While we are constantly reminded fad diets don’t work, many of us will none-the-less be tempted to take drastic measures including consuming watery cabbage soups and juice concoctions in an attempt to rewind the damage in record time.
But, before you do, see which fad diets have been voted the worst by over 50 of Australia’s top nutritional experts in an online survey. From a list of nine popular fad diets, the Lemon Detox Diet was deemed the worst with an overwhelming 80% of the total votes. This was followed by the celebrity-endorsed Blood Type Diet and the Acid and Alkaline Diet.
"Women often think they are failures when they can’t sustain such strict and unrealistic diets," Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA) spokesperson, Dr Trent Watson said.
"Ditch the fad diets, and choose a New Year’s resolution around healthy eating and regular exercise.
"Small, sustainable changes over the long-term are much more effective than yo-yo dieting," Dr Watson said.
Instead of resorting to strict, unrealistic diet regimes, DAA encourages young women to choose achievable New Year’s resolutions such as:
So this year choose a healthy and sustainable way to shed those excess Christmas kilos rather than an unrealistic crash diet and your health as well as your hips will thank you for it.