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How do I spot a FAD diet?

Myth How do I spot a FAD diet?

Each year, new weight loss diets appear that promise to reveal the ultimate secret of success – if only you buy the book, pills or potions. When assessing whether a diet is a fad, ask yourself, does the diet:

  • Contradict advice from qualified health professionals?
  • Promote or ban specific foods or whole food groups?
  • Promote a one-size-fits-all strategy?
  • Promise quick, dramatic or miraculous results with minimal effort?
  • Focus only on short-term results?
  • Promote “miracle” pills, supplements or products touted to “burn fat”?
  • Make claims based on personal testimonials or one random study?

If the answer to two or more of these questions is “yes”, it’s probably a fad.

For more info on fads check this out: https://theconversation.com/blood-type-pioppi-gluten-free-and-mediterranean-which-popular-diets-are-fads-104867.

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