fad diets

Fad diets come in many forms: South Beach, Nutrisystem, Atkins, raw food, Ornish, Genotype, Zone, and even The "Hallelujah" Diet.

And every "diet" has its own gimmick: cooked food is dead food, carbohydrates are bad, eat based on your blood type, and the list goes on and on.

It's confusing. What are we supposed to eat! That's why one health expert says nowadays people have no idea what's good for them.

What's different about the information contained in peer-reviewed medical journals and late-night infomercials? Oh, not much; that is, if you don't consider facts to be all that relevant. This is just one of the reasons why self-proclaimed fitness gurus have no qualms selling you their latest and greatest (read: worthless and potentially dangerous) fad diet system, while degreed and learned researchers from prestigious medical institutions work daily to remind us that most fad diets don't work in the first place.

I've become somewhat unfazed about what celebrities eat, how they workout and how they get back to their size 1 jeans 3 weeks after giving birth. There is one name, though that appears to have become synonymous with stupid dietary, exercise and alternative practices. Ladies and gentlemen, Gwyneth Paltrow. (Warning, extreme "catty-ness" ahead)

The "Morning Banana Diet" has taken Japan by storm - to the point where stores can't keep up with the demand. The diet is as simple as it gets - beginning with eating a banana first thing in the morning. Here are some other details of the diet:

The word "cult" may conjure up an image of unorthodox or otherwise questionable or extreme religious followings, but the definition of "cults", according to Webster, also defines them as;

Before I go on, I would like to wish everybody a happy "Break your Diet" day. That's right - as I write this on March 18th, this is the day where the average person who starts a New Years resolution diet breaks it - 78.6 days. Well a newly released survey shows that more people are opting to measure their diets in years, rather than days - at least in the UK.

Celebrity + weight loss + unusual product = instant fad.

Beyoncé Knowles claims she lost 20 pounds by consuming a concoction made up of maple syrup, lemon juice, water and cayenne pepper. Of course it's not just any maple syrup but an organic "Madal Bal Natural Tree" syrup (UK distributor / USA distributor). Consequently sales of the product are soaring (src).