So many people are jumping on the weight loss bandwagon, marketing new, healthy diets, which simply do not work. These generally take two forms, one which offers a new 'plan' or 'schedule', telling you what foods to eat and when. The other version, that's becoming increasingly common, are the 'cleansing' diets. These are the ones that tell you that being fat is not your fault, but the result of some sort of parasite or disease that you can combat... if you buy their product.
This simply isn't true. Despite the claims of the advertisers, these detoxification schemes never actually work. For example, I recently saw a product advertised that claims to get rid of the "dangerous worm" Paragonimus Westermani, which supposedly lives in everyone and causes health problems and obesity. Only problem with that is, Paragonimus Westermani comes from eating freshwater crabs. Live. When did you last eat a live crab? I seriously doubt it's as common as the advertisers seem to think.
In fact, a lot these so-called weight loss methods actually cause more problems then they solve, by encouraging you to remove the healthy bacteria as well as the bad ones. Following their instructions and getting rid of all bacteria can cause you disease, and even death, as your body is no longer defended.
Think of your body as a fortress, and all the bacteria as an army. Like any army, they need food and supplies, and so they consume a small amount of the food you eat. But this is only a small amount, and if they didn't do it you would be wide open to attack from all the bad bacteria out there that want nothing more then to kill you and eat you.
In fact, one of the 'cleansing' program sites showed me a horrible picture of the deadly plaque spots they say could form on your colon. I tell you, it looked really bad, and I was half convinced by them... until I noticed the little tag someone had forgotten to remove in the corner of the picture, which marked it as an image of candidiasis, not plaque. Someone really needed to do their homework better there, because candidiasis is caused by a lack of bacteria!
Now, maybe it's just me, but using a picture of a disease caused by having no bacteria, to try and get you to remove your bacteria, struck me as terribly silly. This person, I thought to myself, obviously doesn't care about checking their sources or giving good information. Why should I place my health in the hands of someone like that? Why should you?
It's all down to you, of course, but I would rather keep to dieting then risk myself on a new scheme that probably won't work, and could even seriously hurt me. Dieting is hard, and takes a lot of effort, but even if I wasn't willing to try I would prefer to be fat then to be dead.
So all these 'instant fat' and 'cleansing' programs make big promises, but have no idea what their talking about. For real diet advice, talk to your doctor or dietician, and throw these wacky new treatments in the trash where they belong. - 16650
This simply isn't true. Despite the claims of the advertisers, these detoxification schemes never actually work. For example, I recently saw a product advertised that claims to get rid of the "dangerous worm" Paragonimus Westermani, which supposedly lives in everyone and causes health problems and obesity. Only problem with that is, Paragonimus Westermani comes from eating freshwater crabs. Live. When did you last eat a live crab? I seriously doubt it's as common as the advertisers seem to think.
In fact, a lot these so-called weight loss methods actually cause more problems then they solve, by encouraging you to remove the healthy bacteria as well as the bad ones. Following their instructions and getting rid of all bacteria can cause you disease, and even death, as your body is no longer defended.
Think of your body as a fortress, and all the bacteria as an army. Like any army, they need food and supplies, and so they consume a small amount of the food you eat. But this is only a small amount, and if they didn't do it you would be wide open to attack from all the bad bacteria out there that want nothing more then to kill you and eat you.
In fact, one of the 'cleansing' program sites showed me a horrible picture of the deadly plaque spots they say could form on your colon. I tell you, it looked really bad, and I was half convinced by them... until I noticed the little tag someone had forgotten to remove in the corner of the picture, which marked it as an image of candidiasis, not plaque. Someone really needed to do their homework better there, because candidiasis is caused by a lack of bacteria!
Now, maybe it's just me, but using a picture of a disease caused by having no bacteria, to try and get you to remove your bacteria, struck me as terribly silly. This person, I thought to myself, obviously doesn't care about checking their sources or giving good information. Why should I place my health in the hands of someone like that? Why should you?
It's all down to you, of course, but I would rather keep to dieting then risk myself on a new scheme that probably won't work, and could even seriously hurt me. Dieting is hard, and takes a lot of effort, but even if I wasn't willing to try I would prefer to be fat then to be dead.
So all these 'instant fat' and 'cleansing' programs make big promises, but have no idea what their talking about. For real diet advice, talk to your doctor or dietician, and throw these wacky new treatments in the trash where they belong. - 16650
About the Author:
Author Johanna Williams is a respected expert in the fields of nutrition and dieting. After hearing about a popular but mistaken technique to lose weight, she decided to put together a site to tell people which fat loss products are actually useful.
