fad diets

Don’t do it! | Crash diets are dangerous!

January 20, 2012 fad diets January 20, 2012

My husband met someone today who told him she was researching juicers to go on a juice fast for 30 days! Yes, thirty whole days with no whole food! And, I’ve heard of so many of them…HCG diet, Grapefruit Diet, etc….there are new ones popping up all the time! It’s amazing! I’m so disappointed that our country spends more money on fad diets and products than on teaching, learning and setting up our nation to be healthy, eat right and exercise properly. I was SO PROUD of FIThubby for telling this woman, before he left, that this “diet” was a bad idea.  I am not always willing to give people advice if they don’t ask for it. One of my hobbies is to research things ...

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FITori Answers | How do I lose weight?

December 13, 2011 fad diets December 13, 2011

I get this question a lot. When I tell people my passion is fitness and nutrition, people ask me how to lose weight. My friends ask for help. [I ask my friends for help w/ their passions also...not dogging my friends for asking...ask away! I'm an open book!]  The problem with this question though [as I've said too many times I'm sure...sorry for being a broken record] is that the answer is too complex!! I can’t answer it! The truth is that I wanted to go into business and be an online fitness, nutrition and wellness counselor.  The problem?  Many people don’t value this service and aren’t willing to pay for it! :(   My time is precious these days. I want to soak up every ...

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fad diet | hcg diet

August 6, 2010 fad diets August 6, 2010

Let me be really clear before I say anything else….I DO NOT SUPPORT FAD DIETS!  I am not a doctor either. I recognize that sometimes fad diets are used and prescribed by doctors for severely obese patients because the risks involved in the fad diets are less than those of continuing on obese (i.e. Atkins’ original intent).  But, this blog is not for the severely obese. This blog is one about health and nutrition and treating your body with care…not abusing it. This diet scares me! HCG is a pregnancy hormone.  It fights fatigue so with this diet you take injections or put drops under your tongue of HCG in order to eat a diet of only 500 calories a day!!!!  This diet has been ...

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