Fad Diets

The article defines fads by newness rather than popularity. The article classifies pharmaceuticals, supplements, refined grains, and ultra-processed foods as modern interventions rather than time-tested practices. A fad diet attracts mass enthusiasm, is unsustainable, and continues despite poor results or evidence of harm. The article says practices aligned with evolved human physiology have deep historical roots even when they become newly discussed. A temporary eating pattern that is abandoned recreates the conditions that produced the original problem. Cotton ball dieting is described as a genuine health hazard. Extreme single-food or nonfood diets are nutritionally incoherent and unsustainable within days.