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Newest celebrity diet fad may endanger your health: Part I of II

Fad diets may make you model thin but you sacrifice health.October 7, 8:06 PMCelebrity Weight Loss ExaminerJoanne Eglash
Warning: The newest celebrity diet fad, the so-called Saltine Diet, may be hazardous to your health, warns registered dietician Susan Burke March.  And although you may lose weight initially, following this type of highly restricted, monotonous diet plan usually results in failure (translation: a dash for the nearest Dairy Queen and a hot fudge sundae!). 

Author of Making Weight Control Second Nature: Living Thin Naturally, Susan says that the newest trend among wanna-be-skinny Hollywood celebrities, which they call the Saltine Diet, lacks what's needed to "maintain health and energy."

The saltine weight loss plan basically consists of a dozen crackers three times a day, plus 12 additional saltines for snacks scattered through the day.  Add in water, sugar-free sodas, coffee, and a single grapefruit for "dessert" after one meal, and you've consumed one day's worth of food on this trendy diet.  Some versions toss in a cup of carrot and celery sticks after dinner (chomp chomp chomp).

Although "you'll lose weight quickly," Susan cautions that you'll also lose energy.   There also is no "magic" to such fad diets.  "If it sounds too good to be true, it is," she adds.   Get the skinny on a celebrity diet doctor's tips for a pre-red-carpet diet plan.  And get Susan's weight loss plan tips for long-term diet success in Part II of this series 

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Celebrity fad Saltine Diet may pose health risk; get healthy diet tips: Part II of II

The newest celebrity weight loss scheme, the Saltine Diet consists of about 50 crackers consumed throughout the day, lots of beverages, and, oh yes, an exciting grapefruit for dessert.  Some versions even allow a cup of that diet standard: carrot and celery sticks.  Not only is this diet boring, but it also may endanger your health, according to registered dietician Susan Burke March. 

Susan offers 5 tips to weight control:

1. Re-define diet.  Focus on your goals, says Susan, eating healthy and balanced meals and snacks.

2. It's never too late.   Even if you went off your food plan and overate, "don't give up," says Susan.  "Get right back to your plan tomorrow."

3. Be Accountable. Check in regularly to describe how you are doing, such as meeting with a dietician or a support group.  "Stay connected and stay on course," Susan emphasizes.

4. Don't think of foods as "good" or "bad." If you have a treat, "that's OK, as long as it's occasional," Susan says. Just make "the rest of the day healthy."

5. Stick with it.  Susan recommends eating foods that are high in fiber, without excess fat, and avoiding processed foods. She also suggests"at least two servings of fruit daily."

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