2012 Diet Trends

The 12 Best and Worst Diet Trends of 2012

Planning to make over your refrigerator in 2013? First, learn some lessons from the best and worst nutritional trends of the past year

By K. Aleisha Fetters fitbie

The Year in Diets
1
The Best: Shunning Refined Sugar
2
The Best: The Fixation on Fiber
3
The Best: Smart Commercial Nutrition Programs
4
The Best: Superfoods to the Rescue
5
The Best: Fat is No Longer an Enemy
6
The Best: A Spotlight on Science-Based Diets
7
The Worst: Eating Like a Caveman
8
The Worst: Going Raw
9
The Worst: Commercial Cleanses
10
The Worst: Playing with pH
11
The Worst: Running on Hormones
12
The Worst: Cutting Carbs

The Year in Diets

The 12 Best and Worst Diet Trends of 2012 // ©

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Each year, a slew of new diets make too-good-to-be-true claims about losing weight fast with minimal effort. But some eating trends have real staying power. We’ve identified 2012’s food fads that are just that—fads—and the trends that we hope will continue into 2013 and beyond. (No matter what the trend is, avoid falling for these 7 Worst Diet Myths.)

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