February 6, 2012

Fad Diet Favorites — The Grapefruit Diet

The Grapefruit Diet Basics (aka: a version of the “Mayo Diet”) include a bold claim about the amount of weight you can lose quickly. The Big Promise:   “Like no other diet before!  You can lose 52 pounds in  2 1/2 months.”  Short of being locked in a cell and given nothing but bread and water, I don’t see [...]

Fad Diet Favorite – The Hot Dog Diet

The Hot Dog Diet- Do any of you remember the Hot Dog Diet? This is a diet that works, but it’s not for me. I tried it and lost 4 pounds,but after the second round of hot dogs, eggs and tuna I was done. The basics of this are that you follow the diet exactly [...]