Q Lab: Fad Diets Objective: • To learn the constructs and/or rules of several popular fad diets and their intended outcomes • To perform an in-depth evaluation of one popular fad diet What is a fad diet? - A nutritional regimen, generally of an extreme nature, intended to produce results more quickly than a traditional diet-exercise combination, often of a dubious nature. - A fad diet is a diet that promises quick weight loss through what is usually an unhealthy and unbalanced diet. Fad diets are targeted at people who want to lose weight quickly without exercise. - Any number of weight-reduction diets that either eliminate one or more of the essential food groups, or recommend consumption of one type of food in excess at the expense of other foods. Fad diets rarely follow sound nutritional principles for weight loss, which focus on ingesting fewer calories and/or consuming more energy through exercise; fad diets are generally not endorsed by the medical profession. Activity: Select 2 FAD DIETs to evaluate and compare, then answer the following questions for each Fad Diet you chose: keto, and Intermittent fasting 1. Does this diet ask you to eliminate one or several food groups?

Q 2. Does the diet program promise quick results such as 5 or more pounds of weight loss per week? 3. Are there several personal testimonies that are used as proof of effectiveness?4. Does the diet use only certain foods that offer special advantages for weight loss?1. Does the diet recommend supplements or pills as part of the plan?