Responding to the Naysayers

In responding to my naysayers, I will choose articles that promote lifestyle changes over fad diets.  Some sites that I will utilize in my research are:

Marcarelli, R.  "Fad Diets Rarely Work; Lifestyle Changes Better Way To Hot Body Than Cutting Carbs And Painful Detoxes" http://www.hngn.com/articles/10615/20130821/fad-diets-rarely-work-lifestyle-changes-better-way-hot-body.htm   WEB  August 21, 2013

Rivas, A. One 'Fad' Diet Is Not Better Than The Other: Researchers Call For Focus On Lifestyle Changes Instead  http://www.medicaldaily.com/one-fad-diet-not-better-other-researchers-call-focus-lifestyle-changes-instead-253305  WEB  August 21, 2013

Conion, J.  Lifestyle changes should replace fad diets  Uwire  http://uwire.com/2013/02/27/lifestyle-changes-should-replace-fad-diets/  WEB  February 27, 2013

I will include why lifestyle changes are better and healthier as well as why fad diets are not.  I will also provide stories of when fad diets have "backfired' for people and they have switched to making a lifestyle change. 

Who Are The Naysayers?

For my Rogerian Argument, it will not be hard to find my naysayers.  I am a firm believer in choosing lifestyle change over quick fad diets, due to the fact that I believe fad diets are detrimental to your health. 

For my naysayers, I will research success stories for fad diets and promoters of these diets.  To keep it narrowed down, I will choose at least two to three fad diets to research naysayers for as examples.

Most of my choices for naysayers will be found on the Atkins site, www.atkins.com. I will pull various articles from the site as well as research the concept of the Atkins diet. I will do the same for the Zone diet utilizing www.zonediet.com.  I will include facts about each diet, how each diet works, and success stories for these diets. 

I think that utilizing success for these two most common and popular diets will make valid arguments for the naysayers in my research.

I will also present my argument of why a lifestyle change is a better, healthier choice for everyone as well as unsuccessful stories and the negatives of each of the fad diets that I chose to research.