It is easy to fall into the trap of signing up for the latest dietary fad when they claim to let you eat what you, when you want and watch the lbs disappear. But surely there has to be some truth to their dietary claims? It would seem in many cases no
To help you identify the key culprits, below we have identified 3 of the top dietary fads currently populating the market which have been proven to not encourage long term safe weight loss:
1. Diets containing limited/selected food groups – many of these you’ll probably already be aware of: the cabbage diet, grapefruit diet, raw food diet and the low carb diet Now whilst each of these diets can help you to witness some initial weight loss, in the long term they will deprive your body of important nutrients that are essential for keeping you running on a day to day basis.
Similarly, these diets are impossible to maintain long term due to their limited nutrition/taste. Eventually, these bland familiar flavours will become boring prompting you to give in to your cravings and yo-yo diet as all your weight loss is regained.
2. Fasting – whilst fasting can be beneficial to your body when you are detoxing; follow them for more than a couple of days and the initial weight loss you see will soon become counterproductive.
The problem is, let your body consume too few calories for too long and it will begin to believe you are starving, causing your metabolism to drop and your body to increase its fat stores during what it thinks is a ‘famine’. Worst of all, once you stop and go back to your former eating habits, any fluid/muscle you had previously lost will return as fat as your metabolism won’t be able to adjust to this change.
3. Miracle diets – miracle diets/supplements which claim to contain never before seen ‘secret’ ingredients which can encourage rapid weight loss may sound fantastic, but they are often too good to be true.
For example, if the supplement/diet openly contradicts recommendations/statements made by health authorities – statements which they have backed with proof – then something has to be amiss with the product.
Whilst dietary fads may appear to offer promising results, the safest and surest way to lose weight is to follow a balanced diet and exercise regularly. So the next time you spot a dietary fad ask yourself this – do they sound too good to be true? If it does, then it probably doesn’t work.
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