Tag Archives: Fad Diets

Advocates of the keto diet claim that it offers a variety of health benefits, including improved metabolism, more energy, rapid weight loss, superior concentration, better bone density, anti-inflammatory properties, lower stress levels, and even an improved ability to build lean muscle mass. [Read more]

Fad diets are diets that promote short-term weight loss usually with complete disregard to long-term weight maintenance. Fad diets often gain popularity and commercial success because they tend to offer a “quick fix” to your weight loss needs. However, these diets are usually unhelpful and can even cause health problems. [Read more]

HCG is not approved by the Food and Drug Administration for weight loss purposes. [Read more]

The American Society of Bariatric Physicians (ASBP) supports the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) decision to remove homeopathic HCG weight loss products from the market. [Read more]

As a weight loss doctor, I often see people who are looking for the next quick fix for their overweight. [Read more]

Many fad diets focus on a single food, such as cabbage or grapefruit, as the core of the weight loss diet. [Read more]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had received 23 reports of liver damage and one death linked to Hydroxycut products at the time the recall was issued. [Read more]

Some justify not starting a weight loss program because of the (false) belief that weigh cycling (yo-yo dieting) is less healthy than remaining overweight. This is NOT true. [Read more]

Patients often equate fast weight loss with fad diets. They tell me they fear more rapid regain if they lose the pounds quickly. [Read more]

At least each month another “new” diet hits the scene with all of it’s fanfare. Yet so rarely does someone lose weight after a couple of weeks, or keep it off for any length of time. [Read more]