Fad Diets. Do they work? You decide.

Fad diets are not the healthiest thing in the world but many people are losing a lot of pounds using these new "fad diets". I just heard of these two "new ones" below, going on in several local offices and work places. When people are determined to lose weight quickly, they are willing to resort to some drastic measures sometimes. Keep in mind, if you decide to choose a fad diet plan. You will without a doubt drop pounds but some muscle will go with it too and people on fad diets tend to gain back what they lost very quickly, along with some extra. If I chose one of these fad diet plans, I'd at the very least, supplement approx 150+ grams of protein per day. I do not recommend these diets. I'm posting these only for information purposes.



7 Day Diet, ALL You Can Eat Diet

MONDAY
All the fruit you want except banana.

TUESDAY
All the vegetables you want *you can use soy sauce, vinegar or mustard.

WEDNESDAY
All the fruit & vegetables you want.

THURSDAY
5 bananas with 5 glasses of milk

FRIDAY
4 (3 oz beef/chicken or fish steaks) with fresh vegetables.

SATURDAY
4 (3 oz. beef steaks) with fresh vegetables.

SUNDAY
4 (3 oz. beef steaks) with fresh vegetables.




The Chicken Soup Fad Diet

The Chicken Soup Fad Diet works on a very simple idea. You eat 1 breakfast each day (see breakfast choices listed below) and as much chicken soup as you want during the day.
Here is the recipe for the chicken soup.
Ingredients:
2 Tbs. oil, best if you use olive oil, parsnips cut into 1/2 inch pieces (this is about 1 lb. of parsnips)
4 ribs celery sliced
1 turnip cut into 1/2 inch pieces (3/4 of a pound)
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped
1 Tbs. chopped garlic
2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper
16 cups reduced fat, low sodium, chicken broth
7 cans (5 oz. each) of chicken, or 5 cups (1 1/2 lbs) fresh chicken (cooked)
1 bag (16 oz.) frozen carrots
1 box (10 oz.) frozen broccoli florets
1 box (10 oz.) frozen chopped collard greens
1 1/2 cups frozen chopped onions
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup chopped fresh dill or 1 tbs dried dill.

Cooking Instructions:Using a large pot, heat the oil over a medium head. Add the parsnips, celery, turnip, jalapeno peppper, garlic, salt and cayenne pepper. Cook all the vegetables until the are crisp-tender...this should take about 15 minutes. Add the broth, chicken, carrots, broccoli, collard greens, onions, lemon juice and dill. Brink it to a boil, reduce heat and let it simmer for 5 minutes.This will make 26 cups of soup.

Breakfasts Choices with the chicken soup fad diet:  You are allowed one breakfast a day.

Try to mix it up a bit by trying more than one of the following choices:
Breakfast 1- 1 cup vanilla nonfat yogurt combined with 1/2 cup chopped fruit salad and sprinkled with wheat germ.
Breakfast 2- 1 cup ricotta cheese combined with 1/2 tsp. of sugar and dash of cinnamon. 2 pieces whole-grain bread, toasted and dried figs.
Breakfast 3- 1 1/2 cups Total cereal, 1/2 cup nonfat milk, 1/2 cup calcium enriched orange juice.
Breakfast 4- 1/2 cup prune juice1 small whole-wheat bagel, topped with 1 oz of fat-free cheddar cheese melted or cream cheese.
Breakfast 5- 1 1/2 cups cooked Cream of Wheat Cereal, 1/2 cup nonfat milk.

You can have one of these breakfast dishes each day and then as much chicken soup as you want.