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Should you use a fad diet to lose the holiday weight?
Taking off those extra holiday pounds is rarely easy — at least not as easy as it is to pack them on.
Fad diets can offer a quick fix, but more often than not dieters end up gaining the weight back.
And fad diets rapidly become bad diets without the structure of a healthy, balanced diet and exercise plan.
Many people have tried some form of a fad diet at one time or another, possibly without even realizing it.
Do the Cabbage Soup Diet, Chocolate Diet, Scarsdale Diet, Three-day Diet, Seven-day All-you-can-eat Diet, One Good Meal Diet, Chicken Soup Diet, Metabolism Diet, Russian Air Force Diet, or Grapefruit/Fruit Juice Diet sound familiar?
What about diets promoted by so-called nutritional “experts,” such as the Zone diet, South Beach diet and Atkins diet?
Or the ubiquitous Slim Fast franchise which spawned an entire meal replacement bar and drink industry?
The American Heart Association (AHA) recommends “adopting healthy eating habits permanently, rather than impatiently pursuing crash diets in hopes of losing unwanted pounds in a few days.
“Many of these diets — like the infamous Cabbage Soup Diet — can undermine your health, cause physical discomfort (abdominal discomfort and flatulence) and lead to disappointment when you regain weight soon after you lose it,” the AHA Web site states.
* Promises people can lose weight and keep it off without giving up “fatty” foods or exercising on a regular basis.
If a diet plan or product sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
* Bases its claims on “before and after” photos.
* Offers testimonials from clients or “experts” in weight loss, science or nutrition.
Remember that these people are probably being paid to advertise the diet plan or product.
* Draws simple conclusions from complex medical research.
* Limits food choices and doesn’t encourage balanced nutrition by eating a variety of foods.
* Requires spending a lot of money on things like seminars, pills or prepackaged meals in order for the plan to work.
But the AHA says there are a number of ways to keep the pounds off, including physical activity and nutritional plans designed for permanent use.
According to the AHA, physical activity — such as walking 30 minutes most or all days of the week — helps prevent weight gain and maintain a healthy weight.
Physical inactivity is also a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke.
Following a regimen for a few weeks won’t give you the chance to learn about how to permanently change your eating patterns.
The AHA site added, “a healthy diet rich in fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains and fat-free or low-fat dairy products, along with regular physical activity, can help most people manage and maintain weight loss for both cardiovascular health and appearance.”
Often, ‘fad’ amounts to ‘bad’ when it comes to diets (Monroe Times)
MONROE — Taking off those extra holiday pounds is rarely easy — at least not as easy as it is to pack them on.
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How to avoid the holiday weight gain
FESTIVE fatties got an unwelcome present from diet experts yesterday – a warning it will take them three months to lose the weight they have piled on.
Britons put on an average of eight pounds – just under four kilos – from over-indulging to celebrate Christmas and New Year, a study reveals.
The 7000-calorie Christmas Day binge is a major factor, but weight gain starts in November when the first office parties begin, according to meal replacement firm Slim Fast.
Then there is a stream of parties and functions up to the family get-together for the big meal itself and the following days off, spent by many of us lying around tucking into sweets, snacks and booze.
The Christmas Day calorie intake is the equivalent of three-and-a-half days of normal calorie consumption, according to the research.
For those who want to avoid doing too much more damage, their report offers helpful tips, such as eating a healthy meal before going to a party to avoid snacking.
The report also suggests dancing whenever possible at functions because it can knock off 100 calories in just 20 minutes.
Another hint from nutritionist Fiona Hunter is to reward good eating behaviour.
For instance, award yourself a half-hour lie-in for every day without chocolate.
She said: “Most people see the after-effects of the festive season for weeks afterwards and what with the anti-climax of all that fun, January can be a very miserable time.
The fastest way to depress yourself is to compare your weight and shape to others.”
3 MONTHS TO SHIFT CHRISTMAS STUFFING (Daily Record)
FESTIVE fatties got an unwelcome present from diet experts yesterday – a warning it will take them three months to lose the weight they have piled on.
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Slim-Fast Meal Replacements Effective in Controlling Hunger and Helping Lose Weight
A clinical study has confirmed that a 190-calorie Slim-Fast Optima® meal replacement shake was effective in controlling hunger significantly longer than a 400-calorie meal consisting of a hamburger and a soft drink.
A clinical study has confirmed that a 190-calorie Slim-Fast Optima® meal replacement shake was effective in controlling hunger significantly longer than a 400-calorie meal consisting of a hamburger and a soft drink.
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Screw
Health magazine or Shape, Fitness, and Men’s Health. LA Hotel workers
have a new way to lose those pesky holiday pounds, just in time for New
Year’s.
Sixteen hotel workers from hotels near LAX recently completed a seven-day hunger strike
aimed at getting the city to maintain the living wage law which goes
into effect on Dec. 30 but which business groups are trying to repeal.
“We
hope the companies open their eyes and see that we are human beings,”
said Isabel Brentner, 51, a lobby attendant at the airport-area Hilton
hotel. “They are making a lot of money and they have to take care of
their employees. I lost 10 pounds in seven days, but it’s very
important for me that we have a living wage,” she said.
Ten pounds in seven days? Geez, why didn’t they call us to particpate in the hunger strike? We could have used it.
Just kidding of course. The living wage act is a very serious matter
and this hunger strikes illustrates just one of the many struggles
throughout the world between hotel employees and their employers. Our
prediction for 2007? This battle is just getting started.
 HotelChatter | LA Hotel Workers Show You How to Lose 10 Pounds in 7 Days HotelChatter,?MA?- Screw Health magazine or Shape, Fitness, and Men’s Health. LA Hotel workers have a new way to lose those pesky holiday pounds, just in time for New Year’s. … |
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Lose 10 pounds in 6 weeks with green tea
In 2005, Fortune 500-ranked Oprah Winfrey among the top five most powerful women in business.
So when Oprah featured a doctor on her show who guaranteed it was possible to lose 10 pounds in six weeks by drinking green tea, America took notice.
But while some experts claim green tea is effective in promoting weight loss, many skeptics still consider it a fad.
“I think that continued studies are going to be important, but it is certainly a possibility that green tea can promote weight loss,” said Stacey Matavuli, a registered dietician at Bloomington Hospital.
“I think the challenging part is that one brand of green tea might have a different concentration of the active ingredient than another brand.”
Studies have shown green tea to be an effective nutritional supplement.
According to researchers at the Linus Pauling Institute, oolong, or green-tea extract, resulted in a 3 percent to 4 percent average increase in energy used by the body.
Researchers defined oolong teas as those that are fermented, then heated and dried.
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition recently published a study validating green tea’s effectiveness.
Instead, drinking green tea would be helpful in leading a healthier lifestyle, she said.
“If people want to try it, it’s not going to be harmful, necessarily.
It has good antioxidants in it because it’s a plant-based food,” Matavuli said.
According to the Maryland Medical Center’s Web site, there are only minimal side effects associated with green tea, such as muscle pain, headaches, dizziness and abdominal pain.
However, these usually occur when large amounts of green tea are consumed, the study said.
Researchers often base the quantity of tea given to research subjects on the amount of green tea typically consumed in Asian countries, which is about three cups per day.
The Maryland Center listed that several tablets and capsules of green tea extract are available, many of which provide the equivalent of up to four cups of green tea.
“Long-term weight loss takes behavior changes, and drinking green tea isn’t enough of a behavior change to get extended results,” Matavuli said.
“Weight loss is about calories in versus calories out.”
| Fact or Fiction Indiana Daily Student - … So when Oprah featured a doctor on her show who guaranteed it was possible to lose 10 pounds in six weeks by drinking green tea, America took notice. … |
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Lose 10 pounds in 10 days
Here’s a summary of an article about losing 10 pounds in 10 days with a side of humor
For a 55-year-old man, I’m in pretty good shape.
I run or walk three and a half miles every day.
I don’t smoke or drink (although I do cuss).
(I measured it just now with my wrist monitor.)
And thanks to those daily workouts, my resting pulse is usually down in the 50s.
Nevertheless, I’m still 25 pounds overweight, and each summer my family requires me to stroll on a public beach near Kennebunkport, Maine, in a pair of royal-blue swimming trunks.
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So each spring I should be a sucker for a certain kind of e-mail that I’m always receiving (and I’ll bet you are, too).
Lose Up to 10 LBS THE FIRST WEEK!
Melt Off 5-10 Pounds in the Next 7 Days!
I have dozens more like them in my Quackery folder.
I collect them the way some people collect postcards or paperweights.
(I especially enjoy the ones that say, “Loose 10 pounds.” Would you trust a weight-loss company that doesn’t know the difference between loose and lose?)
Elsewhere, I’ll tell you a few of the hilarious adventures we’ve had in tracking down the senders and testing their products.
Can a person really lose weight that fast?
In other words, if you absolutely have to, can you get down to a size six for your cousin’s wedding?
Can you shed the five pounds the camera will put back on during your “60 Minutes” interview?
If you notice, most of those e-mails promise weight loss of one or two pounds per day for periods of a week to a month.
Suppose we go easy on them and say we only want to drop ten pounds in ten days.
Let’s start by considering the flesh and bone.
You can easily get rid of ten pounds by cutting off an arm.
The average arm weighs just about that much, if you take it off at the shoulder.
This is convenient, too, because the arm that you’ll want to spare also happens to be the better one for holding the saw.
I’m right-handed, for example, so I would naturally want to remove my left arm, which I don’t use much anyway, except for shaking hands with Bob Dole.
So, yes, you can lose ten pounds in ten days — in fact, you can lose ten pounds in a minute if you have a sharp Homelite and a bottle of Wild Turkey.
Some people, however, will prefer to the second method: losing water.
(I’m not going to say which is better. I don’t want to take sides here.)
The average person sweats, breathes, and pees away about 80 ounces of water a day.
This means that eating dry food and shunning all drinks should remove 80 ÷ 16 = five pounds per day.
Unfortunately, your body desperately wants to replace that water, to keep your blood from getting too salty and short-circuiting the nerve signals that run your brain and muscles.
In other words, eschewing liquids may get you the ten-pound loss in only three days — but you’ll probably end up wearing that size 6 in your coffin.
(By the way, you can also kick the bucket from drinking too much water. See “Death by Waterlogging” in the July 2002 issue of Piping Hot!)
So now we’re down to the third method: burning fat.
Fat in your body is like gasoline in a car.
It stores the energy you need for walking, running, refinancing your mortgage, opening childproof bottle caps, and all the other necessities of life.
(Including thinking. Your head uses one-quarter of your total energy expenditure, which may be why Thomas Edison said, “The chief function of your body is to carry your brain around.”)
As a storage medium, fat is wonderfully efficient.
A pound of body weight contains 3500 calories — almost as much as a pound of gasoline.
This is good, because otherwise your body would have to convert excess calories into glycogen, a kind of carbohydrate stored along with water in the liver and muscles.
To equal the storage capacity of 50 pounds of fat (the amount in my body right now), this glycogen/water mixture would have to weigh more than 400 pounds — and I would have to weigh more than 550.
(I would also have a gigantic liver.)
Because fat is so efficient, however, you need to expend a lot of energy to get rid of a pound of it.
A 200-some pounder like me can operate on 2800 calories a day — or 3300 if I throw in my daily walk or run.
Since a pound of body weight is 3500 calories, this means I can’t lose a pound a day unless I eat nothing and increase my workout to five miles.
If you can do this for ten days straight, you’re a better (and thinner) person than I am.
If you weigh 400 pounds, however, your energy needs are proportionately higher.
You could easily lose a pound a day by eating what I eat instead of what you eat.
But you’d feel just as famished as I do when I eat nothing.
That’s because your body has an amazingly sophisticated system designed to “correct” a sudden weight loss by making you feel ravenously hungry.
The only way to fool this system is by losing weight slowly.
Can’t I take a pill or eat something to rev up my metabolism so I burn calories faster?
In fact, this is what most of the products in those e-mails promise.
But the truth is, even a dangerous level of amphetamines (probably the most powerful metabolic booster available) will increase your burn rate by only about 20 percent.
You can do better than that by taking a long walk every day.
The only real solution, then, is cutting off your arm.
And so far, none of these e-mails has offered to sell me a chainsaw.
Right now it’s time for me to practice the fourth method of quick weight loss, which I forgot to mention.
It works instantly, it’s perfectly safe, it’s relatively effective, and it costs absolutely nothing. It’s called Sucking in Your Gut.
You can’t lose 10 pounds in 10 days — a funny article exposing exaggerated weight-loss claims … Lose 10 Pounds in 10 Days! By Terry Dunkle. Diet Power …
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