Quick weight loss dietsCrash weight loss plans and fad diets are an unwise alternative to permanent healthy eating habits, according to the American Heart Association. What is a fad diet? It’s a well marketed diet with some outrageous 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 violate the first principle of good nutrition which is to 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 a good example. The myth of this diet is that cabbage soup is some sort of weight loss potion. The diet supposedly helps heart patients lose 10–17 pounds in seven days prior to surgery. On top of not working to lose weight, this diet lacks essential nutrients and can cause serious health issues. There are no magic beans, or magic cabbages, or miracle foods for weight loss and good nutrition. Moderation in eating all the major food groups is the best bet. These crazy diets also break a second important principle of good nutrition which is that eating should be enjoyable. You think eating only cabbages every day is enjoyable? It’s impossible to stay on these diets for a long time because they’re so boring. 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 diets. Most don’t talk about exercise, such as aerobics for 30 minutes a day every day. Physical activity helps maintain weight loss, while physical inactivity is a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke. 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 sounds great. It is realistic. But if a program sounds too good to be true, it is. |
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