Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
When it comes to experimenting with ways to eat, there are a lot of choices: The Warrior Diet, the South Beach Diet and the Paleo Diet to name a few.
For each of these diets there is a group of people that think their plan is best suited for people. But according to sports nutritionist Matt Fitzgerald, most of those diets are a waste of time.
Fitzgerald is the author of the new book "Diet Cults: The Surprising Fallacy at the Core of Nutrition Fads and a Guide to Healthy Eating for the Rest of Us."
He joins the show to talk about the book and to explain why people are seduced by "diet cults."