Another diet destined for failure

Read this on "Shine" today - Shine is a woman's website that deals with gossip, and of course fashion and beauty...not to mention astrology.

It's the Dukan Diet and its totally ridiculous.

Like other diets that also always fail, it tells you what you can and can't eat. Bush-wah!

Let me just point out that the diet business in the US - and indeed probably around the world is big business. Companies are making fortunes, first by convincing women that they have imperfections that must be covered up (imperfect faces must be covered with makekup, imperfect weight must be lost...and if you go anorexic, well, that's just too bad.)

What's needed is a common sense approach to healthy living - which will put these diet businesses out of business and, believe it or not, will result in a more healthy America.

Anyway, here's the link and the diet. I don't advise anyone to try it. If you've been following my common sense plan of portion control and daily exercise for over 5 weeks, you know it works. You don't need to deprive yourself of the things you love (assuming you're healthy - obviously there are some diseases where you can't eat the things you love, i.e. diabetes) in order to lose weight and maintain weight.

You just need common sense.

France’s Dukan diet linked to Middleton family

First there was Atkins, then came South Beach, and now there's the Dukan Diet. Dr. Pierre Dukan, dubbed the Dr. Atkins of France, is responsible for Europe’s most popular diet book and the latest carnivorous weight-loss plan. In April, the book will be released in the U.S. and it's already cooking up controversy.

The book outlines a protein-rich, low-fat approach to weight loss. According to The New York Times, there are four phases of the Dukan diet: the first involves a strict menu of non-fatty protein (skinless turkey, chicken breast, low-fat beef, or fish), plus 1.5 tablespoons of oat bran daily and loads of water. In phase two, dieters are introduced to veggies. Phase three, they’re allowed two slices of bread, a serving of cheese and fruit and two servings of carbs a day, with a wine-and-dessert allowance two days a week. In the final phase of the diet, “Dukamaniacs” (as they're dubbed) can eat anything they want, provided they return to phase one’s protein, oat bran, and water regimen one day per week.