In this rotation, you had an opportunity to experiment with different diet plans as a means of eating healthier. People rely on prescribed diet plans to lose weight or eat healthier every day, and new plans are always emerging. On your own, choose a fad diet to evaluate for safety and effectiveness. Some examples are:

• The Grapefruit Diet
  
  
• The Popcorn Diet
  
  
• The Cabbage Soup Diet
  
  
• The South Beach Diet

You may choose one of these or find your own, but you should be able to cite references about it (don’t just make up your own). Evaluate it, and write up your evaluation, including a full justification of your evaluation. Then explain your process of evaluating the diet, and any diet you might ever evaluate for safety and effectiveness. Carefully consider what it means for a diet to be safe and what it means for a diet to be effective.

This essay should be approximately 3 to 4 pages. Use the Writing section of the General Skills Resources in the left menu and work with your mentor as needed to structure a well organized and presented discussion.