Thread: dr bernstein diet?

anyone try it? did you keep the weight off? my best friend lost alot of weight on it extremely quickly. we are still waiting to see if it stays off. any experiences here?

Here is my opinion as a registered dietitian... don't waste your money....it's a gimmick

Here are a few red flags for me:
1. States that you "lose only fatty tissue". -- When you lose weight you lose it from all over. No supplement or eating behavior can promise that you only lose fat weight.

2. This program wants to sell you minerals, vitamins and other supplements. --- Unless your diet is deficient in a specific micro nutrient due to health complications or a disease, you only need a multi-vitamin. No supplement is going to encourage additional weight loss.

3. The diet promises end results that cannot be guaranteed "When you’ve reached your goal, you can stay there for life" and "live an extra 10 years" - unrealistic unless they follow you for life or guarantee your life expectancy.

4. It discourages exercise to help with the weight loss by saying it is ineffective --- that alone makes me go "WHHAAAT"?

I could search for more flags...but those are what struck me right away.....

Yeli

woah they discourage exercise? thats a bit weird!!!!

the problem I have with the Bernstein diet is they put you on fewer than 1000 calories a day which will drop your metabolism. Anybody will lose weight on a starvation diet. That's why you need to take so many supplements - so you don't become dangerously vitamin and mineral deficient as you are eating so little food.