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Whats an elimination diet? An elimination diet is cutting out certain foods to determine allergies or sensitivities. Its a proven to work, but its no way to lose weight.

Two examples of elimination diets said to be effective ways to lose weight are Paleo and Vegan. Both diets demand you give up certain foods and food groups altogether. Please dont get excited and say Vegan isnt a diet; its a lifestyle. There are people who do not embrace the vegan lifestyle; they cut out animal sources of food for no other reason than to get thin. They wear silk, wool and leather and eat honey. Some even havecheat daysand eat meat.

Elimination diets are popular. The rationale for following a diet with a list of forbidden foods usually includes health benefits and faster weight loss progress. Those could be two sound reasons for choosing an elimination diet, but what are the drawbacks?The drawbacks are many.

Its not going to help you lose weight, saysAmy Rothberg, M.D., DABOM, an associate professor of medicine and nutritional sciences at the University of Michigan. Adherence to calorie restriction is particularly hard when the diet is so restrictive in certain macronutrients.

Dr. Rothberg reiterates the necessity of cutting calories to lose weight. Despite all the attempts to disprove this basic scientific weight loss principle, it continues to prevail. Elimination diets essentially are another way to restrict calories. Its believed to be an easy way, but as Dr. Rothberg notes, its particularly hard.

A healthier, easier, far more satisfying way to restrict calories is to reduce portions of most foods, eat more naturally lower in calories foods such as fruit and vegetables, and eat foods processed with added salt, sugar, and fat sparingly.

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