple and healthy
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The Paleo Diet The Paleo Diet or Paleolithic Diet is referred to as the Caveman Diet‚ the Stone-age Diet‚ and the Hunter-Gatherer Diet. It is not about tearing chunks of meat off animals. It is about type of foods that are eaten. The Paleo Diet is the healthiest way a person can eat because it is the only nutritional approach that works to help stay lean‚ strong and energetic. Researchers indicate that the modern diet which is full of refined foods‚ trans fats and sugar cause diseases such as cancer
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Fad Diets What is a fad diet? A fad diet is a reducing diet that enjoys temporary popularity. Fad diets are all the rage today. Flip through magazines‚ surf the web or turn the TV on and you will see number of diets promising to help you lose weight in a week or two. However a lot of fad diets aren’t worth trying. They can be very dangerous; trying to lose a lot of weight in short periods of time isn’t the best thing for our bodies and can cause a lot of harm to them. Some major harm that fad
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