I would argue that we are living in a world that has never before been so heavily inundated with dieting messaging. Diets have been in existence for a hot minute, but their prevalence has absolutely skyrocketed over the past few centuries; you can bet your ass ancient civilizations were not counting calories in their day. Arguably, because they were too busy simply trying to survive.
Fad diets, more specifically, have exploded in popularity in recent years, with some common examples being the Keto diet and the carnivore diet. A fad diet, for anyone who isn’t entirely savvy with the term, refers to some sort of food protocol that guarantees fast results. Sounds good, right?
Wrong.
The issue with so many fad diets is that they are not at all realistic; they promise rapid weight loss in a short time, and in doing so, often leave the person who did the diet with more problems than they had prior to dieting.
Not all fad diets are bad, but most of them are. Fad diets rarely have any sort of scientific evidence backing them or the results they claim to deliver, and because so many of them cause the human body to shed weight so quickly, they’re often dangerous and result in nutritional deficiencies. Additionally, because fad diets are often so restrictive in terms of what you can actually eat, the minute someone stops practicing this specific food plan, they gain back all of the weight they initially lost.
If you’re going to try a fad diet, please do your research and talk to a health professional before you dive in headfirst. They’re enticing as hell; however, they’re often more problematic than they are productive, and because of the stress many of them put on someone’s body, they’re not sustainable, nor are they realistic.
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