Have you heard about the Taco Bell diet?
As I was typing away in my office last week my husband came running in at full speed to announce what he at first thought was a joke on the part of Taco Bell. A newly fit Ms. Christine Dougherty claims that she lost 54 pounds on Taco Bell's new Drive Thru Diet.
Dougherty is set to become an instant celebrity after claiming she lost 54 pounds in two years by eating menu items off Taco Bell's "Al Fresco" menu. Read a little closer, however, and you'll find that the diet was actually limited to 1,250 calories daily.
From an environmental and health standpoint this is an abomination. By decreasing your caloric intake so much you're bound to lose weight. If I ate only 1,000 calories a day of Slurpies and beef jerky for two years, I'm quite sure that I also would lose a significant amount of weight. But feasting on processed meat products alone does not a healthy body make.
