Weight Loss Tips & Product Reviews

The insanity regarding weight loss has affected every overweight person out there. After all, Christmas is coming, and people want to lose weight fast so that they look their best.

A decision to lose weight is a smart one but you need to do it healthily. Unfortunately, most people take to the unhealthy weight loss method called ‘fad dieting’ and end up losing muscles rather than fat. This can be a very unhealthy result.

Keep in mind that a fad diet cannot offer you a permanent weight loss solution; only a long term healthy food plan can. So don’t focus on how to lose weight fast; rather, focus on how to become healthy through weight loss. In this article I will tell you about top four fad diets you must not follow.

1. Liquid Diet
For this diet plan you are required to eat only liquids and avoid all solid foods. Liquids such as milk, protein shakes, and fruit juices are recommended. If you follow this diet only for a few days you will become weak and lethargic. This is definitely not a healthy diet to go with since you won’t be able to follow it for the rest of your life. It is also dangerous so stay well away.

2. Grapefruit Diet
Have you ever heard of or followed this diet? If you have, you will know that this diet plan restricts your food intake to a ridiculously low level, probably to that of a baby! Under this diet plan, you need to eat only grapefruit and protein rich foods for every single meal of the day. This diet is based on the belief that when protein is combined with grapefruit it accelerates a person’s fat burning process by enhancing his metabolism, thereby helping him lose weight.

Now this might be true, but ask yourself – could you eat grapefruits all your life? I would surely get bored! Plus the weight loss you achieve through this diet would be just temporary. Obviously, this is not a safe diet plan for you or anyone else.

3. Egg Diet
This is basically a stem of the Atkins diet. This diet is based on the concept that if you eat a protein rich diet and avoid all carbs, your body will be forced to burn fat to produce energy since it won’t find any carbohydrates. For this reason they tell you to eat as many eggs as you can, along with cheese and meat. This is a recipe for high cholesterol and heart disease.

In reality though, the concept doesn’t work. When your body doesn’t get an adequate supply of carbohydrates it won’t burn your fat deposits; instead, it would start burning your lean muscles. Gradually you will turn into a smaller version of your former self, albeit with the same huge potbelly you had. But far from that, your metabolic rate would be reduced to a very low level as well! Do you still think it is a good idea to go with this diet? I certainly don’t!

4. Banana Diet
Yet another crazy diet that has got a lot of press of late. It insists you to eat only bananas for your breakfast. Of course, you could eat anything for the rest of the day. The rationale behind this is that bananas help in quicker digestion, thereby preventing the body from absorbing all calories and turning them into fat deposits. There is no scientific study or proof to backup this claim, so I am not sure if this diet works at all. It is certainly nothing revolutionary, because people have been having bananas for breakfast for decades with little effect on weight. Certainly eating a banana in the morning will not excuse you for eat badly for the rest of the day.

When choosing a diet plan you need to choose one which is not only safe but also sustainable in the long term; it should help you achieve permanent weight loss. None of the above fad diets fit these criteria, so they are definitely not for you. The above diets will generally result in your weight being put back on as soon as you stop the diet.