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Best Fad Diets

(Submited by: Alan Cooper )

What are the best fad diets? It's a question I'm often asked. Unfortunately, I'm not really in favour of fad diets, so it's a difficult one to answer.It's not that I'm against all fad diets on principle. But if there's one message I'd like ... Read article

Diets, Diets, DietsDo They Work?

(Submited by: Mike Yeager )

Almost everyone has attempted to follow diets and weight loss programs at some time in their lives. The trouble with so many diets and low fat diets is that they are hard to follow. Some diets leave you hungry and craving food all the time. A ... Read article

Weighing-In On Low Carb Diets

(Submited by: Timothy Robinson )

With all of the conflicting studies and fuzzy interpretation of information, it's no wonder that confusion reigns when it comes to the value and safety of low-carb diets. It seems like heated debates are raging everywhere! Whether it's Atkins, ... Read article

Rating the Fad Diets

(Submited by: Brian Johnston )

THE 200 POINT SYSTEMWith so many different diets available, how are we to know what works and what is safe? The only way to be sure is to discover the author's background and the research behind the diet's methodology. Every good diet ... Read article

Lets Talk About Fad Diets

(Submited by: Marjorie Geiser )

Although the big push for fad diets has died down a little bit, it is still estimated that at least two-thirds of Americans are on some type of diet at any given time. Although research shows the importance of eating from all the major food ... Read article

7 Reasons Low Carb Diets are Wrong

(Submited by: Charles Remington )

The human body is designed to run best on a certain type and balance of fuel. Unfortunately the latest low-carbohydrate fad diets are not fuel that the human body was designed to run on. Low - carbohydrate diets can cause several health ... Read article

Top 15 Reasons to Avoid Low Carb Diets

(Submited by: Greg Landry, M.S. )

Low carb (carbohydrate), high protein diets are the latest dieting craze. However, before you jump on the band wagon, you may want to consider a few things: 1. Low carb (ketogenic) diets deplete the healthy glycogen ... Read article

Low Carb and Lowfat Diets...A Scam?!

(Submited by: Tara Barker )

If anyone knows anything about fitness, its that a low fat diet is the healthiest way to avoid serious diseases, right? Maybe wrong.In many instances quality research has shown just the oppositethat a low fat diet, sometimes even a ... Read article

How to Select the Best Diet for You?

(Submited by: Simon Chobod )

In the old West tricksters sold a snake oil to the unsuspecting cowboys. That snake oil was supposed to cure all illnesses. Now in the Internet country it is a miracle diet that promises to bring instant slimness to your body and cure all health ... Read article

Five Serious Dangers of Low Carbohydrate Diets

(Submited by: John Mericle M.D. )

CancerCoronary heart diseaseStrokeOsteoporosisMajor Depression from Brain StarvationHeadlines.WASHINGTON, Jun 22, 2004 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- A coalition of nutrition, public health ... Read article

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