The problem with diets is that those who propose them seem to think that we function like a machine. Yes, it is very easy to theoretically say that we will only have an apple for brunch, but when work or family related stress kicks in, the first thing we reach for is an yummy milk chocolate bar.
Yes, we might feel motivated to go to the gym this evening, but, after a day of juggling work and family tasks, we deserve a treat and if watching TV and having an ice cream is the most enjoyable and easy to access form of entertainment in our life, that is exactly what we are going to do. No rocket science, is it?
In the USA, 54 % of the diet products consumers think that the products are approved for safety by the Food and Drug Administration. They are not!
There is little or no proven science behind the major diets and diet products’ claims and some have even been removed from the market after catastrophic consequences (eg: Simply Slim, Acomplia).
Despite their pseudo-scientific approach and despite their proven long-term inefficiency, many of us still believe that going on a diet is the only sure way to lose weight.
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It is as though, any form of logic and past dieting failure is anaesthetised at the sight of a new diet product.
Stated by Benjamin Franklin and used by Albert Einstein, the following quote perfectly defines the dieting craze: ‘Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.’
Many of us secretly hope for the magic pill which will make the extra pounds disappear in one second and never come back again.
Professor Dr. David Charles Dodson is one of the millions of experts who are convinced that the overweight epidemic is generated and maintained by psychological issues which cannot be solved by a crash diet. He says: ‘Most people with weight problems have struggled to lose it for years and in the process have become quite expert in the fields of diet and exercise... yet their weight remains out of control. This implies a sort of mental block, an inability to apply the knowledge one has. For example, if a 150 lb person on a 2100-calorie-a-day diet walked for one hour a day, that person would lose 36 lb in a year: at 30 minutes a day 18 lb. Many people know this, yet how many are doing it?'
Yes, we might feel motivated to go to the gym this evening, but, after a day of juggling work and family tasks, we deserve a treat and if watching TV and having an ice cream is the most enjoyable and easy to access form of entertainment in our life, that is exactly what we are going to do. No rocket science, is it?
In the USA, 54 % of the diet products consumers think that the products are approved for safety by the Food and Drug Administration. They are not!
There is little or no proven science behind the major diets and diet products’ claims and some have even been removed from the market after catastrophic consequences (eg: Simply Slim, Acomplia).
Despite their pseudo-scientific approach and despite their proven long-term inefficiency, many of us still believe that going on a diet is the only sure way to lose weight.
See:
It is as though, any form of logic and past dieting failure is anaesthetised at the sight of a new diet product.
Stated by Benjamin Franklin and used by Albert Einstein, the following quote perfectly defines the dieting craze: ‘Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.’
Many of us secretly hope for the magic pill which will make the extra pounds disappear in one second and never come back again.
Professor Dr. David Charles Dodson is one of the millions of experts who are convinced that the overweight epidemic is generated and maintained by psychological issues which cannot be solved by a crash diet. He says: ‘Most people with weight problems have struggled to lose it for years and in the process have become quite expert in the fields of diet and exercise... yet their weight remains out of control. This implies a sort of mental block, an inability to apply the knowledge one has. For example, if a 150 lb person on a 2100-calorie-a-day diet walked for one hour a day, that person would lose 36 lb in a year: at 30 minutes a day 18 lb. Many people know this, yet how many are doing it?'