Ok, so I’m completely biased when it comes to “fad” diets. Typically, I automatically despise them, denounce them and declare them bogus…and I’m usually right. Admittedly, that’s what I did with Sugar Busters. My final opinion is a bit skewed and lost in a love/hate relationship with what I learned about this particular diet. I’ll start with some of the claims made on the official website:
Claims
• Eating low fat means eating high sugar: Perhaps if you’re eating low fat candy, otherwise that is not an automatic, natural connection.
• Insulin prevents any weight loss, even if you diet and exercise: Completely false. Insulin promotes fat storage when you take in more calories than you exert, the basics for weight loss/gain. Insulin does not contain any special or magical power to do this on its own.
• Low fat diets don’t work: Diets that are hard to stick to or too restrictive don’t work. A diet low in fat is encouraged!
• Eating before bed is bad because cholesterol is manufactured while you sleep: Consuming too much saturated fat is shown to increase cholesterol. I don’t see how the body mysteriously increases its cholesterol production at night. False.
Pros of the diet
• Encourages high fiber vegetables and whole grains
• Promotes fruit
• Includes lean meat
I feel as though the first claims are to “scare” the consumer into trying the diet, even though those statements aren’t necessarily true. I also dislike the fact that they have all their items food items for sale conveniently on the site. The pros of the diet are excellent, and should be the basis for any diet, but the claims made are poorly backed up and don’t necessarily make much sense. We all could benefit from consuming less sugar, but do it in a reasonable way such as eating whole grain bread instead of a doughnut. Overall, you can follow the basic diet, but don’t fall under the false sense of security by purchasing their products; this diet is easily done through continuing to buy food at your local grocery store.
Of course! It's just sugarbusters.com. I'm somewhat surprised you haven't heard of it, it's been pretty popular, but I used to work at a bookstore where I constantly came in contact with stuff like this.
Sugar Buster's Diet
Posted by Jane N.
Ok, so I’m completely biased when it comes to “fad” diets. Typically, I automatically despise them, denounce them and declare them bogus…and I’m usually right. Admittedly, that’s what I did with Sugar Busters. My final opinion is a bit skewed and lost in a love/hate relationship with what I learned about this particular diet. I’ll start with some of the claims made on the official website: Claims • Eating low fat means eating high sugar: Perhaps if you’re eating low fat candy, otherwise that is not an automatic, natural connection. • Insulin prevents any weight loss, even if you diet and exercise: Completely false. Insulin promotes fat storage when you take in more calories than you exert, the basics for weight loss/gain. Insulin does not contain any special or magical power to do this on its own. • Low fat diets don’t work: Diets that are hard to stick to or too restrictive don’t work. A diet low in fat is encouraged! • Eating before bed is bad because cholesterol is manufactured while you sleep: Consuming too much saturated fat is shown to increase cholesterol. I don’t see how the body mysteriously increases its cholesterol production at night. False. Pros of the diet • Encourages high fiber vegetables and whole grains • Promotes fruit • Includes lean meat I feel as though the first claims are to “scare” the consumer into trying the diet, even though those statements aren’t necessarily true. I also dislike the fact that they have all their items food items for sale conveniently on the site. The pros of the diet are excellent, and should be the basis for any diet, but the claims made are poorly backed up and don’t necessarily make much sense. We all could benefit from consuming less sugar, but do it in a reasonable way such as eating whole grain bread instead of a doughnut. Overall, you can follow the basic diet, but don’t fall under the false sense of security by purchasing their products; this diet is easily done through continuing to buy food at your local grocery store.