Fad Diet To Lose Weight Loss

Have you ever thought about going on a diet to lose weight? Before you go on a diet you should first do some research about what type of diet you’re going to go on. On television you see all types of diet pills, shakes, meal plans, exercise equipment, and fad diets etc... The weight loss industry is forever selling a dream to people telling them how if they use this diet plan or take these diet pills they will be guaranteed immediate weight loss. What the weight loss industry is really selling is fad diets. According to Family Doctor.org fad diets is defined as a weight loss plan that promises results but, are typically do not result in long term weight loss at all. This type of dieting tends to be very unhealthy and can be dangerous to your …show more content…
They hook people by using their commercials and website promotions. On the commercials they are telling people by eating per cooked and prepackage food that they will lose weight. The truth is nutrisystem is nothing but, microwavable dinners that you heat up and eat. The website has a good objective on how to eat to lose the weight but, the food there selling is not healthy. It a fad diet because, it promises people dramatic weight loss in a short period of time. The issue with this that losing weight in a rapidly is extremely dangerous for your health. On the website home page its states that you will lose five pounds in one week on their fast five plan. Nutrition guidelines state you are only supposed to lose one to two pounds per week. When I was reviewing the website to see how the diet work came across the correct weight loss information at the bottom of the page. Clearly the advertisers knew by putting the fast five weight loss plan on the homepage was going to grab the consumer attention. Once the customer say that they could lose five pounds in a week they were not going to search for the correct information on the How it works page. I believe that the information was place on the website so no lawsuits would not be place if the consumer did not lose as much weight as expected. As consumer we also read and hear what we want to and ignore the facts that in front of …show more content…
Also the information they are providing on the site there no way tell if they are selling product or it real nutritional facts that they did research to find. The website does not have a date stating when the site information was last updated. The owner and CEO of the website Dawn M. Zier does not have any credentials and corporate profile did not reveal any credentials for dietitians that were