Promote+or+Prevent

__Topic:__ Prevent Fad Diets. __Research: __

//ProQuest Staff. "At Issue: Fad Diets." ProQuest LLC. 2011: n.pag. SIRS Researcher. Web. 13 Apr 2011. //
"Diets can affect more than just weight. The popular low-carb, no-carb diets have the strongest potential for negative impact on thinking and cognition. The brain needs glucose for energy, and diets low in carbohydrates can be detrimental to learning, memory and thinking."--Holly A. Taylor, Tufts psychology professor The term "fad diet" refers to a weight loss plan that is popular for a short period of time. Other fad diets like Atkins or the South Beach Diet restrict the consumption of one food group-- carbohydrates in this example--while emphasizing the consumption of another food group--proteins. These diet plans can cause adverse health effects in the long term.

"Fad Diets." //Diets - Plans for Weight Loss and Health//. Web. 15 Apr. 2011. . A fad diet is simply a weight loss diet that becomes very popular (often quickly) and then may fall out of favor (sometimes just as quickly). **List of Fad Diets ** "5 Ways to Spot a Fad Diet." //KidsHealth - the Web's Most Visited Site about Children's Health//. Web. 15 Apr. 2011. . **The diet is based on drastically cutting back calories. ** **The diet is based on taking special pills, powders, or herbs. ** **The diet tells you to eat only specific foods or foods in certain combinations. ** **The diet makes you completely cut out fat, sugar, or carbs. ** **The diet requires you to skip meals or replace meals with ** **<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">special drinks or food bars. **
 * <span style="color: #49497b; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[|Acai Berry Diet] || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The acai berry has gained extreme popularity since being promoted on the Oprah Show. ||
 * <span style="color: #49497b; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[|Atkins] || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Although written in the 1970s, Atkins Diet Revolution became a huge phenomenon only in the last few years. ||
 * <span style="color: #49497b; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[|Cabbage Soup Diet] || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">This diet is not sustainable but continues to fall in and out favor. ||
 * <span style="color: #49497b; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[|HCG Diet] || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">This diet has exploded in popularity in 2009, but is it a legitimate way to lose weight or should the HCG diet be considered an unhealthy fad? ||
 * <span style="color: #49497b; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[|Negative Calorie Diet] || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Based on a concept with little science to back it up. ||
 * <span style="color: #49497b; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[|Low Fat diet] || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Very popular during the 1980s and 1990s. ||
 * <span style="color: #49497b; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[|Low Carb diet] || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Experienced a huge surge in popularity during 2003-2004 - but interest began to decline towards the end of 2004. ||
 * <span style="color: #49497b; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[|3 Day diet] || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">There are many incarnations of 3 day diet floating around. These kind of diet are popular due to the promise of instant gratification. There is never any long term success with such a diet. ||
 * <span style="color: #49497b; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[|Zone Diet] || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Many consider the Zone diet to be a fad diet - however this diet continues to remain popular with many. ||
 * <span style="color: #49497b; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[|South Beach Diet] || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The South Beach continues to be one of the biggest selling diet books of all time. Enthusiasm for the diet has not yet faded, and it maybe unfair to call this a fad. ||
 * <span style="color: #49497b; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[|Tapeworm Diet] || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">It is undeniable that people will resort to extreme measures in a desperate attempt to shed those extra pounds. But ingesting tapeworms in order to lose weight is not only a radical method but also an extremely dangerous one. ||

//"Weight Loss and Fad Diets | Better Health Channel." Home | Better Health Channel. Web. 04 May 2011.// []. **Fad diets can cause health problems** Because they often cut out key foods, fad diets may cause the following symptoms:
 * Dehydration
 * Weakness and fatigue
 * Nausea and headaches
 * Constipation
 * Inadequate vitamin and mineral intake.