Hearing about some of the current trends for losing weight may remind you of a typical child whose parents get him/her the latest video game: after a while, the child gets bored and forgets about it. Does this same thing happen to you with diets? Have you been able to reach and maintain your desired eating and fitness goals?
New diet trends come and go, and they all offer you the same thing: weight loss. Some diets make health claims that have no scientific basis. Some of these claims are that they make you live longer, that they reverse atherosclerosis, or that they can accelerate your metabolism while you eat everything you want.
Below are just a few examples of some of the diets that are currently on the market:
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Sonoma Diet | This diet is divided into 3 phases. The first phase is the most restrictive and, although it encourages a wide variety of healthy food options, fruit is completely restricted and dairy products are limited. The second phase allows more calories, as well as more variety. Finally, the third stage is a maintenance phase, and therefore allows more “occasional treats.” | |
Cheater´s Diet |
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Flavor Point Diet |
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Supermarket Diet | This book includes recipes, snacks, and a shopping list. It is very detailed, well-organized, and practical. It explains in a very simple way how to plan your menus and prepare your recipes. It also provides very useful nutrition information. Its weakness is it is deficient in the rest of the elements that complement a healthy lifestyle: physical activity and the psychological/emotional side of nutrition. | |
Longevity Diet |
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The MyDiet TM program focuses on encouraging healthy eating habits through following a balanced diet. It is important not to categorize foods as “good” or “bad,” but recognize that all foods can fit into a healthy diet. At the same time, the experts at MyDiet TM feel that it is important that our members are well informed and are able to read about different types of diets that are marketed to them, so that they can recognize and understand their pros and cons.
We hope that providing you with a few examples of some of these trendy diets, will help you see that there are some positive elements that they include, but also that there are elements that are not so healthy and not based on scientific evidence.
If you choose to read about new diets that come on the market, be sure to consult with a health professional before making any drastic changes, to make sure that what you have read is sound.