American culture has completely altered our beliefs in terms of the food we eat and all the rituals and diets we follow. Many are looking for something more, which are fad diets. From celebrity endorsements to the growing industry of food, fad diets have taken over making the consumers follow these routines that are either a quick fix or just a waste of time and money. Sometimes our beliefs go beyond the point of no return. With fad diets, one may starve themselves, which makes their bodies become malnourished resulting in eating disorders or premature death. As Asma stated, “Struggling with our weight has risen above the other deadly sins to take a dominant position in our secular self-persecution” (28). Body image is a main ingredient
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Fad diets have invaded our culture. When a celebrity is endorsing it and getting results, then there are more people lining up to do the same. In the past, we have projected that in order to be healthy we have to have a balance of diet and exercise, but we have not articulated this to the fullest extent. Fad diets normally involve little to no exercise, but they do involve starvation by decreasing one’s daily caloric intake. Our culture has scripted this perfectly, because our industry that has persuaded millions of people that in order to lose weight fast one has to follow their program. As Ty Burr said, “As the twenty-first century settles into its second decade, we are more than ever a culture that worships images and shrinks from reality” (32). Our reality of how we should look is a fantasy; we want either be a size zero, have six pack abs, or even look twenty years younger. What makes this dilemma even worse is the fact that we see all these celebrities looking good and then we make it part of our agenda to be that way. Society has set our beliefs now; no more modern day dieting, or exercising. There is an easier way to get that perfect body that we all crave. Some beliefs alter one to think that dieting is easy and is the thing to do. These altered beliefs have projected negative effects in our people and our
Fad diets have invaded our culture. When a celebrity is endorsing it and getting results, then there are more people lining up to do the same. In the past, we have projected that in order to be healthy we have to have a balance of diet and exercise, but we have not articulated this to the fullest extent. Fad diets normally involve little to no exercise, but they do involve starvation by decreasing one’s daily caloric intake. Our culture has scripted this perfectly, because our industry that has persuaded millions of people that in order to lose weight fast one has to follow their program. As Ty Burr said, “As the twenty-first century settles into its second decade, we are more than ever a culture that worships images and shrinks from reality” (32). Our reality of how we should look is a fantasy; we want either be a size zero, have six pack abs, or even look twenty years younger. What makes this dilemma even worse is the fact that we see all these celebrities looking good and then we make it part of our agenda to be that way. Society has set our beliefs now; no more modern day dieting, or exercising. There is an easier way to get that perfect body that we all crave. Some beliefs alter one to think that dieting is easy and is the thing to do. These altered beliefs have projected negative effects in our people and our