With obesity predicted to affect 50% of the population by 2050, the reign of ‘celebrity diets’ and ‘lose weight quick schemes’ has become more popular than ever predicted. From the cabbage soup diet to the Hollywood 24 to the 7 day Elimination diet, every single one of these diet fads all claim to help you lose weight fast and increased energy.

Do they work?

No… Apart from helping you to achieve instant water weight loss, the vast majority of dieters have revealed minimal weight loss of just 1-3 pounds before hitting a plateau.

More worryingly, once they stopped eating these celebrity fad diets they soon regained all excess lbs lost.

Are fad diets safe?

Whilst these can help slimmers to experience fast weight losses, almost all of them cannot be used for more than a week

Preventing your body from receiving key nutrients required to ensure your metabolism is working at optimal levels, many involve cutting your calorie intake to less than 1,000 calories a day– more than half your recommended daily allowance.

Accompanied by extreme workouts and constant calorie checking, celebrity diets run the danger of leaving you feeling weak, tired, unable to concentrate and more worryingly prevent your body from working efficiently - None of which are

How can you spot a Fad diet?

Fad diets are easier to spot than you imagine. Proclaiming to offer you a ‘quick fix’ solution to your body concerns, you can often tell a celebrity diet by their:

• Too good to be true claims

• Minimal of clinical case studies

• Elimination of one if not more of the five recommended food groups

• Recommendations from studies without reviews from other researchers

When choosing a diet or weight loss supplement, it is essential to deeply research their effects first before adding them into your diet. If there is no medical evidence that they can produce real and credible health benefits, then more often than not they are too good to be true.