There Are Many Other Ways Fad Diets Aren't Good For You
The American Heart Association recommends adopting healthy eating habits permanently, rather than impatiently pursuing quick diets in hopes of losing unwanted pounds in a few days through fad quick weight loss plans.
What is a fad diet? It's a well marketed diet with some hair brained scheme to lose weight in an impossible manner, often by eating nothing but one food like a cabbage.
Quick-weight-loss diets generally put far too much emphasis on one particular food or type of food. They don't include a variety of foods or a healthy balance, a violation of the first principle of good nutrition, eat a balanced diet that includes a variety of foods. If you are able to stay on such a diet for more than a few weeks, you may develop nutritional deficiencies, because no one type of food has all the elements a human being needs for good health. One such diet is the Cabbage Soup Diet. The myth of this diet is that cabbage soup is some sort of fat dissolving 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 problems. Pixies, elves and fairies, or even cabbages, can't create magical weight loss. Moderation in eating all the major food groups is the best bet.
The second principle of good nutrition is that eating should be enjoyable. You think eating only cabbage soup every day is enjoyable?. It's impossible to stay on these diets for a long time because they're so dull. Consider a week on the Cabbage Soup Diet. By mid week crawling bugs would look good. They'd carry you away in a straight jacket on Sunday.
There are many other ways fad diets aren't good ones. Most don't talk about exercise, such as aerobics for 30 minutes a day every day. While a lack of exercise can lead to heart problems, exercise is a major element of maintaining proper weight. When a diet mentions no need for a workout, run the other way.
Quick weight loss is possible. Just don't fall for tricks or gimmicks that might end up ruining your health.
