These types of diets can be dangerous despite the fact that they promise quick results. What people should do is follow more sensible diets suggested by real doctors and not random journalists.

Recently, a fad diet was published in a popular greek magazine , which claimed that you would be able to lose four kilos in a week and manage to "spice up" your body for the beach. According to people who tried it though, the only thing they lost was time, money and strength. That's a perfect example of why you should not follow the diets you see advertised. In addition to being quite expensive - the writers of fad diets often suggest rare types of fruit, vegetables and so on - such diets can also affect your mood and most importantly, make you significantly weaker because they deprive you of vital foods. And, on top of everything, they rarely prove to be successful, because they make you feel hungrier so you eat more and end up gaining back the weight you lost.

So, instead of struggling with fad diets, what you should do is consult a professional doctor or a diet specialist who will suggest a diet to you based on your metabolism, age, height and other vital characteristics. Such diets might be long-term but they certainly won't be harmful to you. Quite the opposite. You should take in mind that good diets usually contain a little bit of everything - large portions of fruit and vegetables, smaller quantities of bread and meat and occasionally some foods rich in sugar. Finally, if your doctors advises you to start exercising, don't ignore him - it's going to cheer you up and help you get back in shape.

To sum up, a person who wants to lose weight should not panic and follow a fad diet. Instead, he should ask a doctor for assistance, follow a well-balanced diet and get some exercise as well. It might take a bit longer, but the results will be well-worth the effort.

This essay was written by me, Caroline Alexiou, during the summer writing program of my English school. I'm studying for my Proficiency Certificate right now :).

The first paragraph is the introduction. My thesis statement is written in bold. The second and the third paragraphs are the main ones and the fourth is of course the conclusion. Notice that in the conclusion I merely repeat the points I made in the introduction. This essay is a good one, that's the reason I put it on my website.