The diet industry makes billions of dollars a year from people like you who are dying to lose the extra weight they’ve gained over the years. Unfortunately, many of the claims you come across are just exaggerations designed to sell a product. They don’t really care if you lose weight or not. In fact, they’re betting that even if you lose weight, you won’t keep it off. Your gamble pays off again and again as you grow frustrated and spend even more money, while your paychecks grow exponentially each year. And sadly, diet food follows suit, making a lot of money off of your hopes and dreams.
Take a trip to any grocery store and you’ll be overwhelmed by the number of diet foods you’ll find. There are fat-free and sugar-free versions of every food imaginable, from donuts to yogurt. Even the ice cream is available in a low carb version. Then there are meal replacement shakes and bars, which promise rapid weight loss if you follow their diet for just a couple of weeks. While this used to be limited to certain brands like Weight Watchers and Slim-Fast, now major food brands like Breyers and Kellogg’s are making their own specialty weight loss foods. The Special K diet comes from a popular cereal that was originally not a diet food at all.
The problem with these foods is not what the label says, but what it doesn’t say. To make up for the lack of certain ingredients, other ingredients become problematic. For example, a sugar-free version of your favorite cookie probably has up to twice as much salt or fat as the original. Fat-free food generally includes much more salt. Another problem is that people tend to overeat these foods, believing that they are safe because they are healthy. If you overeat a low-fat food, you’ll end up with just as much fat as if you bought the original. Others buy things they normally wouldn’t eat due to special labeling, adding unnecessary calories to their diet.
With any weight loss program, appetite control is the key to success. It is important to get moderate exercise and reduce calories. If hunger is especially troublesome, try using a natural appetite suppressant like hoodia to help control cravings. The goal is not to starve yourself, but to see results you must create a deficit between the number of calories your body takes in and burns each day. A shot of hoodia can help you achieve this while taking your mind off food, allowing you to focus on what’s in front of you instead of feeling hungry all the time.
