Intuitive Eating - revolutionary, or another flash in the pan?
Who hasn't heard of or been warned about "yo-yo dieting?" Your weight goes up and down as does your dress or pant size, and your body is stressed because of it. And remember those friends telling you about their fabulous, no-fail diet plan, like the South Beach Diet, the Zone Diet, the Atkins Diet, the Paleo Diet, and the Macrobiotic Diet? Where are the champions of these diets today? I've never been on a weight loss diet (knock on wood). I recognize that there are many, many people who have worked very hard to lose weight, sometimes resorting to medical or surgical options to get their weight down. I applaud them for the focus on their health. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has this to say about the health consequences of obesity : People who are obese, compared to those with a normal or healthy weight, are at increased risk for many serious diseases and health conditions, including the following: • All-causes of ...