03/01/2025
With New Year Resolutions in full swing, we wanted to share some guidance around FAD DIETS.
A little about Fad Diets and what to stay away from;
A Fad Diet is a plan that promotes results such as fast weight loss without robust scientific evidence to support its claims.
Fad diets can be tempting as they promise a quick fix to a long – term problem. However, restrictive, or extreme diets that have no scientific basis can put your health at risk.
Stay away from diets that:
- Promise rapid weight loss of more than 1kg of body fat a week such as the keto diet or extreme or total fasting.
- Promote the avoidance or severe limitation of a whole food group.
- Recommend magical fat burning effects of foods such as the grapefruit diet or hidden ingredients in foods or alleged fat burning substances such as green tea extract or raspberry ketones.
- Suggest substituting everyday foods or food groups for expensive doses of supplements, expensive ingredients, or special products such as the bullet-proof diet.
- Promote eating mainly one type of food (monodiet) e.g. cabbage soup diet, chocolate diet, or eggs diet, or avoiding oil cooked foods (raw food diet).
These are just a few examples of Fad Diets to avoid, however for a full list and more information, follow the link below;
https://www.bda.uk.com/static/c67fc468-a3a0-45d6-838a6e36f260be67/92ccdf70-e249-498a-87c68ac00621721a/Fad-Diets-food-fact-sheet.pdf
Our dieticians in the team are always happy to help with advice and guidance around your diet whether it be weight management, bowel health and function, food myths and much more.
The Next Steps Team
