Fads and Unusual Techniques

Alternate Day Dieting consists of high calorie days and low calorie days. It seems like a good method to lose weight , but could be disastrous for some.

Some swear that cutting out breads was the key to their weight loss. However, it may not be that simple. A no bread diet may work if these things are considered.

Is it just me, or are diet aids getting more and more weird?

Take a curious ex-NASA scientist and a forward-thinking pop culture author, and the result may be a revolutionary (and perhaps a bit uncomfortable) weight loss method.

It’s been dubbed “the Twinkie diet” by the media: Mark Haub, a professor in Kansas State University’s Department of Human Nutrition, has been surviving on junk food for the past month.

It’s been a bad couple of weeks for celebrities whose diets almost killed them.

It’s been a particularly busy week for celebrity weight issues.

There have certainly been many advances when it comes to the increasingly popular weight loss surgeries.

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While there’s a general consensus that to lose weight the calories you burn must exceed the calories you consume, how you decide to achieve that goal is certainly up for debate.

Lamar Odom is a candy addict!

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The latest in low tech weight loss gadgetry is the “A-Wrist-A-Trac”, a set of color-coded, beaded bracelets that represents food groups.

I’ve become somewhat unfazed about what celebrities eat, how they workout and how they get back to their size 1 jeans 3 weeks after giving birth.

Very Low Calorie Diets (VLCDs) are popular because of the fast weight loss that can result. However, they aren’t always what they’re cracked up to be.

Here’s a useful “diet dodge”: Enjoy an ice cream shortly before lunch – it will prevent overeating at lunchtime.

This has to be one of the stupidest and most hilarious workout devices invented.

Professor Manuel Garzon, of Granada University in Spain has decided that beer is better for post-workout hydration than plain water.

Found on eBay: A vintage exercise device that can…

Can chewing gum really help you burn calories and lose weight? Does exercising jaw muscles really make a difference or is it linked to something else.

The quotes from these vintage ads (from the 1940s) proclaim: “Every woman has a figure problem!”

These old-fashioned ads (from Corsietere) show great similarities to today’s marketing mix.

Lipo Dissolve involves injecting a cocktail of substances into subcutaneous fat deposits – in the hope of “dissolving” the fat tissue.

There have been attempts to make diet pills that expand into gelatinous blobs to prevent overeating. What are they made of and why aren’t they available.

Diet water is real, but no stranger than fitness water or skinny water that’s found on American shelves. Why do we need all this enhanced water anyway?

In the early 1900s a “nutrient absorption” product appeared.

Adderall is an amphetamine used to treat ADD/ADHD. Its side effects include weight loss and appetite suppression, but should it be prescribed for dieters?

Governments can spend millions trying to sell you their nutritional guidelines.

The majority of Americans drink alcoholic beverages, but many may give up this habit when on a diet – too many empty calories.

When we have a look at the food diary of a fashion model, we see why they are so skinny and how the industry perpetuates this unhealthy eating culture.

A British man has lost over 200 pounds by swapping pasties for bowls of Oxo broth.

We debunk the Maple Syrup Diet fad. It worked for Beyonce–briefly. Will it work for you?