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FAD DIETS

FAD DIETS. Characteristics Side Effects How do you spot a fad diet?. Americans spend $30 billion a year on diet products, such as pills, drinks and weight loss programs. Consumers are constantly searching for the “magic diet”—one that will help them lose weight quickly and effortlessly.

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FAD DIETS

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  1. FAD DIETS Characteristics Side Effects How do you spot a fad diet?

  2. Americans spend $30 billion a year on diet products, such as pills, drinks and weight loss programs. • Consumers are constantly searching for the “magic diet”—one that will help them lose weight quickly and effortlessly. • What’s true and what isn’t?

  3. WHAT IS A FAD DIET? • PROMISES QUICK, EASY WEIGHT LOSS • ALLOWS YOU TO EAT YOUR FAVORITE FOODS • REQUIRES NO EXERCISE CHANGE • CLAIMS BASED ON TESTIMONIALS, NOT SCIENCE

  4. POPULAR TYPES OF FAD DIETS • DIET PILLS • LAXATIVES • MIRACLE FOODS OR DIETS LIMITING TO ONE FOOD • LIQUID DIETS • FASTING

  5. SIDE EFFECTS • DEHYDRATION • WEAKNESS • LIGHT-HEADEDNESS • NUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES • TEMPORARY WEIGHT LOSS

  6. HOW TO SPOT A FAD DIET: • Claims quick weight loss of more than 1 – 2 pounds per week. Quick loss generally means quick gain. • Uses “miracle foods”. No food can reverse the effect of overeating, nor can it “melt fat away” without exercising. • Eliminates certain foods or recommends large quantities of food • Requires certain food combinations • Offers rigid, inflexible menus • Sounds too good to be true

  7. Spotting a fad diet continued: • Makes simplistic conclusions from a complex study • Bases recommendations on a single study • Makes dramatic statements that are proven false by reputable scientific organizations • Makes recommendations based on studies published without peer review • Recommends the purchase of a certain product to help lose weight.

  8. WANT TO LOSE WEIGHT? • Calories burned must exceed calories consumed • Make positive lifestyle changes • Fad diets may result in quick weight loss at first, but most of the weight that is lost is fluid. • Usually when the dieter comes off these diets, they gain the weight back and sometimes they regain more than what was lost.

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