Read the excerpt from "Healthy Eating."
What would make the author's argument more effective?
Unless you're trying to lose weight, nutritionists like to avoid
diets.
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addressing a counterclaim
including a quotation from an expert
adding statistics about dieting
adding facts about why diets do not work.
"We were just laughing about that, like we could sell fairy
dust and that's pretty much what a lot of these fad diets are
about," said Natalie Castro-Romero, the corporate dietician
at Baptist who oversees the company's 15,000 employees.
"One very common thing that happens is people feel
overwhelmed and they need a starter to get something
going, like a detox, but there's no truth behind that."