What is a fad diet? When I think of a fad diet I think of a something that gains tremendous popularity and following, promises a huge weight loss, and is reasonably unhealthy, maybe mentally in addition to physically. Some of them stay around for a long time; some go away just as quickly as they came. I have never gone on a diet in my life but am very fascinated by those who decide to follow these strict routines. I understand the need for a quick fix…I get the need to be thinner, “hotter,” more attractive, etc. But I do not understand the people who follow a fad diet that is obviously unhealthy. Why, why, why put your health in danger because you want to look good???!!! (Yes, why needs to be repeated and three question marks are needed. This idea is obviously absurd to me).
The Hollywood diet is the perfect example of a fad diet. It promises a loss of ten pounds in 48 hours by drinking a cocktail of “vitamins, fruits, minerals, antioxidants and essential oils” (http://www.everydiet.org/ ). This diet is so ridiculous; you can even buy it from a commercial on TV. Other examples include the Zone diet, which has become popular because of celebrity followers (Jennifer Aniston is an avid Zone dieter), the South Beach diet which follows the same kind of detailed structure that the Zone diet follows, and the Atkins diet which my mom has been following on and off for a few years now.
Check out the diets and let us know what you think!
Websites:
http://www.everydiet.org/
http://hotsearches.aol.com/2008/04/15/whats-the-latest-diet-craze/?icid=100214839x1200152802x1200007235
http://www.faddiet.com/ (for a humorous approach to dieting. Check out the AMPUTATION diet).
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
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Fad diets are so strange. You only see them in a culture that has to much food. Other wise it is called starvation.
lol this is kind of funny to me. i recently started a diet about 7 weeks agao. i maintain a 1000 a day calorie diet and run 2 miles at a pace of 6 min and 50 seconds, then i do a 12.5 mile bike ride with resistence, then at the very end i do abs. i lost nearly 46 lbs in that 7 week period.
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