Fad diet
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A fad diet is a diet that is generally used only for a short time, similar to fads in fashion, without being a standard scientific dietary recommendation. They often make unreasonable claims for fast
Fad diets are non-standard diets that often promise dramatic weight loss. However, they are usually not supported by scientific evidence, and they sometimes offer dangerous dietary advice.
Lord Byron tried all kinds of fad diets, and devised one, the "vinegar and water diet" in the 1820s.
The tapeworm diet involved dieters who would willfully ingest tapeworms to absorb food in the intestine.
An advertisement for a bread using the contemporaneously popular Hollywood Diet as a selling argument
Atkins diet
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The Atkins diet is a low-carbohydrate fad diet devised by Robert Atkins in the 1970s, marketed with claims that carbohydrate restriction is crucial to weight loss and that the diet offered "a high cal
Fad diet
…the normal amount of dietary fiber Liquid diets, such as SlimFast meal replacement drinks Fasting Adequate-protein, low-carbohydrate diets, such as the Atkins diet, which was introduced in the 1970s Fad diets are generally restrictive, and are characterized by promises of fast weight loss or great physical health…
Bacon and eggs, foods compatible with the Atkins diet