The baby food diet - is it really true?

It's just like my 17-year-old daughter - who swaps and changes her clothing from skinny jeans to baggy jeans, then purchases a brand-new pair of beautifully fitting denims only to meticulously slash them with a razor and turn them into what look like rags hanging from her waist (successfully turning herself from a beautiful middle-class American teen to something the cat just dragged in). "It's the new urban look, mom," she says with excitement. "All my friends are doing it." "Don't worry," my husband chuckled at my anxiety, "it won't last long." And he is right.

That's fashion - and it's not restricted to the attire of the young and reckless.

It happens in the diet industry too, and food fad fashion can hook even the most mature and level-headed people I know. All fad dieters have two things in common … they think or know they're overweight and they're desperate to lose it.

Have you heard about the latest fad diet to hit Hollywood? It's called the Baby Food Diet. Can there really be something beneficial to your health from spooning down jars of mushy peas and bananas?

The idea is that if you want to lose weight quickly then all you have to do is substitute a tiny jar of pureed fruit and vegetable for one or more adult type meals during the day.

The baby food diet originated from New York
fashion guru Hedi Slimane. The 39-year-old
French designer could no longer fit into his
designer jeans so subsequently ate baby
food for weeks on end to slim his designer
hips.

But that's not all!

Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon are at it as well! Some reports are saying Lady Gaga has been slurping the stuff down too!

Since babies' digestive systems are so young and tender, most baby food that you'll find at the grocery store is free from added fillers, hydrogenated fats and other artificial additives. So there is one thing for sure: this diet can at least be considered healthy, if you don't mind eating mushy, sloppy food made for those so young they have no teeth.

Here is what I liked about this diet:

1 Most baby foods are free of additives,
and usually contain plenty of vitamins
and minerals.

2 There is no shortage of different varieties to
choose from.

3 The jars are so small they can fit into your handbag (good for taking with you to work), so the portion control is easy.

4 And last but not least, the baby food diet is very cheap compared to other special dietary regimes.

But is the baby food diet really a proper diet plan and can it help you lose weight?

Well! Here's the bottom line: any diet that reduces your intake of fat and simple carbohydrates or which can help burn off calories by speeding up your metabolism will help you lose weight, if you can sustain it long enough. Exchanging some of your adult size meals for baby food will almost certainly leave you unsatisfied and feeling hungry for most of the day. But the point I am trying to make here is: if you have tried several other types of diet plans in the past and failed, don't expect the baby food diet to be your weight loss answer. However, that said, baby food can be a brilliant food for snack replacement - and it could very well help you lose weight, especially in conjunction with another diet plan. For a free no-nonsence approach to dieting check this out by clicking here

The Baby food diet plan