The Rosedale diet is a
low-carbohydrate
Low-carbohydrate diets restrict carbohydrate consumption relative to the average diet. Foods high in carbohydrates (e.g., sugar, bread, pasta) are limited, and replaced with foods containing a higher percentage of fat and protein (nutrient), pr ...
fad diet based on the ideas of Ron Rosedale about how
leptin
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affects the human body. The diet is marketed with questionable claims about how it can treat a large number of human health conditions.
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The Rosedale diet is not based on sound science, and there is no evidence it is safe or effective.][
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Description
The Rosedale diet was devised by physician Ron Rosedale.health supplement
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s are recommended, as are 16 unconventional annual health checks.[ Generally, the diet severely restricts carbohydrate intake.]
Reception
Harriet Hall
Harriet A. Hall (born July 2, 1945) is a U.S. retired family physician, former U.S. Air Force flight surgeon and skeptic who writes about alternative medicine and quackery for ''Skeptic'' and ''Skeptical Inquirer''. She writes under the name The ...
has written that the book describing the diet is a "puerile effort" in comparison to Gary Taube's book ''Good Calories, Bad Calories
''Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health'' (published as ''The Diet Delusion'' in the United Kingdom and Australia) is a 2007 book by science journalist Gary Taubes. Taubes argues that the last ...
'' which at least attempted to have a scientific basis.[
The diet has been recommended by Joseph Mercola. Hall writes that "neither Mercola nor Rosedale can be recommended to anyone who is interested in science-based medicine".][
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See also
* Atkins diet
* Low-carbohydrate diet
References
Further reading
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External links
Ron Rosedale's web site
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American inventions
Brand name diet products
Diets
Fad diets
Low-carbohydrate diets