The Worst Diets Ever
The WebMD site has a nice little article on crash diets, called “The Worst Diets Ever: Diets That Don’t Work.” While it doesn’t call out very many diets by name, it provides a good set of guidelines on how to evaluate a diet program.
What does a bad diet look like? The author, Kathleen Zelman, offers 5 criteria to ID which ones to avoid:
- Diets that focus on only a few foods or food groups
- “Detox” diets
- Diets with “Miracle” foods or ingredients
- Fasting and very low calorie diets
- Diets that sound too good to be true
Read the whole thing: it’s a good reality check.
Rob on 26 Jun 2008 at 6:35 pm #
Yes, that’s a nice read. Too bad so many people get hooked by some of the false claims not realizing how easy it could be to balance out their nutrition for far better long term benefits and save lot’s of $$$ as well. All it takes is a little (accurate) knowledge.