What are the Risks of Fad Diets
In a society that is very concerned with image Fad diets are promoted by celebrities or plastered all over the internet. Such diets as the grapefruit diet and the Cabbage soup diet are based on nutritional misinformation and can be considered dangerous.
Cabbage Soup Diet
No major health organization or celebrity endorses the cabbage soup diet but it is still tried by many. The American Heart Association believes that this diet can actually harm you. The diet claims that you will loose 15 lbs a week but they don’t mention that the weight is mostly water and it will return as soon as you start eating normally again. Some side-effects of this diet can include feeling weak, having stomach pains and Diarrhea.
Food Combining Diets
These diets are said to help people loose weight by combining the right food combinations. They are often filled with misinformation such as you can only eat a banana in the morning. The main idea behind the diets is to obtain fewer calories but there are other, more reliable methods that can be used to get the same effect.
Supplements and Pills
Some companies make pills that claim to help you loose weight while you sleep. These are not backed by credible evidence. It is impossible to burn a large amount of calories while your sleeping. Also many other diet pills comes with many warnings consisting of heart problems, diarrhea and even death. Supplements such as shakes and bars may help a person loose weight but once the person stops eating the supplements the weight will return. Another problem with these supplements is that they often don’t make you feel satisfied which could lead to ingesting more calories throughout the day.
