How’s that for a catchy article title?

There really is no other way of putting it to be honest; if you are trying to lose weight and/or get healthier a “diet” is not going to give you the results you really want (and in some cases might actually be a detriment to your goals in the long run).

Now, I am not talking about long-term diets specifically designed to manage certain aspects of your health like low sodium diets, gluten-free diets (assuming your doctor has actually put you on one and you are not drinking dirty hippie water and jumping on a bandwagon), etc… I am talking about the never-ending parade of nonsense programs like those claiming to get people into bathing suit shape in 3 months.

These and all the other ridonkulous claims out there are a sham, a fake, a dissimilation I say!

Lego Hulk angry at stupid question!

Why am I so incensed right now? Well I am glad you asked!

Now that we are a couple of weeks into the New Year, and people are already trying desperately to cling to their poorly constructed New Year’s Resolutions (check this article out if you need some help sticking to or restructuring yours), the pleas for help are flooding the social media airwaves!

If I see one more supposedly intelligent adult blindly asking random people on the internet “What diet should I try to help me lose weight?” I am going to have a Jerd-Rage induced aneurysm.

The simple truth is diets don’t work. They never have, they never will.

So let’s dive into where they fall short and what you can do to avoid wasting time and effort on these sorts of food based shenanigans!

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