Why Not Choose One Of The Many Fad Diets?
Why Fad Diets Don’t Work
At any given time, millions of people are dieting. Magazine and newspaper ads promise fast weight loss. Most weight loss professionals admit that traditional methods of dieting and cutting calories do not work. Liquid diets, supplemented fasts, or food plans marketed by diet clinics are targeted to those who are looking for “quick fixes” for weight loss.
Many of the commercial diet programs offer only a temporary solution to the problem. Weight can be quickly lost but program attendees often gain the weight right back, because people return to their old eating habits. Despite the fact that millions of dollars are spent each year on quick fix programs, they do not work.
Stay away from low calorie, fad diets. After a few weeks on a low calorie diet, the basal metabolic rate (the rate at which the body burns up calories) drops. At this time, the body also begins to use muscle as its energy resource. The body thinks that it is starving, so it converts to an energy storing mode. Muscle is lost and fewer calories are burned. Weight lost with low calorie diets includes water and muscle tissue along with the fat. When normal eating habits are resumed, water and fat are regained. The muscle tissue is not regained unless exercise is used to promote its development.
Very low calorie diets cause the body to become less efficient at burning fat. This causes more fat to be gained. Yo-yo dieting over time, where weight is lost and regained, makes a person fatter in the long run, instead of leaner.
Healthy, permanent fat loss results from:
- following a healthy, nutritious diet
- regular exercise and
- gradual weight loss
Take this approach and you will be healthier, happier, and leaner.
Source: http://www.uihealthcare.com/topics/weightcontrol/weig5297.html
