How do you define fad diet? The low carb diet has been around since the
mid-1800’s, and was the popular diet from then onward (see Banting’s Letter
on Corpulence). The low fat diet became popular in the 1950’s and 60’s.
When I was growing up, a diet meal in a restaurant was a hamburger with no
bun, and a peach and cottage cheese salad. And while the low fat diet was
being pushed on us, the low carb hung around. So to me the low fat diet is
the fad.

Around my area many restaurants still offered the “hamburg patty, cottage
cheese on lettuce with peach or pineapple” in the 80’s and it was listed as
the diet platter, on the menu. Now the “diet platters” are gone and replaced
by fast food items to keep up with the people on the go and the ready made
salads are wilted and consist of just iceburg lettuce shredded carrot and a
piece of pepper or onion. The restaurants that offered a full menue are
dissapearing. And the new ones do not even make it a year. The price of
fresh fruits and vegetables in the stores are on the rise and the pay is not
much more than minimum raise. It is very hard for family’s to be able to
purchase the good for you foods and are being forced to eat the processed
foods. I think that is where the adolescent obesity is coming from around
here. That and the video games the parents buy the kids to keep them out of
the way, My nephew came to live with us and I would say why don’t you go out
and get some fresh air and play, he would say his cartoons were on. There
was none of that wanting to go out and explore the area or take a walk, like
I did when growing up. So no wonder it is on the rise. We have to make time
for the kids to get the exercise and try to work harder on the diets or the
obesity is going to continue to grow in large numbers.

Sounds right to me except maybe the egg thing may have been cholesterol and
not fat.

Drinking water means 64fl.oz. water then atleast another 64 in other
liquids.My exception to this would be caffine drinks as they have the
tendency to dehydrate.

The invention of the quick microwave IMHO is the worst now because of the
way the food is cooked.

Second to that I believe would be over boiling or boiling in to much water.
The best would be baked or grilled, steamed, and sauted in little water and
some raw.