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A controversial and radical diet plan created by professor of psychology Seth Roberts and promoted in his New York Times bestselling book of the same name, the Shangri-La diet purports that drinking extra light olive-oil or sugar water several times a day will help you lose weight. According to Seth Roberts, your body has a “set point” or a weight which is perfect for your body. If you eat less than this point, you will feel hungry. He believes that you can change this set point by consuming a food that has little flavour but which still has calories. Dieters must drink 1-3 tablespoons of the flavourless olive oil or sugar water twice a day, either an hour before or an hour after their meals. Seth Roberts created the diet based upon some of his experiences while travelling abroad and some experiments he conducted while a graduate student and a professor of psychology.
Beyond the requirement to drink the oil or fructose water, there are no other restrictions on the Shangri-La diet. It is billed as a “no HYPERLINK “http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/top-10-ways-to-deal-with-hunger” hunger, eat anything HYPERLINK “http://www.webmd.com/diet/default.htm” weight loss plan”, but dieters are advised to steer clear of processed foods and those containing high fructose corn syrup. Roberts tested his diet himself and claims that using this plan he lost 35 pounds over a period of three months and has kept the weight off for over five years.
While the premise of the diet is intriguing and might appeal to many dieters, there are no clinical trials that support its efficacy. Most dieticians and nutritionists dismiss the Shangri-La diet as a fad diet or a gimmick and recommend that dieters seek more proven methods of losing weight.
