For your New Year’s resolution, maybe you have vowed to go gluten-free. After all, your neighbor said it’s her secret for shedding pounds and having that healthy, happy glow.
Or maybe you need a quick reboot after all that holiday eating and drinking. Wouldn’t a “cleanse,” of the sort touted by celebrities, do the trick? Similarly, perhaps you’ve been reading about how fasting a day a week helps set people on the path to a longer life.
But do these strategies and others making headlines really work? Are they actually good for you, and are they worth the attention, time and money that major lifestyle changes usually involve?
• GLUTEN-FREE: Some publications proclaim the gluten-free frenzy is pass?. But that’s not what experts are seeing, and these same publications note that an estimated third of American adults are anxious enough about gluten that they are looking for ways to reduce or eliminate it from their diets.