Low carbohydrate diets also know as fad diets have always generated great controversies. These controversies are increasing with the recent research and publicity. There has been great confusion regarding the high carb, low carb diets and the innocent victims are the people who are trying to lose weight. This article will give you important insight on fad diets which you are not going to find anywhere else.

1. Fad Diets Never Work
If your goal is to lose weight fast then fad diets will help you achieve your goal. Fad diets are more effective in stimulating fast weight loss than high carb low fat diets according to research conducted by the American Heart Association. Fad diets work especially well among obese people who are suffering from problems related to carbohydrate metabolism.

If your goal however is to achieve permanent weight loss then I am afraid fad diets will not help you achieve your goal. There is no diet which will help you achieve permanent weight loss. The only way you can be able to achieve permanent weight loss is by training using weights. Weight training helps increase the percentage of your body muscles which will lead to the increase in your body metabolism and that is how you are able to lose weight permanently.

2. Many Researches Have Found That Fad Diets Are Effective
There is a lot of information on fad diets nowadays and most of them claim that fad diets are very effective. You should however not believe everything you read to be the gospel truth until you do your own research and analyse the various result obtained in all the case studies associated with fad diets.

3. Fad Diets Lead To An Increase In Cholesterol Levels
Various studies tend to suggest that fad diets lead to the increase in good HDL cholesterol and the drop in triglyceride. There has a been common lie prevailing in the fitness industry that fad diets lead to the increase in cholesterol levels however this cannot be further from the truth.

4. Fad Diets Will Help You Keep Off Fat For Good
This is very false, when you go on fad diets your body will go into starvation mode. When your body is in starvation mode it will start burning muscles instead of fat in order to preserve energy. This will make you lose your lean body muscles in the process. As a result of the decrease in your lean body muscles your body metabolism will also slow down. A slow body metabolism means that your body will burn fewer calories. Since less calories in being burned your will have excess calories in your body. The excess calories will be converted and stored as fat in the body.

5. Fad Diets Lead To The Increase In Body Muscles
There is no way that you can be able to increase your body muscles when you go on fad diets. As mentioned earlier fad diets will make your body go into starvation mode and you will start to lose muscles.

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