There are many fad diets advertised in gossip magazines and scattered throughout the internet, but which ones can you trust? Honestly, none of them! Fad diets are just that, a fad. They have not been around long enough to prove their effectiveness and they will go out of style just as fast as they made the headlines.
Every personal trainer out there wants to create the next fad diet. They want to make a million dollars in six months selling you a secret diet that no one has ever released before. Some of them go as far as selling you a diet supplement that has not been properly tested to ensure its safety.
Where Fad Diets Come From
Fad diets come from the same place that Santa Clause and the Easter Bunny originated, someone’s imagination. Everyone wants to be the one to cure world obesity, but so few have taken an interest in world hunger. This is because there is no money to be made in feeding people who cannot afford to pay.
The people who create fad diets prey on those who have “tried everything” and nothing works. Of course, most of these people have not tried dedication, persistence and serious lifestyle changes in order to achieve their goals.
No Pill Will Give You 6 Pack Abs
There is not a single pill on the market that can provide 6 pack abs. This is because 6 pack abs cannot be created in a laboratory, they must be grown at home.
What Diets Really Work?
The best diet available to help you lose weight and gain that 6 pack of your dreams is a well-balanced diet that is packed with protein, vitamins, minerals and low-fat meat sources and high in vegetables.
Reduce Your Calorie Intake
Reducing your calorie intake to 1,200 calories per day will ensure that you are not eating more than you can burn in one day.
Your caloric intake should be a well-balanced combination of proteins, healthy fats and carbohydrates. Of these 1,200 calories, between 10 to 35 percent, or 120 to 420 calories, should come from protein sources.
Unsaturated fats should comprise 20 to 35 percent of your diet. In other words, between 240 and 420 calories should originate from a source that contains unsaturated fat.
Carbohydrates will make up most of your diet. While carbohydrates have developed a bad reputation over the years, it is mostly because the source of the carbohydrates that are ingested come from processed foods and are unhealthy carbohydrates.
The ideal carbohydrates for your diet are foods that are high in whole grains and fiber. The average intake of healthy carbohydrates should comprise 45 to 65 percent of your diet. This means that you should be taking in between 540 and 780 calories from healthy sources of carbohydrates per day.
It doesn’t matter how you mix and match your base components, you should not exceed 1,200 calories per day.
Eating Negative Calorie Foods
If you feel like you are not getting full from a 1,200 calorie diet, there is no need to give up hope. Negative calorie foods can rescue you from hunger in the blink of an eye.
Negative calorie foods are a selection of fresh vegetables that in order to chew and digest, burn more calories than they provide. Negative calorie foods include:
Vegetables
• Asparagus
• Bean sprouts
• Beets
• Broccoli
• Cabbage
• Carrots
• Cauliflower
• Celery
• Chicory/Radicchio
• Cucumbers
• Endives
• Green beans
• Jicama
• Kale
• Leeks
• Lettuce
• Radishes
• Spinach
• Squash
• Tomatoes
• Turnips
• Zucchini
Fruits
• Apples
• Blueberries
• Cantaloupe
• Cranberries
• Grapefruits
• Honeydew
• Lemons/Limes
• Mangoes
• Oranges
• Papaya
• Peaches
• Pineapple
• Raspberries
• Strawberries
• Tangerines
• Watermelon
As you can see, there are a wide variety of foods you can snack on that will not sabotage your diet efforts.