The Facts About Quick Weight Loss Diets

Quick weight loss diets, have been around quite literally for centuries.
Lord Byron started the Vinegar and Water Diet in the early !"##s, and a hundred
years later, even a fa$ous %$erican tobacco co$&any got on the weight loss band
wagon, &ro$oting the cigarette as a dieting aid.
'ver ti$e, nothing has
changed( dieters have
been chasing after the
sa$e rainbow, and
finding nothing but the
sa$e crock of
disa&&oint$ent.
Quick weight loss diets dont work. )hey $ight &roduce so$e initial weight loss,
but then, for one reason or another, the &ounds *ust co$e rolling back, often leaving
you heavier than you were before you started.
+o let,s &retend you,re wondering about the latest quick weight loss diets, or you,ve
been co$&letely $es$eri-ed by an info$ercial you,ve seen, and you,re wondering if
you should shell out the $oney for the introductory &ackage. .ere are si/ tell0tale
signs of the quick weight loss diets also known as fad diets, that will leave you
disa&&ointed and out of &ocket, and &ossibly worse for wear healthwise.
1f the diet you,re looking at fits one or $ore of these descri&tions, there is a very
good chance you,re being led u& the garden &ath, so be very aware.
1. Your diet claims to make you lose lots o weight in a short amount o time.
)his is the $agic for$ula of all quick weight loss diets.
You will lose X number of pounds in Y number of weeks. )hese are the clai$s that
$ake fad diets so attractive and dangerous at the sa$e ti$e. 2ost diets will indeed
$ake you lose weight initially and they see$ to do e/actly what,s written on the bo/.
+o what,s the &roble$3
4irstly, and very si$&ly, to lose weight quickly is not a healthy thing to force your
body to do.
5ust because you have
decided to lose weight
quickly does not $ake it any
healthier or easy on your
body. 1t really $esses u& the
natural balance that is essential for your health.
1f you feel weak, woozy, fatigued or even irritable, light headed or depressed, these
are all signs that your natural balance is being dee&ly affected by the sudden weight
loss. %lso, actually feeling hunger is a sign that your body is not being nourished
enough.
+econdly, $ost diets are al$ost too violently quick. 6our body needs ti$e to lose
weight and ad*ust.
1f a diet &lans talks in ter$s of few weeks, then it is way too quick for your body, and
you will al$ost certainly &ut all the weight back on as soon as you sto& the diet.
1f you want to lose those &ounds and kee& the$ off for good, you need to think in
ter$s of gradually losing a few &ounds over the course of a nu$ber of $onths.
This way, youre no longer following a fad diet, but actually changing your
lifestyle.
!. Your diet is based on a single disco"ery# study or a$$roach.
2ost quick weight loss diets today or based on a single idea or results fro$ a single
laboratory e/&eri$ent.
When this ha&&ens, you can be sure that science cannot be all that sound. )he si$&le
reason for this is that the body is a hugely co$&le/ and finely tuned organis$, and
healthy, balanced weight loss involves hundreds if not thousands of different bodily
&rocesses.
1f you follow a diet &lan that works e/clusively on s&ecific &arts of your $etabolis$,
you are deliberately knocking your natural balance off kilter, and you will not get the
results you are ho&ing for.
%lick &ere or 'ubscribing to (ecei"e )&ow To Lose 1*
+ounds in 1* Days (e$ort , -ewsletter 'eries
.. Your diet does not in"ol"e e/ercise# or e/ercise a$$ears 0ust as an
aterthought.
2ost &eo&le turn to fad diets because they either do not want to $ake sacrifices, or
they do not want to e/ercise for weight loss.
+o$e info$ercials will talk about the benefits of a diet at great lengths and then
quickly say the diet works co$bined with a balanced diet and regular e/ercise
routine.
'thers clai$ that you will reach your ideal weight without the need for e/ercise. Both
are signs that this is a fad diet, and that the creators of the diet are not taking the
whole natural &rocess of weight loss into consideration.
4or e/a$&le, muscle
burns off calories even
when we are at rest.
7rash, i$balanced or
&rolonged dieting can
actually $ake you lose
$uscle tissue, which will
$ake it $ore difficult to kee& the &ounds off in the long run. 8/ercise will hel& you
$aintain $uscle $ass so that your body burns off the dee&er layers of fat that are
associated with serious &roble$s like heart disease and diabetes.
*. As $art o the diet# you ha"e to consume $roducts that ha"e health warnings
against them.
+trangely enough, health warnings can act like a free advertise$ent for dieting
&roducts.
)he only bad &ublicity is no &ublicity. .owever, the further away fro$ a natural,
balanced diet we go in order to lose weight, the greater the risks we run, and the
govern$ent and scientists can give us only li$ited advice and &rotection.
.ealth warnings are the $ain tool that the authorities have to &ut us on the alert
towards dieting aids that could do us serious da$age.
1. Your diet em$hasises or eliminates a $articular ood grou$ or nutrient.
)o nourish your body &ro&erly, it needs balance.
When quick weight loss diets target a &articular food grou&, like carbohydrates, or
require you to eat only one substance, like a the cabbage sou& diet of the !9:#s, you
can be sure to throw your body,s finely tuned $etabolis$ into disarray.
)here can be consequences that were quite unforeseen by the diet,s creators, such as
the heart failure or hor$onal &roble$s linked to so$e of the $ore controversial diets
of the last five years.
2. Your diet sim$ly sounds too good to be true.
1f you are looking at quick weight loss diets that sound too good to be true, THEY
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