Tuesday, February 12, 2013

You Ate What??


 
You want to lose weight but still eat whatever you want and not exercise???? Well, it could be as easy as a trip to Mexico and eating the worm.  If you haven’t heard the premise behind the tapeworm diet it’s pretty simple. You visit a friendly clinic down south, swallow a tapeworm cyst which hangs out in your digestive tract and essentially the worm eats what you eat, but the worm gets fatter, you don’t. After you lose the desired weight you take a pill that kills the worm. Never mind that one of the side effects could be a super sexy swollen stomach and not to mention death (it’s illegal in the US).

The tapeworm diet is extreme but it does point out an issue with even more mainstream diet fads. We rely on quick fixes and miracle pills to achieve our dream physique, thinking we ‘cheated’ the system, and not needing to work hard. The truth is that to lose and maintain a healthy weight you must commit to a healthier lifestyle. Eat more fruits/vegetables, eat sensible portions, and avoid the obvious junk foods. It doesn’t get simpler than that.

But on the subject of fad diets has anyone heard/tried any of these?

Twinkie Diet
Morning Banana Diet
Cabbage Soup Diet
Hollywood Diet
Caveman Diet
Beer and Sausage Diet
Raw Food Diet
Grapefruit Diet
Cookie Diet
Baby Food Diet

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