'Diet Solution' not best health solution
ORLANDO, Fla. -
The weight loss industry is a multi-billion dollar industry for a reason. People are always trying to find a way to drop those extra pounds,
There's a diet phenomenon on the Internet that calls itself the solution to the nation's dieting troubles.
The Diet Solution promises you'll burn 10 percent of your unwanted weight in body fat in 30 days.
In its online video it criticizes other diets for being misleading, saying, "The problem is its mixed in among a bunch of ridiculous misinformation, hypes, and scams."
Online, this diet is everywhere. And when you Google "diet solution," "diet solution review", and "diet solution scam", the links you find send you right back to the diet's homepage and sales video.
So with all of the program's own hype, Local 6 wanted to know is the diet really a solution?
One claim of The Diet Solution is that, "Most people are not eating enough calories."
Dr. Susan Hewlings, a nutritionist and professor at the University of Central Florida disagrees with that statement.
She does however say that we don't eat enough of the right calories, instead relying on processed foods, sugary drinks or "empty calories that have no value."
But processed is not the same as pasteurized.
The Diet Solution claims that along with organic proteins and specialty grains and oils, dieters should be drinking raw dairy.
That's a choice Dr. Hewlings calls dangerous and potentially deadly.
"That's probably the most remiss part of the diet," said Hewlings.
But eating high quality foods is not enough. The Diet Solution claims you need to select the foods that your body burns best.
Once you buy the program and take the metabolic quiz, The Diet Solution claims you'll know which foods to choose.
Hewlings says while we all have different metabolic types, the science of food and nutrition is not yet at a point where that can be determined by a simple test.
Local 6's Bridgett Williams asked Hewlings to go through that quiz which asked about times of day you get hungry, personality type, and whether you like hot or cold.
"People love quizzes," said Hewlings. "The whole diet is an excellent marketing plan, they've done a great job at appealing to what most dieters are looking for."
But when Hewlings watched the online sales video, she could not find enough facts to support those claims.
"That's the thing, again, partial truths," said Hewlings.
The video shows orange juice and wheat breads and says, "These are foods that can cause you to gain, not lose weight."
Hewling responded to that claim by saying, "It's making it so extreme, like orange juice is a bad guy, like orange juice is bad for you. It's presented here like its bad to have blood glucose, it's not."
The video also shows a stick of butter and says, "Want to know the truth? The right kind of fat will actually burn a ridiculous amount of fat off your body."
Hewlings responded to that saying, "Are they (processed margarines and oil) preventing you from losing fat? No. Eating too much and not exercising is preventing you from losing weight."
Hewlings gave The Diet Solution a C grade saying she agreed with some of the basic ideas, but was disappointed in the lack of science and research to back up the claims.
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