Fad Diets in History

You are to eat less than half the recommended daily allowance of calories. Result - restriction of vitamins, rapid weight loss of water and muscle, bad breath, diarrhea, nausea, hair loss.

Promoted through TV slogan - smoke instead of sweet. Result - respiratory problems, cancer, brain damage, death.

Eat soup containing cabbage, capsicum, onions and celery for 7 days straight. Result - lack in calcium, iron, zinc, B vitamins, bloating, excessive weight gain after the 7 days.

Tips given on weight loss suited around your life. Meal plans are provided and support groups are held. Results - very expensive, weekly weigh-in's can be uncomfortable

Heavily sedated to sleep of weight for at least 4 days. Result - drug overdose, coma, death, starvation.

Pretending to eat food but you gulp air instead. Believed to get nourishment from air and sun, not needing food. Result - dehydration, malnutrition, death.

Provided with diet food, diet counselling and a diet watcher. Result - mineral deprivation, body shock from different foods.

40:30:30 = carbs:protein:fat. Very strict diet, where extra protein is eaten that the body does not require. Result - constipation, bad breath, stomach cramps, nausea.

6 meals a day including one substantial meal, two snacks, one chocolate meal and two chocolate diet shakes. 2 cups of coffee and 2 litres of water must be consumed. Results - chocolate cravings increase,calorie intake is slow for physically hyperactive people, if you don't crave chocolate the diet will not work.

Only consume 6-10 drinks per day consisting of lemon, tree syrup, cayenne pepper, salt, herbal tea and water. Results - lack of concentration, hunger, cravings, fat gain, slow metabolism, failure of digestive system.