Being thin at the expense of whatever has become the obsession of fashion Paradoxically, while the Mediterranean diet, considered one of the healthiest diets that there is in danger of extinction, miracle diets are characterized by their adverse effects are mushrooming everywhere earning thousands of devotees every day. This situation has become a latent threat to the health of thousands of people around the world, who apparently are willing to lose their health to lose weight. It seems that so sacred and deeply rooted belief that "health is priceless," no longer "carry weight", because today there are many who are at risk of losing their health in exchange for a few kilos less on the scale. Although the Mediterranean

diet is increasingly popular in the world and has recently applied for inclusion in the list of UNESCO world heritage, this famous diet is dying in its own region of origin (southern Europe, North Africa and Middle East). According to a study by the United Nations Organization for Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), presented recently, the use of the Mediterranean diet for centuries has proved its worth to keep people healthy, slim, long-lived, has declined in past 45 years, resulting in overweight and obesity in these areas, where almost being banished. According to the study in mention, the eating habits of Mediterranean populations have deteriorated greatly due to growing economic prosperity of these regions, which have used higher incomes to total calories, including too much fat, salt and sugar in your diet. This, coupled with a more sedentary way of life, have made today in the European Union, Greece has a population 75% of obese or overweight, while over 50% of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese, also face scourge of obesity. Meanwhile, miracle diets abound in these days despite the constant warnings that the organizations of health and nutrition professionals, regarding the adverse effects of these regimes. These "miracle diets" Promise to lose weight very quickly and without much effort. They have no scientific basis, are required by people outside the field of nutrition and more to promote a healthy and balanced diet, calorie diets are pursuing profits. Among the great miracle diets risks posed to the health, we can mention its negative psychological effects, causing nutritional deficits, besides triggering eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia and causing the effect known as "yo-yo" or rebound. Although many seem to ignore the detrimental effects of these diets or are simply looking the other way, the war against these regimes is the order of the day, however it is a battle that becomes very difficult in a world where rampant the cult of the body and people are looking slim at the expense of whatever. Hopefully not too late for the followers of miracle diets aware that losing weight at the expense of health is a high price to pay and never have enough to recover.