March 08, 2007
IAFF's FoodFit Warns On Fad Diets
FoodFit from IAFF reminds their membership during "National Nutrition Month" that fad diets don't work."Fad diets are popular because many of them do work for a short time. However, it is likely that much of the weight you lose is from water and lean muscle, not body fat. Most individuals cannot keep up with the demands of a diet that restricts certain foods and many calories. In addition, when calories are severely restricted, your body goes into starvation mode, causing your metabolism to actually slow down. You end up gaining back any weight that you may lose – known as the “yo-yo diet” effect."
EatRight.org has a list of fad diets through the years.
| 1820 | Vinegar and Water Diet Made popular by Lord Byron |
| 1825 | Low Carbohydrate Diet First appeared in The Physiology of Taste by Jean Brillat-Savarin |
| 1830 | Graham’s Diet Only legacy: Invented Graham crackers |
| 1863 | Banting’s Low Carbohydrate Diet “Banting” becomes a popular term for dieting |
| 1903 | Horace Fletcher promotes “Fletcherizing” Chew food 32 times |
| 1917 | Calorie Counting Introduced by Lulu Hunt Peters in her book Diet and Health, With Key to the Calories |
| 1925 | Cigarette Diet “Reach for a Lucky instead of a sweet” |
| 1928 | Inuit Meat-and-Fat Diet Caribou, raw fish and whale blubber |
| 1930 | Hay Diet Carbohydrates and proteins not allowed at the same meal |
| Dr. Stoll’s Diet Aid First of the liquid diet drinks | |
| 1934 | Bananas and Skim Milk Diet Backed by the United Fruit Company |
| 1950 | Cabbage Soup Diet Flatulence is listed as a main side effect |
| Grapefruit Diet Also known as Hollywood Diet | |
| 1960 | Zen Macrobiotic Diet Created by Japanese philosopher George Ohsawa |
| 1961 | Calories Don’t Count Diet FDA filed charges regarding diet’s claims |
| 1964 | Drinking Man’s Diet Harvard School of Public Health declared diet unhealthful |
| 1970 | Sleeping Beauty Diet Individuals heavily sedated for several days |
| Liquid Protein Diets Liquid protein drinks were low in vitamins and minerals | |
| 1981 | Beverly Hills Diet Only fruit for first 10 days but in unlimited amounts |
| 1985 | Fit for Life Avoid combining protein and carbohydrate foods |
| Caveman Diet Foods from the Paleolithic Era | |
| 1986 | Rotation Diet Rotating number of calories taken in from week to week |
| 1987 | Scarsdale Diet Low-carbohydrate, low-calorie diet plan |
| 1990 | Cabbage Soup Diet Diet from 1950s resurfaces on the Web |
| 1994 | High Protein, Low Carb Diet Dr. Atkin’s version |
| 1995 | Sugar Busters — Cut Sugar to Trim Fat Eliminates refined carbohydrates |
| 1996 | Eat Right for Your Type Diet based on blood type |
| 1999 | Juice, Fasting and Detoxification Perennial dieting favorites reappear in combination |
| 2000 | Raw Foods Diet Focuses on uncooked, unprocessed organic foods |
| 2001 | High Protein, Low Carb Diet 1994 diet updated |
| 2004 | Coconut Diet Fats replaced with coconut oil |
| 2005 | Cheater’s Diet Cheating on the weekend is required |
| 2006 | Maple Syrup Diet Features a special syrup-lemon drink |
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blindness by too much sugar in my diet caused me to mementarily think that first one read:
vinegar and worm diet.... eeek
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vinegar and worm diet.... eeek
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