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A couple of pounds here, a few more there. Weight gain for Matt Baretich, a biomedical engineer in Loveland, Colo., was insidious but steady. By his early 60s, he weighed 300 pounds.

"As I approached that number, I was aghast and began to stagger back from the brink," says Baretich, who's 5 feet 11 inches tall. "I managed to fitfully get myself down to 260 over the next several months, but I lost a lot of muscle along with the fat."

At 260 pounds, with his body mass still registering as obese, Baretich committed to a yearlong behavior-change program at the University of Colorado Anschutz Health and Wellness Center. The first week was immersion at the center. After that, coaching took place online or on the phone.

Eight months later, Baretich achieved his goal of 180 pounds. His waist measurement went from 50 inches to 38. Ceremoniously, he cut the extra length off his belt before setting out on a backpacking trip.

"It's difficult to overstate how much more fun backpacking is now that I'm 80 pounds lighter and a lot stronger," Baretich says. "Along with physical changes, I have regained self-confidence I had lost. I know I can accomplish difficult tasks. I eagerly look for challenges to overcome."

How's maintenance going?

"It's hard, but I know how to do it. Getting older and losing a lot of weight both cause metabolism to slow. The answer is to move away from food as a reward. I still enjoy good food, but it's fuel, not solace.

"Something the program taught me to say is this: 'Choose your hard.' It was hard to lose the weight. It's hard to keep it off. It's hard to find the time and willpower for exercise. But it was hard being fat too. In so many ways, the 'fat old days' were harder. It's important to keep that in mind when I'm tempted to snack instead of getting on my bicycle and hitting the road."

Behavior change like Baretich's is key to losing weight and maintaining, says Lauren Ott, registered dietitian at the center. Her tips for lasting change:

Plan ahead. Healthful, low-calorie meals and snacks don't just magically appear. Plan, buy and prepare before you're hungry.

Eat more vegetables. They're low-calorie and high-fiber.

Consume protein at each meal. It's key to feeling full.

Make your environment conducive to health. Keep fruit on the counter, and vegetables in plain sight.

Stash athletic shoes at work or in the car; you might find a few minutes to walk.

Change your route so you don't drive past favorite fast-food outlets.

Replace a happy-hour date with friends with a walk in the park.

Allow the occasional treat, and ditch any guilt. An all-or-nothing mindset can't last, and guilt pushes you off track.

Schedule workouts. Knowing when, where and how you're going to exercise beats a vague promise that you'll work out sometime this week.

People want a magic diet, but those don't change behavior, Ott says. Instead of fixating on carbs, as with the currently popular Paleo diet, fixate on behaviors. Think of how you can manage stress without food. Examine the messages you send yourself.

"Our thoughts define our reality," Ott says. "Telling yourself that you've failed before, and therefore will never succeed, is not reality. Instead, try: Yes, I've failed in the past, but I'm approaching it in a new way, with a new mindset, so it's likely I'll succeed."

Tammy Waldschmidt had tried and failed. In college she lost 76 pounds, but she gained it back. She started working and lost 35 pounds, but gained it back plus more. At age 34, a borderline diabetic, she lost 110 pounds, but gained most of it back. At one point, she weighed 316 pounds.

A computer engineer in Highlands Ranch, Colo., 5 feet 7 inches tall, now in her early 50s, Waldschmidt weighed 244 when she started at the center. Ten months later she hit 173, and she is working to lose more.

"Before, I really was not feeling alive," Waldschmidt says. "I felt hopeless about my personal future. My negative self-talk was out of control."

She says she now feels transformed. "I went zip lining! I went on a roller coaster. You couldn't wipe the smile off my face. I am full of energy. I can wear cute clothes. I've gone from size 24 to size 10. I go hiking, and walk or jog in 5Ks and 10Ks. I went speed dating, had a blast, and went on some dates. I'm excited to go dancing. I'm about to get rid of satellite TV; I don't have time to watch it. No more hiding on the sidelines and standing in the back row for pictures. No, I'm now in the front row of life!

"My big thing now is to pay it forward. I want to inspire people to get involved and live the life they want."

Like Baretich and Waldschmidt, Elaine Brown's weight loss boosted confidence. A nurse in Denver, Brown weighed 207 pounds when she started a 20-week program at the center. Six months later she was 147. At 5 feet 6 inches tall, she's kept her weight at 142 pounds for nearly two years.

"My whole life, from high school on, I weighed 180. At 40 years old, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Through chemo, steroids, stress and sadness eating made me feel better. After treatment, I went to 190 and 200. When I hit 207, I didn't want to do it anymore."

The behavior-change program taught her to question whether extra food was worth it. "I learned to recognize boredom or stress, and make better choices. Every day, I have two servings of fruit and three of vegetables. That was a big shift, and I've stuck with it."

Like Waldschmidt, Brown discovered new activities.

"I went spelunking! In my former body, I never would've fit through those cave holes," she said. "I can wear clothes that are fun, such as leggings and high boots.

"It's given me more confidence."

Cheryl Stritzel McCarthy is a freelancer.

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Your child is diagnosed with a serious autoimmune disease and conventional treatments aren't proving to be effective. Doctors prescribe powerful medications that don't seem to work. Not only is your child not responding as hoped, he's withering from the side effects. What do you do? Journalist Susannah Meadows found herself having to answer this question when her son, Shepherd, was diagnosed at age 3 with juvenile idiopathic arthritis, joint inflammation that can last a lifetime.

When the drugs didn't work, Meadows was persuaded to look at his condition through a different prism and to consider the possibility that medications might not be the only answer. Meadows began speaking to parents who had sleuthed out alternative theories and tried things like radically changing their kids' diets and giving them Chinese herbal medicines. Like many parents of sick children, Meadows grew increasingly willing to venture outside of the standard treatments.

Her experiences spurred her to seek other stories of people with illnesses ranging from multiple sclerosis to epilepsy to ADHD who pursued unproven methods of treating their diseases. Their stories, as well as an account of her son's case, are compiled in The Other Side of Impossible: Ordinary People Who Faced Daunting Medical Challenges and Refused to Give Up, published Tuesday by Random House.

Shots sat down with Meadows to discuss her book. The interview has been edited for length and clarity.

When Shepherd was diagnosed with a case of juvenile idiopathic arthritis, were you initially uncomfortable with him taking the standard drugs for the disease?

I was very comfortable when the first thing he was prescribed was naproxen, because that was familiar as a relative of ibuprofen. But when that didn't work and he was prescribed an immunosuppressant [methotrexate], I was troubled by the risks. It's a serious drug and it comes with an increased risk of lymphoma and liver disease and for sure, I was very uncomfortable with that.

And then in the immediate sense, taking the drug made him sick and he spent days on the couch, nauseous every week, and to me, that was an unacceptable life. I could not accept that that was going to be his life. I think the thing that really pushed me to explore other options was desperation.

In addition to keeping him on the methotrexate, we took gluten, dairy and sugar out of his diet. We gave him high doses of omega-3s in fish oil and a probiotic. His arthritis started to get better six weeks to the day after we started the new diet, and we weaned him off the methotrexate. He's now totally healthy, completely without pain, and has been off all arthritis medications for four years. It's impossible to know what made him better, but there's some science that suggests it could have been the diet.

Your book is a call to arms to think about diet and what we put in our bodies, whether you have serious illness or not. How did food play in the recovery of the people you wrote about?

Terry Wahls [had] multiple sclerosis and went from using a wheelchair to riding a bike again after she radically changed her diet to eat only nutritionally dense food. You can't come away without thinking, if that can do that for her, what could it do for me?

The pioneers in your book weren't the trained scientists or the doctors. They were the patients. What can you say about that?

Certainly doctors know more about disease than I ever will, but that doesn't mean that their expertise is universal. Our own doctor was a good partner in our weighing things to try. We were able to have good conversations about risk, and what I liked about him was his openness he made it clear to us that he didn't have to understand it if it worked, which to me is a great quality in a doctor. The best doctors recognize that they don't know everything.

Some key themes emerge in the book about the personality traits of those who seek different avenues of treatment. What are they?

One of the things that struck me about everybody in the book was extraordinary self-confidence, almost a stubbornness that they would find an answer. These people exhausted medicine's answers and kept looking. Another thing was hope. I used to think of hope as being about the known possibility. You could have hope if even 1 out of 100 people got better. But what was amazing about these people was that they had hope even without an example of one. There was nothing to point to. A woman with multiple sclerosis who's using a wheelchair, it's unheard of to come back from that. And yet she believed she could find a solution for herself. And to me that's extraordinary.

It seemed like many of the subjects of your book were financially comfortable, which gave them advantages such as moving across the country to be near a practitioner. How can people access experimental diets, supplements or interventions not covered by insurance?

To be sure, having resources helps, but one of the things that's so exciting about food being a potential solution for some diseases is that it's a lot cheaper than medication. Some medications for multiple sclerosis, for example, can be $80,000 a year. We have strong anecdotal evidence and in some cases, clinical evidence that food can improve symptoms for some chronic disease. The other virtue of food is that it's open to all of us to experiment with. Until we have the data to say this diet will benefit this disease, we are free to see as individuals what might help us.

Finally, how has the experience of dealing with your son's illness as well as meeting these other like-minded people changed you as a parent and as a person?

The biggest thing that I have learned is that when it seems as if there are no options, you can still look for them and maybe find them. That you have a choice to keep going when others say that you can't. I don't think I had that feeling when Shepherd was diagnosed, but I think his unlikely recovery taught me that.

Heather Won Tesoriero is a writer living in New York City. She's currently working on a narrative nonfiction book. The Class will be published in 2018 by Ballantine Books.

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BLUEFIELD, WV--(Marketwired - May 01, 2017) - Millions of Americans diet each year and seek reliable solutions to lose weight fast. In fact, American consumers spend around $33 billion annually on weight loss products alone. As a result, there is no shortage of fad diets and weight loss supplements promising easy fixes. However, an effective diet involves regular exercise coupled with a balanced diet. Dieters are advised to consult a doctor and create a customized nutritional plan to successfully maintain long-term weight loss.

However, sometimes dieters are truly searching for the best ways to lose weight fast. The Military Diet, or the 3 day diet, is one of the most popular ways to lose up to 10 pounds within a week. The Military diet plan basically involves dieting for three days while taking four days off each week. Dieters can choose to follow a 1500-calorie menu plan during their off days if they choose to continue losing weight; this is, however, purely optional.

Proponents of the Military Diet regard it as a "comprehensive" solution offering quick and effective weight loss over slow and steady dieting. Critics, on the other hand, point out its short-term focus and the tendency of most dieters to regain all the weight lost during their off days or after the diet has concluded. So while the Military Diet may be useful for short-term and emergency weight loss needs, maintaining long-term weight loss is more challenging. To maintain weight loss in the long run, dieters need to avoid gradual weight gain and follow a regular diet and exercise regimen. But in any case, the Military Diet has been recognized as a great way for busy individuals to lose a few pounds, especially during emergency situations like fitting into a wedding dress or losing a few pounds before bikini season.

At Diet Doc, a nationally recognized weight loss center, all dieters are encouraged to seek doctor supervision to ensure consistent and healthy weight loss. With a safe, doctor-supervised diet plan and guidance for life, Diet Doc patients gain the following benefits within the very first month:

Diet Doc programs offer a doctor-supervised diet plan and guidance for life. For patients struggling with portion control or emotional eating, Diet Doc offers solutions like Metwell, which helps balance metabolism and reduce appetite without harmful side effects. Medical weight loss solutions, especially in combination with popular diets like the Military Diet, are particularly effective when supervised by a health professional and customized to an individual's dietary needs, according to Diet Doc's resident medical expert Dr. Rao.

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Eating less to lose more: it's a simple concept and a newly released study shows intermittent, alternate-day fasting can lead to weight loss results on par with stringent calorie counting -- but you may want to steer clear.

"I wouldn't recommend it with my clients," Maya Nahra, a dietitian with Healthy Habit Solutions, tells ABC15. "If you've been in the dieting world and you really do want to lose weight, we have to look at that as a long-term approach."

Nahra says long-term fasting of any kind isn't healthy and fasting incorrectly can be potentially dangerous. She calls it a "helpful tool" that helps reset insulin and glucose levels, "but the problem is here in America we like to take things to the absolute extreme."

Her recommendation instead? Stick to calorie counting, only eat when you're hungry, space out meals at least four hours apart and increase the amount of water you drink.

"Starting to think outside of the short-term, magic pill syndrome that so many of us have," she said, and instead, "what are the steps that I can take now that I can take for the rest of my life?"

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FAIRBANKS, AL--(Marketwired - May 02, 2017) - Although known primarily as a hormone produced during pregnancy, hCG has also been utilized as a weight loss aid for decades. Despite its long history, however, it can be extremely dangerous. hCG contains 244 amino acids and has been linked to rapid weight loss by supposedly reducing "abnormal" fat from cells and around internal organs. The original hCG diet plan , developed by Dr. Simeons in the early 1950s, limited daily calorie consumption to just 500 calories and prescribed small doses of hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin). This diet was essentially starvation-based and resulted in negative effects like extreme weakness, hair loss, and muscle loss. For that reason, it was eventually declared "unsafe" by medical experts, nutritionists, and leading weight loss centers like Diet Doc.

Over the years, researchers have learned more about the hCG hormone and developed safer treatment programs involving higher calorie requirements. Typically, these diet plans involve hCG treatment in conjunction with a diet of 800 to 1250 calories each day. This is intended to help dieters lose weight consistently while minimizing the negative side effects associated with the original Simeons method of hCG dieting.

However, the dangers of hCG are still prevalent and dieters must be careful. The hCG drops available online are neither FDA-regulated nor prescription-strength and individuals considering hCG should consider less harmful approaches. hCG is also available in the form of injections and sublingual tablets. Personalized diet planning and administration of any necessary prescription medication by medical professionals is the safest option.

Diet Doc, a nationally recognized weight loss program, has continuously discouraged the Simeons method of hCG dieting and suggests high-calorie programs that involve safer weight loss. Diet Doc also offers unlimited clinical support, direct doctor supervision, and easy-to-follow diet plans that are customized to each patient's specific health and nutritional needs.

Regardless of their weight loss history or individual struggles, Diet Doc helps patients develop an individualized diet based on their nutritional needs or even their genetics. All Diet Doc programs provide a doctor-supervised, customized diet plan. Instead of encouraging patients to adopt harmful dietary practices with no prior medical knowledge, Diet Doc consults with patients to provide a detailed weight loss plan based on their nutritional needs and medical history.

Losing weight with Diet Doc is safe, simple and affordable. Nutrition plans, exercise guidance, motivational support, and dietary supplements are all part of the package. Over 90% of Diet Doc patients report an average weight loss of 20 or more pounds every month and long-term weight loss maintenance is made possible through continuous counseling.

Patients can get started immediately, with materials shipped directly to their home or office. They can also maintain weight loss in the long-term through weekly consultations, customized diet plans, motivational coaches and a powerful prescription program. With Diet Doc, the doctor is only a short phone call away and a fully dedicated team of qualified professionals is available 6 days per week to answer questions, address concerns and support patients.

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Are you ready to say goodbye to the muffin top, the jelly belly, the pushin cushion, the thunder thighs and the bunny butt? Yes, theres lots of names for excess body fat and also lots of ways to get rid of it. I have a program that I feel is the best. Its called the Doctor-Supervised ChiroTHIN Weight Loss Program. This phenomenal program helped me lose 40 pounds and keep it off. Over the past six years, hundreds of adults and children under my supervision have experienced rapid weight loss and much better health. While individual results vary, in only six weeks my clients typically lose 20-35 pounds and 14 to 20 inches.

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The regimen not only ended the constant vomiting, but the San Jose mother can now finally eat an entire cheeseburger - and keep it down.

"The medical field frowns on pregnant women using marijuana," said the 27-year-old bookkeeper, who lost 30 pounds early on in her pregnancy because of her condition, called hyperemesis gravidarum, which also causes dehydration.

"But I possibly would not have kept the pregnancy without it," said Richelle, who is now in her 25th week and asked that her last name not be used because she does not want to be publicly attacked for her beliefs.

After two decades of allowing its medicinal use, California is now one of eight states that have legalized recreational marijuana for people 21 and older. Public health officials, however, say the implications surrounding its consumption by some people - like pregnant women and adolescents, who may be more vulnerable to its potential harmful effects - still must be addressed.

Some states - including Alaska, Washington and Colorado - require warning labels saying the product should not be used by pregnant or breastfeeding women. But California does not.

Surveys show that most Americans don't like the idea of pregnant women using marijuana.

A Yahoo News/Marist College poll of 1,222 adults released this month found that 67 percent of Americans think it's safer to use marijuana than opioids to relieve pain. But 69 percent said it's not acceptable for pregnant women to use marijuana to reduce nausea or pain. Half of cannabis users - and 60 percent of those who have tried it - also don't think pregnant women should use marijuana, according to the poll.

Dr. Ira Chasnoff, a professor of clinical pediatrics at the University of Illinois College of Medicine and a leading researcher in the development of children prenatally exposed to alcohol and drugs, said a range of studies supports those concerns.

"The general belief is that it's not harmful," Chasnoff said of cannabis consumption. "But there are all sorts of aspects of cognitive function - the way the brain works - that are impacted by marijuana exposure."

He pointed to research that shows low birth rates in babies born to women who have consumed pot during pregnancy, as well as data on higher rates of Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder as they get older. Other research has shown that those offspring later in life have problems with "executive functioning," or the ability to plan and complete tasks, Chasnoff said.

That's why he believes guidelines that communicate the risk and discourage the use of medical marijuana by pregnant women - or women considering pregnancy - must be established. Research indicates that more U.S. women are now using marijuana during pregnancy, most often to treat morning sickness - which most physicians say can be better treated with more established medications.

A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association said that in 2014 nearly 4 percent of pregnant women between the ages of 18 and 44 reported having used marijuana in the past month, compared with 2.4 percent in 2002.

In Oakland, 36-year-old Sarah - who runs a cannabis consulting business with her husband _ said she has been using the drug during her 17-week pregnancy to help not only with morning sickness but also with sciatica pain and mood swings.

Like Richelle, she takes a few puffs of a marijuana cigarette every so often, but also uses a few drops of liquid cannabis on her tongue at night. The pain disappears, she said, and she's able to keep food in her stomach.

She has read a host of studies on the potential side effects the drug might have on her baby. So have some of her relatives, who have told her that using marijuana will "risk having my child come out dumb," said Sarah, who also said she didn't want her last name published because she fears she'll be ostracized.

But she remains unconvinced by what she calls "limited research." And she says that she doubts that an organically grown plant could harm her baby.

A landmark 395-page study on the health effects of cannabis and cannabinoids released in January by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine also wasn't able to draw many conclusions.

After reviewing the available research, the authors determined that the long-term effects of smoking cannabis during pregnancy are still unclear. But they did agree that there is substantial evidence that the babies of women who smoke marijuana while pregnant have lower birth weights.

Sarah says she doesn't abuse the drug but believes it helps to reduce the anxiety that comes with being pregnant. "There is a human inside me growing, and everyone is telling me what I can and cannot do," she said. "It creates a lot of worry."

And in her line of work, she has also met many women who used marijuana when they were pregnant and whose children - of all ages - seem well-adjusted.

"Everything in moderation," Sarah said.

Chasnoff strongly disagrees with that view - and with patients who tell him that cannabis is natural and organic. That doesn't mean it can't potentially harm a fetus, he said.

"We know that marijuana's THC (the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana) crosses very readily from the blood into the brain, so even a small amount has the potential for crossing over into the fetal brain," Chasnoff said.

The chemical is drawn to fat, he said, and because the fetal brain is almost all fat, the drug remains there longer. It's one reason why marijuana, unlike other drugs, can be detected in a person for three days to three weeks afterward, depending on the amount and concentration of cannabis consumed.

Marijuana also crosses readily into a mother's breast milk, said Chasnoff, adding: "We have been able to measure the level of marijuana in the baby's urine."

Dr. Frank Lucido, a primary care physician in Berkeley who for two decades has recommended medical marijuana to his adult patients if he determines it will benefit them, doesn't believe there is enough significant research to warrant pregnant women avoiding cannabis.

"With anything in medicine, you weigh the benefits and the risks," said the 69-year-old physician. "Nobody has ever died from cannabis, but we know women die from hyperemesis gravidarum."

So if a pregnant patient is unable to keep food or liquids in her stomach, and marijuana would help, then he would advise it - as he does to perhaps one or two patients each year.

"But I usually discourage it (smoking marijuana) because we don't know - and smoking can cause low birth weight," Lucido said. "And maybe smoking (the drug) is the problem."

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Fasting diets are trendy these days, but they may be no better for weight loss than traditional diets, according to a new study.

Researchers looked at a weight-loss method called "alternate-day fasting," in which people drastically reduce their calorie intake every other day, but eat more than usual on nonfasting days.

The researchers randomly assigned 100 obese adults to one of three groups: an alternate-day fasting group, a traditional diet group and a group that did not diet at all. Participants in the alternate-day fasting group consumed just 25 percent of their typical calorie intake about 500 calories on fasting days, and 125 percent of their typical intake on nonfasting days. In contrast, those in the traditional diet group consumed 75 percent of their typical calorie intake every day.

After six months, the people in both the fasting group and the traditional diet group had lost about 7 percent more of their body weight, on average, compared with the group that did not diet. And after a year, the participants in both diet groups had maintained a weight loss of 5 to 6 percent of their original body weight. There was no significant difference between the group that did the alternate-day fasting and the group that followed the traditional weight-loss method, the researchers said. [Lose Weight Smartly: 7 Little-Known Tricks that Shave Pounds]

What's more, 38 percent of the participants in the fasting group dropped out of the study before the one-year mark, in most cases because they were dissatisfied with the diet, compared with 29 percent who dropped out in the traditional diet group. Participants in the fasting group also tended to "cheat" on fasting days by eating more than their diet allowed, and they consumed slightly less than they were allowed on nonfasting days, the researchers noted.

"Alternate-day fasting has been promoted as a potentially superior alternative to daily calorie restriction under the assumption that it is easier to restrict calories every other day," the researchers, from the University of Illinois at Chicago, wrote in the May 1 issue ofthe journal JAMA Internal Medicine. But the new findings show that this is not the case. "These findings suggest that alternate-day fasting may be less sustainable in the long term, compared with daily calorie restriction, for most obese individuals," the researchers said.

The study also found no difference in blood pressure, heart rate, triglyceride levels, blood sugar levels or insulin levels, between the two diet groups.

Fasting diets such as the "5:2 diet," which involves fasting just two days a week and eating normally on the other five, have risen in popularity in recent years. Some previous research suggested that fasting diets lead to just as much weight loss, and are easier to stick with, than traditional diets. But these studies have tended to be small and short term. The new study is one of the largest and longest-running trials to look at the effects of alternate-day fasting, the researchers said.

Still, some obese people may prefer this type of fasting diet over a traditional diet that restricts calories every day, the researchers said. Future studies could examine traits that make alternate-day fasting more tolerable for some people than others for instance, it may be that some people find it easier than others do to go for long periods without eating, the researchers said.

It's also important to note that the study involved obese people who were "metabolically healthy," meaning they did not have any of the typical risk factors for heart disease or diabetes. It's not clear if the findings would be the same in other groups of people, the researchers said.

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Pippa Middleton is an English socialite and the sister of Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge. Her good looks, chic style, and frequent appearances at Londons hottest clubs thrust her into the public spotlight and earned her many admirers, as well as critics. In May, Pippa will be marrying her financier fianc, Jordan Matthews, and to really wow on her wedding day, she is turning to a questionable weight-loss routine the Sirtfood Diet, based on a book of the same name published in January by British nutritionists Aidan Goggins and Glen Matten.

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So where does the Sirtfood Diet rank in terms of fad diets adopted by wealthy social elites? Researchers believe that a special group of polyphenol-rich foods help activate sirtuins a class of proteins that have been implicated in a range of cellular processes such as aging, inflammation, and stress resistance. Sirtuins are also believed to affect the bodys ability to burn fat, which is why theyve suddenly received more attention from the diet/weight-loss community. In an ideal scenario, the Sirtfood Diet leads to a seven-pound-per-week weight loss while preserving muscle mass.

If youre wondering which foods you can eat on this diet, the answer is not many. The ten most common sirtfoods are green tea, dark chocolate, apples, citrus fruits, parsley, turmeric, kale, blueberries, capers, and red wine. These foods are undoubtedly healthy and contain a number of beneficial antioxidants, flavonoids, and other nutrients, but nutritionists are skeptical that they provide enough protein and carbohydrates to make up a healthy eating regimen. The Sirtfood Diet is one part calorie restriction and one part juice cleanse.

The diet involves two distinct phases. The initial phase lasts one week, requires that participants eat no more than 1,000 calories for three consecutive days, and usually involves three sirtfood juices (celery, kale, and lemon are common juice components) and one low-calorie meal per day. For the next four days, calorie restrictions are increased to 1,500 kilocalories, with an extra solid meal added in place of a juice. The second phase is where consistent weight loss takes place. For the next two weeks, dieters eat three meals per day of only sirtfoods and one sirtfood juice.

If this diet stinks of starvation, then your nose is spot on. Registered dietitian Brigitte Zeitlin explained to The Cut that although its true that a person can initially lose weight on this diet due to its overly restrictive nature, theyd be starving themselves in the process. Zeitlin argues that eating fewer than 1,200 calories per day is potentially dangerous, and youll lack the necessary energy to get through the day. Rapid weight loss is usually just water weight, not fat, meaning that after you get off the diet the pounds come right back.

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Coca-Cola has a new product with fiber, called 'Coke Plus,' sold only in Japan for now. We taste test it. USA TODAY

This image provided by The Coca-Cola Company shows a bottle of Coca-Cola Plus, which adds fiber.(Photo: AP)

Coca-Cola is selling a new soda that includes fiber.

The drink, called Coca-Cola Plus, is available only in Japan. According to the company, there are no plans to bring it to the U.S. market.

In the United States, products that feature added fiber include yogurt, orange juice, white bread and artificial sweetener

The no-calorie Coca-Cola Plus boastsfive grams of indigestible dextrin, a source of dietary fiber, per 470-ml bottle.

It's part of a segment of the beverage market in Japan calledFood of Specified Health Use, or FOSHU, drinks. Follow USA TODAY reporter Zlati Meyer on Twitter: @ZlatiMeyer

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