Will you try the 21-day `God diet' for losing weight?

This diet promises to get you closer to god and also stay healthy.

A new diet fad 21-day 'God diet' or 'Daniel diet' is doing the rounds except that it's not about shedding off the kilos, but about committing to God. January Rowe, a Baptist, told the Atlantic that she started the diet to support her husband in his new business in whatever way she could, News.com.au reported.

Rowe started the fast, which involves consuming 70 per cent fruit and vegetables and 30 per cent lean protein and whole grains, and found that she no longer craved sugar like she used to, and felt closer to her husband and God. The diet has it's origins in the Bible about Jewish noble Daniel, who was captured by the Babylonians and made to serve the king. When he and his companions were given rich food by their captors, Daniel only eat vegetables, and his diet came to symbolise his resistance to the King's power.

While this diet promises to get you closer to the almighty while making you healthier, there are other fad diets too which claim to help you shed weight in no time. Dieticians will tell you to stay away from such diets and rely on a healthy meal all round the year to be in a fit shape. Here are some ways you can spot a fad diet:

• It promises exaggerated results in few days which is too good to be true
• Will mostly have rigid eating rules
• It restricts you from eating a lot of food groups like carbohydrates, fats, etc
• It promotes 'magic foods'
• The diet is sold based on a few testimonials without any research or studies done on its effect
• It doesn't involve much exercise along with the meal plans

With severe restriction of calories or elimination of certain foods, the body may not get the nutrients it needs. Most fad diets restrict carbohydrate intake which is the major source of energy. When your body goes without certain foods for so long, you'll begin to crave those foods, and end up overeating. (Read: Fad is bad - say no to diets which promise speedy weight loss)

Fad diets cannot replace a well-balanced weight loss plan customised according to individual needs that controls calories, includes exercise and allow a wide variety of healthy foods.

With inputs from ANI.

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