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We are currently in an obesity epidemic. All over the world, people are getting fatter everyday and even with all the diets on the market it doesn’t seem to be changing. That means that something is inherently flawed with our current diets because they just don’t seem to be working, in fact they are making us fatter than ever before. So what is so wrong with these fad diets, and why are they so bad for us?
The main reason is that most fad diets fail in the long run is that they are not based on realistic eating patterns. Think about it, who can sustain such a restrictive (and many times boring) selection of foods over the long term. Diets that focus on specific foods such the cabbage soup diet or the cookie diet (since when have cookies ever helped you lose weight?) mean that to stay on the program you are destined to a life full of cabbage soup or whatever the miracle ingredient happens to be. I don’t know about you but I think living on cabbage soup for the rest of my life is rather depressing!
Many people do lose weight on these diets in the first few days or weeks but not because of the reasons that they promote, but because most often you are drastically reducing the amount of calories you are eating (which is the real secret to weight loss). However since they are not sustainable as soon as you stop the fad eating you start to put on more weight than you lost in the first place. The reason for this is that many times you are damaging your metabolism while on these strange diets and once you go back to your regular eating pattern your body starts to hold on to those fat and calories like a vice grip scared that you’ll starve it again.
They usually don’t follow healthy dietary guidelines with the correct balance of fruits, vegetables, meats, wholegrains, dairy and fats either, meaning that many times your body isn’t getting the correct amount of the vitamins and nutrients it needs for optimum health. Risking your health on a diet that may or may not work is just crazy.
Fad diets are a temporary fix for quick weight loss – they don’t help you learn about healthy eating or dietary changes that fit your lifestyle. They instead encourage yo-yo dieting which is not only bad for your health but your self-esteem as well. The best way to lose weight is to eat a balanced healthy diet of foods that you enjoy and exercising regularly.
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