Get Thin Fast And Fad Diets Are All Diet Quackery
Quackery is everywhere. Every day I see two or three signs extolling the virtues of some ridiculous weight-loss plan and it takes all my will not to tear them down. Some of these quack diets actually use words like "magic" in their advertisements, but not all quackery is as easy to spot.
Many modern quackery promoters use loads of scientific jargon. This fools people because we often assume that if someone uses big words, they're knowledgeable, and we all know that isn't always true. You should watch me make up definitions for some of the words I use in Scrabble. Big words get respect, whether or not they're understood. Even health professionals may have difficulty choosing between fact and fiction if it isn't their field. But big words and jargon aren't the only ways people try to sell quackery.
Testimonials are often used to pawn quackery off on others. Frequently, when people decide to change their lives in some way, like eating healthier or exercising, they may also start using some product, which they later credit for their success. Often it is unwarranted.
Deciding to eat healthy or exercise will produce changes all by itself. And just focusing on your health more will produce results through what's called a placebo effect. A placebo is a fake medicine used to demonstrate physiological changes that occur from the mind and body connection. Subjects think they're taking a drug, but they're not, and frequently the expected changes still occur. This field of study is called psychosomatic (psycho-mind, somatic-body) medicine.
Quack diets aren't always obvious, but they have many common characteristics. They promote quick weight loss. And this loss is from glycogen, sodium or muscle tissue, which all result in dehydration. Less weight shows up on the scale, but fat isn't lost. These diets often limit food selection, or label certain foods as bad. Food, however, is inanimate _ it's innocent. Fad diets may use testimonials from highly paid celebrities, or link themselves to a well-known city like New York or Beverly Hills. Occasionally they require expensive supplements or prepackaged food. But usually they make no attempt at changing lifetime eating habits.
I want to write a best-selling book on weight loss that has six pages and says, in capital letters, "EAT LESS FAT AND WALK DAILY," but usually to sell diet books you have to make some outrageous claim.
The worst characteristic of fad or quack diets is that they guarantee failure. These diets are not designed for permanent weight loss. Habits don't change. And food selection is so limited that the dieter can't possibly stay on the diet for long. Many times weight will be lost, but it isn't fat, and it doesn't contribute to better health. When the dieter resumes their regular eating patterns, the weight comes back. It seems as if the dieter has failed, but really it is the diet that has failed. Unfortunately this scenario often lowers the self-esteem of the dieter, making the whole process even harder.
Sound nutrition and physical activity, like walking regularly, are the best approaches to weight loss and weight management. They offer long term changes that contribute to overall health and well-being. Fad diets and quackery do not.
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