The American Heart Association says that adopting healthy eating habits permanently, rather than impatiently pursuing quick diets in hopes of losing unwanted pounds in a few days through fad quick weight loss plans.
What is a fad diet? It's a well marketed diet with some outrageous scheme to lose weight in an impossible manner, often by eating nothing but one food like a cabbage.
One food or one type of food is generally overemphasized with fad quick weight loss diets. They violate the first principle of good nutrition which is to eat a balanced diet including a variety of foods. Because no one food has all the nutrients needed for good health, these diets can result in a lot of health problems. One such diet is the Cabbage Soup Diet. The myth of this diet is that cabbage soup is some sort of weight loss potion. The diet supposedly helps heart patients lose 10–17 pounds in seven days before surgery. On top of not working to lose weight, this diet lacks essential nutrients and can cause serious health issues. There are no magic beans, or magic cabbages, or miracle foods when it comes to weight loss and good nutrition. Moderation in eating all the major food groups is the best bet.
These crazy diets also break a second important principle of good nutrition which is that eating should be enjoyable.. It's impossible to stay on these diets for a long time because they're so boring. Consider a week on the Cabbage Soup Diet. By Wednesday you'd dread meal time, and by Friday you'd never again want to smell a cabbage much less eat the soup. They'd carry you away in a straight jacket on Sunday.
Boredom isn't the only reason fad diets aren't good ones. Most don't talk about exercise, such as aerobics for 30 minutes a day every day. While a lack of exercise can lead to heart problems, exercise is a major element of maintaining proper weight. When a diet includes no need for a workout, run the other way.
Quick weight loss is possible. Just don't fall for tricks or gimmicks that might end up destroying your health.
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