IF YOU SPEND any amount of time on the internet, you’ve probably heard a thing or two about Whole30. This modern diet has developed a devoted internet following. The official Instagram account boasting almost a million followers, flooding feeds with nearly 4.5 million posts with the hashtag #Whole30. The diet, designed to eliminate inflammatory foods and “reset” your relationship with food, was created by Melissa Urban and her then-husband in 2009. Whole30 is an elimination diet that asks you to rid your eating of several food categories including sugar, grains, dairy, and processed foods. The idea is designed to allow you to evaluate how your body feels when eating whole, unprocessed foods compared to your normal diet. “By eliminating [these foods] for a month, followers often experience improved digestion, better sleep, increased energy, and some experience weight loss,” says Avery Zenker, R.D. Sounds promising, right? Unfortunately, the methods behind this diet have very little expert and scientific backing. The creator is a personal trainer and nutrition coach, but not a registered dietician or medical doctor. There’s been little to no scientific research done on this diet to prove its claims. In fact, less restrictive diets have been shown to have greater success in regards to weight loss. Whole30 didn’t even make it onto the U.S. News and World Report’s 2023 Diet Rankings. Yet, almost 15 years after its creation, followers still rave about this plan. There’s something about Whole30 that keeps these people talking, despite the evidence to the contrary…. Click below to read the full story from Men’s Health
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