The American Heart Association recommends adopting healthy eating habits permanently, rather than impatiently pursuing crash diets in hopes of losing unwanted pounds in a few days through fad quick weight loss plans.
What is a fad diet? It's a well marketed diet with some crazy scheme to lose weight in an impossible manner, often by eating nothing but one food like a cabbage.
One food or one type of food is generally overemphasized with fad quick weight loss diets. They don't include a variety of foods or a healthy balance, a violation of the first principle of good nutrition, eat a balanced diet that includes a variety of foods.
Because no one food has all the nutrients needed for good health, these diets can result in a lot of health problems. The Cabbage Soup Diet is an example. This so-called fat-burning soup is eaten mostly with fruits and vegetables.
People supposedly lost 10-17 pounds in only a week, eating mostly cabbage soup. Even if the weight loss claim were true, all the damage due to a lack of many essential nutrients would far outweigh (pun intended) the benefits of losing the weight. Pixies, elves and fairies, or even cabbages, can't create magical weight loss. Moderation and consuming all the major food groups is the best bet.
The second principle of good nutrition is that eating should be enjoyable. You think eating only cabbage soup every day is enjoyable?. These diets are so monotonous and bland that it's almost impossible to stay on them for long periods. Imagine eating cabbage soup, nothing but cabbage soup, for even a few days much less for a whole week.
By mid week crawling bugs would look good. If you make it to Sunday you might die of a heart attack before you ever again tasted real food.
There are many other ways fad diets aren't good for you. Many don't mention physical activity, for example, walking 30 minutes most or all days of the week. While a lifestyle of little physical activity can lead to heart problems, exercise is a major element of maintaining proper weight. When you hear a diet that mentions "no need for exercise" run for the hills, or at least run on a treadmill.
Quick weight loss is possible. But if a program sounds too good to be true, it is. - 15343
What is a fad diet? It's a well marketed diet with some crazy scheme to lose weight in an impossible manner, often by eating nothing but one food like a cabbage.
One food or one type of food is generally overemphasized with fad quick weight loss diets. They don't include a variety of foods or a healthy balance, a violation of the first principle of good nutrition, eat a balanced diet that includes a variety of foods.
Because no one food has all the nutrients needed for good health, these diets can result in a lot of health problems. The Cabbage Soup Diet is an example. This so-called fat-burning soup is eaten mostly with fruits and vegetables.
People supposedly lost 10-17 pounds in only a week, eating mostly cabbage soup. Even if the weight loss claim were true, all the damage due to a lack of many essential nutrients would far outweigh (pun intended) the benefits of losing the weight. Pixies, elves and fairies, or even cabbages, can't create magical weight loss. Moderation and consuming all the major food groups is the best bet.
The second principle of good nutrition is that eating should be enjoyable. You think eating only cabbage soup every day is enjoyable?. These diets are so monotonous and bland that it's almost impossible to stay on them for long periods. Imagine eating cabbage soup, nothing but cabbage soup, for even a few days much less for a whole week.
By mid week crawling bugs would look good. If you make it to Sunday you might die of a heart attack before you ever again tasted real food.
There are many other ways fad diets aren't good for you. Many don't mention physical activity, for example, walking 30 minutes most or all days of the week. While a lifestyle of little physical activity can lead to heart problems, exercise is a major element of maintaining proper weight. When you hear a diet that mentions "no need for exercise" run for the hills, or at least run on a treadmill.
Quick weight loss is possible. But if a program sounds too good to be true, it is. - 15343
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