If you heard about a new diet, what would get you to try it?

I would try most Lifestyles that promote good health.

Plausibility. As a biochemist, almost every diet i come across sets off alarm bells. Heck, more then half of the ‘supplements’ aisle does that to me. If someone told me something was working, I’d only give it the time of day if it doesn’t involve some ‘superfood’ or some gnostic understanding of their systems. It should be simple and make a large amount of sense. And it also helps a lot if it doesn’t involve some very specific, hard to find supplement. That just screams ‘scam’.

Also, it’s of note that while many fad diets ‘work’, in that they make you lose weight, a majority of them (that i see) have much more to do with essential starvation then anything substance x is doing. And so while you may lose weight, it almost certainty results in yo-yoing.

Ages of research proving that this lifestyle is better than others. For example:
*Japanese Diet
*Mediterranean Diet
*Paleo Diet
*Vegan Diet

Some dish within that diet would have to knock me out.

@SpatzieLover So, if you don’t mind me asking, what’s the ‘ages of research’ behind the Paleo Diet? This is the second time I’ve seen it on the site in as many days, and my quick glance through some info shows it as being not very well studied (which, to be fair, few diets are), and more importantly it has stirred up quite a bit of contention over whether or not it makes any sense for a number of reasons. Any illumination you can offer?

It does pass the basic plausibility test, to be fair. Just wondering if you have any more info then what I’ve found.

Usually I am the one who talks about a great diet that works for me. What I usually talk about is how a balanced diet also makes you feel really good about yourself, as well as with the other benefits. Feeling good, perhaps some weight loss as well, bodily functions run smooth too (or in my case ) When I eat balanced and with a good diet, I find that my bowels move better too, and I feel so clean. hahahaha… sorry, had to throw that out there ;)

The scales….it’s always the scales and the tape measure for me.

How much did you lose? How long did it take you to do that? How many inches/dress sizes did you lose? How long did it take you to do that? Does the diet have aspartame (poison) in it? Is it vegetarian? (I would need an affirmative for that one.)

Those are the primary questions I would ask….most people who go on a “diet” are on it to lose weight (primarily) no matter what they say. If a lifestyle comes with it, great….if not…oh, well…..

(I am talking about a diet-diet…not a lifestyle in answering this question.)

Nothing, because I already know what losing weight and eating healthy takes. Diets are money-making scams.

Nothing will make me try a speciic diet full blown. What I do try is new dishes to incorporate into my diet to work towards healthier living. I am a big believer in moderation.

I’d just like to clarify that when I refer to “diet” it means “food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health”.I was not referring to the silly way that people lose weight temporarily by “going on diets”. I took the question to be one asking how people would be able to eat BETTER, not “How do I go on a diet?”. But I think I misread.

“What is the thing that keeps you from eating better? In other words, if someone told you about a diet they’d started that was working for them, what specific claim about it would get you to try it?”

The thing that keeps me from eating better is when I’m too lazy to make sure I have enough vegetables, grains, dairy products, meats, and all that I’m supposed to have. Picking and making sure I have everything.
I’m really into making sure I have enough fiber though, so a specific claim that would get me to try a new eating plan, is if some particular foods help with bowel movements. Usually I worry about a balanced meal just to make sure that I’m having regular bowel movements and to avoid occasional constipation. Since eating good does help with natural bodily functions. (Anyways, I’m just speaking gibberish now, and I don’t know if anything I said is relevant to the question anymore. I should just continue studying for my exam.)

Proof that it actually works and that the food doesn’t taste like cardboard covered in shit.

The only thing that would make me try some diet would be for me to decide I was way out of control and my weight was over the top unhealthy. Until then, watching calories and exercising will do the trick. Or if I had a condition like diabetes and had to follow a particular diet.

Real proof that after the diet is finished I would not gain twice as much as the weight I lost during that diet.

As long as it passes the fundamental sniff test: calories in – calories out = weight change.

If it’s a positive number then you will gain weight, if it’s negative then you will loose weight. I would be more interested in pursuing a diet that was filled with a wide variety of different foods that keeps things interesting, healthy, and respects the calories in/out rule. For me, it’s more about learning to cook new and interesting dishes, and learning to add flavor with things like spices instead of fats.

What made me try the diet I have been on for almost two years (the 80/10/10 diet) was first, desperation. I was sick and needed to get well and new that a healthy diet was the way out. Second was the simplicty and appeal to my common sense. Thankfully I am now in the best health and shape of my life and getting better all the time and loving it..

Usually people who are heavy feel compelled to try every diet until they see immediate results?
not always the case.
First your body takes time to accept a diet change and goes through a process to accept it.
Most heavy people are impatient and do not wait , hense the variety of diets to and fro.

Best diet to practice is lowering the calorie intake a little at a time.
The body will accept and regulate it much bettter then.