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Weight Loss and DietThe general public seems to have an unlimited appetite not only for calories, but also for new diets that promise to help them eliminate those calories. With up to one-half of people in the U.S. alone ‘on a diet’ at any given time, there is no shortage of diet “gurus” ready to offer them advice. Despite the fact that legions of dieters have tried and failed—in many cases, over and over again—to maintain their weight loss, these people gladly embrace the latest fad diet that promises effortless weight loss. Often unfamiliar with the principles of nutrition, dieters can be fooled by plans that claim to be based on “new scientific discoveries”. In fact, though, many of today’s high-protein/high-fat diets are really nothing but a clever repackaging of old and discredited diet schemes. But because many dieters have failed to sustain their weight loss with low-fat diet plans, they assume that an alternative approach might work. Let’s explore which diets do work, and why. « Back |
