Evaluating fad diets

Social media and adverts constantly promise rapid weight loss and miraculous health effects. This guide gives you a checklist for telling research-based information from marketing and choosing a sustainable diet for yourself.

You will need

• The diet, product or article you want to evaluate
• Reliable sources such as the Finnish Food Authority, THL and Terveyskylä
• About 20 minutes

Steps

1. Check the promises

   Be careful if you are promised rapid weight loss, amazing energy or cures for diseases. Sustainable weight loss is usually slow.

2. Find out who benefits

3. Look for research evidence

4. Beware of banned food lists

5. Compare with the recommendations

6. Assess sustainability

7. Try things gradually

8. Ask a professional

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