You may be putting your health at risk, without reaching your weight-loss expectations. The truth is, they're just that - claims. The theory behind these gimmicks is a mistaken belief that Americans should be eating a high-protein diet rather than focusing on carbohydrates. These diets fell from fashion because they were ineffective over the long run. However, they haven't a shred of science to back their promises.
Validated science states that a hypothesis is true once tested and clearly demonstrated.
In contrast, fad diets depend on unproved claims based on case histories, testimonials, anecdotal support and unpublished, poorly controlled studies. Some books can be intimidating and convincing to anyone unfamiliar with biochemistry. Jeanne Goldberg, Ph.D., R.D., director of the Nutrition Communication Graduate Program, Tufts University, Medford, Mass., believes the pseudo-science in popular diet books comes across as authoritative, and appears to promise some special secret. You don't need to be scientifically savvy to eat. You just need some common sense.