Restricted and Unbalanced Diets

Excerpt from The Body Fat Guide, by Ron Brown:

"Quick fix diet plans may encourage you to ignore calories while you follow some unbalanced diet or while you temporarily restrict yourself to certain foods. You will never receive more than temporary results this way. Some of these plans have value when used for other purposes. Unfortunately, many of these plans are misused as gimmicks to trick you into temporarily getting by on fewer calories. When considering such a plan for permanent weight control, stop and ask yourself, 'Is this really teaching me to eat properly?"

Restricted and Unbalanced Diets	Temporary Weight loss?	Teaches Energy Balance for Permanent Weight Control?
High-Protein/Low-Carbohydrate Diets	Yes	No
Low-Fat Diets	Yes	No
Negative Calorie Foods	Yes	No
Food Combining	Yes	No
Fasting and Juice Diets	Yes	No
Calorie Counting & Food Exchanges	Yes	No
Pre-Packaged Foods	Yes	No

Weight Control Methods	Temporary Weight Loss?	Teaches Energy Balance for Permanent Weight Control?
Diet Pills & Supplements	Yes	No
Liposuction, Gastric Bypass	Yes	No
Treadmills, Jogging, Exercise Machines	Yes	No
Bioelectric Gadgets, Calipers	Yes	No
Body Mass Index Tables	Yes	No
Health Clubs, Trainers	Yes	No (Unless they use The Body Fat Guide)

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