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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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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2011 Dangerous Fad Diets Fad diets today continue to increase in popularity all America. They are popular due to the fact that they work in the short-term‚ meaning the results of one’s weight loss show immediately in abundant amounts. However‚ the diets do not work long-term because they are hard to follow‚ and once an individual stops the fad diet‚ they will usually gain the weight back. They seem restrictive in calories or exclusive in certain types of foods. Many fad diets can be dangerous
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Fad Diets Are Fad Diets good for you or are they bad? Fad diets refer to a weight loss plan that is very common for a short period of time. With this diet it is said one will lose weight by methods other than calorie restrictions. Some fads diets for example the Grapefruit diet‚ the benefits of a particular food and base a person’s whole diet on that one food. Other fad diets restrict the consumption of one food group while emphasizing the consumption of other food group proteins. People that
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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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Uncovering the Truth: Fad Diets Uncovering the Truth: Fad Diets Longing for perfection has always been the driving force behind the development of civilization and the inventive spirit of the human being. We want to be perfect in every aspect of our lives: family‚ work‚ wealth‚ appearance and health. Lately society has turned its attention on appearance and health. With shows like Biggest Loser‚ a reality television series that follows overweight people learning to
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