Fad diets are diets that involve rapid weight loss, but are only to be followed for a short period of time.   The term has also come to mean any diet that explodes into national or international fame, only to plummet into obscurity. Some of these fad diets include the cabbage soup diet, the Atkins diet, and the cookie diet.
Another name for these fad diets are food faddism. Any time one particular food suddenly becomes a superstar, that’s a food [...] Continue Reading…

Everyone is familiar with the Subway Diet featuring Jared, the guy who lost 245 pounds in a year by walking and replacing two meals a day with Subway sandwiches. If you ever wanted to know how this whole thing got started, keep reading.

Jared Fogle worked his way through college by working at an adult book store.  Like many people he sat around too much and ate too many snacks – his habits causing him to balloon to 425 pounds.  [...] Continue Reading…

Many people have heard of the Atkins diet, the short name for Atkins nutritional approach.  Dr. Robert Atkins invented this low-carb diet.  He had gained a lot of weight in medical school.  He read about this diet in the medical journal.  He perfected it and released it to the public.

Atkins, in his Atkins Diet, believed prevailing theories about weight gain were all wrong.  First, he dismissed the idea that saturated fats were bad. Carbohydrates, found in potatoes, and breads, [...] Continue Reading…