Why Fad Diets Don't Work!
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The article "Why fad diets don't work!" is about fitness, it has been released by Adam Waxler.
Copyright 2005 Adam Waxler
The answer is simple...Fad diets are not natural.
Fad diet is the term that descirbes an array of diet approaches
used to temporarily lose weight through unsafe and unrealistic
methods. Quick fix programs do not work...Although millions of
dollars are spent each year. These programs offer a quick loss
of weight but sadly the weight is gained right back because
people return to their old eating habits and old life style.
There are many kinds of fad deits. Avoid those types of diets
that recommned a certain nutrient, or combination of foods
encouraging you to loss weight fast. Fad diets do not teach
lifestyle habits for long-term weight management, they do not
help people gain the will power to change a lifestyle with
another.
Diets promoting a really low calorie system, approximately 1,000
to 1,500 calories per day and with no exercise program cause the
body to become less efficient at burning fat, mkaing it easier
to store fat and regained weight each time a diet is stopped.
In
the long run this fad diets makes a person fatter instead of
leaner.
Ultimately these fad diets are not safe.
Only your weight and exercise level determines the number of
calories that is right for your diet program and only healthy
lifestyle habits will maintain long-term weight control. Healthy
lifestyle habits include regular exercise, behavior
modification, and a healthy, nutritious diet with a wide variety
of foods.
People should be aware of their health issues before engaging
in a diet prorgam.
All dites should include a warning to check
with a specialist before trying a diet. Also most fad diets make
no mention of physical activity, which is essential in the
process of weight loss and of these diets can actually harm
one's health.
The majority of fad diets involve a 10 day to 1 month period in
which your diet is restricted to a select collectoin of
bad-tasting, inconsistent health foods or recipes.
The fads diet
is generally advising you to completely avioded fats.
Due to water loss from this period, as a reaction to the
starvation process, you will quickly lose weight. And, as you
continue to starve, your body starts working in order to keep up
with the energy needs.
But you are still not burning fats and as
you aovid fats in your diet, your body will try to preserve the
fat that it has in its store.
And if you cotninue your diet up
to a month your body will burn its stored fats having no other
alternative to stay alive.
After this period the dieter starts getting weaker and he is not
able to feel well and perform its normal duties because it
requires a lot more effort and time for the body to produce
energy from fat rather than from muscle. At a certain time the
dieter is back to his nomral eating habit but it will take some
time before the reconstruction of your muscle occurs and during
this time, the body stores most of the food intake as excess
fats. Therefore at the end of the reconstruction process, the
dieter is back to his initial weight gaining back the weight he
lost in the starvation process and little bit more.
A diet regards the proper nutrition for a normally developed
human and it should contain vitamins, minerals, proteins,
carbohydrates AND fats. An imbalanced process may cause
starvation or excessive reesrves of body fat.
By using fad diets in your weight loss process your body will
experience both starvation and weight gain in a short amount of
time.
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