Why Most Diets Ultimately Fail The feature article in this
week’s Time Magazine focuses on the “Oz Diet”. Yes, the now
famous Dr. Mehmet Oz, cardio thoracic surgeon, Oprah regular and
bestselling author shares his opinion (and a very educated one I
might add) about what people should and should not eat and how
we all can live a longer, healthier life. American’s spend close
to $50 billion annually on diet plans and sadly, most of the
people who attempt to lose weight through a diet will ultimately
fail. The fads come and go: The South Beach Diet, The Cabbage
Soup Diet, The Mediterranean Diet, The Rice Diet, The Atkins
Diet, The Hollywood Diet, The Zone Diet and many, many more.
Each of these diets claims to present a different nutritional
science and explanation as to why you will lose weight. Some
talk about eliminating foods, others offer an all you can eat of
specific foods, and yet others are a combination of both.
Despite a deeper understanding of diet and nutrition and the
billions spent on losing weigh