How to spot a fad diet – Mia Nacamulli

How to spot a fad diet – Mia Nacamulli

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Conventional wisdom about diets, including government health recommendations, seems to change all the time. And yet ads routinely come out claiming to have THE answer about what we should eat. So how do we distinguish what’s actually healthy from what advertisers just want us to believe is good for us? Mia Nacamulli gives the facts on fad diets.

Lesson by Mia Nacamulli, animation by Avi Ofer.

50 Comments

  1. PINK USER on April 21, 2021 at 5:02 pm

    Your 10 year old child should be proud for the animation work they did for this.



  2. Dominic Lenguyen on April 21, 2021 at 5:03 pm

    Diet is die with a t



  3. Nelhuiliztli on April 21, 2021 at 5:04 pm

    I forgot who said it, but whoever, (pretty sure) she said, “Don’t eat anything your Great-Grandmother couldn’t bake/cook with the basic ingredients she would use”



  4. Marta Buck on April 21, 2021 at 5:09 pm

    I wish I found this video 2 years ago,



  5. iGuRuch on April 21, 2021 at 5:09 pm


  6. Patrick Simard on April 21, 2021 at 5:09 pm

    amazing atheist



  7. Elaine Parsons on April 21, 2021 at 5:10 pm

    Guys, build muscle doesn’t need to be hard (I used to feel it did). I’ll give you some advice right now. Search a diet plan called Custokebon Secrets. Seriously, that course has transformed my life. I probably shouldn’t even be talking about it cause I don’t want a bunch of other folks out there running the same "game" but whatever, I am in a great mood today so I will share the wealth haha.



  8. tanmay gusain on April 21, 2021 at 5:12 pm

    So losing weight isn’t that easy..



  9. Guy2015 on April 21, 2021 at 5:13 pm

    Vegan and Keto both qualify as Fad diets.



  10. Freedom Birth on April 21, 2021 at 5:14 pm

    Satanic vibes much? 2:24 and 3:02 are horrifying images.



  11. Andrea Grace Chu on April 21, 2021 at 5:14 pm

    1:50 I feel sorry for the horse



  12. Dora [draws] on April 21, 2021 at 5:14 pm

    Wait, people need ads to want to eat blueberries!?



  13. SORI's Wikipedia Page on April 21, 2021 at 5:16 pm

    Do your best to improve your sleep, stress, exercise and food.
    Make sure to sleep well,find ways to relax yourself which can work with exercise such as taking long scenic walks and doing short high intensity exercises when possible and do your best to eat balanced meals ~



  14. Life at Its Finest on April 21, 2021 at 5:16 pm

    you read this comment



  15. Connolly Mcfee on April 21, 2021 at 5:16 pm

    Do anybody know about Custokebon Secrets? Does it work? I hear lots of people burn their weight with this popular lose weight method.



  16. Natalia Legendre on April 21, 2021 at 5:18 pm

    POV you have to watch this for health class



  17. Benjamin S. on April 21, 2021 at 5:24 pm

    What is the right diet though?



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  19. Aymara Fan on April 21, 2021 at 5:26 pm

    A doctor’s office I am in is playing this, video in the waiting area!



  20. Kara Velasquez on April 21, 2021 at 5:26 pm

    It’s still astonish me just how lots of people have no clue about Custokebon Secrets even though lots of people using it. Thanks to my personal buddy who told me about this. I have lost a ton of weight.



  21. Jule M on April 21, 2021 at 5:27 pm

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  22. Enrique Guadarrama on April 21, 2021 at 5:27 pm

    No sé en tiende



  23. Elliot Finn on April 21, 2021 at 5:28 pm

    when you get an ad about counting carbs on a video titled *How to spot a fad diet*



  24. Slumpy on April 21, 2021 at 5:29 pm

    i beat off



  25. Random Person on April 21, 2021 at 5:30 pm

    Remember when people were putting charcoal in their food like 😆



  26. Starla Mosley on April 21, 2021 at 5:30 pm

    Anybody know what is Custokebon Secrets about? I hear lots of people burn their weight with this popular weight loss diet plan.



  27. Playmylevel on April 21, 2021 at 5:33 pm

    fad diets would work really well for actors



  28. Ayjan Annageldiyeva on April 21, 2021 at 5:37 pm

    I know this is controversial but, does skipping meals or eating less really slow down the metabolism?



  29. ARUN XAVIOUR on April 21, 2021 at 5:40 pm


  30. HaPe Daegling on April 21, 2021 at 5:41 pm

    Hi there, have you thought about this kind of diet plan called the Custokebon Secrets? My buddy says it helps people lost plenty of weight. Is that possible? I also read numerous good review relating to this diet plan. Thoughts?



  31. Yasmine H on April 21, 2021 at 5:42 pm

    If only I had watched this a long time ago…
    Thank you TED-Ed



  32. MrSKIFLAND on April 21, 2021 at 5:44 pm

    Я тут один со скайенга приперся?)



  33. VeganVixen on April 21, 2021 at 5:44 pm

    And for info about how cow’s react to the physical harms inflicted on them in the dairy industry, please see Ted-Ed’s video on animals feeling pain…
    Cows feel pain and value being alive. They also love their babies. We don’t need to be breastfed past infancy. We can live and thrive as vegans. Please do the right thing. ❤



  34. Comic Luigi on April 21, 2021 at 5:44 pm

    Did you Said *_açai?_*



  35. Lilpssp on April 21, 2021 at 5:45 pm

    k im watching rn can u see????



  36. Vlada who loves dragons on April 21, 2021 at 5:45 pm

    me: watches vidio
    ad after the vidio: do you wan to lose weight?



  37. T0X1C__WOLF on April 21, 2021 at 5:47 pm

    a summary in the paragraphs would be amazing its hard to watch these and learn something i get off topic and end up being amazed by the animations



  38. Mansour Aloufi on April 21, 2021 at 5:48 pm

    I have always listened to the back voice of my head that “balance” what we wat & “ exercise” is the ultimate solution for a good healthy life . NO SHORTCUT.



  39. Mia O'Dell on April 21, 2021 at 5:48 pm

    My name is Mia too



  40. BSC7 on April 21, 2021 at 5:53 pm

    Eat balanced, don’t think about it all the time, but be aware. You can have junk food once a month or twice, but eat it with joy, not feeling guilty. Do some sport that you think is fun like tennis, football, basketball… Cardio is not that efficient and I think is pretty boring. Constant salads become unhealthy



  41. bonnie432 on April 21, 2021 at 5:55 pm

    Food is such a complex topic. Calories, exercise, etc -__- it really just depends on the person……..



  42. Prakhar Chaudhary on April 21, 2021 at 5:56 pm

    How about sathvic foods ?



  43. Anthony Nguyen on April 21, 2021 at 5:57 pm

    Most of this is common sense



  44. Davon Wall on April 21, 2021 at 5:58 pm

    Diet Plan called Custokebon Secrets kept showing up here on different youtube and I thought they were scam. However after my work buddy follow it, and finally lost crazy amounts of weight with it without starving herself. I’m persuaded. You should not take my word for it, search for Custokebon Secrets on google.



  45. Denziel Ramos on April 21, 2021 at 5:59 pm

    What are the 3 diet fads in this video I can’t find them?



  46. Guy2015 on April 21, 2021 at 6:00 pm

    Fad Diets include Atkins, Mediterranean, Paleo, Keto, Vegan.



  47. Enrique Guadarrama on April 21, 2021 at 6:00 pm

    No sé en tiende



  48. Jaime Rhoan on April 21, 2021 at 6:01 pm

    Anybody know what is Custokebon Secrets about? I hear lots of people lost crazy amounts of weight with Custokebon Secrets (just search it on google).



  49. Jayce Reeves on April 21, 2021 at 6:01 pm

    Hi, have you considered this diet plan called the Custokebon Secrets? My mate says it helps people lost tons of weight. Is that possible? I also noticed a lot of excellent review about this diet plan. Thoughts?



  50. Emils Slime on April 21, 2021 at 6:01 pm

    Do fad diets work? No.