Fad diet or bad diet for weight loss
According to a recent survey, 64% of women desire to lose weight, and 48% of men
An estimated 45 million Americans go on a diet each year
Americans spend $33 billion each year on weight loss products
Over 2/3rds of the adults in the US over age 20 are overweight or obese
Overweight and Obesity in Diabetes
89.0% were overweight or had obesity, defined as a body mass index (BMI) of 25 kg/m2 or higher. Specifically:
27.6% were overweight (BMI of 25.0 to 29.9 kg/m2).
45.8% had obesity (BMI of 30.0 to 39.9 kg/m2).
15.5% had extreme obesity (BMI of 40.0 kg/m2 or higher).
What are Fad Diets?
Weight loss plan or aid that promises quick, dramatic results, that often lead to quick weight re-gain
Often involves only short-term dietary changes
Rapid weight loss
Limited food combinations
What is the problem with Fad Diets?
Can lead to nutritional deficiencies
Rapid weight loss may be water weight
Not sustainable for long periods of time
Types of Fad Diets
Magic foods: Cabbage Soup, Raw Food Diet
Liquid diets: Shakes, Cleansing, etc.
Meal replacements
Examples of recent fad diets: Make a chart
Acai Berry Diet
3 Day Diet
Beverly Hills Diet
Grapefruit Diet
Cabbage Soup Diet
HCG
Tapeworm Diet
17 Day Diet
Slim Fast
Negative Calorie Diet
Hollywood Diet
Apple Cider Vinegar Diet
Dukan Diet
Sacred Heart Diet
The Alkaline Diet
Liquid Amino Acid Diet
Zone Diet
The Baby Food Diet
The Clean Program
The KE Diet
South Beach Diet
The Blood Type Diet
The Pil-Sook Diet
Magic Foods
What Is It?
Eating plans that claim eating particular foods or combinations of foods will cause rapid fat burning and weight loss
How It Works
Weight loss is due to the special combination of ingredients provided by the diet, the enzymes in these foods, or the chemical reactions that form, or because of the elimination of “toxins” from the body
Risks and Downfalls
Depending on the diet, there may be protein, vitamin, and mineral deficiencies
Gastrointestinal issues
Weak or tired
Weight re-gain once diet stopped
Research
There's no scientific evidence that any one foods used in these diets or combinations of foods facilitate fat burning in the body
Liquid Diets
What Is It?
Eating plan that requires one, most, or all of daily calories from liquids, rather than solid foods
How It Works
Replacing one or more regular meal with a meal replacement drink or juice will reduce overall daily caloric intake
Meal Replacement Programs
What is it?
A program for fee that supplies your food to you.
How it works?
The eating plan that takes the guess work out of eating and will reduce the overall daily caloric intake.
What can we learn from fad diet?
Focusing on food quality if very important
What we all agree on about Quality Foods
High quality foods: unrefined, minimally processed foods & vegetables
Lower quality foods: highly processed snacks foods, sugar-sweetened beverages, refined (white) grains, refined sugar, fried foods, foods high in saturated and trans fat
Eating in appropriately size portions
Almost any diet can cause weight loss if you stick to it
What we do not learn from fad diets?
Lifestyle changes that are sustainable and long term.
How to make healthy food choices that we may encounter daily.
How to maintain a relationship with food
Red Flags for a Fad Diet? Make a chart
Recommendations made to help sell you something
Recommendations based on studies that aren’t peer reviewed
Recommendations from studies that ignore differences among individuals or groups
What are the goals of medical nutrition therapy by a diabetes specialist?
Maintain blood sugar level in normal range without low blood sugars.
A cholesterol profile that reduces risk for vascular disease.
Keeping blood pressure levels in the normal range.
To prevent the rate of development of chronic complications of diabetes.
Most importantly, to address individual nutrition needs, taking into account personal and cultural preferences (which even varies among Americans in different regions) and willingness to change.
To maintain the pleasure of eating by limiting only food choices when indicated by the disease, condition or scientific evidence.
