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Marketing gimmicks trick people into trying out harmful fad diets: Dieticians

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Updated on: 15 January,2024 09:20 AM IST  |  Mumbai
Aakanksha Ahire | aakanksha.ahire@mid-day.com

In an attempt to achieve that slim and flat belly, we often fall prey to fad diets. Dieticians say they might do more harm than good. We explore why

Marketing gimmicks trick people into trying out harmful fad diets: Dieticians

While following a fad diet may lead to initial weight loss, most of these diets are not sustainable in the long term and can be detrimental to overall health.

Key Highlights

  1. Fad diets are temporary, trendy eating plans that often promise quick weight loss through
  2. The appeal to lose weight in no time is so strong, that most people often neglect the impo
  3. We got nutrition experts to unravel the ill effects of fad diets and suggest healthy alter

Fad diets don’t help. Dieticians and nutritionists have been saying this for far too long. Yet, social media, marketing gimmicks, and the obsession to look a certain way continue to trick many individuals who want to lose weight.  
 
Following a fad diet or not, each one of us tries to follow a certain diet that helps us align with our fitness goals. However, not all of us succeed in achieving the desired results. We sat down with two nutrition and diet experts to gain relevant insights on the harmful effects following fad diets can have on our health and tips to adopt a healthy diet.  

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