10、Diets Do Work 節食是有用的

The phrase diets don't work has been drummed into us by book titles, advertising slogans, and other such mantras. But the truth is, you can lose weight following pretty much every diet on the bookstore shelf. The problem is that unless the diet fits your lifestyle, it's bound to fail, and your weight will creep back on. You want a diet you can live with. If you like sandwiches for lunch, for example, you'll have trouble sticking to a low-carb diet. If you hate counting calories and find it much easier to follow rules — like avoiding carbs — Atkins may be for you. And if you really love your olive oil, the Mediterranean diet is more appealing than a true low-fat diet. If you're trying to lose weight, you have to exercise your options.

好多書名、廣告標語和類似地方都鼓吹節食不能減肥。但事實上，書店里任何一本節食書都能讓你減掉體重。問題在于除非節食方法適合你的生活方式，否則必然會失敗。比如說，如果你喜歡中文吃三明治，堅持低碳節食法就會有難度。如果你討厭計算卡路里，喜歡遵守條目，比如避免碳水化合物，阿特金斯節食法就很適合你。如果你熱愛橄欖油，地中海式減肥法比低脂節食更有效。想減肥，你就得弄清自己的選擇。