Fad Diets Make You Fat
The British Society of Gastroenterology indicated recently that fad and extreme diets may work in the short term by showing dramatic weight loss, but will ultimately only make you fatter and may actually be harmful to your health. The most extreme diets seem to include attempting to live on citrus fruits and seeds as mentioned in the Bible (!), or by binge eating one day and eating nothing the next (the Caveman Diet).
Overweight people looking for a quick-fix solution are always ready to jump on these diet bandwagons; it is an established fact that least 9% of all Americans at one stage were on the Atkins Diet, which involves eating as much protein (meat or cheese, eggs and so on) as you wish but no carbohydrates (bread, rice, pasta).
Atkins believed that this stimulated the body to burn more calories in the form of fat, as protein is not the body’s preferred energy source. Side-effects included appallingly smelly breath as the body went into ketosis and some people actually ended up in hospital with organ failure. The Atkins diet lost its appeal when Dr Atkins, himself obese, died suddenly.
Fad diets will always come and go, as the diet industry is worth billions of dollars, but the best way to lose weight is to do it gradually, not by dieting but by cutting down on unnecessary junk foods such as fast food, pies and cakes, moderating alcohol consumption and most importantly of all, exercising regularly. There is a large selection of Home Exercise Equipment available, all of which will help you in your quest for weight loss provided that you use it.