No matter how often we are told otherwise, die our obsession with quick-get-healthy diet probably never.
Too bad most of these quirks worth their weight in salt - or your hard earned money.
We have a list of some of the worst health trends, which today continues to put together.
Wardrobes for weight loss
When it comes to toning shoes is ridiculous and clothing that will help you to lose weight faster, you can hold onto.
Reebok has already paid $ 25 million consumers, after the resolution of a claim made unfounded allegations about her shoe line "for building muscle weight loss (Reebok denies the charges.) And the only study that seems to support the argument that the wire is stretched with burn more calories only involved about 15 participants.
"I think there are many ways easier and less expensive than the average person can burn calories and increase download the resistance," the Shape.com Liz Neporent. "Get to work, for example, interval training and hill. These workouts are certainly the science behind them."
Hormone injections
People are really desperate to lose weight, even if it means hormone injections to establish the placenta of another woman.
The FDA has arranged to sell businesses and HCG (produces a protein in the placenta and in the urine of pregnant women "), after the combination therapy with a diet calories been little used sold. 40 days kit for $ 120 But the hormone has been approved for use in the treatment of infertility.
For MayoClinic: "Companies HCG is not approved for over-the-counter, yet has been proven for weight loss that sell over-the-counter weight loss product HCG violate the law.".
Cures
This is a trend that is cooked blood is almost all nutritionists: the idea that people cleanse your body of toxins by eating liquid diet variation.
The plan cabbage soup Beyonce infamous "Master Cleanse", almost no science to back them up, says Rania Batayneh essential nutrition for you.
"What consumers need to know is that your body detoxifies naturally through the lungs, skin and kidneys," he said. "Sweat it out, exhale and remove. Eating a clean diet every day you wait is to give the feeling to end, rob to start cleaning. Moreover, naturally clean and usually is based on the elimination of food or food groups, and complete. "
Artificial Sweeteners
This time with a fiber supplement - a new version of its popular Splenda sweetener has been announced, but the idea that the consumer is paying more fake sugar, which was pumped with more fake ingredients a bit annoying.
"Adding healthy elements of unhealthy things just does not make sense," says Batayneh. "What is one gram of fiber (or maybe 10 for most consumers of artificial sweeteners) can do for you, if you should really focus on whole grains, legumes, seeds, fruits and vegetables against fibers depend on their coffee? This small dose of fiber should not try to persuade. "
Gluten-free diet (if it is not medically necessary)
Batayneh calls it one of the worst myths weight loss there and a further attempt to play on the causes of the low-carb fad Atkins diet.
"A gluten-free diet is not necessarily a low-carb diet," she said. "A person who eats gluten drink a lot of carbohydrates, gluten-free bread, pasta, cereal and bakery products, as well as vegetables, fruits, grains and legumes."
Proven gluten-free lifestyle in order to alleviate the symptoms of autism in children and, of course, is for anyone with a gluten allergy. But "if there is no medical reason to follow a gluten free diet, it is probably of no use," says Tricia Thompson, RD, founder of glutenfreedietitian.com.
More organic produce
Whether additional health benefits from eating organic food is a common misconception that somehow come bundled with fewer calories than their brethren in the amount of pesticides.
The federal guidelines, which is not certified organic everything lots of careful and regular is not "dirty" enough to justify paying top dollar (up 150 percent) organic versions anyway.
The Environmental Working Group has an excellent letter detailing products "dirty" and look "clean" we.
Snack Packs
Weight loss has to do with portion control, but of little use, snacks of 100 calories is not just a desire for big budgets.
"We distortion of this nation, and although I love (100 calorie packs) are pre-parties, which may be a more expensive option," says Batayneh.
Instead, use a measuring cup in the desk drawer perfect to remove part of what you pay to eat at work (almonds, dried fruits, etc.), rather than more for the packaging.
Acai Berries
There are literally no clinical studies to claims that the antioxidants in acai berries make you live longer, help you fly to support your feet soft goose or anything else.
"We had waves of expensive juice" super "in the market, which had only fruit juices," says clinical nutritionist Stella Metsovas. "Test of the chemical in a laboratory completely different when the product is pasteurized. No way to treat a super fruit to compete with the natural form (ie, a handful of berries)."
The popularity of the acai berry in the United States, for example, led to a new wave of scams involving "free trial" for smoothies, juices and other products.
Diet Drinks
Not only do they destroy the teeth, but a recent study by the American Diabetes Association showed consumers about diet drinks have been packing on the pounds, not lose.
Do not drink calorie drinks on a number of nasty diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer have been linked.
If you want to stop smoking, treat yourself to slow Weening soda substitutes, such as water or gas gradually reduce the size of the portions.
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