Fad diets: Why a balance of diet and exercise is a better option
Figure 1: A mock fad diet showing how drastic the diet restrictions and reductions truly can be Imagine a diet offering a loss of 10, even 20 pounds in a single week. No need to cram a bunch of workout sessions into your busy life. Just change and restrict what you eat and drink in a day and you’ll see incredible results within the first week. Sike, this is what we call a fad diet . It’s not as magical as it seems. In fact, these types of diets are often quite unhealthy, seeing as you're restricting your meals to certain low calorie foods that your body won't get the necessary nutrients from (Figure 1). The weight that you do end up losing will not be permanent. Figure 2: An example of losing water weight and then gaining it and more back later Fad diets are diets often worse for your body than they are good. They involve food restrictions and reductions that make your consumption of food inadequate to your body's needs. The diets promise quick weigh