in this seemingly addictive behavior of dieting. The media relentlessly portrays

the ideal woman at five feet seven inches and 105 pounds. So we diet and

binge our way to our ideal weight. Sometimes it seems all in vein. From the

grapefruit diet, to the "six meals a day nibbler diet", thousands of diets promise

to help you lose weight and hundreds of doctors stand behind them. So whom

do you believe? Each diet is different and every doctor has his or her own

opinion. Even when you thought those drugs that were working so well for

so many people were safe, they were pulled off of the market. So what do you

do? After exploring several different diets on the market, two things are clear.

Nutrition and exercise are two important factors when it comes to weight loss,

and dieting can be harmful to your health.

People have been dieting for years and want to believe the lies that

come with dieting. "Losing weight is a good, appropriate, moral thing to do.

Losing weight is simple. It is easy. Anyone can do it. If you do not lose weight

quickly, easily, and keep it off forever, you are either bad or dumb" (Wei

more essential vitamins and minerals, so therefore felt the need to those

year old man and in five months helped him to lose twenty-two pounds and thirty

know of the risks of bulimia and anorexia and it is taken very seriously. Yet,

Kirschenbaum, Daniel. 1994, Weight Loss Through Persistence, New Harbinger Publications, Inc. Oakland, CA.

had clearly changed the shape of her body. She was no longer plump and round

weight and feeling great, they were changing the shape of their bodies. One of

any of the other participants. Cannon instructed the group to start exercising at

you have not helped your body at all and in most cases have hurt it.

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