The Stupid Diet Trends Thrown At Us

16 Dec 2021

This topic needs no introduction. If you are reading this, it means that you already know all the Diet trends out there and have already tried a few of them.You have people out there who have just lost a few Kilos and completed a 4 weeks crash course in nutrition and claim to be experts and start giving advice to people who have been doing this since a lifetime and have a PHD in the same field.

There’s a ton of information out there but which one do you trust and choose to get results. Thigs like Low carb, keto, Paleo, Intermittent fasting have always been around and are going nowhere soon. Honestly, there is nothing wrong with these diet Fads, then why am I cribbing about them so much.You see the problem starts when people start following a Diet Trend without thinking about whether it suits them or will they be able to keep up with it.

It is always better to be well directed in choosing the which Diet is the one for you.

Let’s look at the examples for a better understanding.

1: Following the KETO diet:

Honestly, Keto is the most difficult of all the Diet around. Why? Well let’s try to imagine yourself without your favorite Rajma Chawal for a lifetime, okay let’s make is simple just imagine yourself without your favorite seasonal Fruit Mango for your entire life. Scary right??, that’s what Keto requires, you cut of Carbs to almost Zero in your Diet and Just survive on fats & protein for the Rest of your Life. Now then, if that works for you good, but if not then hey, just stay away from Keto.

2: The Gluten Free Diet:

This is one of the current trends going around. One should only go Gluten free if he or she is a Celiac. The changes of a person being a Celiac is 1 in 130 people around the world approximately.Again, there is nothing bad in going gluten free but the general gluten free food available are usually high in calories which can toss your Macro balance out of the window. So if you goal is to lose weight, this might take a lot of calculation and monitoring your macros. Just to Add to this, these foods cost 2 times more than the usual food.

3: Having Bulletproof Coffee:

Adding butter or coconut oil to your coffee give you a great boost of energy to kick the hell out of your workout session. But the same work is done with 3-4 bread slices and 3-4 eggs

Coffee is good for health and so it coconut oil or Butter, but adding a spoon of coconut oil and butter to your Coffee give you a whooping 30-40gms of fats and 350-400 calories approximately. Bread and Eggs make up for almost the same amount of calories as well.

4: Being on time:

Having meals on time is great, this is what most people struggle with in the millennial. If you can manage it well, great, but just having meals on tie=me will help you to lose weight or gain muscle?? To lose weight or Gain muscle what really matters is the overall calorie intake.

If you are eating more calories and your aim is to lose weight, then even though you are dead clock punctual with your meals, you will still struggle to lose weight.When is comes to building muscles, yes timing of meals does make a difference because you are consuming more calories and more meals. Skipping a meal means you will be consuming calories of 2 meals at once which is too much of load for your digestion system.

5: The Detox Diet:

This type of diet has many forms, it may be sticking with some supplements, just having juices instead of whole foods, etc. Such type of diets is useless for losing weight. Your Body is well equipped to detox itself. But I am a big fan of following a detox routine may be 1 week a year, it helps to cleanses your system. But believing that it is the way to turn for losing weight, well you may just end up in a deep pit.You may also end up making your system sensitive towards certain food groups.