Dieta da moda: o preço pago pela beleza

Abstract

With each passing day, fad diets come, as the solution for reducing obesity and maintain a fit body. Therefore, the ideal would be that these fad diets wereappropriate to the nutritional standards established to present the grounds of their preparation and the patient was accompanied by a professional nutritionist, where the same time limit the use of this diet as well as assists the individual in nutritional education. Dietary fads can be called that way because they relate to popular and temporary feeding practices that promote rapid results and not very effective for the individual's health. The overall objective of this study is to discuss the fad diets, having as focus the price paid by the beauty. Some types of diets were cited, such as diet, rich in protein, developed by Dr. Atkins, aiming to decrease intake sa car bohydrates to the point where the body fat is busy and used as an energy fuel. Another diet is the blood type, developed by Dr. Adamo, however, this type of diet has no foundation, since there is no scientific basis to think that the presence of either gene determines what kind of food should be consuming. In the diet of points, rather than the individual controlling the calories, takes control points. The success longs for the use of these diets is low long term. Thus it is of great importance that the individual is nutritionally educated, because a healthy nutrition plan is the formation of attitudes and practices conducive to health. We conclude that the search of the ideal body, you need be careful with the miracle diets, because the human body has daily nutrient requirements, the restriction of some component of food, even if it takes the weight loss in the beginning, may result in future health problems.