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Do Fad Diets Help You To Lose Weight?
by Julia Denham
A fad diet seems to be the answer. 'Fad diets' are the popular diets that hit the newspapers and that every second celebrity seems to be on. Theyre fashionable while the trend lasts, often for a year or two. Then they fade away, when the next big fad diet hits.
Fad diets often focus on a single food - 'The Hard-Boiled Egg Diet', or 'The Watermelon Diet', or several foods, like 'The Israeli Army Diet'. The Israeli Army Diet was a classic, simple fad diet which lasted four days. The first day you ate apples, the second cheese, the third day you ate only chicken and the fourth day you ate only salad.
Other fad diets demonize certain food groups, like carbohydrates.
Yes, youll lose weight fast with one of these diets, but theyre dangerous and unhealthy. You cant keep them up forever. They also have a rebound effect - you always seem to put on more weight after a fad diet, so you end up with more weight to lose than you did before.
How Do You Know Whether Your Diet Is A Fad Diet?
Here are clues to look for:
* The diet bans certain foods or severely restricts them;
* Theres a food list of foods that you must include in your diet;
* A diet suddenly seems hugely popular;
* The diet promises huge weight loss - 'a pound a day';
* Newspaper articles are critical of the diet.
Your Doctor Knows Best
If youre looking for a way to lose weight fast, go to your doctor first, and have a complete checkup. There may be medical reasons youre overweight. Ask your doctors advice on a healthy weight loss diet for you.
You can lose weight, but you want your weight loss to be enjoyable, and permanent. A good, healthy diet not only helps you to lose weight fast, but it also teaches you how to eat for health and vitality. Skip fad diets. You dont need them.
(c) Copyright 2007, Julia Denham. All Rights Reserved.
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