Fad Diets and How They Work

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When it comes to dieting, people will try pretty much anything except a real, honest life-style change that includes eating less and healthier. Fad diets are always popular because they tend to promise huge weight loss in a very short period of time. The big problem is that they are not usually healthy or sustainable and so weight gain is inevitable after the initial success. Diets like these also encourage eating disorders in some people. The best way to lose weight is to plan out a diet with a nutritionist and add a significant amount of excersise to your daily routine. (Our 6 meal per day diet is here.) At any rate, you can read through the latest fads that the stars are using in Hollywood. Just remember that fads are called fads for a reason… From MSNBC Health-

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A battle-weary young soldier in William Shakespeare’s “Henry V” said he would give all his fame for a pot of ale — and many of today’s celebrities and socialites can relate. After all, a big part of having it all — the wealth, the status — is going without. We’ve heard about actresses living on bland protein cookies for weeks at a time, locking Oreos in a safe to keep them out of reach, and even eating jars of baby food for dinner. “All women are familiar with the idea of limiting themselves to certain foods to lose weight,” says Madelyn Fernstrom, a nutritional biochemist and director of the University of Pittsburgh Weight Management Center. But the rich and famous, in particular, seem to believe a gimmick will be faster and more dramatic than the old moderation approach. “They want to be special,” says Susan Bowerman, a dietitian and lecturer at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California. Plus, “stars are often trendsetters, so when they hear about a new diet, they go for it,” says Charles Figley, director of the Psychosocial Stress Research Program at Tulane University in New Orleans. Judging by the number of size 0s in Hollywood, these weird restrictions can work, though some may not be all that healthful. Top nutritionists separate the fat from the fiction.