Fad diets are weight loss or dietary plans that become popular quickly and gain widespread attention but often lack scientific evidence to support their effectiveness or long-term safety. These diets typically promise rapid weight loss and may focus on specific foods, food groups, or eating patterns while often excluding or severely restricting other foods or nutrients.
“Following different diet plans and going on crash diets have gained popularity in the recent past. Internet searches for keywords like weight loss, and muscle gain have increased dramatically. People are blindly following diets that promise instant results without any scientific proof to back up their claims. Such diets are known as FAD diets,” says Dr. Meghana Pasi, Nutrition Consultant, MyThali, Arogya World.
