Comments on: Don’t Fall Victim to a Fad Diet – Know What to Look For

By: Camie

Camie — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 10:21:40 +0000

Just stopped by, nice blog!

By: Kinsey

Kinsey — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:11:38 +0000

Hi Robin. Thanks for your comment. I would have to say “so many people are overweight” for various reasons…for reasons they can control (poor diet, no physical activity) or rarely for the genetic/biological reasons that are having troubles overcoming (hypothyroidism, etc). The point of my article was to help provide a different outlook or approach to realizing fad diets don’t work. If these fad diets worked, then there wouldn’t be 100s of weight loss books available or different variations of all these diets. Any success with a fad diet is very short lived. If people knew all of this information why do they continue to fall victim to them and start a fad diet only to gain all that weight back?

The point I was hoping to get across is that nutrition and eating healthy is a lifestyle, one that needs to be maintained rather then gaining weight and looking for the easiest way to get if off (i.e. only eating cabbage soup for a week or two).

I understanding doing a detox diet, if you think it helps you. However, many people do detox diets to drop pounds, but quickly gain it back because you can not continue on that type of diet for long. If you are truly worried about toxins in foods, try eating as 100% natural and organic as you can.

By: Kinsey

Kinsey — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:00:32 +0000

Hey gn…I just wanted to respond to your question of avoiding a specific food or food group. By avoiding an entire food group you are running the risk of not providing your body with certain nutrients that are needed or that are good for your body. Let’s say for example you are wanting to avoid the oils group of the food pyramid. Obviously you don’t need to eat a ton of oil each day, but oils/fats in moderation are good and needed by your body.

Also, discussing the mayo comment…most things are ok in moderation. But the meaning of moderation may vary. You may need to practice moderation for one food differently for another. Enjoying a little bit of mayo every now and then won’t cause you to gain weight. You just need to be sensible and smart when thinking of the foods you are putting into your and how often you consume a certain food.

By: Robin Plan

Robin Plan — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:50:20 +0000

Interesting article but I have to say it is not going to be helpful for most. There’s nothing we haven’t read before and if it worked like this article says, why are so many people still overweight? There are times when avoiding a specific food or food group is the way to lose weight. Just eating fruits, veggies and a ballanced diet will not burn the fat. It’s about your body and what foods make you gain weight. Weight loss is not a one size fits all because all bodies are different and fat is different for us. I’m a trim person but I’m still fat around my organs because of toxins found in food and the environment. That is why I do a detox once a year, not for weight loss but for detoxing the TOXINS.

By: gn

gn — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:26:10 +0000

what’s wrong with “Avoiding a specific food or food group.”? – if you know for sure that something is bad, like mayonaise, you should go on and “avoid” it in all situations…