Fad Diets are Injurious to Health!

The currently observed trend of extreme diets, such as the now commercialized
‘Keto Diet’
(previously only known as a severely restricted ketogenic diet, difficult to prepare and adhere to, a clinical diet to treat serious juvenile epileptic fits, since the ketogenic diet may reduce multiple, daily episodes possibly due to the reduction of glucose changing brain function; these were/are performed under strict supervision and observation, not to reduce weight but to treat a very serious condition!),
Cabbage Soup diets,
the so called ‘GM Diet’ (General Motors has denied any involvement since they are into cars and engineering, of course),
Juice and Smoothie diets,
the Raw Paleo and the Fruit only as well as the Single Food Diet and similar severely imbalanced diet suggestions (sometimes mentioned in a Celebrity’s weight loss context) may be injurious to health and can lead to serious and sometimes long-term side effects due to malnutrition by omitting or minimizing entire food groups and important nutrients. (more…)