Whole30 Diet: Newest Weight Loss Fad Taking Instagram By Storm — Everything You Need to Know Here!

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The Whole30 diet is a 30-day clean eating program that had thousands of people in a tizzy. 

Thousands of posts about the Whole30 diet can be found on Instagram with the hashtag #whole30. According to Daily Burn, the fad diet has become something like a fad amongst health and diet junkies. The challenge is to have a daily diet for 30 days straight without sugar, grains, additives, dairy, and legumes. There are no cheat days and if you managed to indulge on one, you get to start over.

The diet was developed by husband and wife Melissa and Dallas Hartwig. Melissa who is a certified nutritionist called the Whole30 program a "lifestyle change" rather than a diet. The couple detailed what the diet is about and some words of encouragement in their book and recipe guide: The Whole 30 Guide to Total Health and Food Freedom.

Simply put, Whole30 is a combination of paleo diet and elimination diet. The goal is to let people determine the kinds of food that make them feel ill. They believe that bad eating habits can get in the way better eating and health. People taking on the 30 days challenge experience different results including improved health, weight loss, better energy and faster recovery.

"We're trying to figure out how the foods you've been eating impact how you look, and feel and impact your quality of life," said Melissa, who is a certified nutritionist. "You have to 100 percent eliminate those foods from your diet in order to do that." In other words: No slip-ups. "Unless you physically trip and your face lands in a box of donuts, there is no 'slip.'"

The two believes that the diet does not only impact physically but emotionally and psychologically as well.

"When you do make a choice to eat something that's not healthy, but you decide is worth it, you eat it and savor it and there's no guilt associated with making that food choice. You make a deliberate decision and move on," said Melissa.

According to their official website, Whole30.com, suitable foods that can be eaten include seafood, vegetables, some fruits, nuts, seeds, meat, eggs and organic and unprocessed foods. Some foods that should be avoided when trying the program include alcohol of any kind, tobacco products, grains like millet, rice, wheat, rye, oats, all kinds of beans, peas, peanut butter, all forms of soy, dairy milk and products, and baked or junk foods.