The Wrong Diets

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Fad diets are unhealthy. Some people believe that fad diets work. Fad diets are getting more and more popular in the dieting market. In today’s society people should be more educated on these diets before using them and these fad diets should be prescribed to a qualified patient by a health physician or doctor to people that are heavily obese that need to lose weight rapidly to help them with their health. Fad diet supplements are wrong because they provide no nutrients for the body and people need to know that they need healthy nutrients for a healthy weight loss. Because these diets are non-nutritional for one’s body, many people are harming their bodies just by taking these pills. Not all fad diets are for everyone. Many people are quick to believe that these diet supplements will shred inches off their waste line and shed those extra pounds fast just from advertisement. There are a variety of problems with fad diets. These diets should not be sold over the counter because of the lack of knowledge behind these diets, health risks, false advertisement and misuse. Studies prove that these diets are for short term weight loss and that they do not work long term. Also a study has been proven that citizens that use these fad diets will lose some weight but end up going back to their original weight within three years. “Fad diets” is a term for popular media, not science. There is no standard definition of what a fad diet is. Fad diets claim to me scientific but do not follow the scientific method in establishing their validity. Diet supplements or diet plans that the inventor of the diet guarantees that their product will shed those extra pounds quickly, yeah that’s sounds like a good deal but is it healthy? Some fad diets endors... ... middle of paper ... ... some diet supplements out to people who qualify to use a diet supplement. Then why are many diet products still sold over the counter? These fad supplements are still sold over the counter because they are there for people who want to try out these diets and see if they work. Also they are still being sold because their advertisement tricks customers that if they want to lose those extra few pounds that they cannot get rid of. Fad diets do not work for those people. There is a big debate to whether these fad diets should only be prescribed. If these diets were only to be prescribed by doctors to patients with weight problems many of the dietary supplement companies would suffer and jobs would be lost. However, if the diet supplements were to only prescribed by doctors, many people wouldn’t be putting their health at risk with using over the counter diet products.

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