Reviews of different regimens by the Institute of Medicine and more recently the Department of Agriculture suggest that few diets can keep the weight off long-term or provide lasting health benefits, such as lowered cholesterol levels. Many people regain the weight after they stop dieting. Last month's Agriculture Department report is particularly harsh on the type of diet followed by Bayer and Oskoui. . Dieting is more like dating than behavior therapy. To find Diet Right involves trial and error and more trial.
Science can help provide information and choices.
He still exercises every day, still takes his medications. The diet, he says, fits his body type, his metabolism, his tastes and his lifestyle. His wife agrees. He's not hungry. This is Diet Liberation.