| Many dieters at some time or another will try fad diets | | | | alone can kick in the cravings that will have you sailing |
| because fad diets promise overnight results. Lose ten | | | | off to the nearest pizza or pastry shop. Ultimately, you |
| pounds in three days. There are countless diets that | | | | could even feel that it was your fault you didn't lose |
| claim you can lose a significant amount of weight in an | | | | the weight, when the diet was a plan that was not |
| incredibly short period of time. The problem with this | | | | going to work. |
| type of weight loss is that 95% of the time your | | | | 3. It can be safely stated that the vast majority of fad |
| weight loss will be temporary. | | | | diets completely ignore any health related guidelines, |
| Some fad diets may not be crash diets with | | | | such as guidelines of the American Heart Association |
| outrageous claims but they are hyped diet plans that | | | | and similar health institutions. The fad diet peddlers may |
| may be fashionable for a short time and unfortunately | | | | tell you that the diet is only to be followed for a short |
| make a lot of money for whoever created the diet | | | | time. The inherent problem with that scenario is you |
| selling a dream with no foundation to people who want | | | | most likely will not reach your weight goal in the allotted |
| and need to lose weight. | | | | time, which is in effect a setup for failure. |
| The best diets have been and will always be good | | | | 4. Fast weight loss diets are really just a temporary fix |
| nutrition plans which will help you lose weight while | | | | and in the long run will not help you to make the |
| maintaining your health. | | | | permanent changes to your eating habits long term. |
| Why Fad Diets Don't Work | | | | Changes in your eating habits are the only way you |
| 1. Diets that promise you easy and very fast weight | | | | will remain at your optimum weight once you reach it. |
| loss sometimes revolved around eating more of one | | | | Fad diets are all about binge cycles for fast weight |
| food type to the exclusion of others. These diets do | | | | loss and just as fast, a return of the weight you lost. |
| not allow for the nutritional needs you would get with a | | | | And this doesn't do much for your self-image. |
| balanced diet. So after a few weeks on the fad diet, | | | | No matter what fad diets claim, you can be confident |
| not only have you spent your time on a diet that | | | | that these diets will not help you long term. The best |
| almost guarantees you will gain the weight back, but | | | | way you can sustain weight loss is to follow a diet that |
| you might pick up a few nutritional deficiencies in the | | | | takes your nutritional requirements into consideration, |
| interim. | | | | allowing for the inclusion of healthy foods and one that |
| 2. Fad diets can be very boring and extremely | | | | doesn't promise overnight weight loss. |
| restrictive. If you are not enjoying your meals, that | | | | |