Junk Food Diet

Junk foods are typically ready-to-eat convenience foods containing high levels of saturated fats, salt, or sugar, and little or no fruit, vegetables, or dietary fiber; junk foods thus have little or no health benefits.
Twinkies, Oreos, and Doritos�the new weight-loss diet? Well, a steady stream of junk food worked for Mark Haub, a Kansas State University nutrition professor who, after two months, shed a hefty 27 pounds, CNN reports. Haub went from ingesting 2,600 calories a day to 1,800. "I'm losing weight and my cholesterol is improving by eating those foods," Haub told Dubansky.

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Haub said before the diet, he was eating up to 3,000 calories a day and weighed 201 pounds.

�Some people, like health care professionals, are saying my weight loss is unhealthy.�
�This diet is based on refined, processed foods that lack essential vitamins and nutrients, as well as antioxidants and fiber,� she said. This junk food diet may help you shed a few pounds, but ultimately can reduce your chances for longevity.�
Haub said the weight loss wasn�t his initial concern � he wanted to focus on issues like cardiovascular markers, but he is pleased with the results.

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