Name: Rebeca Magallanes

CRN: 15336

Date:10/11/2016

Ac tivity #9: Organizing Research by Question

1.

What are Fad Diets and why are they bad for health?

2.

What are the most known Fad Diets?

3.

What consequences could a fad diet bring?

4.

What are the main nutrients or components that make up a good

healthy diet?

Research Question #1:

What are Fad Diets?
Author
Illawarra Mercury (Australia)

Author
The Irish Times

Perspective #1
Quotes / Main Points / Ideas
-Fad Diets dont produce long-term
effects
-Are deficient in important nutrients
-Arent supported by Research
-Difficult to follow
Quotes / Main Points / Ideas
People who go on Fad diets are at
risk of vitamin and mineral
deficiencies
-Fat Diets focus on cutting major
food groups, that is why they are
imbalanced.

Research Question #2:

What are the most known Fad Diets?
Perspective #1
Author
Quotes / Main Points / Ideas
The Irish Times
-5:2diet, Atkins diet, cabbage soup
diet, Dukan diet, blood type diet
,maple syrup diet.\
Author
K. Aleisha Fetters

Quotes / Main Points / Ideas

The Raw Food Diet, Alkaline Diets,
The Blood Type Diet, The Werewolf
Diet, Cookie Diets, The Five-Bite
Diet, The Master Cleanse/ Lemonade
Diet, The Baby Food Diet, The

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Cabbage Soup Diet, The Grape Fruit

Diet, The Sleeping Beauty Diet, The
HCG diet, The Tape Worm Diet, The
Cotton Ball Diet.
Research Question #3:
What consequences could a Fad Diet bring?
Perspective #1
Author
Quotes / Main Points / Ideas
Fit Day Editor
Weight Gain, Altered Metabolism,
Nutritional Deficiencies, Hair and
Muscle Loss

Author
Mark A. Moyad

Perspective #2
Quotes / Main Points / Ideas

Unhealthybehaviorssuchasthethought
thatthereisonlyonepotentialsolutionto
weightlossorthecostandstrict
adherencetotheseprograms.
Thelongtermadverseeffectshavenot
beenstudiedadequately.

Research Question #4:

What are the main nutrients or components that make up a good healthy
diet?
Perspective #1
Author
Quotes / Main Points / Ideas
Stonebridge College
Carbohydrates, Minerals, Vitamins,
Unsaturated Fats, Protein, Fiber,
Water.
Author
Pankaj Kumar

Quotes / Main Points / Ideas

Carbohydrates, Fats, Proteins,
Minerals, Vitamins, Water and
Roughage.

Activity #10: Writing About Your Secondary Research

Name: Rebeca Magallanes

CRN: 15336

Date:10/11/2016

In Activity 9, you organized your research according to the research questions. Now you
will want to add more substance to your notes by summarizing main points, drawing out
significant quotes, and paraphrasing the ideas from those sources.
Summarize two of your secondary sources in the space provided below. You can repeat
this for each source. Use the following matrix as an example:
Source #1:
Full APA Citation:

Mercury, I. (2105, December 1). Fad Diets can be Bad

for Health. Retrieved October 18, 2016, from
https://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/lnacademic/

Summary:

This source explains what is the meaning of Fad Diets and it also
briefly explains why are they bad for our health. They dont produce
long-term effects, are deficient in nutrients, they are difficult to follow
and they are usually not supported by research.

Source #2:
Full APA Citation:

Mee, P. (2014, November 11). On the menu: Food fads and

durable diets: How to lose weight and keep it off. Retrieved
November 3, 2016, from http://www.irishtimes.com/life-andstyle/health-family/on-the-menu-food-fads-and-durable-dietshow-to-lose-weight-and-keep-it-off-1.1989049

Summary:

This source explains how loosing weight is not as easy as it seems

and how are people not learning about habits, that it requires,
planning, effort and motivation. The most important is to know your
self. This webpage also explains the different types of fad diets that
people usually tend to follow. It describes them and explains why are
they bad or good for health.

Source #3:
Full APA Citation:

Fetters, K. (2014, July 22). 14 Fad Diets You Should

Absolutely Never Try. Retrieved November 05, 2016, from
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/22/worst-faddiets_n_5592013.html

Summary:

This Webpage explains a list of different Fad Diets. It describes in

detailed what are they about and whye are they bad for heatlh.

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Source #4:
Full APA Citation:

F. (Ed.). (n.d.). Four Reasons Why You Should Avoid Fad Diets.
Retrieved November 05, 2016, from
http://www.fitday.com/fitness-articles/fitness/weight-loss/4reasons-why-you-should-avoid-fad-diets.html

Summary:

This Webpage explains the four of the reasons why people should
avoid Fad Diets and gives a brief explanation.

Source #5:
Full
APA
Citatio
n:

Summ
ary:

Moyad, M. A. (2005, February). Fad Diets and Obesity Part IV: LowCarbohydrate vs. Low-Fat Diets. Complementary and Preventive
Medicine, 25, 67-70. Retrieved November 5, 2106, from http://0web.a.ebscohost.com.lib.utep.edu/ehost/detail/detail?sid=1f56100ac056-4b45-b57e9f4613b54ed2@sessionmgr4007&vid=6&hid=4002&bdata=JnNpdGU9
ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#AN=16184802&db=a9h
This is a research article that compares the low carbohydrate diet with the low fat
diet and it explains why are fad diets not reliebale.

Source #6:
Full APA Citation:
Kumar, P. (2012, October 23). Balanced Diet and its
Components. Retrieved November 05, 2016, from
https://gkplus.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/balanced-diet-andits-components/
Summary:

This webpage explains all of the components that make up a good

diet with the meaning of each one.