Are fad diets really fab?
What if someone said you could eat the foods you love, not exercise and still lose weight? Sounds pretty good, right? But, as the old saying goes, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Diets like the one described above — unlimited food, no exercise, guaranteed weight loss — have been around as long as the institution of dieting. Backed by physicians armed with convincing arguments, they are popular for a while, until the masses inevitably find out that they don’t have lasting results and people move on to the next latest thing. However, the true results of these “fad diets” may be more than merely disappointing. What many dieters do not know (or choose to ignore) is that both starvation and high protein diets can cause participants to become sick, not fit. The latest great debate in the world of fad dieting centers around high-protein diets, made popular by two recent best-selling books: “Enter the Zone” by Barry Sears, and “Dr. Atkins’ New Diet Revolution” by Robert Atkin