Top 6 Diet Fads of 2006

Lose 25 pounds in 8 weeks! Lose 10 pounds by Christmas! Lose weight & still eat all the foods you love!

"At any given time, about one in three women is dieting. Most take the smart route, eating low-cal, low-fat food, loading up on fruits and vegetables and paying attention to hunger cues. Yet the lure of the fad diet holds strong. 'People want a magic solution...'"

Have you been paying much attention to the magazines in check-out lines in the grocery store or other shopping centers? Plastered across the covers are tips on dieting for the holidays, lose weight fast, etc, etc. Whatever happened to good old fashion exercise (reaching for the remote & pushing the buttons for the tv doesn't count) & simply eating smart (not overloading on the sweets & cutting back on snacks or at least making them healthier)?

Well, regardless of my opinions, here are the top 6 diet fads of 2006.

6. Soup Diets

5. Food Combining- ex: The Beverly Hills Plan- apparently combining certain foods together is supposedly going to help your system digest better & help you lose weight faster??? Hmm...

4. Fasting

3. The Hollywood Diet- also known as "The Grapefruit Diet"

2. Liquid Diets- ex: SlimFast

1. High Protein Plans- ex: Atkins Diet

To get the rest of the story on each of these dieting fads, check out this link.