Dangerous Fad Diets: What Are the Risks of Fad Diets?

When the need to lose weight quickly arises, many people opt to
try out one of the numerous fad diets that are always making
promises of quick and easy weight loss. Some of these fad diets
have nutritional value and will temporarily give your weight
loss efforts a boost.

Unfortunately, there are several popular fad diets and fad diet
products that can be downright dangerous for your health. When
people try these methods, they're usually not thinking that they
can end up in any kind of serious trouble. After all, the
companies that put out these products often tell you that it is
perfectly safe.

As a consumer, you need to be aware of the dangers of using
these scam diet products and plans so that you can make wise
decisions about your long-term health goals. Here are some of
the popular fad diet products that are sold as safe, effective
weight loss, but are anything but safe.

Diet Pills – I know. The ads promise that popping their miracle
weight loss pills will make you model slim overnight. Diet pill
manufacturers make millions of dollars making these claims to
desperate people. They'll tell you that their pill will do all
the fat burning work for you, so there's no need for you to
follow a healthy diet or do any kind of exercise.

Basically, it's the lazy way to lose weight.

So, if their pills are so effective, why are so many people
overweight?

That's right, because these pills are only a short-term fix to
your weight loss problem. Diet pills may temporarily suppress
your appetite, but once you stop taking them – bam! The weight
comes right back on.

Danger: Some of the side effects from taking diet pills are
dizziness, chest pain, nausea, liver and kidney damage,
seizures, stroke, heart attack and even death. Because there's
no way of knowing what's in some of these formulations or what
exact amounts of herbs and other substances are in them, it's
best to stay clear of diet pills.

Diuretics and Laxatives – Diuretic products are often used by
doctors to treat high blood pressure and glaucoma. For weight
loss, they often come in the form of pills containing natural
herbs that are considered safe to use. A weight loss diuretic is
supposed to clear your body of excess food, toxins and water.
Laxatives are another product that's often used as a quick
weight loss fix.

Danger: Excessive use of either diuretics or laxatives can lead
to damage of the intestinal wall, renal damage, severe
dehydration and heart problems. Plus, you won't lose any fat,
just water weight.

Diet Patch – After nicotine patches that help people to quit
smoking became popular, diet product manufacturers had to get a
piece of the action, so they came up with the diet patch.
Supposedly, when you wear a diet patch for whatever length of
time they specify, these will help you to lose weight by giving
you a constant supply of appetite suppressant.

Danger: The FDA has banned many of these diet patches from
being sold because there is no proof that they work in helping
people lose real weight and are not considered safe. Basically,
diet patches have been proven to be scams and you should stay
far away from them.

Fat Burning Massager – These are often sold as stomach or thigh
toning belts. You wrap the belt around your waist or thigh and
turn on the electricity. That warm buzz you feel is supposed to
be burning off that belly and thigh fat while you go about your
business.

Danger: While electrical muscle stimulation is often used for
legitimate body therapy, their use as a quick fat loss tool is
strictly a gimmick. You may experience burns or electrical shock
from these products if used incorrectly. These don't work and
are a waste of money.

Fasting – Often the first thing people think about when they
want to lose weight quickly is to go on a food fast. They
reason, if food is the cause of their weight gain, surely,
depriving the body of food will create the opposite effect.
Juice fasting has become a very popular weight loss method.

Danger: Staying on any fast for more than one day is going to
be nearly impossible for most people. The very nature of a fast
causes extreme hunger, and many will simply go off the fast and
binge on the foods they've been craving. A long-term fast will
also compromise your immune system and could cause vital organ
distress.

Fad diets and fad diet products are not considered by experts
to be the best way to lose weight in the short or long term.
When you are choosing a weight loss plan, be sure that it
includes a healthy, daily diet meal plan, and has enough
calories to maintain weight without causing you any harm.

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