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"How could a country so obsessed with plastic surgery and being thin, spending billions a year on fad diets and dieting products, get itself in this mess? Well, I've got my theories. First of all, when it comes to food variety and taste, the United States has it made. Both of these factors stimulate food intake. We may have started as the land of opportunity, but we are now the land of huge portions. Our extralarge servings and the fact that we eat out more often than ever are two more factors that encourage overeating in America." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

"This is akin to what can happen when you try unhealthy fad diets to lose weight: You may get short-term results but in the end you'll be taking a toll on your "motor" that will be hard to recover from. To place the weight-loss discussion in context, we should recognize that science is an evolving process and the research data on particular nutrients and their effect on weight are, in large part, preliminary. We would love to be able to tell you that if you eat salmon and spinach for a week you'll lose 10 pounds. But that's just not the case." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.) "That's why fad diets, diet pills, exotic supplements, and weight loss surgery are so popular. But these methods can take a toll: on your energy levels, your appearance, your ability to stay trim and fit as well as your future health. We think the SuperFoodsRx Diet is a better way and you'll see immediate results in the mirror. Tour skin doesn't lie. Your glowing, smoother, skin will show you like nothing else can that as your clothes get looser and your energy levels increase and your moods stabilize, your body is enjoying its best health ever." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"We follow fad diets instead of eating smaller portions of beautiful and well-prepared food. We watch TV or surf the web instead of reading or listening to a book. We write e-mail instead of poetry. My research shows that these pursuits are misguided, and that the way to pursue happiness is to pursue positivity each day, wherever we are. Moment by moment, our daily positivity adds up, and through it we build the lives we seek. The shift that I needed to make—and that you may need to make—is to view positivity as a wise and healthy investment in ourselves and in the world around us." - Barbara Fredrickson, Positivity: Top-Notch Research Reveals the 3 to 1 Ratio That Will Change Your Life (Get the book.)

"Those who choose fad diets over such a lifestyle can count on gaining back their lost weight and more. Almost 95 percent of all dieters regain their lost weight within a year and have to diet all over again. Q Dieting may be dangerous for people older than sixty, as malnutrition may result. Exercise if you want to lose weight, don't stop eating. Q fad diets may produce some results, but the fact is that not only can these diets be unhealthy (particularly if you jump from one diet to the next), but once you go off the diet, the weight often returns—along with some added pounds." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.)

"You'll recall that almost all fad diets talk about losing x amount of weight in six to eight weeks. Remember also that almost all of us can follow a regimen based on control for about six weeks, until our genetic programming yanks away control. Were you to resume eating "white" and "beige" foods as well as the small portions of "brown" foods and fruit you have probably reintroduced, you would restart the "Store Fat for Winter" program and suddenly be swimming upstream against the flow of your genetic program." - Dr. Steven R. Gundry, Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good (Get the book.)

"We have to stop the fad diets immediately and make changes in our eating and exercise habits that will serve us well for the rest of our lives. It's not a sexy message, I know, but it's the truth. Go for whole grains. More whole grains may lead to less VAT fat (visceral adipose tissue). This is the type of abdominal fat that's most dangerous to health, even in teens. Within the whole grains category, some research on oats has shown they slow the emptying of the stomach into the small intestine and may help you feel fuller longer. Load up on fruits and vegetables." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

"REID, THE TAO OFSEX, HEALTH, AND LONGEVITY Let us state that these are not passing fad diets: the Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program, the Culture of Life anti-diabetogenic diet (an organic, plant-source-only, and 80-100 percent live-food diet). The history of eating a diet of plant foods, of abstaining from meat eating, of fasting and drinking plant juices, and using herbs to heal goes back possibly further than recorded history itself. Hippocrates, the father of medicine (460-357 BC) said, "He who does not know food, how can he understand the diseases of man?" - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"There are no silly and unscientific fad diets in our program, just an innovative, easy-to-follow nutrition plan that minimizes food-derived glycotoxins without causing feelings of deprivation and an exercise program that is unbelievably brief. This special approach is described in chapters 5, 6, and 7 to help you with this important goal.) ?Incorporate nutritional supplements scientifically shown to help optimize cardiovascular health (see chapter 8). ?If you smoke, quit. (Don't despair—it takes, on average, at least seven tries to eventually stop smoking!" - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.)

"Unlike fad diets, the Rice Diet Program is a dieta, a word that comes from ancient Greek, meaning 'way of life.' Even though "diet" is in the name, it is really more of a lifestyle program. It requires fairly serious caloric and sodium reductions, especially in the first phase of the program, which does put it in the diet category. Created by Dr. Walter Kempner, the Rice Diet Program is in stark contrast to current low-carb diets." - Craig Pepin-Donat, The Big Fat Health and Fitness Lie (Get the book.)

"Over the years, fad diets have identified particular foods or types of food as a leading cause of weight gain. In the 1990s, it was fat. Today, carbohydrates are the problem. There have also been claims that grapefruit, celery and other foods cause the body to burn additional calories. What each of these concepts has in common is the idea that calories are somehow less important than other factors in losing weight. Reality: Cutting calories is the key to losing weight. It doesn't matter whether the calories come from fat, protein or carbohydrates." - Bottom Line Health, Bottom Line's Health Breakthroughs 2007 (Get the book.)

"My problem is with fad diets that make great promises, and end up causing great harm. Fad diets typically promise a "quick fix," or to "melt fat in just two weeks." They ignore the reality that sustained health comes from making gradual, long-term, balanced adjustments to diet and overall lifestyle. fad diets distract people from the discipline and joy of creating a genuinely healthy and empowering way of eating. Many high-fat, high-protein, low-carbohydrate diets have come and gone from the American scene in the last few decades. Some have been very popular." - John Robbins, Food Revolution: How your diet can help save your life and our world (Get the book.)

"These are fad diets that embody the worst of medicine, science and the popular media. If you are only interested in a two-week menu plan to lose weight, then this book is not for you. I am appealing to your intelligence, not to your ability to follow a recipe or menu plan. I want to offer you a more profound and more beneficial way to view health. I have a prescription for maximum health that is simple, easy to follow and offers more benefits than any drug or surgery, without any of the side effects." - T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D. and Thomas M. Campbell II, The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health (Get the book.)

"White foods should be avoided, as should fad diets, such as liquid diets or diet pills, as they do not tend to promote sustainable weight loss. Exercise: Try to find an exercise activity to incorporate into your daily routine that is both physically achievable and enjoyable. It is important to accumulate 30 minutes of aerobic exercise a day. This may be in the form of a rapid walk or a comparable bike ride, swim, or session on the cross trainer. In addition, you should lift weights three times a week to lose fat." - Marshall Editions, 1000 Cures for 200 Ailments: Integrated Alternative and Conventional Treatments for the Most Common Illnesses (Get the book.)

"Years ago, fad diets recommended vinegar and grapefruit to help people lose weight. At the time, there wasn't any scientific evidence that they worked. Now there's credible research showing that vinegar, grapefruit, and a few other foods can improve blood sugar, insulin, and weight. Vinegar People with impaired glucose tolerance often crave foods made with vinegar, such as dill pickles, certain types of gravies, and vinaigrette salad dressings. It's almost as if their bodies are begging for foods to help regulate their blood-sugar levels." - Jack Challem, Stop Prediabetes Now: The Ultimate Plan to Lose Weight and Prevent Diabetes (Get the book.)

"Fad diets may produce some results, but the fact is that not only can these diets be unhealthy (particularly if you jump from one diet to the next), but once you go off the diet, the weight often returns—along with some added pounds. Much of the rapid weight loss you see with some of the diets and/or products available can be attributed to loss of water weight. Q Losing weight too quickly can suppress the immune system." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.)

"I turned my life around without taking drugs or following fad diets. Granted, I didn't accomplish all this overnight, but if I can make these changes, so can you. For years I had taken various vitamin supplements, but I paid little attention to what I was eating. By the mid-1990s, I was in denial of having a cluster of prediabetic symptoms (insulin resistance, belly fat, increasing blood pressure, and elevated cholesterol and triglycerides). My intraocular eye pressure, a risk factor for glaucoma, was also elevated at 21 and 22 mgHg." - Jack Challem, Stop Prediabetes Now: The Ultimate Plan to Lose Weight and Prevent Diabetes (Get the book.)

"The bottom line is that any diet that reduces carbohydrates and sodium dramatically will have excellent short-term results, which is what most fad diets are all about. Long-term results are about a sustained reduction of body fat and a slow and steady increase in lean muscle tissue. That does not happen after a four- to six-week diet. The Protein Diet IVIost diets that are high in protein will also dramatically increase your fat consumption, and I am not a fan of any diet built on fat." - Craig Pepin-Donat, The Big Fat Health and Fitness Lie (Get the book.) "It gives a complete medical dictionary covering hundreds of terms and expressions relating to fad diets. It also gives extensive lists of bibliographic citations. Health.com Compares most of the popular diets on the market. Just the Weigh You Are: How to Be Fit and Healthy, Whatever Your Size Linda Konner and Steven Jonas ISBN: 0395935237 Amazon Review: Steven Jonas, M.D., and fitness journalist Linda Konner assert that you can get fit and healthy whatever your size." - Craig Pepin-Donat, The Big Fat Health and Fitness Lie (Get the book.)

"Treating obesity should not include overly restrictive or fad diets that are missing essential nutrients. In fact, weight loss is not necessarily appropriate for a growing child. Often the best goal for an overweight child is to maintain their current weight as they grow taller. Q. 3o 0 Q_ O XT a i/i See also: Weight Loss and Obesity (page 446) Excessive weight in children and adolescents is becoming an increasingly serious problem.1" - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.) "However, in seeking a competitive edge, athletes are often susceptible to fad diets or supplements that have not been scientifically validated. Nevertheless, there is much useful research to guide the exerciser towatd optimum health and performance." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.) "Athletes who do not eat an optimal diet, especially those who are trying to control theit weight ot use fad diets while exercising strenuously, may become deficient in zinc to the extent that performance or health is compromised.205' 206 One double-blind trial in women found that 135 mg pet day of zinc for two weeks improved one measure of muscle strength.207 Whether these women were zinc deficient was not determined in this study." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.)

"But the real science has been buried beneath a clutter of irrelevant or even harmful information—junk science, fad diets and food industry propaganda. 1 0144 I want to change that. I want to give you a new framework for understanding nutrition and health, a framework that eliminates confusion, prevents and treats disease and allows you to live a more fulfilling life." - T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D. and Thomas M. Campbell II, The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health (Get the book.)

"Documented success Unlike the seemingly never ending parade of fad diets, and even the American Heart Association's recommended low-fat diet, my plant-based, high-nutrient-per-calorie diet has shown dramatic, documented success at lowering cholesterol. The chart below shows the cholesterol-lowering effect, over a 6-week time period, of various dietary interventions as documented in published medical journal articles." - Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Cholesterol Protection for Life, New Expanded Edition (Get the book.)

"SOME TIPS ON CUTTING BACK In general, fad diets don't work. On the other hand, self-discipline works very well. If you cut out one 300-calorie dessert daily, eat one meal of only a salad consisting of lettuce, tomatoes, some broccoli, and carrots, with no salad dressing, drink no alcoholic beverages, and increase your exercise by 50 percent, you will achieve the goal much faster. You will convert more fat to LBM and still maintain the caloric deficit. You can also follow some simple advice. • Eat for bulk. An apple has about 150 calories (so does a square of chocolate or a dollop of butter)." - James Scala Ph.D., 20 Natural Ways to Reduce the Risk of Prostate Cancer : A Mind-Body Approach to Health and Well-Being (Get the book.)

"Experienced bodybuilders know better than anyone how to adjust their food intake to attain the best possible physique for competition, which is relevant to this chapter because a lot of these principles are used in many fad diets to achieve similar short-term results. During the first stages of the diet, there are fewer dietary restrictions when most bodybuilders are bulking up, other than eating clean foods high in protein to help with the muscle building process. At this stage, good quality carbs are also needed, since they are the best source of energy for the body during intense training." - Craig Pepin-Donat, The Big Fat Health and Fitness Lie (Get the book.)

"If you forget fad diets and stick to this plan, Polk believes, you won't have to worry about obesity. "All the fad diets with their high-protein, low-sugar, low-carbohydrate directives," she says, "have confused people about some basic principles." Ignore any diet that encourages you to cut back on the fruits and vegetables that help prevent chronic disease. You don't want to put your long-term health at risk for short-term weight loss. In addition to selecting healthy foods, pay attention to the calories you take in. " - the Editors of FC&A Medical Publishing, Eat and Heal (Foods That Can Prevent or Cure Many Common Ailments) (Get the book.)

"Unfortunately, given the wide appeal of fad diets, that's easier said than done, says Dodd. "Some of the old fad diets, such as the high-protein diet, are popular again, and people tend to skimp on important dietary elements such as fruits, vegetables and dairy." According to diet research, the most popular diets—those emphasizing high or low levels of protein, carbohydrates and fat—all lead to deficiencies in important vitamins and minerals, particularly vitamins A and C, thiamin, iron and calcium." - The Editors of Prevention Magazine Health Books, Prevention's Healing With Vitamins : The Most Effective Vitamin and Mineral Treatments for Everyday Health Problems and Serious Disease (Get the book.)

"You've probably heard that it's some kind of metabolic state that accompanies these diets and that you should avoid it—and those "high-protein" fad diets that produce it—at all costs. Several years ago, in a column at iVillage, I wrote the following, which is still true today: Ketosis is so misunderstood and maligned that I really feel it's worthwhile to go into it in some detail. For those of you who are new to this, ketosis is something that happens in the body when you eat very, very few carbohydrates." - Jonny Bowden, M.A., C.N.S., Living the Low Carb Life: Controlled Carbohydrate Eating for Long-Term Weight Loss (Get the book.)

"Many young women—and, increasingly, men—become anemic as a result of following fad diets. If you truly need to lose weight, don't starve yourself; instead, restrict your consumption of fats and sugars, while eating lots of foods with high nutritional density, such as vegetables, fruits, soy products, and whole grains. For further weight-loss suggestions, see Obesity. þ, Super Seven Prescriptions—Anemia Super Prescription #1 Iron Take 50 to 100 mg of a well-absorbed form of iron, such as iron citrate, gluconate, glycinate, or fumarate, one to two times daily." - James F. Balch, M.D. and Mark Stengler, N.D., Prescription for Natural Cures: A Self-Care Guide for Treating Health Problems with Natural Remedies Including Diet and Nutrition, Nutritional Supplements, Bodywork, and More (Get the book.)

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