Comments on: Fad Diets – quick fix, short term – nutritionally unsound? http://diettips53.com/fad-diets-quick-fix-short-term-nutritionally-unsound.html Diet Tips Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:18:41 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Blitzed & Bombed http://diettips53.com/fad-diets-quick-fix-short-term-nutritionally-unsound.html/comment-page-1#comment-4599 Blitzed & Bombed Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:12:16 +0000 http://diettips53.com/fad-diets-quick-fix-short-term-nutritionally-unsound.html#comment-4599 Do you want to know why it is consider a fad/crash diet? It is considered to be unhealthy because dieters eat less than 1,000 calories a day, which is not enough energy for your body. Another reason would be that it severely restricts fat intake, even though 30% of your daily calories should come from fat. Hope this helped. Wasn't too clear on your question. Do you want to know why it is consider a fad/crash diet? It is considered to be unhealthy because dieters eat less than 1,000 calories a day, which is not enough energy for your body. Another reason would be that it severely restricts fat intake, even though 30% of your daily calories should come from fat.
Hope this helped. Wasn’t too clear on your question.

]]> By: folladj http://diettips53.com/fad-diets-quick-fix-short-term-nutritionally-unsound.html/comment-page-1#comment-4600 folladj Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:12:16 +0000 http://diettips53.com/fad-diets-quick-fix-short-term-nutritionally-unsound.html#comment-4600 Well the tuna diet may not be completely devoid of nutrients, but it's only a 3-day plan. How much weight can you lose in 3 days? Not much. Let's say someone went on this diet and actually did lose weight....but then went back to the way they originally ate. Whatever they lost will come back. As for the blood type diet, it looks pretty restrictive. Sure there's vegetables in there, but there aren't that many food choices listed. It also says at the bottom that it takes a lot of time and effort....a lot of people would get sick of that. I think diets that restrict food choices are not good. Even junk food, though it shouldn't be eaten often, can be part of a healthy diet. Moderation is key. You can have bread and chocolate and still lose weight. Cutting those items out not only restricts what you can eat but also causes you to miss out on the potential nutrients they provide (wheat bread has fiber and B vitamins, dark chocolate has a lot of antioxidants). Obviously this isn't true for Cheetos, but you get my point. Well the tuna diet may not be completely devoid of nutrients, but it’s only a 3-day plan. How much weight can you lose in 3 days? Not much. Let’s say someone went on this diet and actually did lose weight….but then went back to the way they originally ate. Whatever they lost will come back.

As for the blood type diet, it looks pretty restrictive. Sure there’s vegetables in there, but there aren’t that many food choices listed. It also says at the bottom that it takes a lot of time and effort….a lot of people would get sick of that.

I think diets that restrict food choices are not good. Even junk food, though it shouldn’t be eaten often, can be part of a healthy diet. Moderation is key. You can have bread and chocolate and still lose weight. Cutting those items out not only restricts what you can eat but also causes you to miss out on the potential nutrients they provide (wheat bread has fiber and B vitamins, dark chocolate has a lot of antioxidants). Obviously this isn’t true for Cheetos, but you get my point.

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