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When I first starting doing a little research
on diets last year I was absolutely amazed at both the number of popular
diets, and the conflicting information about many. One thing I quickly learned
to do was consider the review’s bias.
Every diet out there has their fan club and many times, a few folks that hate
it. It’s similar to cars, many people love their car and hate some others.
Often it’s more a matter of personal opinion on something as subjective as a
diet plan or cars.
Of course you do have your experts in any given field of endeavor. Through
training or experience someone gains knowledge and respect from their peers in
specific areas. Or maybe due to their professional role, for instance a
doctor’s opinions may be more respected in nutrition and diet areas rather
than a mechanic.
The tough part of reading any review is to try and separate the opinion from
the facts. And when you get into an area like diets, there are competing and
confusing opinions on just about every one.
Part of the problem with any review of a diet plan is that there are so many
variables with each person that there is no absolute for everyone. Since we
all have different body types, lifestyles, and goals each person can respond
differently to any diet plan.
What I learned after a little trial and error is that it’s important to
consider your particular lifestyle, goals, and current condition when choosing
the right diet for you. If you read the reviews and they all state that the
first two weeks involve heavy exercise and you can’t exercise (due to other
physical issues), that’s not a good diet for you.
· Many of the more popular diets have a very severe first period (up to two
weeks) and will definitely defeat all but the most dedicated. That’s because
the diet wants to “shock” or change the way your body burns fat. Some reviews
mention this but not many.
· Some diets also rely on providing diuretic food (foods that increase
urination) to make you flush water from your system. Why, because water is
heavy and you can see some quick weight loss if you start dumping the water
your body carries around. Another often overlooked area for most reviewers.
· One aspect of any review is that the person writing the review should have
personal experience with the diet. If they haven’t personally tried it, they
should at least have some kind of information from people who have. That’s
often missing in many diet reviews.
Always consider the source when reading any review, regardless of subject.
Weight loss is a very personal area since we all have different bodies and
current conditions. Watch out for the “Fad Diets”, many can be worthless and
even harmful.
By the way, salt is not bad for you. In fact you need salt to survive. The
problem is that all the processed foods that we often eat contain so much
sodium (look at the label – a can of soup can be 36% sodium or more) that we
consume way too much. Start reading the labels and start choosing the items
with less sodium.
Then you can add a grain of salt (or more) to anything!
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