Healthy Food Choices for the Fit For Life Diet

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MARY HONDROS: Okay, the Fit for Life Diet is a weight loss program that claims to use genetic testing to determine the types of foods that your body needs. So basically what they do is they look at your genes and they say your body works better, functions better on eating these certain foods. And then they provide you with a weight loss plan, which is suppose to help you lose weight. The truth behind diets like this is that there is no scientific evidence behind using genetic testing for food preferences. There is not really any reason to believe that our bodies are genetically made with food preferences in the first place. So this kind of falls under those diets that's generally you are going to spend a lot of money to kind of get a basic weight loss plan that you could probably get from a trusted source. And another thing to remember about these kinds of diets is they do not always have licensed medical staff giving out this advice. So, general things to look out, especially in reference to this diet is: number one, if a diet has promises or claims that are kind of too good to be true, they are probably not true. Secondly, anything that talks about being based on genetic testing as far as food preference goes is not scientifically credible diet. Thirdly, your best source for nutrition and diet information is either a doctor or a registered dietician. So seek advice from those types of medical professionals. So those are some tips when you are looking at specific diets like the Fit for Life Diet.