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Default Weight Loss Product Warnings -- How to Spot Fat Burning Diets


This is the second article in the series, Weight Loss Product
Warnings. How to Spot Fat Burning Diets teaches you how to analyze a
diet's fat burning potential. The ultimate goal is for you to trust
your own judgement and not rely on the words of a face less affiliate
website promoting the latest and greatest fat burner.
Why is this important? Because burning fat is the only way to healthy
weight loss. Marketers of weight loss products know about burning fat
and, as a result, have flooded the net with fat burning
advertisements. It is my goal to teach the five easy steps used to
analyze a diet's fat burning potential.
Fat Burning Diets...The 5 Step Analysis
1) Check the Rate of Losing Weight
How fast do dieters on this specific diet lose weight? The rate of
losing weight should not exceed a maximum of 2 pounds per week. The
classic fast weight loss ad is similar to, "Lose X pounds in Y time."
Calculate the amount of weight loss per week, given the information in
the ad.
Here's an example (a real ad placed in 2003)...
"Lose 10 Pounds and 4 Inches in 10 days!"
At one pound per day, the week's weight loss is 7 pounds. This is way
over the 2 pounds per week maximum and simply is not healthy.
2) Check the Reduction in Total Calories
A diet plan that reduces total calories by more than 500 calories per
day is promoting unhealthy weight loss. Did you know that cutting out
only 250-500 calories, without doing anything else, will lead to a
pound per week of weight loss? That's it. No fancy nutritional
calendar, no weight loss pills, not even a highly guarded secret is
needed. Just drop 250-500 calories from your diet and you will lose
fat.
To analyze a diet program for calorie restrictions, look for any
statements referring to the total calories you would eat on a typical
day. To find this information, you might have to dig a little deeper
and research several websites. But you'll find it.
If the diet calls for a reduction greater than 500 calories, it's not
healthy weight loss.
3) The Diet's Exercise Plan
Does the diet have an exercise plan? Yes, good. As long as it's not a
rapid weight loss diet or promoting extreme calorie restrictions,
healthy weight loss is a good bet.
I can not stress enough the importance of a resistance training
program as part of your exercise plan. Think muscle. Follow these
three simple "muscle" rules when trying to lose weight...

Don't lose it
Tone it
Build it I only make two guarantees to my dieting patients. One of
them you'll hear about soon, the other is this...follow the three
simple rules for muscle, and I guarantee you'll lose weight and keep
it off! The truth is never a secret.

4) Analyze the Amount of Fat Intake
To lose fat you need to eat fat. But it needs to be the right kind of
fat. When analyzing a diet for the types of fat you can eat, look to
see if they list healthy fats. For a listing of healthy and harmful
fats, check out How to pick a diet and make note of the good fats.
5) The Amount of Protein Intake
An adequate amount of protein must be included with any diet plan. How
much protein? Depends. Make sure the diet you're analyzing has at
least the normal daily requirement of 1 gram of protein per kilogram
of weight per day but no more than 1.5 grams per kilogram per day (up
to 2 grams/kg if body building).
Summary of Each Analysis

Fast weight loss (over 2 pounds per week) is a diet failure. Don't
start a fast weight loss diet without making the appropriate
adjustments.
Severe calorie restriction (greater than 500) is unhealthy weight
loss. Go ahead and start the diet if you really like it, just phase in
the calorie reduction over 4-6 weeks. Do not drop below 1200 calories
per day.
No healthy fats to eat? Fat intake below 20%? Eat more fat while on
the diet (the healthy fats!). Keep fat intake around 30%.
No exercise required? Sorry, exercise can not be avoided. Remember my
guarantee? Exercise keeps muscle toned.
Not enough protein in the diet? Add it yourself. There are many
options, too many to list here. But I will mention protein shakes. The
scare in the late 1970's has been resolved and the proteins used today
are safe. Try a protein shake. Try analyzing a diet you're familiar
with and see what you conclude. The take home message...healthy weight
loss is losing fat and fat only!

To Healthy Living!Michael A. Smith, MDWeight Loss Professional
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