The point of these first two weeks is to kick start a weight loss program designed to have a healthier nutritional intake than an individual’s usual meal. Research has shown that people who make time for breakfast every morning will ultimately consume less fat and cholesterol. The ultimate goal is to also get an individual used to eating breakfast every morning, even when it is Special K cereal.
The Kellogg’s website offers a customized weekly menu based on preferences that you input. You respond to some of their questions about likes and dislikes and they create a complimentary meal plan based on their product line. This is an ingenious advertising method of tapping into the weight loss industry, creating a need for a particular product and encouraging individuals to continue to purchase that product after the weight loss kick start has been finished.
Unfortunately, the Special K diet is nothing more than a reduced calorie diet that helps individuals to begin a weight loss program. It requires no calorie counting, it is simple and easy to follow and one study found it to be effective for up to 75% of the people. However, there is a very small variation in the types of foods that individuals are allowed to eat which can lead to boredom and compromised nutritional intake. And, although this particular cereal is fortified with a range of vitamins and minerals, it is not a good source of fiber and questionable as to how this fortification can make up for eating whole foods.
One of the biggest negatives to using the Special K diet is that once finished the individual often reverts back to their old eating habits and the weight that they struggled so hard to take off in the past two weeks is now regained rather quickly. The Special K diet is much like other fad diets that promises quick weight loss but is unable to deliver on long-term results.
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