I guess when you’ve been involved in the nutrition scene for as long as I have, you get to see a thing or two (or three or a hundred). Diets go in and out of fashion, many with just a new dress, scarf or necklace to appear to be something new. And here we go again, and again and again yet obesity rates continue to climb and not just for adults but for all ages. Maybe one day we will discover the holy grail of weight loss but the best we can do for now, is to prevent it in the first place. The more we obsess over food, the more we demonize it, categorize it, shun it, glorify it and classify it, the more we miss the point. Michael Pollan expressed a very simple concept, “Eat food, not too much, mostly plants.” Eating well does not have to be complicated. Until we are ready embrace and enjoy a balance of healthful food, carve out a little bit of time to prepare, cook and sit down to our meals, we will continue to fall prey to the promised glory of fast, easy and effortless weight loss.
Diets through the Decades
1950’s Grapefruit diet, Cabbage soup diet, Apple cider vinegar
1960’s Weight Watchers
1970’s Cookie diet, Slim-fast, Scarsdale
1980’s Fit for Life, Liquid diets
1990’s Atkins, Zone, Apple cider vinegar
2000’s Macrobiotic, South Beach, Master Cleanse
2010’s HCG, Ketogenic, Paleo, Alkaline, Whole 30, Apple cider vinegar
2020’s …