New year is a popular time for starting a weight loss diet as losing weight is usually new the top of people’s new years resolutions. The problem is knowing who to listen to when it comes to deciding on which weight loss diet you’re going to follow – if any.
A couple of ads I’ve seen running on the TV this week include a “Drive Thru Diet” from Taco Bell, and the “Special K” diet.
If we look at the Taco Bell weight loss diet, they’re claiming that by replacing your normal fast food with Taco Bell’s Fresco menu – which have between 20 and 100 fewer calories than the regular version. A regular Crunchy Taco has 170 calories and 10 grams of fat! The Fresco version has 150 calories and 7 grams of fat. So the Fresco Taco isn’t actually particularly a healthy weight loss diet plan, but by the nature that it has fewer calories it could help you lose weight simply because you are reducing calories.
It’s the same story with the Special K weight loss diet – they’re suggesting you replace two of your daily meals with something from the Special K range like a cereal or protein bar or a protein shake. So again, they’re basically finding a way to reduce calories, and cleverly disguising it as a weight loss diet product.
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