How To Avoid A Fad Weight Loss Diet

By Bonnie Belle


Although obesity is a killer, a fad diet can make things even worse.

Obesity is a condition of excessive fat. If you are obese, chances are high that you have tried more than one diet plan to lose weight.

Close to a hundred million Americans go on a weight loss diet in any given year and up to ninety-five percent of them regain the weight they lose within five years. Worse, a third will gain back more weight than they lost, in danger of "yo-yoing" from one popular diet to another.

The principle culprit in why diet plans fail is not a lack of will-power in following them, but the diets themselves. Fad diets upset the natural eating habits and create side effects. For example, diets that insist people eat high amounts of proteins create a lot of stress on the body to eliminate the concentrated food source. Anything in excess is not good, including protein.

The Role Of Protein In Weight Loss

Today, an estimated sixty-five percent of all American adults are obese or overweight. Our culture obsesses about staying thin even as we grow fatter, but this isn't about appearances.

Obesity contributes to as many as 375,000 deaths every single year. People who are obese can face a wide variety of illnesses, including gallbladder disease, osteoarthritis, hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer.

Obesity is also very expensive for both the patient and public health care. Harvard researchers estimate obesity plays a major role in heart attacks and diabetes. 19% of heart diseases have been related to obesity and 57% of diabetes are related to obesity. Health costs for heart diseases are $30 billion and for diabetes, $9 billion each year.

Set Realistic Goals

You have probably been disappointed by more than one diet that failed to deliver on its promise of quick and easy weight loss.

The worst thing about many of these diets is that they made you feel worse. You may have suffered health problems like aches and pains, flatulence, and feeling exhausted all the time.

Fad or quick weight loss diet programs generally overstress one type of food. They contravene the fundamental principle of good nutrition - to remain healthy one must consume a balanced diet, which includes a variety of foods.

Popular diet schemes fail to provide safe, healthy, and permanent weight loss.

weight loss schemes change like the weather. They attract attention for a short while before fading into oblivion. Some lose popularity because they are not safe and create health problems.

These fad diets advocate a specific technique (such as eliminating a certain food, or eating only certain combinations of foods) in conjunction with the basic idea that the body makes up the difference in energy by breaking down and utilizing some part of itself, essentially converting matter into energy.

It makes no sense to pursue a fad diet that makes you feel tired and lethargic. Take the time to research a weight loss diet that is healthy for you and that is based on eating balanced meals.




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