Fad diets:
A fad diet is a diet that promises quick weight loss through what is usually an unhealthy and unbalanced diet. Fad diets are targeted at people who want to lose weight quickly without exercise. Some fad diets claim that they make you lose fat, but its really water weight that you are losing.
Examples:
- High protein diets
- Liquid diets
- Grapefruit diet
- Juice or broth fasts
- Food-combining diets
- Crazy for cabbage
- Alkaline diet
- Detox diet
- Juice fasting
- Master cleanse
A fad diet or diet cult is a diet that makes promises of weight loss or other health advantages such as longer life without backing by solid science, and in many cases are characterized by highly restrictive or unusual food choices. Celebrity endorsements are frequently used to promote fad diets, which may generate significant revenue for the creators from the sale of associated products.
These diets are generally restrictive and are characterized by promises of fast weight loss or great physical health, and which are not grounded in sound science. One sign of fad diets is a requirement to purchase associated products and pay to attend seminars in order to gain the benefits of the diet. The basic principles of good diets are so simple that you can summarize them in just ten words: eat les, move more, eat lots of fruits and vegetables. For additional clarification, a five word modifier helps: go easy on junk foods. Follow these percepts and you will go on a long way toward preventing the major diseases of our overfed society- coronary heart disease, certain cancers, diabetes, stroke, osteoporosis, and a host of others. And they leave plenty of room for enjoying the pleasures of food.
Basal energy need accounts for about 60% of total energy requirement for most people. The basal requirement is affected by body size and composition.