I decided to read the article The facts behind fad diets written by Kerry Neville. The article focused on the facts behind fad diets and what consumers needed to pay attention to when considering a diet, and also explaining that the best way to lose weight. The article also mentioned that the best way still to lose weight is by being physical active and in good health. The article started off explaining that most popular diets are known as fad diets because everyone seems to be doing them at a certain time. Common fad diets that the article went over were the Atkins diet and the Zone diet. These diets were common to the average person for a while in our society because the so-called effects from being on the diet were instance weight loss with little effort.
The article then went into the reality of fad diets and weight loss and what should really be expected for living a healthy lifestyle. The author explained that there are no foods and no magical answers to weight loss and no foods that anyone can never eat; the real key to success is watching how much you eat, meaning watching calories you eat to try and match what you can burn in a day with a person’s physical activity level.
Then the author explained that instead on just jumping on any fad diet that the best thing for people to do is to focus on specific tips to help lose weight that are healthy and that are natural. The first tip that the author explained was to set realistic goals. The article mentioned that setting realistic goals for weight loss while trying to live a healthy life are easy. Many should begin by making goals like eating fewer portions during a typical meal or eating fruit instead of junk food. The author also mentioned that making little changes does in fact go a long way and should lead to even better changes.
Then the article went into another tip which was sticking to proper portions when eating meals throughout the day. The article explained that way too many people often eat large portions of food that make them gain excessive weight. People that allow for smaller portions do not gain as much weight and are able to control their eating habits. The author also mentioned that people can eat anything they want; they just have to watch how much they eat of certain products if the products they are eating are unhealthy.
Breakfast was also a big part of this article because of the many facts that it presented about how important breakfast is for a healthy lifestyle and for losing weight that fad diets cannot do. Research has shown in the article that when trying to lose weight, eating breakfast actually helps a person lose weight by eating it every morning. It’s when a person skips breakfast that weight is actually gained from eating larger amounts at other meal times.
Probably the most important tip of all in this article was to track your progress, meaning monitoring the calories that a person eats during the course of the day. The goal of this process is to track the amount of calories so that a person is able to keep them in check and in a target range in order to effectively lose weight. This also helps in the long run because tracking calorie intake will allow a person to keep weight off and stay healthier.
Finally the last tips that the author went over to help a person lose weight in a healthy style instead of going on fad diets were to slow down when eating because of the opportunity for our brain and body to process everything and tell us that we’ve had enough. This allows for people to eat reasonably and to eat the right amount of foods and portions. Lastly the article talked about eating more watery foods and for people to balance food and physical activity.
As for my opinion of the article I thought that the article had a great view on how to lose weight effectively and healthier instead of jumping on a fad diet. I thought that the article gave great details on how to lose the weight and the steps that a person would need to take in order to do so. One thing that I did not like about the article was that it did not really go into great detail about fad diets. The article talked somewhat of them, but I had hoped that the author would have provided a little more information on them instead of just saying that most are bad because they almost guarantee weight loss immediately. But overall I thought I gained more knowledge on fad diets and what they are and also on how to keep weight off and live a healthier life.
Joe Stevens
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