Talk:Fad diet

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I remember reading somewhere that (my memory is a bit fuzzy around this) the ideal weight loss pattern is one pound a week for 3 weeks, hold it for 2 weeks, lose 1 pound a week for three weeks, hold it for 2... I think you get the pattern. I will look it up online to see if I am correct, but I have a strong feeling those fad diets will spam out the healthy weight loss amount. JÁνąŞ₡Ωp الحديث لي MOWSE!

Maybe I don't know the term well, but I'm not convinced "South Beach" diet, which is based on scientific research of diabetics, and is approved by the American Diabetic Association (and has now been followed by Weight Watchers with thier own "SB" version; by Sparks People who tend to be pretty up on the latest med info, and uses the same Low Carb/Good Carb concepts outlined by Harvard and Princton) is exactly a "fad". Most experts I've read are into the Low Carb/Good Carb thing. Not that any of it has helped me. you STILL need to follow the damn diet. reading experts doesn't make the weight go away (long, deep sigh that many 40 something women will resonate with).--WaitingforGodot 09:43, 23 July 2008 (EDT)