Studio 5 segment on Diet Trends
VB6 or Chegan (Vegan before
6 or cheating vegan) This diet has hit
the celebrity diet circuit and just to give an idea of what it involves, you
eat like a vegan before 6:00 pm, then anything goes after 6:00 pm (thus the
nickname, cheating vegan or chegan). Pro
to this diet is that a person can eat a lot of fruits and vegetables during
before 6. The downside is that anything
that encourages “cheating” is eroding away at your healthy relationship with
food. Food is food – not a person to be
cheated on. Plus, a person can binge on a lot of junk food after 6 pm.
Shakeology (liquid meal
replacement diets) Meal replacement with a variety of purchased shake
flavors. Pro – you can get a lot of good
nutrition in some of these shakes or smoothies. However, the downside is price
($4/shake) and you are bypassing your body’s natural feedback system. When you don’t chew your meal, you don’t get
the same sense of fullness or satisfaction.
It can also lead people to think that they’ve got all their nutrition in
the one shake so it doesn’t matter as much what they eat the rest of the
day.
Medifast or take shape for life
(very low calorie with meal replacement diet)
Highly structured and restrictive diet that produces sometime
spectacular weight loss through severe calorie restriction and ketoacidosis.
Pro – noticeable weight loss. Cons – rigid structure and restrictions make it
hard to stick to and transitioning back to a regular diet difficult. Social
situations can also be awkward since you can’t eat the same food that most
people are eating.
Paleo or whole 30 (food group
elimination diets) Elimination of
grains, dairy, legumes. Pros – people
tend to consume more fruits and vegetables.
Cons – missing out on great nutrition-rich food groups and because carbs
are so restricted, energy levels may lessen.
Hard to maintain long-term.
Lipozene or other diet pills
such as hydroxycut (appetite suppressants) Fiber pill that serves as an
appetite suppressant prior to eating meals. Pros – doesn’t require any type of
drastic or unhealthy diet. Cons – side
effects of the fiber in pill form (teaching your body to fill up without food
is less than natural). Doesn’t teach
healthy lifestyle through balanced diet and increased physical activity.
Intuitive Eating (the anti-diet) Pros –
works on healing our relationship with food, and our bodies and teaches how to
achieve what is healthy for your body by abandoning the dangerous diet
mentality. Cons – not as popular,
structured or rigid so it may not give you the two-week weight loss before
swimsuit season.
