Americans spend more than $50 billion a year on diets. A diet "fad" is a diet or eating pattern that promotes short term weight loss with no regard for long-term maintenance. Most are based on extreme calorie restriction. They're hyped up and advertised to people desperate to lose weight fast.
Ever heard of the grapefruit diet? "Lose weight, all by eating just grapefruit!" Well, considering the low caloric value of grapefruit, of course you would lose weight. You'd be consuming under 600 calories a day! But, once you started eating regular food again, the pounds would sooner than later come back on.
And that goes the same for The Cabbage Soup Diet, The Beverly Hills Diet, and juice detoxes.
We all would like a quick fix to correct the damage we've caused our bodies over the years, but a "fix" doesn't exist. The only way to shed unwanted weight is through living a healthy lifestyle that includes healthy food choices and regular exercise.
Good rule of thumb = Anytime you see "Miracle" used in conjunction with a diet...RUN!
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