--NASM Personal Fitness Training Manual
Ok.. so you have all heard it all. Diets from "Special K Diet" to "Atkins" to (the one that horrifies me maybe the most) "HCG". one thing they all have in common? THEY MAKE YOU LOSE WEIGHT. and that is normally what people think about when starting these. They are severely missing the underlying things such as "this weight loss won't last without lifestyle change" and "this could have negative effects on your body".
it is a KNOWN fact that your body needs a little of everything to function properly. proteins, carbs, fat.
ok here is a big one that has lasted a long time "low-carb" or "no-carb" (can't believe that last one) "fat burns in a carbohydrate flame" to utilize a max amount of fat one needs sufficient carbs to continue krebs cycle (this cycle helps make atp.. that is boring biology stuff).granted you can't eat all carbs. everything is a balance!
bottom line.....
95% of diets fail and most will regain their lost weight in 1-5 years
Source: Statistics on Weight Discrimination: A Waste of Talent, The Council on Size and Weight Discrimination
• 75% of American women surveyed endorse unhealthy thoughts, feelings or behaviors related to food or their bodies
Source: Three Out Of Four American Women Have Disordered Eating, Survey Suggests, Science News, from (www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080422202514.htm)
• 91% of women recently surveyed on a college campus had attempted to control their weight through dieting, 22% dieted “often” or “always”
Source: Information obtained from the National Association of Eating Disorders, from (www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/index.php)
• Almost half of American children between 1st– 3rd grade want to be thinner and half of 9 - 10 year old girls are dieting
Source: Rate of Eating Disorders in Kids Keeps Rising, US Department of Health and Human Services
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