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>> this seems to be standard effect of many dietary fads, i.e. they end up enforcing compliance with a low calories regime. > Which is a good thing! Not reall
by pizza234 7y ago
>> this seems to be standard effect of many dietary fads, i.e. they end up enforcing compliance with a low calories regime.
> Which is a good thing!
Not really; actually, it's a bad thing.
In the long term, people trying fad diets generally go back to the old habits.
Going through a diet cycle is always risky, as the metabolism is affected. When one stops a diet, one increases the food income, and needs to be very careful, because for a period, the body will consume less and accumulate fats easier.
If one went through a fad diet, they're more likely not to have enough discipline, and consequently, more likely to get the weight lost and more.
Net effect: more fat on the body and less muscles. This is the yo-yo effect. It's real.
Additionally, fad diets tend to de-emphasize the importance of sports (as they oppose to the very traditional diet regime of "eating less and doing sports"), which cause an impact on the muscle mass.
- riffraff 7y agoI meant that if your new eating regime helps you keep calories down, it's good. I didn't mean that you should try keto or if or paleo or WW or whatever for a month and then stop. If you are actively trying to lose weight in any way, and then go back to old habits then it's bad for you, even if you got the diet from a medical doctor. If instead you start using any kind of low-calories diet, and can keep it up, then it doesn't matter if it's only because of low calories or because of some other physiological effects. I am not sold on the idea that dietary fads de-emphasize sport.
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- skohan 7y ago> Additionally, fad diets tend to de-emphasize the importance of sports (as they oppose to the very traditional diet regime of "eating less and doing sports"), which cause an impact on the muscle mass. That'a interesting, because I've read several places that exercise is almost antagonistic with respect to weight loss. Basically doing sport increases appetite, and it's really easy to eat more extra calories than you burned during a workout. On the other hand, diet alone can be very effective at managing weight.