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Keto, paleo, gluten-free, and vegan are some of the diets you have probably heard about on social media that are also known as fad diets. Joining me today is Carrie Durward, Extension Nutrition Specialist at Utah State University.
What is a fad diet?
Carrie Durward: Typically, I think of fad diets as being diets that are popular in the media. Maybe your favorite celebrity is endorsing it, there is probably a popular diet book about it. There may or may not be good nutritional backing for that diet.
Kailey Foster: You brought up the fact that fad diets can lack nutritional value, so why can these diets be problematic?