Fad Diets: Why Are They Bad?
In this video we uncover the tell tale signs of fad diets and scam diets. These bad diets prey on the unsuspecting person innocently wanting to lose weight and sometimes leaves them broke, unhealthy and feeling even worse about themselves. Watch this video and learn how to protect yourself from fraudulent weight loss schemes.
Learn how one of our writers lost 37 pounds in 2 months on “the easiest diet in the world”.
Oct 13th, 2008 at 10:01 am
Diet book writers tend to take advantage of the fact that a lot of people with obesity issues also have other compulsive and addictive personality traits, so the authors can count on those same properties being applied to people following their diet.
I haven’t yet found a strict diet that’s right for me, but mostly because anything that’s too strict isn’t right for me. My goal now is good nutrition, low calorie meals that reinforce general healthiness. If your goal is to be healthier and not just to lose weight you may tend not to get obsessed with minute details of any particular diet. It’s working for me so far - I’ve lost 60 pounds in a little over four months.