Harley Pasternak
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Whether weight loss, toning, muscle gain, posture, or improved health, we all want it and we want it now. Sadly, the methods used by many of us don't work, and often can lead to the opposite results.
No other sphere of wellness symbolizes this more than dieting.
If I had a penny for every client who's told me of an outrageous eating plan they've tried, with amazing results in the first few days, only to eventually gain it all back and then some well ... let's just say I'd have a lot of pennies!
I thought it may be helpful to compile a list of the most absolutely useless diets ever created, for those of you out there who've suffered through one or more of these.
The HCG Diet The Idea: This plan calls for daily injections/pill/drops of the hormone HCG (found in the urine of pregnant women), and couples it with a daily caloric intake of just 500 calories!
The Truth: Such a low intake of calories is very dangerous. Just to survive with minimal to no activity, a small woman would need at least 1,000 calories to maintain health and proper body function. Users of this diet will lose dramatic amounts of weight from starving themselves, but will gain it all (and more) back when normal eating resumes.
If your doctor tries to sell you on this program, please report them to the state medical board.
The Master Cleanse or any Cleanse The Idea: Chugging maple syrup or cayenne goop or expensive juice delivery services can "cleanse" our organs, reboot our metabolism, help us grow better hair, and have stronger nails why not throw in "win the Nobel Prize" and "win the lottery?"
The rest is here:
Harley Pasternak Blogs: Why Gimmick Diets Don't Work
