FAD AND QUACKERY IN NUTRITION

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 FAD DIETS



Fad diet is a diet plan that promise quick weight loss and targeted at people who desperately want to lose weight. Usually fad diets are unbalanced, unhealthy and are very likely to cause side-effects.


HOW DO FAD DIETS WORK ?

  • Fad diets cannot make up for healthy eating habits. Some fad diets make you lose water instead of body fat. Many fad diets cause the body to loose water through urination. At the same time you will also loose some important vitamins and minerals.
  • Some fad diets are popular as they do work for a short time. For example, high-protein and high-fat diets induce metabolic ketosis and are initially attractive because they may induce quick weight loss. This initial weight loss however, may be attributed in part to the diuretic effect from low carbohydrate intake and its effects on sodium and water loss, glycogen depletion and ketosis. People who are on fad diets usually end up gaining back any weight that they have lost.

HOW TO SPOT FAT DIETS ?



WHAT ARE THE EXAMPLE OF FAD DIETS ?

  • PALEO DIET
  • DETOX DIET
  • ATKINS DIET
  • SOUTH BEACH DIET
  • CABBAGE SOUP OR GRAPEFRUIT DIET
  • MICROBIOTIC DIET
  • KETOGENIC DIET
  • GM DIET/ GENERAL MOTORS DIET

PALEO DIET, KETOGENIC DIET, DETOX DIET AND GM DIET


ATKINS DIET


  • Low carb diet, which eliminates refined carbs like sugar, flour and corn syrup.
  • Feel full and satisfied, eat a lot of protein and fat including steak and butter.
  • May increase cholesterol, coronary heart disease, cardiovascular disease, arrhythmia of the heart, osteoporosis and kidney stones.

SOUTH BEACH DIET


  • Developed by a cardiologist to reduce heart disease among his own patients. Replace “bad carbs & bad fats” with “good carbs & good fats”.
  • Variety of foods can be eaten, but the list is specific (only low fat cheeses, skim mozzarella).
  • Difficult to sustain, no proof that the glycemic index (sugar index) on which the diet is based is linked to weight loss.     

CABBAGE SOUP OR GRAPEFRUIT DIET


  • Centered around a specific food, either the soup or grapefruit.
  • Exclude all foods except soup or grapefruit. Introduce other foods in waves.
  • Soup diet may cause excessive gas, and grapefruit diet may cause numerous canker sores.                                               

MACROBIOTIC DIET


  • Eliminates all processed or refined food. No caffeine, sugar, alcohol, honey, chocolate, refined flour, hot spices, drugs, preservatives, milk products. Little meat, poultry, eggs and salt. 
  • Cooking according to the time of year: Spring: light cooking, greens and light grains Summer: little cooking, mostly raw food. Fall/Winter: root vegetables and heavier grains.              

 QUACKERY

“Type of health fraud that promotes products and services that have questionable and unproven scientific bases". Usually the product promises to “cure”.

 THE TARGET OF QUACKERY

  • The elderly or aging.
  • Those with disabling diseases.
  • Those who want to lose weight.
  • Athletes.









 





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