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Malhotra is a proponent of fad diets such as low-carbohydrate diets and in 2017 he co-authored a low carb diet book called The Pioppi Diet, [44] [45] which provides a 21-day eating plan. Malhotra's personal royalties from the book are donated to charity. [46]
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Food faddists (also known as pseudoscientific diet advocates) are people who promote fad diets or pseudoscientific dieting ideas. The following people are recognized as notable food faddists, either currently or historically.
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Guy Richard Godfrey Mackarness (17 August 1916 – 18 March 1996) [1] was a British psychiatrist and low-carbohydrate diet writer. He is best known for his book Eat Fat and Grow Slim, published in 1958. [2] Mackarness was an early advocate of the Paleolithic diet and authored books on food allergies. [1] [3]
Jeff S. Volek is an American kinesiologist and low-carbohydrate diet advocate who focuses on the clinical application of ketogenic diets. Volek obtained a MSc in Exercise Physiology in 1995 and PhD in Kinesiology from Pennsylvania State University in 1999. [1] He is a registered dietitian. [2]
A desire to lose weight is a common motivation to change dietary habits, as is a desire to maintain an existing weight. Many weight loss diets are considered by some to entail varying degrees of health risk, and some are not widely considered to be effective.
Pavy promoted a low-carbohydrate diet to treat diabetes. [9] His diet allowed all kinds of butcher's meat (except liver), cheese, eggs, fish and some green vegetables. All sugar was forbidden including all kinds of fruit, pasta and potatoes but he allowed spirits and wines that had not been sweetened.