First, let's determine what fad diets are. Boyer says, "Fad diets are dietary patterns that quickly become popular because of their promise of easy weight loss. Since it consists of very restrictive ...

Though diets can promote healthier eating, fad diets always seem to take the forefront in the conversation. This was ...

Alyssa Northrop is a registered dietitian, nutrition writer, speaker and licensed massage therapist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She received a Master of Public Health in human nutrition from the ...

Sep. 19—Fad: an intense and widely shared enthusiasm for something, especially one that is short-lived and without basis in the object's qualities; a craze. You'll notice that science is nowhere to be ...