Maintenance Phase

Bonus: Fad Diets

Mar 29, 2022
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ANECDOTE

Rotation Diet Sparked Disordered Eating

  • Dan tried the Rotation Diet: three-week cycles of 600–900–1200 calories and lost too much weight.
  • He later regained additional weight and links the diet to lifelong disordered eating.
INSIGHT

Cycling Calories Is Mostly Psychology

  • The Rotation Diet mainly repackages caloric restriction with psychological framing.
  • Cycling calories may feel novel but benefits come from simple reduced intake, not metabolic magic.
ANECDOTE

Shangri‑La Oil Experiment Worked Then Reversed

  • John swallowed tablespoons of vegetable oil twice daily on the Shangri‑La Diet and lost weight short-term.
  • He regained the weight later and felt gullible for believing the method.
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