Negative Effects of Fad Diets

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Negative Effects of Fad Diets
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Diets

• Research shows that low calorie/low fat diets
  used to lose unwanted weight can be good when
  used in moderation and mixed with an exercise
  plan.

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Major Types of Diets

• 1. High Protein Diets
• High Protein Diets can cause a loss of calcium
  from the body resulting in osteoporosis which in
  turn causes bones to be easily broken.
• Some think that eating excess protein foods will
  build muscle, but research has found this not to
  be true. Muscle size is increased only by doing
  more work than it is used to doing such as in
  weight training.

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Major Types of Diets

• 2. Low Carbohydrate Diets
• Low Carbohydrate Diets will help cause the body
  to develop Ketosis if not done in moderation or
  continued over a long period of time.

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Major Types of Diets

• 3. Liquid Diets
• Liquid Diets do not produce lasting weight loss.
• The most weight a person can lose in a day is
  1 2 pounds. Losing additional weight lost is
  water, which is quickly regained.

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Weight Loss can be good, or bad.

• Lets learn to make good choices
• about how we go about losing
• that unwanted weight

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• The only real lasting weight loss, according to
• research, is accomplished through a slow
• weight loss plan using a moderate calorie
• reduction, exercise 30 minutes 3 - 5 times
• a week, and making an eating journal.

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• Research has proven that quick weight loss is
  quickly regained. If instead a gradual weight
  loss using a lower calorie/fat diet, exercise,
  and analyzing everything you eat is used, the
  probability of keeping the weight off is higher.
  If you set a reasonable goal of losing 10 of
  your current weight at a rate of 1-2 pounds a
  week over a period of weeks it will lower your
  risks of creating other health problems.

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Water Loss

• The most weight a person can safely lose in a day
  is 1-2 pounds. A person can lose more on a scale
  by just losing water. The body is 60 water.
  Since water weighs 8 pounds per gallon, losing
  body water can show as weight loss, but will be
  regained as soon as the water is replaced in the
  body. So, you are right back to where you
  started at an unhealthy weight.

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Fad Diets

• Atkins Diet is a low carbohydrate method
• Scarsdale Diet Plan stresses low calorie intake
  and water.
• The 3 Day Diet seems to deplete the body of
  carbohydrates and calories.
• 7 Day All You Can Eat Diet You must use their
  company products.
• One Good Meal Diet Low carbohydrates, low
  calories, and fasting.
• Metabolism Diet Low carbohydrates, low
  calories, and fasting. Uses many high
  cholesterol foods.
• Russian Air Force Diet Uses fasting with low
  carbohydrates and low calories to be used for a
  short period and not expected to last.
• Slim Fast Jump Start Diet Mostly a liquid diet
  for two meals and low carbohydrates and low
  calories on the only food meal during the day.
• Grapefruit/Fruit Juice Diet Uses bases of
  liquid and acid.
• Cabbage Soup Diet Fills the body with empty
  calories and some basics so the body is full but
  still starving.

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• Decreasing in carbohydrates does increase weight
  loss, but the real concern of these diets is that
  they raise the risks of health problems and/or
  metabolic diseases.