We Explain the Most Popular Google Diets of 2019
There were many trendy diets in 2019, including a few that I hadn’t even heard of until I started researching this list. Google has published the ten most viewed diets on Google , and we’re here to explain what they are and what you might want to know as you study them.
Two diets seem perfectly reasonable: intermittent fasting, which is a legal trick if you’re into these kinds of things, and Noom, which offers a pretty standard diet in an app form that some people find convenient. The other eight I would not recommend. But here’s a spoiler: none of them seem more effective than regular, simple, healthy meals.
Intermittent diet
Most people who follow IF are likely to disagree with calling it a diet; it is a “way of eating,” which can also be used for tangible health benefits or because some people find they feel more focused and energized while fasting.
In most cases, IF takes the form of a time-limited feeding. You skip eating for a period of time – maybe before bed until lunchtime, essentially skipping breakfast. Other versions might include two days a week dedicated to extremely low calorie intake.
As a weight loss aid, IF works in the same way as other diets . In general, you will eat less and lose weight, but only if you do not hate it. When it is studied, people tend to have a hard time sticking to it .
Dr.Seby’s diet
It’s a vegan diet of unprocessed foods – not bad yet – with lots of pseudoscience and expensive supplements. Diet is supposed to make your body “alkaline” (that’s not what a diet can do) and is dangerously low in protein. Also, for you to know, Dr. Seby is not a doctor. Healthline has a detailed description of the diet here .
Noom diet
Noom is a subscription-based app that gives advice on what to eat and asks you to keep track of your food. Food is divided into red, yellow, and green categories, with red foods being the most nutritious and green foods being the most nutritious. The app educates you, although some users find them less than helpful . He was called “Weight Watchers for Millennials.”
Diet 1200 calories
This is not a specific diet, but simply the idea of eating 1200 calories a day. For some reason, this number is sometimes given as a minimum for healthy eating (I recall that the old CalorieCount forums in the early 00s forbade any discussion of diets until 1200 years old), and in other communities it is considered acceptable for some people, maybe. , sometimes (see subreddit r / 1200isplenty ).
To be clear, 1200 calories is not enough for most people. (We have a guide to finding the right amount of calories .) Many people who are looking for this “diet” are likely trying to find low-calorie recipes or meal plans that may ultimately be acceptable if your actual intake matches your body size and activity level.
Holo diet
GOLO is a company selling weight loss programs and nutritional supplements. They have published studies claiming that their plan is working, but GOLO has funded and conducted research and, shall we say, they do not make a compelling case for their diet (for example, they do not compare people who are on their diet with people who on a different diet.)
The diet also requires the use of a specific supplement that the company sells. Since we know that there are no magic diet pills, this does not seem like a special diet. Meanwhile, there are reviews on Amazon and they are … not good .
Dabrow Diet
This diet belongs to reality TV stars Terry Dubrow of Botched and Heather Dubrow of The Real Housewives of Orange County . It’s a fairly simple combination of intermittent fasting, in which you fast for 16 hours a day (including while you sleep), and an unprocessed, low-carb meal.
For each phase of the diet, there are recommended foods that nutritionist Caroline Williams notes may not provide healthy calories . On some of the test days, there were only about 1,000 calories.
Sirtfood diet
This diet aims to activate proteins in our body called sirtuins in order to create more mitochondria to fight oxidative stress and possibly slow down the aging process. Sounds great, except it can’t be done with diet, said Spartan nutritionist and biochemist.
The diet begins with a week of extreme calorie restriction (about 1000-1500 calories, most of which is juice). Then do another two weeks of restricted meals, after which you can either repeat the process or move on to the maintenance phase in which you “validate” your diet by consuming as many approved Sirtfood products as possible (green tea, dark chocolate, red wine, etc.). etc.). If this sounds a lot like a debunked superfood concept … well, I think so too.
No carbohydrates and no sugar
This is pretty much what it looks like. A life without carbs or sugar (pro tip: sugar is one of the carbs) might not be harmful, but it probably sucks. Most likely people have googled about J.Lo’s 10 Day Carbohydrate / Sugar Free Test, which we’ll come back to in a second.
Endomorphic diet
“Endomorph” is a term from the outdated concept of somatotyping , according to which some people are naturally thin, naturally thick or naturally muscular. There is no evidence for this, but the concept was catchy, and people (sigh) still talk about it.
There is no one reputable “endomorph diet”, just a lot of dietary tips for endomorphs that are about the same as any other, regardless of body type: eat more vegetables and all.
Jay Lo diet
Okay, that’s where the problem of lack of carbohydrates and sugar comes in. Jennifer Lopez posted a 10-day trial on her Instagram to avoid these foods. She told Today that one of the reasons is to get rid of sugar cravings. “Now when I go back to eating fruit after 10 days, it will taste like sundae,” she said.
The challenge is to eliminate everything that contains starch or sugar, including fruit, yogurt, and milk. While you don’t technically need these foods to live, most people get bored and frustrated pretty quickly trying to deal with these kinds of problems. And for what purpose? This does not mean that carbohydrates or sugars are bad for you to the point that you need to eliminate them completely from your diet, even if it is temporary.