While fad diets may help with faster weight loss in the short term, it’s difficult to make changes permanent or give up foods forever. Juicing for 10 days will result in weight loss due to the deficit but mostly water loss. Unfortunately, the weight returns when we resume eating normally! The next section will discuss the specifics of flexible dieting and how to utilize macros to lose weight.
It’s a common misconception that diets work because of their “special” ingredients or because we remove a certain food. The truth is, all diets CAN work because they create a calorie deficit, which leads to weight loss. However, overly restrictive diets often fail in the long term for the following reasons: