Anyone familiar with the Full Diet?

[RichardsUsername]

My brother is raving about it. I think they've got a book to sell.

 

[Nayshiftin]

No never, as i am never full
I am going to try the Freshwell app this week but still scared.
Reading it have found to get to two meals a day.
Not going to be easy.
where I read two meals was this in the Freshwell motto.
"Eat larger portions for your main meals so you feel full, and aim to reduce/stop snacking in between. Ultimately you may wish to achieve 2 larger meals per day instead of 3 smaller ones."

 

[Eddy Edson]

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Sounds too good to be true? Well, that is The Full Diet and it can help anyone, however much weight you want to lose. It was created by me and a team of doctors and scientists at Imperial College London.

That sure sets the griftometer quacking.

There's one little bit of published research which it's supposed to be based on: https://dom-pubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dom.14207
Brief discussion here: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/235414/imperial-experts-book-uses-scientific-evidence/

52 week study, participants lost average ~17% of body weight by the end of period. Methodlogy on a quick skim looks like it's more-or-less standard intensive lifestyle intervention, so I'm not sure what the special sauce is supposed to be.

Zero reason IMO to expect that many of the participants will maintain weight loss through five years. It will be like every one of the many, many diet+lifestyle modifiication weight loss programs which show big declines in the first year, but only ~15% or less maintaining significant weight loss over the long term.

Anyway, as far as I can see there's no basis for translating findings from this research to something focused on just the dietary piece, without the intensive intervention.

So IMO it looks sadly like another researcher from a prestigious institution jumping on the grift-train. Lots & lots of pretty easy money promoting magic lose-weight-easily diets.

Of relevance, a new Nature piece reviewing the big differences between likely mechanisms for initial weight loss, versus those involved in long-term weight-loss maintenance. https://www.nature.com/articles/s42255-023-00864-1 Interventions effective for intitial 6-12 months weight loss are quite likely not efficient for maintaining the weight loss for the long term.

 

[Nayshiftin]

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Sounds too good to be true? Well, that is The Full Diet and it can help anyone, however much weight you want to lose. It was created by me and a team of doctors and scientists at Imperial College London.

That sure sets the griftometer quacking.

There's one little bit of published research which it's supposed to be based on: https://dom-pubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dom.14207
Brief discussion here: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/235414/imperial-experts-book-uses-scientific-evidence/

52 week study, participants lost average ~17% of body weight by the end of period. Methodlogy on a quick skim looks like it's more-or-less standard intensive lifestyle intervention, so I'm not sure what the special sauce is supposed to be.

Zero reason IMO to expect that many of the participants will maintain weight loss through five years. It will be like every one of the many, many diet+lifestyle modifiication weight loss programs which show big declines in the first year, but only ~15% or less maintaining significant weight loss over the long term.

Anyway, as far as I can see there's no basis for translating findings from this research to something focused on just the dietary piece, without the intensive intervention.

So IMO it looks sadly like another researcher from a prestigious institution jumping on the grift-train. Lots & lots of pretty easy money promoting magic lose-weight-easily diets.

Of relevance, a new Nature piece reviewing the big differences between likely mechanisms for initial weight loss, versus those involved in long-term weight-loss maintenance. https://www.nature.com/articles/s42255-023-00864-1 Interventions effective for intitial 6-12 months weight loss are quite likely not efficient for maintaining the weight loss for the long term.

Yes, all diets I have tried have worked but I yo yo back and put on more.
See diet is for life.
l am a foodaholic as much as someone with alcohol is addicted so am I to food . Both I believe affect the liver, pancreas etc .
Hence i have type 2 diabetes and in the self fatty type. As much as I hate to admit and confront i have myself to blame.
I am never full or satisfied so have an ongoing battle with food.
So any diet is good on it but we all know that we all socialise and nice naughty food is at the centre.
It is drummed into us that food is what we celebrate with. Alcoholics can not meet with booze but are very likely at parties , xmas, celebrations as does anyone on a diet. Yes, its in most shops high streets etc . Food though is needed as fuel.
One diet allows fruit and carbs another doesn't.
So it will be hard to stick too.
I was brought up with snacking . Yes playtime sweets etc. Cakes, biscuits are cheap fillers and most mums know children will eat them.
Squash and fizzy drinks were readily available too.
Now as a child teenager I was thin and healthy and could go for miles . However arthritis, the pains from obesity, diabetes have changed all that .
Since having children all has changed.
Hormones play a part too..
Yes my rant in middle if the night.
Another 9 hours before i can eat Brunch.
I hope i can sleep some of it but my tummy is rumbling away already.
Not an easy task when the other option is that drive for comfort food, delicious smells, tastes and a nice tummy feeling.
Yes slowly killing oneself. one dies anyway . Versus nothing is as good as slim will feel. I might see if it makes me have more energy. I am up half the night anyways…. will it help me sleep more?
The full diet…. the Fool diet.
The life diet.
The Last diet.

 

[RichardsUsername]

My brother is raving about it. I think they've got a book to sell.

I'm gonna write a book about the Empty Diet. Best seller.

 

[nonethewiser]

Own book is due for release next month, it's called Enjoy Your Food & Ignore The c**p About It.