If you do a fad diet and it helps you lose weight fast and get results, what can be wrong with that?
Surley you have seen many ads on the internet and in magazines that say that you can get a huge weight loss in only a few days time.
Is this type of diet plan really possible? Yes – but… in almost every instance the weight loss from a fad diet is temporary and usually due to loss of water weight. Our bodies are made up of a large percentage of water so as soon as your body rehydrates itself you will put that quick weight loss right back on.
What are some of the reasons a fad diet is not good for you?
1. A fad diet usually tells you to focus on a single food type and avoid all others. This means you miss out on the nutrition you really need and can get from a more balanced diet approach.
Quite often these fad diets will even tell you to take additional vitamin packs to make up for all the nutritional problems you havewhile on that fad diet. However, your body will not be able to absorb the nutrients from the recommended supplements unless you take them with food. And many of the foods that help you absorb nutrients are banned on fad diets.
2. Fad diets are usually so restrictive and unappetizing that after as little as one day you will begin having overwhelming cravings for other foods and most likely you will not be able to complete the fad diet. This quitting will also wreak havoc on your self esteem as you may beat yourself up for not having enough willpower to stick it out with the diet.
3. Fad diets are temporary solutions to your weight problems. Even if you do follow through to the entire fad diet timetable you have not made a lifestyle change to the way you handle weight in your life. So fad dieters tend to be yo-yo dieters that go back and forth between extreme lo-calorie fad diets to periods of bingeing on food groups that were missing from the fad diet. So fad dieters are on a merry go round of gaining and losing the same nasty pounds over and over.
No matter what you see in on television or in magazines about fastweight loss fad diets, you have to understandthat these diets will never work long haul.
The best way to lose weight and sustain that weight loss (so you never have to diet again) is to eat a variety of healthy foods, avoid overeating, and do regular exercise. This simple diet plan works every
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December 9th, 2010 at 7:36 am
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