Dieting myth
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Dieting myth is a common misconception of the strategies that help to achieve weight loss and then maintain a healthy weight. In general, a fad diet is also a dieting myth. Sometimes, dieting myths are created on purpose to boost sales of a product as a diet aid.
The most common dieting myths include:
- Crash dieting
- Fad diets like, for example, grapefruit diet
- Skipping meals
- Rapid weight loss without exercises and diet changes
- Fat-burning foods
References
- Seven of the biggest dieting myths exposed. Calorie Counter. Retrieved on 2006-06-05.
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