All Diet Trends Suck – There… It Absolutely Had To Be Said

There’s no beating around the bush with this topic… ALL diet trends suck. I mean, are totally and utterly piles of cow dung just sitting in an open field on a sunny July day. They stink. Bad. All of them. As soon as you start adhering to one diet, another one comes along that you want to consider. Do you know what each of them has in common? They aren’t going to help you reach your goals. Here’s why.

Trends = Fads

You have detox diets. IIFYM. Atkins. Ketogenic. Paleo. South Beach. Weight Watchers. Zone. Mediterranean. Military. Ice Cream. The list goes on and on. It’s as if every week something new comes out. Know why there are so many? Because none of them truly work as an end all be all nutrition plan. Yet, all of them have one thing in common — calorie restriction. That’s the common denominator for all diets that are geared towards weight loss.

There is no secret. There is no magic potion or special sauce that is available on the underground black market. It just doesn’t exist. And people look at personal trainers and nutritionists like they have the goods and aren’t sharing the secrets. That’s because there are none!

The reason why most diet trends come and go is that they are hard and unrealistic to utilize as a lifestyle. That’s why all diet trends suck. They’re just a trend and not a lifestyle modification. Most diet trends extremely restrictive of certain foods or food groups, and unless you live in a house with a personal chef who cooks everything and goes grocery shopping for you, you’re doomed to fail.

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Now, I’m not saying that these diet trends cannot yield positive results. But, more times than not, the weight that you lose from these diet trends will eventually come back once the diet is discontinued. The same principle can be said about fat burners and diuretics. Sure, they can aid in weight loss, but once you stop using them, the weight creeps back up because you haven’t changed anything about your lifestyle.

Don’t believe the hype

Every time a see new diet trends floating around the internet and social media, I can’t help but roll my eyes. I wish I could sit here and type away at the perfect diet that I can give you to help you drop those unwanted pounds, but without knowing you, testing different foods and macronutrient ratios, I simply can’t. That’s not to say that you should just throw your hands up in the air and give up. Half of the battle when fighting the bulge is to figure out your own body. Everyone is unique. We all have different metabolisms. Our bodies process and utilize nutrients differently. Not everyone has the same activity level throughout the day either. There is no one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to weight loss.

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If there was a nutrition plan that worked for everyone, you wouldn’t see the obesity rates rising each year. Don’t believe the hype behind diet trends. If you truly want to lose weight and improve your health, you need to find a dietician to work with. They will be able to put together a plan that is specific to you and they’ll have the ability to monitor your results and make changes quite quickly to ensure you keep progressing. Dieticians take the guesswork out of trying to figure out what your body needs from a caloric and macro perspective.

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