Lemonade Diet - Beware!

Any diet plan that claims lemon, vinegar, grapefruit or any other substance will burn fat is not telling you the truth. There are many fad diets coming on the market such as the Lemonade Diet or the New Cabbage Soup diet. Avoid these diets like the plague.

There is no scientific evidence to back up their claims. The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) states that there are no magic bullets to losing weight.

Many fad diets like the Lemonade diet also claim to cleanse the body and that cleansing promotes weight loss. This may sound good to the unsuspecting but it has very little to do with weight loss. First of all, the best way to cleanse your body is to eat a high fiber, low fat diet which promotes elimination.

A balanced diet with limited amounts of animal fat, particularly red meat, plus plenty of water and exercise is what really cleanses the body of toxins. Unfortunately, this fact is usually misrepresented by folks wanting to pedal their weight loss products to the nutritionally naive.

So why should you avoid the Lemonade diet and other fad diets like them?

• Weakness and irritability

• Cause loss of muscle instead of fat

• Lack nutrients that can only be found in real foods not juices.

• Result in very little weight loss

• Any weight loss is quickly gained back

• Not recommend by health professionals

• Acids may cause other health related problems